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Year: 1866

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Year: 1866

HE Worcester Spy, in recent editorial,
after speaking Of the mischieyous temper
or the Executive, goes on to say.-


But suppose that Washington, instead
OF being the peerless patriot that he was.
had turned his back upon his fellow patriots
before ne had been three months in his seat;
that he had sought his counsellors among
those who had specuIated in the liberties,
and grown rich upon the blood of his coun-
trymeni that, not content with surrounding
himself with the tories and COWBOYS of the
Revolution, he had offered the additional
aftront to the country Of making them the
tavorite objects Of this bounty: that. in the
distribution Of his patronage, he had passed
by the brave men who followed him in his
dreary winter march TO the Delaware. or
fought with him on the fateful or glorious
heds of that long war, in order to reward
those who deserted the colonies in the night
OF their bitter need; if ashington had been
such traitor, James Madison would have
said, Let my hand be palsied, and my tongue
cleave to the roof of my mouth, before [
encourage this infamous thing.


Yet here is an Executive, to whom the
interests and the liberties of twenty millions
OF people were too generously entrusted.
using the power which they gave him, not
only to humiliate them, but to raise up
power in the Government infinitely worse
than the toryism of the revolutionary period
and striving by intimidation and the imposi-
ton Of strange and odious tests to make
every man subsisting upon hisfavor subser-
Went to his will. IF any prophet could
have revealed to that first Congress the
events trauspiring under the patient eyes Of
this generation, Its record on the question
would never have been made And even
as it stands, it is to be regarded only as the
opinion Of men wise according to their light
liable to be reversed ike all fallible opinions
upon just occasion, and not as an iron rule
for all coming time -
Year: 1866

R3A very curious event occurred in
Hungary during bear hunt. 4 very saw
age she bear had just been mortally wound
ed, when all at once young girl, about
twelve years of age, rushed out OF the
thicket and threw herself upon the expiring
beast, giving utterance to the most lamenta-
BILE cries. After good deal of difficulty
this young savage was captured, by means
of chords and nets 1t has been discovered
that peasant woman, some twelve years
AGO. lost her child, little girl, on the CON
fines of the forest, and has never since been
able to obtain any tidings Of her. Acer-
tain Countess Eld9h has taken the little
girl under her care, and is obliged to feed
her with roots, honey and raw meat-the
usual food of bears 1t will be most inter
esting to discover, when the child has
received an education and her mental facul


ties begin to develop themselves, if she viii
remember her former state, and be able to
give an account of her life in the forest.
Year: 1866

o, brightly beams the summer sky,
And rarely blooms the clover;
But the little pool will soon be dry
The summer soon be over!
0, light and soft the west wind blows,
The fower-bells gently ringing;
But blight will fall upon the rose,


Where now the bee is swinging
A smile is on the silver stream


A blush is on the flowers;
But the cloud that wears a golden CLEAN
VIII waste itself in showersl
o, little hearts with gladness rife,


Among the wavy grassesl--
A deeper shade will fold your life
Than o'er the meadow passes!
o, maiden lips o, lips of bloom


Unburdened save by singing!
Pale grief shall leave his seal of gloom
Where kisses now are clinging
o, hope is sweet o, youth is near
And love is sweeter, nearer
o, life is sweet, and life is dear,


But death is often desrer
o, shield the little hearts from wrong,
While childhood's laugh is ringing
And kiss the lips that sing the sang,
Before they cease their singing
o, crown with joys the brows of youth,
Before those brows are older
o, touch with love the lips of truth,
Before they cease their singingl
For the little pool will soon be dry
The summer soon be over;
Though brightly beams the summer sky,
And rarely blooms the clover!
Year: 1866

SeE-A down East editor wants to know
why editors are not blessed with donation
visits as elergymen are for editors it is
well known, are proverbial for their kind
ness of heart, works of benevolence, and
excessively tender disposition to anybody
and everybody who has an awfully dull axe
to grind
Year: 1866

A schoolmaster lately illustrated the ne
cessity of corporal punishment for the cor
rection of juvenile depravity, with the re-
mark that the child, when once started in
a course of evil conduct is ike a locomotive
on the wrong traek-it takes the switch to
get it off. y
Year: 1866

