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Year: 1866

FRUIT VERSUS LIoUoR.-The late David Thomas
often made the remark, that among all his acQuaint-
ances he he scarcely knew who was decided
ly fond of good fruit who became hard drinker he
considered the two tastes distinct and antagonistc


There is undoubtedly much truth in this remark


there appears to be natural demand in the system
many are tempted to fill this vacancy by drinking
aleoh9c LIQUORS. One of the best things. we do.
temperance principles, and the prevention of an in
temperate appetite by absaining entirely from the
slipping of liquor, we may endeavor by the extended
culture Of fruit in all its kinds, to extend tho
circle of supply throughout the year. asgict this
benevolent exerton by lessening taking away the
Year: 1866

living, if they can only bear his name totaks
away their reproach. What is this order for


1t is for the resurrection; it is not for thi


world. l would not 60 scroSs this bowefy
for polygamy, if it only pertaiued to this
world. 1t is for the resurrection, and the,
spirit Of the Lord has come upon the people,
and upon the ladies especially, to prepare for
the fulfllment of his word The female sex
have been deceived SO long, that a spirit has
'aus uDon the n and they want place, aud
name, aud head, for man is the head Of The
woman, to lead her into the celestial klnguomp
of our Father and God %
Year: 1866

THEN AND Now. Those who mar


ried from impulse with inconsiderate
haste rather than rom well tried and


fond affection, frequently experience "A
great disparity between the feelings of
the honeymoon. and those that are two
or three years after marriage. This
difference WAS most aptly illustrated
very recently by the remarks of lady
not one thousand miles from this place,
who was overheard conversing with
her husband after they had gone to bed.
Said she, when we were first married,
yon would tell me to put my little foot
les down with yours and get them warm,
but now. when i touch one of my Set
to yours you say, in a gruR voice, take
away tina. hoof. - Aaus,on Fys. ss,or.
Year: 1866

NEW YoRK. Jan. I9.-The Lima Coz
mercio, speaking of the suicide OF tie
Spanish Admiral, says that on the after
noon of the fatal day Pareja had come
mon the deck after dinner with his OH
GERS He had revolver in his hand,
Nth which he shot two birds on the
INC He then vent down to his cabin
from which shortly afterwards a shot
was heard On somebody rushing in IN
Admiral was found dead and on the table
a letter. in which it is stated that fareja
said that as the commander fthe Coru'
donSa had rot had courage enough to
do his duty, so he, PaIeia, had not
enough to survive the disgrace OF MS
flag. and finished with tSe WISH t6at DIS
body might not be buried OF Chihar
soil or in Chilian waters.
Year: 1866

COMPLETE CLOTHING HoCsE.-We take great
pleasure calling the attention of readers to the
conspicuous advertisement Of Messrs. Smith. Bros,
Co., No. 40 West Baltimore street. We speak what
we know when say their present stock Of clothing
cannot be eScelled. We commend this firm to the
favorable notice of all who may want goods in their
line. They sell at small profits and deal on tho
SQUARE with everybody
Year: 1866

CURIOUS RIVER PHENoMENoN.-A few weeks ago
the bed of the river Kamoth. in California suddenly
several feet, converting the stream into broad
and shallow torrent. The Yreka Journal explains
the phenomenon as follows:


THE river, where the uprising took place, was
very deep, with slate rock bottom which the eddies
in the river gradually through, making an es-
cape for strata of chalk formation heavily pressed
no doubt, by the hill back of the bank which sunk
down level at the time the bed of the river
up. AS the original bank with large trees along If
between the sunken hill and river channel remained
firm, the natural suppostion is that the foundation
of that locality is Of solid rock. with vacuum from
which the chalk substance emanated Since the rise
in the river from last weeks rains the stresn Il ft
washing away the chalky incumbrance intruding lis
original channel. The locality is about thirty miles
rom 1reka. and we learn that some of our citizens
Year: 1866

A man Of singularly minute obserTa-
ton once said 10 me y have noticed
that young ladies seem to 50 through
three stages Of feeling with regard to
matrimony. When they first grow up
and come out in society, they Of course
consider it the end and aim of exist
ence: but in a year or two they become
indifferent, and lose sll care of it but
As they grow to be about twenty y-tive
an,, so on, their old anxiety returns
stnlnger than eyer. "-Emiiy Chester.
Year: 1866

Price OF A Klss--A lady who was
rudely kissed by man, while walking
in Buffalo, n. Y, on Wednesday even
ing, instantly returned home and start
ed her husband after the offender, who
was lodged in prison, and fined fifty
dollars the next morning by magis-
trate


The deferce set up that the kiss was
only a joke, given under the influence of
little too much liquor, and but for tes-
timony Of general good character, the
Judge announced that the punishment
would have been six months imprison-
meet
Year: 1866

