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Year: 1867

MAGNIFICENT DlsPLAr.-It is hardly necessary
to call attention to Abe Lofman's new adver-
tsemcnt-i, speaks for itself-and may be taken
be proposes to do business. Within week two
hundred cases of goods have been laid GoTn at
his store, and the contents thereof now adorn
the shelves of his new place of business. Abe
has discovered that it takes some goods to fill
q store of such dimensions at single effort but
he has done it. and the display is certainly a
magnificent one. Read his motto, and don't lose
sight of the fact that his immense new stock was
brought here to SELL
Year: 1867

PAYING BIG.-We have it on good authority
that the hill claim of Smith & Kelton, at Cox S
Bar, is yielding to the tune of hundred dollars
a day. Further, that they have lately discovered
a wcll-deiined vein of excellent coal in the claim
Year: 1867

The Mount Vernon Banner says: On
the night Of the 22d of May the testi-
mony was finally closed in the contest
between Delano and Morgan, and we
hazard nothing in saying that General
Morgan will not only retain his seat,
but that his majority will be more than
doubled. And this is not only our opin-
ion but it is the Judgment fthe learned
and esteemed counsel, who assisted
General Morgan in the different counties
of the district. 1t is true that his
opinion is based upon the sup
position that the case will be fairly in
vestigated by the committee and hon
estly by the House. 1t is also true that
the committee on Elections is composed
of seven Republicans and two Demo
Gratis, but General Morgan feels every
confidence that the case will be heard
and determined with the impartiality
of court of law. And if this be done,
the result may be considered determin-
ed, for evidence in the case demonstrates
that Mr. Delano had not, and has not,
the shadow of claim to the seat OF
General Morgan.
Year: 1867

PECULIARITiEs OF CHINESE Practice.
The physician approaches the sick
loom with courtesy and politeness, and
having ascertained the nature of the
disease of hispatient, proceeds to pre-
pare his prescription. Their prescrip-
tions generally are vast compounds;
they 60 on the supposition, very COM
mon with other practitioners, that it is
best to give several remedies together,
so that one or another of them will hit
the case. Sometimes they compound as
many as fifty or eighty ingredients, and
stew them all together and administer
them. They hardly ever prescribe less
than fifteen or twenty simple medicines.
The physician is not SO much aprescriber
as a seller of medicine. He tells his
customers what he thinks best for them
or their friends, but it is very frequent
ly the case that they make the selec-
ton. For instance, he may make up a
prescription of ten or thirty remedies
to be compounded, when the question
will arise how much this is to cost. The
physician makes as low an estimate as
possible, and replies. The patient or
friend may think it too high;that it cam
not be afforded; and one article or an
other is thrown out to reduce the cost
often the articles most valuable for the
patient. In some cases they cannot
agree on prescription or its price, and
the patient deliberately gives himself
up to die rather than pay the price de-
manded.
Year: 1867

boots were the pride Of fashion, there
was a shoemaker in London who made
a fortune by the sale of the best Paris
boots at a price which all his fellow
tradesmen declared ruinous. He under
stood the trade, and obtained troops Of
customers. "These boots must be
stolen" said his rivals, but there was no
evidence that they were; Ger tajnly they
were not smuggled boots-for any one
could satisfy himself that. the full duty
was paid upon them at the Custom
House. The shoemaker retired from
business with fortune. Afterward his
secret was accidentally discovered-al-
though he had paid for the boots, he had
not paid for everything that was in
them. There was q heavy duty paya-
BILE on foreign watches: and every boot
consigned to him frum Paris had con-
tsined in its high heel cavity exactly
large enough to hold q watch. The
great profit obtained by the trade in
smuggled watches made it possible for
this tradesman, when he had filled mp
their heels, to sell his boots under prime
cost. This was worth while again, be-
cause, of course by the extension of his
boot trade, he increased his power OF
importing watches duty free.
Year: 1867

ANew way 81 AFoppan8 kSats.
The May number of the Amsrioan Ag-
ricalturist contains the following COM
munication from L. L. Langstroth, of
Oxford, Ohio. ,.s.-,..s