CAPTAIN Judkins, of the Cunard steamer
Scotia, y which lately made the trip across
the Atlantic in just about eight days sailing
time, has now, for nearly thirty years, piled
the great Atlantic steam Ferry. and ''none
but himself has been his parallel. He
has fairly won the title of Commodore Of
the Atlantic. .
Year: 1866

A You've lady made a promise to her
grand-mamma that she would never marry q
certain obnoxious person con the face Of the
earth" The old woman died and the young
girl with her heretofore obnoxious lover re-
paired to the depths of Mammoth Cave. Ky,
where they were joined together.
Year: 1866

psa-A prudish spinster, in describing
what kind of a man her husband would
have to be, said that she would require of
him not only to be strictly religious, but
also of good moral nhapacter
Year: 1866

TRICKS UroN NEwspAPERs.-Newspapsrs, like
individuals, are fallible and sometimes get bad
ly sold. The curious part Of the affair is that
they have no mercy on each others mishaps,
though they are aware their own turn may come
next Ono Of our morning contemponriee Is
just now very sore on the subject Of paper col
lars, bogus article In that speciality having
been passed Oh on 1t - good. We would re-
commend II 10 grin and bear it just - we do
when We get caught Ne amount Of vigilance
can protect newspapers against the occasional
success Of malicious hoaxes Of this kind. We
have been less frequently victimized than our
neighbors, for we are not over trustfdl, and the
lessons which we receive are never lost upon
US. We do get caught, however, once in .
while, and the equanimity which we evince
should teach our similarly afflicted contempt
raries little resignation.
Year: 1866

guidance Of others. When the night
Q ,mes, look abroad and see the lights in
windows kept trimmed BY some loved
one. But not all the windows are visi-
BILE There are those Of the heart whore,
working or sleeping, the light of love Is
kept brightly burning for some one, who,
God bless her. is the fairy light Of life
and love.
Year: 1866

PAGES and passing in short distance
of my position. The first impression
was to speak, but not knowing how
to deal with the stranger in ease he
stopped, / concluded to let it pass,
and it was soon lost from sight in the
darkness of the woods. Not feeling dis.
posed TO pursue, / quietly withdrew and
went my way, thinking it likely to have
another glance at the unexpected visitor.


The following night about the same
hour, and having with me a young friend
who knew nothing of the apparition, it
again appeared and crossed the road
about fifty yards distant and directly IN
our front We paused and stood for sew
eral minutes without ut.ering word.
Ny companion was evidently taken
aback, and wished to know whatit meant,
when informed him of what had taken
place the previous night Supposing it
was ruse of some kind cotton up for his
benefit, be proposed moving on, to which
| objected for the reason that by re-
naming quiet it would probably return.
The remark had scarcely been made
when it re-crossed quite slowly, and
took position by the roadside, as
though it had an idea of awaiting our
approach. This was somewhat exciting
to the young man as well as myself, and
what course to pursue, whether to go for
ward or backward he was at a loss to
determine. Believing, as | did, that
simply to advance would prove sufficient
for a change of position on the part OF
the ghost, l proposed moving up cauti.
ously, which was done, and we succeeded
in getting within short distance of the
desired point when it disappeared
retiring into the hollow whence it came.
Owing to the perfect stiffness of the
night, together with the demoralizing
influence brought to bear by this lone
some spot, we, after brief consultation,
deemed it prudent to push on towards
home and leave the ghost alone in its
apparent glory"
Year: 1866

There seems to be four styles of mind :


lst, them who know it is SO


I'd, them who know it aint so


3D. them who split the difference and
guess at it


4th, them who don't care darn which
way it is


There is but few men who hev charac.
ter enough to lead life of idleness.


True love is spelt just the same in
Choctaw as it is in English.


Those who retire from the world on ac-
count of its sins and peskiness, must re-
member that they have got to keep COM
pany with person who wants just as
much watching as anybody else.


A puppy plays with every pup he
meets, but old dogs have but few associ-
ates.


It costs good deal to be wise, but it
don't cost anything to be happy.


Necessity begot invention, invention
begot convenience, convenience begot
pleasure, pleasure begot luxury, luxury
beget riot and disease, riot and disease
between them begot poverty, and poverty
begot necessity again-and this is the
revolution of man, and is about all he
can brag on.


