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Year: 1867

RFGlsrRArIoN-Ho Horace Hawes, author Of
the Registry Act, says "tbere is no latest day
for registration in that book. Any one quail
itied will be entitled to be registered when.
ever he applies, to the end of time. But as
to the poll lists they must be made out every
election, and every one must get his name
on the proper poll list thirty days before
election day, unless he can show good ex.
cuse for delay. No one can vote whose
name is not on the poll list"
Year: 1867

Mr.W. Gilmore Simms says that, so far
as he can see, there is no possible escape
for South Carolina from general famine, in
which all must suffer, and many perish
unless the charities of the outer world
should be more prompt and more bounti-
full than hitherto. He says that the very
beasts are dropping dead at their work for
want of food. 7rs


This is the story which is coming from
almost every section of tie South; and yet
millions at the North, who would give mill
lions to avert the consequences of a gener-
there islany danger of this dire calamity
BOSTON Tr1ueLLer. a.. ..
Year: 1867

! AT masquerade in Philadelphia recent
ly, a very comieal and embarrassing incl
dent took place. A husband and wife hay-
ing discussed the matter, mutually agreed
to go. On the morning of the day, hus-
band informed wife that pressing business
called him to New York. When he left
the house, however, it was to prepare for
the masquerade. Wife, also, concluded to
attend the ball. On arriving, she detected
her husband in conversation, by his for
getting to disguise his voice. Wife follow
ed him closely. She finally heard him ar
range with the fair one to leave the house
together, The time to depart coming, the
wife, by a sudden flank movement, sup
planted the fair one, and herself took the
arm of her husband. In the carriage she
kept him at respectful distance. while he
proceeded to express his great affection for
''his adorable Laura of several months
standing.' The carriage finally stops
where directed. Husband and wife alight,
and when in the room assigned, mutually
unmask. The blankness of that husband
must be imagined. Of course, wife con-
cluded that she has no further need of such
a husband,
Year: 1867

The Board Of oysrseers Of the Poor
met Saturday, at the Court. House, and
were in session over two hours, most Of
which time was spent in discussion of
the proposed purchase of a Poor House
Year: 1867

How TO PURIFY RANCID LARD We
had some forty pounds Of rancid lard,
which was valueless as it was. Knowing
the sntisoptic quality of soda, I procured
three ounces, which was poured into pail
full of soft water, and when hot tho lard
added. Af.or boiling it together thorough
ly for an hour or two, it was sct aside to
cool. The lard was taken off when nearly
cold, and was subsequently boiled up.
The color was restored to an alabaster
white, and it was as sweet as rose.
Year: 1867

A curious illustration of sthis is found in an
anccdote told in the lecture of Mr.. Spurgeon.-
A minister lived opposite one of the deacons O
his church. A report got abroad that the minis
ter had been seen to beat his wife, and the mat
ter was brought before deacons' meeting.-
There the minister said he had traced the spread
ing of the report to the dcacons daughter. The
good man, the deacon, said be would not have
spoken, but his daughters name having been
mentioned, he must then state that when he was
going to bed ona certain night, he did SCI
Through the window blind of the lighted room
the minister beating his wife, and heard her
scream. The minister was nonpussed;. but he
requested that his wife might be sent for and ques
toned When she arrived she explained the
whole matter. She said: "Don't yon recollect
there was rat in the room that night that il
got up on my dress, that you got frightened and
took up the poker; that could not stand still,
and ran around the room, you running after me
with the poker. This is the explanation of the
whole affair" Well, then, the lecturer would
remark to his hearers, the next time they heard
s'sry against good man, let them say at onc'


tThers il a rat at the bottom of it, know"
and that some simple explanation may account
for the whole thing.
Year: 1867

A Marrow ESCAPE FROM GoING OVER
NIAGARA FALLS. A painfully Intense ex-
citemcnt was experienced by hundreds of
people living along Niagara river; on
Tuesday afternoon, at the sight Of vessel
with three men on board, being rapidly
borne down the current towards the falls,
without any apparent possibility Of rescue
from the shore The facts are as follows:


AS a small Canadian trading schooner,
the Whip, Capt. J. T. Young, was be-
ing towed out of Chippewa harbor by the
tug Buffalo, the line by which she was at
tached to the tug was broken by the
strength Of the current anl wa. carried
swiftly down toward the rapids above the
Falls. The Captain and two men on board
saw at once that they were in imminent
danger. having neither anchor nor small
boat and being in such position that no
one dared attempt their rescue from the
shore. BY this time hundreds of people





were gathering along the banks expecting
nothing else than certain destruction to
the vessel and her crew; but when within
a couple of yards from the comm enc cemeut
of the rapids the cool head of the Captain
conceived an idea which saved the lives
of the whole party as we'll as the vessel
There was quite a gale blowing up the
river at the time, and the mastor, with
the aid of the two men, seeing all other
relief ont Of the question, ordered all sail
hoisted ana sailed out Of the very Jaws of
death, against the powerful current of tho
river, absolutely landing soon after at Hog
Island in safety, having gone further
down the Niagara river than any other
man ever did and escape.


The admiration and relief of the people
along the river banks upon the execution
Of the Captains plan found vent in fre-
quent cheers when it became apparent
that his efforts would prove successful.


Buffalo Express
Year: 1867

EE-Pouring cold water on the face and
head destroys the effect of narcotic poisons
A girl poisoned with laudanum in Eng
land was saved in this way. after all other
remedies had failcd
Year: 1867

PIcARD's PATENT FoE TANNING LEATH-
Err IN ONE DAY.-TAe German papclo
give the following which is described
as simple and cheap method Thr
inventor guarantees t, tan any kind
of leather in one day, the work to be
perfect, the leather to be as tough
and strong as any that is prepared
otherwise. The materials used are
oil of turpentine, mixed with extract
of tannin, and the mechanical opera
tion is by imparting motion to the
skins, which are put into fulling watts.
After washing, depilating, and re-
moving the upper skin from the hides
instead Of consigning them to the
miserable pit, they are put into full
ing vats These contain decoctiuu
of alum in case the leather is TO rc-
main white, or if it is TO be colorod
the decoction is that of catechu, SUI
mac, OF any other tannin substance
The vat being carefully fastened Is
put in motion for some hours By
the motion, the alum or the other
substances penetrate the pores Of the
skin, and prepare it for the reception
of the extract which is the principal
tanning agent, The turpentine com
pound is then poured into the val,
which is again fastened, and subject
ed to the same rotary motion as be
fore. This likewise lasts some hours
The extract, having to work upon the
pores already open to receive it, be.
gins its work as soon as the evolu-
tons have commenced, and so pow
eriul is its energy that III less than
twenty-four hours the work is ac-
complished and the skin is thorough
ly tanned. After the operation the
skins require only to be freed from
the smell of turpentine and the resin
Gus particles that stick to it, both OF
which are removed by washing The
leather is then hammered, smoothed,
and finished in the common way.


Small skins, such as those of C If
sheep, and goats, which are chiefly
reserved for morocco, are treated in
the same way as large hides, with
this difference only, that a quantity
of salt is added to the decoction Of
alum, etc, and the time allowed for
the operation is about half that taken
up for heavy leather. Thus we have
q method at once short and cheap,
and applicable to white as we'll as
morocco leather, both of which can
be prepared at one and the same
time.-SEin and Leather Reporter
Year: 1867

n. Y. Correspondence of the Louisville


Courier.


The other day telegrapher, who
had looked into the matter, told me,
in a few words, how the Atlantic ca
BILE is worked. | had read column
after column in the papers in vain
effort to understand how it was done,
and was astonished enough, | assure
you, to see how simple a thing was
the instrument which talks across
the sea. Imagine small needle-it
weighs oily three-seventeenths of
grain-set so that either end points
to q powerful fixed magnet Over
this needle is a board in which is
small hole, above and behind which
is a black board. One end Of the
needle, or rather magnet, is the posi-
tive, and the other a negative one.