Get common round wire trap. Bait
il with the most inviting food, and wait
patiently until rat is caught. Instead
of killing this rat, and waiting perhaps
for weeks before you are fortunate
enough to trap another, keep him alive
and feed him as much as you would q
pet squirrel. In few days he will
become quite reconciled to his cage,
and you arc now ready for business. At
night, bait the trap we'll and set it
where the rats resort most. Some one
or mere of them, seeing o rat quite ct
home in the midst of plenty, will enter
the trap without any suspicion ofharm.
Next morning, pump or pour water
thoroughly over the trap, to clean it,,
and to make the killing of your prey
more easy. Have an empty barrel, in-
to which drop the contents of your
cage; the prisoners, being we'll soaked,
will be so heavy and slow that you can





Treat your partially tanned rat, how
ever, cas- ifyou loved him," and return
him to his cage; this is easily done by
lowering the cage into the barrel. Re-
peat the operation from might to night,
and you will be surprised to see how
easy a matter it is to outwit SO cunning
an animal as all "old rat" '.'s-~'N


Be careful not to keep large one for
your tame rat. He win frighten off all
the younger fry as none of them will dare
to enter. The only difficult thing in the
matter is to get your first rat. 1 have
had o wire trap we'll baited for weeks
before could entice one to enter it. To
get the first, is something like Astor's
receipt for getting rich: SECT a thou
sand dollars clear of the world, and it is
all very easy" Since ! caught my first
rat, I have failed but once for many
nights in getting from one to four to
keep him company. If your readers
will try my plan, think that some
thing may be done to abate one of the
most intOlerable nuisances Of this coun-
try. To say that millions of dollars
worth of our propety is annually de-
stroyed by rats, would not be an extrav-
agant assertion.
Year: 1867

Throw away your false frizEes, your switches


your wig


Destructive Of comfort and not worth hg.
Come aged, come youthful, come ugly and fair,
And rejoice In your own luxuriant hair
Year: 1867

One Of the lay speakers in Metho-
dist Conference down East. illustrated
his readiness to fraternize with his
Southern brethren, and his feeling TO-
ward them, by the story Of the two men
who would not speak TO each other; bnt
one, having been converted at camp
meeting. on seeing his former enemy,
held out his hand, saying, How dye do
Kemp? am humble enough to shake
hands with dog.
Year: 1867

telligent and respectable, and gave the
strongest assurances of liberal co-opera-
tion from the region west of the Ohio
near tae western terminus of the great
road. You have published some ac-
count of the tee,ning wealth of this
fourishing locality. You only gave
some idea of two small counties oppo


site the mouth of the Kanawba. The
family of counties thereabouts would
of themselves support very large city
could it monoPolize their trade. From
Point Pleasant, on the Virginia side,
which is the county seat of Mason, we
had John Hall, formerly an influential
member of the Virginia Legislature,
the gallant General McCausland, and
others. These two gentlemen are
tower of strength to the great improve
ment. In short, the cause in the West
is in good hands, and am sure will
prosper. l trust the East will sustain it
with equal spirit. L.
Year: 1867

The position of Mr.. Stanton appears to
verify what The New York Tribune said of
him, namely that he could not be kicked
out of the Cabinet. The well authentica-
ted personal indignities the Secretary of
War has submitted to in his office; the
plain language he listened to from the
Governor of a New England State, the
epitome of his character furnished him to
his teeth by one of his associates in Mr..
Lincoln's Cabinet, and the manner in which
he was spurned by brave general officer
of the army, confirm what his party CO.
laborer said of his adhesive power to office,
without the remarkable demonstration in
his late correspondence with the President.
Would a man of the least honorable
instinct cling to the position Mr..
Stanton occupies in the official fam
lily of the President, when plainly
requested to resign? What would
be thought of military staff officer who
would hesitate to relieve his commander of
his presence when told it was not desired !?
Mr.. Stanton's passiveness under all these
circumstances evinces philosophy and
torbearance beyond the power of any boot
to disturb-a resignation of everything
but office. The character of an caves
dropper and spy may be more tolerable
to craven spirit than the personal respon-
sibity for insults and outrages would in
yolve when stripped of official protection;
but man of courage would despise the
meanneSs that seeks impunity under the
seal of the nation, clings to a seat unbid-
den, and forces his presence where it is un-
welcome.-BOston Post.
Year: 1867

Without the active support of the "great
loyal Northwest" /" the legislation
of New England, in regard to the South
would never find its way into the United
States statutes. Yet sectional legislation
is iDjuIing the vital interests of the
Northwest only less than the South
Insupportable taxation and general pow
erty-the results of New England
rule - have forced our people to
economize, and become self-supporting.
The South once was the market tor the
produce of the Northwest. But now, in
place of buying, the South is sellingl
Once a customer of the, North west, it is
now rival; and when RECONSTRUCTED"
financially, it will prove most formida-
Bile one. Southern wheat is as much su


perior to all other growths as Southern
cotton! 1t will always lead the market.