Love lies bleeding l"-this is proba.
bly, one of the darndest lies that ever was
told.


When a man loses his health, then he
fust begins to take good care of it. This
is good judgment-this is is


Most people decline to learn only by
their own experience And | guess they
are more than right, for ! do not 'spose
man can get perfect idee on molasses
candy by lettin another feller taste it for
him.


Success in life is very apt to make US
forgit the time when we wasn't much. 1t
is Just so with the frog on the jump he
can remember when he was tadpole-
but other folks can.


An individual to be fine gentleman,
has either to be born so, or brought up
so from infancy he can't lsrn it sudden
any more than he can larn to talk Injun
correctly by practicing on tomahawk.


/ wonder if there ever was an old maid
who ever heard on match that she tho
was suitable.


If man wants to get at his actual d.
mensions let him visit a graveyard


have often set down square on the
ice, by having my feet git out of place,
but | never could see anything in it TO
laff at, especially if there was some water
on the top of the ice, but / notis other
folks can.


Precepts are like cold buckwhest slap
jacks-nobody feels like being sassy TO
them, and nobody wants to adopt them.


If any man wants to be an old bache-
lor, and get sick in a boarding tavern,
and have back room in the fourth story,
aud have red haired chambermaid bring
his water Cruel to him in q wash basin,
have always said, and stick to it yet,
he has got perfect right to do it.


1t is dreadful easy work to repent of
other folks sins-but not very profitable
Year: 1866

have seen in several Of the city papers accounts Of
the dog pound and the deaths Of sAd animals but be-
neve have seen nothing a. 10 the disposition q the
crcasss During the late war In the Southern States
made many experiments upon dogs and extracted from
their bodies very good article Of OIL aso made their
hides into leather glue and their bones into bone
black supposing tha, from t5 900 70 20 600 dogs will
suffer death the pound this aud every succeeding year
could their be made OF pront and
use, found medium sized ioerably fat dog 20 yield
a quart of OIL which superior 70 any other for tan
nsrs' purposes crude state and when refined and
deodorfed made very superior hair OIL In ts crude
state the smell IA pungent and ~ appearance some
what like crude whale oil The leather made from tho
hide varies with the breed Of the dog The bull, New
foundiand, large ours and In fact all heavy coarser
breeds, make q tough, durable and plant shoe
leather while the inner grades OF animals give
a leather equal 10 any KID have seen boots made
Of well tanned dog hide which could not be told from
the finest calfskin The glue made Il a. good a. that
from the clipping &c, of any other hide


The amount of OIL leather and glue varies IN propor


ton 20 the sire and fatness of the dog yielding
hlgh A. half gallon of oil The improved quality ~ the
hide will In almost every make up for the analines
OF with the value ~ the bones FOR boneback or the
manufacture of phosphates there many around New
York Who acquainted. Ny opinion is that even the
waste hesh might be turned 70 account In the mannfac
ture Of some character of compost manure know That
Il has been used In the generation o' sapeire Prom


my own observation and experiences my oplnlon y uat
an enerprislng man might make the dog carcasses of
New YORK and Brooklyn prcfues twenty thousand dol.
lar. Of wA.el Al s.. ssn p7saSa ssAgs VIVA "
Year: 1866

TnE STATE LINE RoAp.-On the second
page will be found well written article by a
person who has passed over the route of the
Estate Line Road This question is one of
Importance to Keokuk, and should not be al
lowed to pass unheeded.
Year: 1866

MEssRs. PACE, LAVENDER & HARPER,--In the
selection of factor in this or any other city, the
planter or producer should look to the intelligence
and competency generally of the merchant, as
well as to his social qualities and popular man
uers To transact successfully this highest depart
ment of the mercantile profession, no ordinary
amount of intelligence is required. The merchant
must have finished education and an enlarged
understanding; and if any other description of
men ever succeed, it is purely by good luck and
awkwardness." In the gentlemen named above,
who have established commission and factorage
business at No. so Union street, those doing bust
ness with our city have all the requirements
spoken of above-each and every gentleman of
the firm being able accomplished and thoroughly
reliahln
Year: 1866