The battery is taken off at one side
Of the ocean by the action of the
magnets themselves when the opera
tor at the other side is writing The
battery used at either ends contains
only three cups-a wonderfully small
number when you know that it takes
a thousand or more TO work the va
rious wires leading out of No. l45
Broadway, the head office here The
application of current from the bat
terry to the positive magnet at Nalrn-
tia induces an attraction of the nee.
die by the negative magnet at Hearts
Content, Uice UerSo. The movement
of the needle, however, is so very
small that it could not be detected
by the naked eye. A powerful mag
nifer, however, carries the reflection
OF the motion of the needle through
the hole in the board above, and trans
fers it an enlarged, and with the aid
of light, an enlightened form to the
black board. The alphabet is SINH
lar to, though not exactly like, the
Morse and a motion Of the needle
one way implies dash, OF the other
way a dot Of course as mary of
each can be made use of as is desira-
bic. The magnets being equally at
tractive, hold the needle stationary
when no other influence is applied
And now for the reason why a small
battery works the best. 1t is not
that a large battery,as has been pop
ularly supposed, would cat up the
lconducting wire, but that it would
Year: 1867

A Cross WoMAN-The idea Of a
woman getting cross and ugly when
things in the family do not run quite
as smoothly as they should, is simply
ridiculous. She makes herself an
object Of loathing and contempt
whenever she is guilty of such non
sense The Almighty has created
her for purpose entirely different to
this insane and foolish indulgence in
angry passions. lie has made her
beautiful and attractive in person,
endowed her with sensibilities and re-
iinements of mind and manner which
when properly cultivated, lead to the
elevation of the higher and holier
feelings OF our nature. Think of a
being thus constituted getting cross
on every trifling occasion. How she
insults her Creator. and prostitutes
those excellent qualities which the
stern sex do not possess, and which
seem to be reserved by heaven iol
her alone. Think of this, fair woman
whenever the devil tempts you thus
to sin. You may forfeit all within
your grasp worldly happiness, per
sonal esteem, domestic felicity, thai
peace Of mind which arises from {
consciousness of duty we'll and faith
fully performed, and what is more
than all, you may forfeit the favor o
your God.
Year: 1867

Over my shoulder watching,


wait for the bright new moon
To wake in the western heavens.
Where the air seems soft as June
O, sweet new moon, like silver,


Shine out in the west for me!
0, sweet new moon of lovers,


am watching at eve for thee.
In he past, one eve / wandered


Meath the blossoming apple trees,
When the world was full of beauty
And the signing western breeze.
over my own lett shoulder


| saw thy crescent light
And wished q wish, that changing,
Was woven thro my dreams all night.
WISHED that . sweet, coy maiden,
With ringlets soft and brown,
With cheeks like the apple blossoms,
And neck like the whitest down,
Would return the love bore her
In the morn my wish was true,
Another eve and 1 kissed her,


And we vowed, sweet moon, to you.
And you grew il your full orbed beauty
As our love grew day by day;
And you waned through the cold gray


morning


As our love, till you went away.
And a hundred times your crescent
Has dipped to the suns rich bed,
Since the pleasant love of my boyhood
Was numbered among the dead.
0, While l am waiting and watching,
Shine out in your silver light!
For my heart beats high for maiden
would wish a wish tonight
Iwould wish, while your crescent beacons
The land where love is born,
A wish that would last forever,


And come to pass at morn"
Year: 1867

PEoFANITY.-Why will men take the
name Of God in vain : What possi-
bic adgantage is to be gained by it !?
And yet this wanton, vulgar sin Of
profanity is evidently Oil the increase.
Oaths fall upon the ears in the cars
and at the corners of streets. The
North American Review says we'll ::
" There is among us not few who
feel that simple assertion OF plain
statement of obvious facts will pass
for nothing, unless they swear to its
truth by all the names Of the Deity
and blister their lips with every va
riety of bot and sulphurous oaths.-
Ii we observe such persons very
closely, we shall generally find that
the fierceness of their profanity is in
inverse ratio TO the affiuence OF their
ideas We venture to affirm that the
profanest men within the circle of
your knowledge, are all afflicted with
a chronic weakness of the intellect.
The utterance of an oath, though it
may prevent vacuum in sound, is
no indication of sense. 1t requires
no genius to swear The reckless
taking of sacred names in vain is as
little characteristic Of true indepen-
dence Of thought as it is of high mo-
raj culture. In this breathing and
beautiful world, filled, as it were,
with the presence of the Deity and
fragrant with its incense from thou
sand affairs of praise, it would be no
servilitv should we catch the spirit
of reverent worshippers, and Illus
trate III ourselves the sentiment that
the Christian is the highest style Of
man"
Year: 1867