A friend just in from Alabama tells us
that he bought wheat at ninety cents per


bushel, and corn is offered at one dollar and
fifty cents per barrel. At this rate the


South can raise its own bacon much cheaper


than Cincinnati can sell. Goodbye, Pork
opolis! They say you are dull city at


present. Never mind; you will be duller !!


Like the fool in Esop, you have tried to


kill the goose that layed the golden egg.
Like him, you will find your hands empty,
when It's too late to retrace your folly.
Year: 1867




The news from the Brazils by this mail is import
ant, as it is announced that the government OF
Dem Pedro declines the mediation proffered by
the United States for the purpose of restoring
peace on Rio de la Plata. This is done with thanks
for the kind offer. The Argentine government, as
well as that of Paraguay, in their answers to Min.
listers Asboth and Washburn enter into the history
Of the causes that led to the war; and conclude by
Informing the American plenipotentiaries that
"their imperishable decision is to save themselves
BY victory"


The Brazilian Commander in. Chief Caxias was
preparing to attack the Paraguayans as soon as
the contingent under the Baron de Herval could
Join the forces which the former sent to the Upper
Parana.


There has been no further fighting yet.
Cholera is raging in the allied camp.
Rumor states that General Urquiza at the head
sf ten thousand men had raised the standard Of re-
volt. and declared against the triple alliance.
The revolt in the Argentine provinces is re.
ported at an end.
Year: 1867

The Union Party of the State of California
in Convention assembled, hereby present to
the people of this State their platform and
declaration of party principles:


Resolued, That in the present, as in the
past, we are irreconcilably opposed to treason
and to traitors, whether the same shall at
tempt to subvert our Union and control our
Government by fraud and treachery from
within, or force from without; and that up
on the loyalty of the Nation, tried and prov
en-, We rely to re-establish firmly and forever
the bonds Of our National Union.


Resolred, That in reconstructing the Ma
ton its foundation should be justice and its
architect loyalty, and we are not willing
that those SO active to destroy should be
chosen and preferred builders to erect it. and
until it shall appear that in the States lately
in rebellion loyal Committees exist, capable
and ready to administer justice and enforce
law in accordance with the principles of a
government of freemen, and equally is it our
wish that the Government be administered
and the law enforced by the loyal agents of
the Federal Government.


Resolred, That in the reconstruction plan
of the late Congress We recognize policy as
wise as it is magnanimous, and when the re-
spective States late in rebellion shall bring
themselves within its provisions, we will
welcome them as sisters, and receive them as
equals in reconstructed Union.


Resolred, That we deem the passage by the
Legislature of law establishing eight hours
labor as a legal days work, eminently just
and proper.


Resolved. That the importation of Chinese
or any other people of the Mongolian race
into the Pacific States or Territories, is in
every respect injurious and degrading to
American labor. by forcing it into unjust and
ruinous competition, and an evil that should
be restricted by legislation and abated by
such legal and constitutional means as are in
our power.


Resolved, That the future primary elections
of the Union party in this State should be
held under the provisions of the primary
election law, and that such test should be
prescribed and enforced as shall exclude all
persons not members of the Union party.


Resotred, That we fully approve the amend
ment to the Constitution of the State, pre-
sented by the Legislature of 1866, and pro-
viding that the Legislature shall have no
power to make an appropriation of money
for any purpose whatever, for period longer
than two years; that the same should be ac-
cepted by the Legislature, adopted by the
people and become part of the Constitution
of the State.
Year: 1867

WELL PUT.-Some one writes, both
gracefully and forcibly: 81 would be
glad to see more parents understand
that when they spend money judicious-
ly to improve and beautify the house
aud the grounds about it, they are pay
ing their children premium to stay at
home as much as possible to enjoy it;
but that when they spend money unnec-
essarily in fine clothing and jewelry for
their children, they are paying them a
premium to spend their time away from
home-that is, in those places where
they can attract the most attention, and
make the most display"
Year: 1867

HENRY WARD BEEcHER says that
In the Day of Judgment be believes it
will appear that the greatest martyrs
in the world have been women who
sacrificed comfort, health, and finally
life, to rear in honor a household Of
noble minded sons and daughters.