DIRECT TRADE WITH EURoPE.-We have along
thought that there was no valid reason why our
merchants could not import every class of Euro.
pean manufactures and sell them as cheap as is
done by those of New York aid Boston, Freight
is certainly not high enough on goods brought
from London, Liverpool, Hayre or Bordeaux here,
to account for the difference always charged, and
the expense of conducting business in this city is
certainly not half as great as in the great North
ern cities, where many merchants pay $4,000 per
annum rent. The great trouble, we suppose, has
been in the dearth of capital and enterprise, con.
sequently it should be subject for general re-
joicing to the public when firm, with sufficient
means, embarks in the business with the determi-
nation to accomplish the desired result. Messrs. P
Mares Co., 43 Royal street. we are glad to be able
to announce, have gone into this business and
promise to the public that they will furnish them
with the best and most desirable Of European
manufactures at rates as cheap as they are sole
at the North. That they should not fail in this
enterprise should be a matter Of interest to every
Southern merchant and consumer, and We have
but little doubt that they will be well patronized
Read their advertisement.
Year: 1866

AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESS UNDER Difficult
IEs.-According to the general idea, a man
who has neither legs nor arms would be under
stood to be very helpless object, but he is not
necessarily so, as is proved in the case of Mr..
Kavanagh, who is set down as being returned
from Wexford as a member of the British
Parliament. In the places where other peo-
pie have legs and arms this gentleman has
mere fOrmless stumps, and yet he is said to be
a fine penman and good draughtsman; and
among his accomplishments it is set down that
he is an excellent shot and good yachtsman.


He appears to be man of considerable intel
lect and literary ability, as is manifested by
his book, entitled "The Cruise of the Eva. >
This book is illustrated by sketches made by
himself. When writing or drawing, he holds
the pen or pencil in his mouth, and guides il
by the stumps which stand in the place of his
arms We mention these facts to show what
may be done by persevering industry under
the most discouraging disadvantages; for this
gentleman has managed to accomplish, with.
out either arms or legs, great deal more than
many people have done who are fully fitted
with both.
Year: 1866

EYE-SIGHT. -Milton's blindness was the re-
suit of overwork and dyspepsia.


Multitudes Of men and women have made
their eyes weak for life by too free use Of the
light in reading small print, and doing fine
sewing. In view of these things, it is well to
observe the following rules in the use of the
eyes:


Avoid all sudden changes between light and
darkness.


Never begin to read, or write, or sew, for
several minutes after coming from darkness to
a bright light.


Never read by twilight, or moonlight, or on
very cloudy day.


Never read or sew directly in front of the
light, or window or door.


1t is better to have the light fall from above,
oblique over the right shoulder.


Never sleep 50 that on the first awaking the
eyes shall open on the light of window.


DO not use the eye-sight by light, SO scant
that it requires an effort to discriminate.


Too much light creates a glare, and pains
and confuseS the sight. The moment you are
sensible of an effort to distinguish, that mo-
ment cease, and take walk or ride


The moment you are instinctiveIy prompted
to rub your eyes, that moment stop using
them,
Year: 1866

The USE OF BoRAX IN WASHING. In Bel.
ginm and Holland linen is prepared beautiful
ly, because the washerwomen use refined bo-
rax, instead of soda, as a washing powder. :
One large handful OF borax is used to every
ten gallons Of boiling water, and the saving in
soap is said to be one-haf For laoes and cam
brics an extra quantity is used, Borax does
not injure the linen, and it softens the hardest
water. A teaspoonful Of borax added to an
ordinary sized kettle Of hard water, in which
1t Is allowed to boil will effectualy GOTTEN the
water.
Year: 1866

COUNT BIsMARCK-For some time past
there have been reports Of the i'll health Of
Count Bismarck, and his malay is said to
be Of nervous character, The efcrts OF Years
Of hard labor are visible in his countenance.
but he is physically almost as strong as ever
Plenty Of exercise by riding and walking is
prescribed by his physicians. Mental labor is
SAID to have the effect of depriving him Of
sleep and bringing on nervous fever, which, his
medical advisers think, might ultimately
result in congestion or even softening Of the
brain, lie performs his official duties, bat il
is under certain restrictions imposed by his
physicians.
Year: 1866