AGTEMUs NAED-The London correspondent
Of the Chicago Tribune writes 80 1t is hard to
say anything but praise at an open grave. It
i sacrilegous act to seek TO antici pate the
verdict Of history while the grief Of the personal
loss is fresh in the mind. But sometimes it is a
duty. Our schools of light writers are treating
the death of Artclnus Ward rs event of ma
1ional Importance. America, it is stated, can i'll
afford to lose him. and the idea is conveyed that
he was son OF whom she had peculiar reason
to be proud. TO this I must dcmur cannot
regard the class Of Of whom Mr.. Browne is
the type, as among the bcneflctors of their race.
! observed him closely in lis entertainments and
ia bis literary contributions, and it appeared to
me that in lis very humo- lie hattered the prciu-
dces of his hearers. \ man in this position
may do much to render his country ridiculous.
y phrase, peculiar method OF telling story,
remark, half sneer, half fun-all are as effective
rs the more open ways of attack. For example,
Artemus Ward knew the contempt OF the pccu-
liar set amongst whom he moved when he was
here, for the negroes, and he never lost an op-
portunity OF gratifying it. lie went as far rs he
could in justifying the traditional and peculiarly
absurd conception of Yankee. 1t may seem a
bitter thing to say that he raised laughs at his
country; but it is true, though believe it was
from an absence of convictions rather than from
deliberate intent
Year: 1867

A FAcr.-The San Francisco Dispatch recently
announced the editor of an enterior journal as a
candidate for official position. The Marysville
Appeat editor, who would like to be State Print
er, copied the item, and thus replied Who has
better claim than the editor? Most politicians
are very willing to allow the editor to shake the
bush while they catch the bird. We know OF
editors who have labored an age for the public,
and the public never dreamed that they would
take an Office. In fact, the only use the edi-
tor seems TO be is to hoist lliterate ofice-seek-
ers into fat places. Editors don't want anything.
They can exist on newspaper exchanges and
wear old clothes. If they have a family we
suppose the public thinks the wife take in
washing and the children peddle peanuts.
Year: 1867

SLEIGEHG.-Says the Fat Contributor There
amt much sleighing except in Winter. Folks
don't seem to care about it in Summer. Grown
up boys and girls like to go sleighing. The boys
generally drive with one hand and help the girls
hold their muffs with the other. Brother Bob
let me go along little way once when he took
Celia Ann Crane out sleigh-rding, and thought
he paid more attention to holding the muf than
he did TO holding the horse.
Year: 1867

NUMEROUS expedicnts are reported from Mas
sachusetts to get round the prohibitory liquor
law, which is now being enforced with rigor in
that State The latest cxpedient is the sale of
mince pies with large quantity of brandy in
them, or, Boston paper expresses it, . about
one drunk to each mince pie" These are known
as 8. aati-proibition pies, and are chiefly sold
in the highly exemplary and moral town Of Boston
Year: 1867

THE BROTHER OF DANIEL WEBsrER.-Ez-
excl Webster, brother Of Daniel, who was
considered the handsomest man in the U.
S., had a skin Of singular fairness and
light hair. He is wildly remembered in
New Hampshire for his marvellous beauty
of form and face, his courtly and winning
manners, the weight and majesty Of his
presence. He was signal refutation of
DR.. Holmes theory, that grand manners
and high breeding are the result of seve-
raj generations of culture. Until he was
nineteen, this peerless gentleman worked
on rough mountain farm ON the outskirts
Of civilization, as his ancestors had for a
he was refined to the tips Of his finger
nails and to the buttons Of his coat. Like
his more famous brother, he had an ar
fists eye for the becoming in costume, and
keen sence for all the proprieties and de-
corums both Of public and private life.
Year: 1867


When and how shall earliest meet herf


What are the words she first will sayi
By what name shall I learn to greet herr


know not now; II will come some dayi
with the selfsame sunlight shining upon her,
Shining down on her ringlets sheen.
Sno 10 standing somewhere, she shall honor,
She shall wait for, my queen, my queen!
Whether her hair be golden or raven,


Whether her eyes be hazel or blue,
Know not now, but twill be engravsn


Some day hence my loveliest hue.
Many girl have loved for q minute,


Worshipped many face have seen,
Ever and aye there was something in 1t it,
Something that could not be hers, my queeni
will not dream Of her tall and stately,