And Henry is right.
Year: 1867

HERE is sentiment as beautiful as
it is just: "He who forgets the foun-
tain from which he drank, and the tree
under whose shade be gamboled, iu the
days of his youth, is a stranger to the
sweetest impressions of humanity.
Year: 1867

THE DIRECTORS OF THIS CELEBRATED
l. Medical Institute wish to thank the public for
the generous manner in which they have sustained
the Resident Physician with their patronage 1t is
now six years since the institute was established
during that time there have been over THIRTY
THOUSAND CONSULTATIONS, and In all cases
where the disease was durable.
Year: 1867

All cases for which they used, or make no
charge for services. They will be forwarded to any
place in the Pacific States upon the receipt of let
ter stating the disease with symptoms, the age and
sex of the patient
Year: 1867

Some men use words as rifiemen use
bullets. They say but little. The few
words used go right to the mark. They
let you talk, and guide with their eye
and face, ON and on, till what you say
can be answered in q word or two, and
then they launch out sentence, pierce the
matter to the quick, and are done. Your
conversation falls into their minds as
rivers into deep chasm, and is lost from
sight by its depth and darkness. They
Will sometimes surprise you with few
words, that 60 to the mark like o gun
shot, and then they are silent again, as If
they were re-loading. Such pien are safe
eounsellors, and true friends, In every
case where they profess to be such. 10
them truth is more valuable than gold,
while pretension is too gauzy to deceive
them. Words without point, to them,
are like titles without merit, only betray-
ing the weakness Of the blinded dupes
who are ever used as promoters of other
mems schemes. f,4r.s q
Year: 1867

We find the following among the
"Nebule" in the last Galaxy: t-.


They eying Of women by women IL one
OF the most offensive manifestations of
superciliousness now to be met with In
society. Few observant persons can have
failed to notice the manner i'm which one
woman, who Is not perfectly well bred or
perfectly kind hearted, will eve over an
other woman who she thinks il not in
such good society, and above all. not at
the time being in 80 costly dress as she
herself Is In. IL is done everywhere: Mt
parties, at church, in the street. It is
done by women in all conditions of life.
The very servant girls learn it from their
mistresses. 1t is done in an Instant
VINO cannot recall hundreds of instances
OF that sweep OF the eye which takes in at
a glance the whole woman and what she
has on, from top knot to shoe tie? IL
cannot be new fashion of behavior, but
the daily increasing pretense of people to
superiority, because they can afford to
spend more money upon their backs than
others can, makes IL at once more conn
mon and more remarkable even than II
was ten or fifteen years ago. Men are
never guilty of it, or with such extreme
rarity, and then in such feeble and small
souled specimens of their sex, that it NAV
De set down as sin not masculine, or at
least epicene. But women Of sense. of
some breeding, and even of some kindli-
ness of nature, will thus endeavor to as
sert a superiority upon the meanest of all
pretenses, and infiict wound in man
ner the most cowardly because it cannot
be resented and admits of no retort. II
they but only knew how unlovely, how
positively offensive they make them
selves in so doing, not only to their silent
victims, but to every generous-hearted
man who observes their vancouver, they
would give up triumph at once so mean
and so cruel, which is obtained at such
sacrifice on their part. No other evidence
than this cycling is needed that woman,
whatever be her birth or breeding, has a
small and vulgar soul.
Year: 1867

The birthday Of Washington Vas never very generally
observed n Brooklyn Al the meeting Of the Board Of
Aldermen on Monday night . resolution passed ap-
propriatng the som 500 for the firing OF salute OF
hundred guns In the Eastern and Western Districts
salute Of hundred guns will he fred In the Navy
Yard, and all the will be gayly decorated with
bunting All the public ofces will no closed and some
OF the merchants have resolved 70 close their stores
In the evening there will be several balls and
concerta
Year: 1867