The House was at length hushed, and
Grattan rose | cannot revert to the
memory Of that extraordinary man with
out a mixture of admiration and melau-
choly-admiration for his talents, and
melancholy for the feeling that such tai
ents should expire with the time and
be buried in the common dust Of sepul-
chre. As a sensation orator he was in
contestibly the greatest whom | ever
heard. With but little pathos, and with
no pleasantly, never heard any man


so universally, perpetually and power.
fully command the attention of the
House. There was the remarkable pc
Year: 1866

An average annual cash dividend to Stock
holders of fourteen per cent. upon its. capital
stock since its incorporation, portrays the great
success and stability of this eminent Institu-
ton. the superior financial accuracy displayed
the management Of the PHENIX is in the
hands of those who know how. successfully, to
couduct
Year: 1866




Listen to my story /; simple it is to
be sure, but then it may not be alto
gether uninteresting.


Far away in the country, i'm the
depths OF green valley can be seen
the little village of Bradford lived
close by the road side at the entrance
to the valley, and from my own door
could see into Widow Clare's thatched
cottage embowered among fragrant
shrubs and a garden full of flowers.
Farther down the valley, the tower of
the old church overtopped the massive
oaks and elms that were the pride Of
all the country round.


Mrs. Clare was the widow of the
late curate, who had died some years
before, leaving a slight provision for
his wife and only child. But though
poor they We're respected, and Ally
Glare, little Ally" as she was called
grew up petted by all Bradford. Fair
in face, gay as lark, little wayward,
perhaps, yet with a temper as sweet
as the roses in June, her presence was
welcomed at every freside in our vii
lage.


Many and many time would she
come up to my cottage of an evening.
to hear me tell over and over again all
about the queens coronation. All, my
poor James, now dead and gone, had
carried me all the way to London, a
good three days journey then, to see
the crowning Of the young queen, God
bless her !!


Little Ally would never tire ofhearing
all that had to tell of the great city,
and thanking me in her gentle way,
she would go away signing because
her lot was cast i'm such an out of the
way place as Bradford


Well, Time went wandering on
through the world, making his wonder.
ful changes in young and old and
while the silver threads Of age were
gathering fast on the comely head of
Widow Clare, her sweet daughter. now
the tallest and prettiest maiden in the
parish, was causing many a heart ache
among the merry swains of Bradford.


Among them all there wasn't more
likely youth than Philip Hart. Poor
lad, his was a hard lot. At the tender
age of nine he was motherless, and his
father marrying soon after woman
Of irritable temper, the little orphan
met with nothing but blows and abuse
from his cruel step-mother. The great
Year: 1866

Henry Wilson of Massachusetts said
recently in the Senate:


Certain newspapers had advoca-
ted the use of Government patronage
to influence the action of Congress.
He would say to everybody who had
that thought in their brain, that the
people of this country, are not in any
temper to be sold. They have decided
that negroes shall not be bought and
sold and they are unanimous that the
Senators and Representatives shall not
sell themselves t3g Government patron
age. If there is anybody in the coun-
try who wishes to buy or sell, he will
find the American people will blast
him with whitening scorn and indigna-
ton


There is no patriot who does not re-
spond Amen to that
Year: 1866

WANTED-AN HONEST MAN.-The President
declared, few days ago. that in making an
appointment in the New York Custom House,
he should like to go out of all political cliqrcs
and select an honest man,
Year: 1866

I@The heavy rains that seriously
threaten the grain crop in England,
haye this year extended over most Of
tho continent. A private letter from
Germany states that the rains have
been almost incessant for six weeks
past, and the weather uncomfortably
cool and unpleasant. The grapes are
very abundant, as in France, but unless
there is warm weather and plenty Of
sunshine to ripen them, the vintage OF
1866 will bo q failure Cincinnati
Com.
Year: 1866

COLLEGE ExCURsroN.-1he Commercial Council
League Societies Of Eastmans Business College
Poughkeepse numbering thousand students will arrive
this city to-day pleasure excursion They will march
through OF the principal streets headed by the fine band
Of the Institution.
Year: 1866

To SUBSCRIBERS NORTH OF BROAD STREET.
The carrier OF the Dtsp0to. on the north OF
Broad street, between Thirteenth and the
Brook avenue, has been sick for few days
and of course the paper has been left irregu-
larly, and TO only Il few of the subscribers in
that district He will be ont in day or TWO.
lie is a good carrier, and will make mp for lost
time by his faithfIlnesS when he resumes his
daily rounds.