6ho that love may bo fairy light;
viii not say she must move sedately:


Whatever she does will then be right.
She may be humble or proud, my lady,
Or that sweet calm which 10 just between;
AND whenever she comes she will find me ready
TO Do her homage, my queen.
But she must be courteous, she must be holy,
Pure In her spirit, this maiden love;
Whatever her birth be, noble or lowly,
/ care more than the spirits above,
But III give my heart to my lady's keeping,
And ever her strength on mine shall lean;
And the stars may fall and saints be weeping
Ere cease to love her, Ny Queen.
Year: 1867

REDUCTIo AID ABsURDux.-"He who
would thrive must rise at fye." So says
the proverb, though there is more rhyme
than reason in it, for, if


He who would thrive must rise at i've,
it must naturally follow,


He who'd thrive more must rise iour
and it will insure consequence. that


He who'd still more thriving be,


Must leave his bed at turn OF three;


And who this latter would outdo,


Will rouse him at the stroke of two.
And by way of climax to it all, it should
be held that


He who'd never be outdone,


Must rise
But the best illustration would be,


He who'd flourish best Of all,


Must never 60 to bed at ALL
Year: 1867

live by bells, and this may be true in a
double sense. Bells make the day, and


mark the progress of time. But for these
bells, these endless BELLS l believe we
should all lie down and sleep on through
the eternal night and wake not until the
day dawned upon us in the long hereafter.
Bells tell us the hours and the half hours.
and change the WATCH and govern the
divisions of time, as at sea. BELL calls
us to breakfast, two to lnnch, and 'four
bells is the dinner summons. six bells
is the signal for putting out the lights, and
at seven bells we open our eyes again to
the same continuous pale glimmer Of the
kerosene lamp, and we awake again to the
same endless routine Of occupation, idle
ness and ennui."
Year: 1867

Dan Rice RENTED, in settlement of an
account to newspaper out West, three
dollar counterfeit bill, which was returned
indorsed, ''This note is counterfeit; please
send another" 1t was two months before
Dan replied, when he apologized for the
delay, saying that he had been unable, 'un-
til now to get another counterfeit three
dollar bill,' but he hoped the one now in
closed would suit, protesting, at the same
time, his inability to discover what the OBJ
lection was to the other, which he thought
as good countefeit as he ever saw.
Year: 1867

The White Cloud Chief does not think
the recent Indian massacres on the plains
are any indication Of an Indian war. He
thinks it is merely pleasant way they
have Of notifying the government thatitis
time to distribute presents.
Year: 1867

Two young men, excited by the account
which was published short time ago of o
party entering the sewers of New York
and finding a large quantity of valuable
Jewels and money, few days ago applied
to the city authorities of Philadelphia to
make similar exploration in the sewers Of
that city. The request was not granted,
but on Tuesday night last they were dis
covered by the police attempting to enter
one of the largest sewers Of that city, and
were arrested.
Year: 1867

RECEIPTS FOR FIrs.-Though no doctor,
have some excellent prescriptions, and
shall charge you nothing for them you
cannot grumble at that price. We are
most of US subject to fits; I am vexed with
them myself, and dare say you are also.
Now, then, for my prescriptions:


For fit Of passion, count the tirkings
of a clock. Do this for one hour, and you
will be glad to pull off your coat the next
and work like negro.


For fit Of passion, walk in the open
air; you may speak to the wind without
hurting any one, or proclaim yourself to
be simpleton. -,-


For fit of extravaganza and folly, 20
to the work-house, or speak with the rag
ged and wretched inmates of Jail, and
you will be convinced


"Who maketh his bed of brier and thorn


Must be content to lie forlorn."


For fit of ambition, 20 into a church.
yard, and read the grave-stones. They
will tell you the end of ambition. The
grave will soon be your bed-chamber, tho
earth your pillow, corruption your father,
and the worm your mother and sister.


For fit of repining, look about for the
halt and blind, and visit the bed-ridden
and afflicted and deranged, and they will
make you ashamed of complaining Of your
lighter Affections.
Year: 1867

An army officer in the Indian country
writes in the following cheerful strain to q
friend $" would send you q lock Of my
hair, but fear it would be fraud upon
the savages Of this vicinity. There is o
fair prospect that one Of the noble red men
will be my barber before spring"