ONE Of our friends was recently
blessed with an addition to his fam
ilv, which came g Ike a thief in the
night" The next day the happy
father took his four-year-old boy 10
the upper room to see the little
brother, who was quietly enjoying his
first morning nap with his little mouth
open. With eyes firmly fixed on the
newcomer. and with a couutenance
showing trouble within, after a few
moments Of silence the elder brother
defiantly exclaim ed, g should ike to
know who pulled out that baby's
teeth y
Year: 1867

was noted for his generosity TO prisoners, his
indisposition to exult over an adversary,
and the moderate statement OF his victo-
ries. Bot his idea Of war was wounds,
death, the shedding of blood. He appears to
nave had the same gloomy conception as For
rest, the brilliant and destructive cavalry
chief of the West: 6" his men fought for
blood" On one occasion when he was falling
back from Winchester, three Federal cavalry
men performed an inexplicable feat of daring
In charging through the whole length of one
OF his brigades. Two Of them were shot from
their horses. Colonel Patton, giving the de-
tails of the incident to Jackson, said he would
have prevented the troops from firing on
these audacoUs men II he could have controlled
them they were brave men, who had got into
n desperate situation, where IL was as easy TO
capture them as to kill them. Jackson's reply
was brief and cold: /" Shoot them ALL he
said' II don't want them 10 be brave"


These words were not the utterances of
hard heart, or the indications Of cruel dis
position. They were nothing more than the
expression Of the severe and supreme idea OF
war. Ofali high Confederate commanders, Ge-
neral Jackson appears to have been most con-
WINGED of the necessity of fierce and relentless
war; he realized fully that ii was quite vain
10 court the enemy with shows of magma
nimity, and that the only way TO deal with
them was by examples of terror and lessons OF
blood. Yet no one was more attentive to the
proper courteses of war, and in no breast
barred TO the conflict resided a finer spirit OF
humanity. Judgment with him took prece-
dence of the sensibilities, and the commands
of necessity were broadly translated into the
lessons Of duty.
Year: 1867

MANUFA IyG EyTgRPRIsE-WooDsy-
WARE FACTORY ~ MAycHEsTgR.-We are al
ways pleased to notice any movement tending
to the adaptation of the fine water power Of
the James for manufacturing purposes. An
enterprise of this nature has recently been
started In Manchester, and our reporter pass
ed pleasant hour yesterday in ramble
through the establishment I'm company with
one of the proprietors. The making Of buck
cts occupies the attention Of the employers,
and we shall devote n brief space to n detail Of
the steps taken in their manufacture.


Cedar or Juniper wood Is preferred for this
purpose the latter of which is generally used,
being brought from the Dismal Swamp ria
Norfolk. Unloaded at the factory in large
logs, the timber is cut into small blocks, which
are, by means of barrel-saw, split into
slaves. These are placed in n large brick kiln,
heated by n powerful furnace. Here we no.
ticed new feature. for Virginia in the en-
ployment Of sawdust to generate heat. Burnt
upon n cone CRATE, the damp sawdust freshly
cut from green logs makes n fire so hot rs tho
roughly to dry several cords Of slaves in twen-
ty-four or thirty-six hours.


When well dried the slaves are carried to
another part of the factory, where, after
being trimmed to proper length, shaped, and
grooved, they are placed in a stout iron hoop
and smoothed by means of sand paper until
their neat appearance is in marked contrast
with the roughness Of the slaves before going
through the process. The upper hoop is then
put on, the bottom fitted, the lower hoop
tackled, handle fastened, and the bucket is
complete-and as neat specimen of work
manship as one would wish TO see. BY the
machinery used n bucket can be made by an
extra effort in about six minutes, passing in
that time through a number of hands but
from one hundred to one hundred and fifty
are gencrtlly turned out in day.


Besides buckets bound with brass, galva-
niZed and plain iron, water coolers, nOg
gins" and small tubs are made by the same
process, and the company propose soon 10 COM
mence the manufacture of wooden clothes
pins. BY simple machine which we were
permitted to examine, it is thought that forty
boxes, of six gross each, can be made in n day.


The establishment is under the control of
Messrs. Dayton, Allen 4 Co., who seem to
have 4 sure fortune before them. Their work
manship is unsurpassed North or South, and
the firm has fine reputation for business-like
qualities.