D. hat'tahH1J ISL


Ny DEAR OLD MAsTER-When l left
you, about a month ago, 1 did not in
tend to be away more than a month or
so; but having invested what money
had in small grocery store, and find
ing it needed all my attention, and be
lievlng you could well spare me from
your store, l have thought it best to let
you know my intentions. must
frankly say TO yon that could not take
up the courage to come and tell you
that l was going to leave you, as you
had been a tried friend to me, for which
l shall ever remember you, and hope |
shall never become any the less your
friend. have thought the day might
come when, perhaps, you would not
have need for me, and | had better
embrace the first opportunity. 1t is
true l am scarcely making q living;
yet ] am among friends and acquaint-
ances, and those whom shall ever love
as such. Hoping this will give salts
faction, at the same time | hope that
you will take everything into consider
alton that have here said


Believe me to be your faithful friend
and former slave, HENRY SCOTT.
Year: 1866

How many moving appeal is di-
rected to them. A Western editor gets
off about as good a one as is found,
which we copy for the benefit of those
who may chance to have blanks after
their names on our subscription books


A." Hear us for our debts, and get ready
that you may pay; trust us, we have
need, as you have long been trusted; ac.
knowledge your Indebtedness, and dive
into your pocket that you may promptly
fork over. If there be any among you


-one single patron-that don't owe us
something, then to him we say step aside,
you are gentleman. If the rest want
to know why we dun them, this is our
answer: Not that we care about
ourselves, but because our creditors do.
Would you rather that we went to
Jail, and you 60 free, than you pay your
debts and keep US moving? AS we
agreed, we have worked for ycu; as we
contracted, we have furnished the paper
to you, but you don't pay we dun you.
Here are agreements for job work con-
tracts for subscriptions promises for
long credit, and duns for deferred pay
ment. Who is there SO green that he
don't advertise If any, let him slide,
he amt the chap either Who is there
so mean that he don't pay the printers 2
If any, let him speak, for he's the man
we're after.
Year: 1866

It is very pleasant in q ballroom to
have fair vis-a-vis to "caper nilnbly to,
but quite the contrary when one is acci-
dentally compelled to go through similar
movements on the street. There are
very few who have not at some time real
lied this fact. Rushing along, parties
going in opposite directions frequently
come to dead hal. face to face they
bob from one side to the other, from right
to left simultaneously, neither able to
pass until the absurdity of the position
arouses the Indignation of one or the
other, and he remains perfectly motion
less Sometimes in doing this even both
parties, as if under magnetic attraction,
come to a halt at the same time, and the
"dance must be again resumed before
a passage is effected. er


We were unfortunately placed in this
awkward position yesterday, though the
annoyance was somewhat modified, as
our ris. d-ris on this occasion was very
handsome maiden of sweet sixteen"
with dark ringlets, black eyes, and pout-
ing, rosy lips. Though it was raining
slightly, we kept up the " dance" some
time, and in such close proximity to each
other that deep bushes suffused the
cheeks of our fair partner, and, we must
acknowledge, the blood tingled in our
own veins We moved from right to left,
came to halt, resumed operations,
and with desperate dash managed to
slip by. The little episode occupied but
few seconds, but each second seemed as
minutes, and the sensation was agreeably
annoying, il we are permitted TO use such
a phrase.-Erchdnge. .r. 1-T-f e
Year: 1866

SWAPPING BADIEs.-Last week strange
woman with an infant in her arms, entered
Q house in Boston and asked leave to stay
awhile, as she was weak aud tired. The
lady Of the house went to get glass Of ale
for the S ranger and ou relur ming found that
her own infant, which she had left asleep
in the cradle, had been taken away by
her visitor and negro baby left in its
stead. Nothing has been heard Of the
woman since, aud the affair creates great
excitement among the interested parties -
Exchange.


Too bad , How could any woman 50
far forget herself as to leave q Niger baby
in a white family in Boston And yet it
is all rigAt. Boston is theiheaven for mig
gers. Massachusetts is the elysium for
the dear cherubs. A niger baby is not
so bad after all. Boston would swap the
Goddess of Liberty of for thick Tipped
wench and OF course it would be glad to
change white babies foy black ones! Tie
true, 'tis pity, and pity It's It's true. Let
the mig. bah be cared for. Name him af
ter Beast Butler, Potash Anna or SumDer'
who went to France to have his back bone
seraped down instead OF sire ngthened up
Teach il to follow the example of Butler,
Sumner and Anna Diekinson--build ito
cradle in Fanneul Hall kiss it for te moth
er and tell the traitors all around you
that a child is given unto Boston! We


should not wonder if Massachusetts, should
by aw seek to make out that it is OF di-


vine origin, aud worship its advent as the


coming OF Messiah! God bless the little
niger baby! Let it be adopted in the place
of the boat load of poor white girls sent
off to the Pacific. Wsddle il aud swad-
, die it for great is Massachusetts, and the
: niger Is its proPhes.


La Crosse Democrat.
Year: 1866

BsS" During the war, an excited orator
on the stump said that the women of The
country would churn out the public debt
in few years. judging from the price
of butter they have commsncsd upon the
business already.
Year: 1866

nS-Diferept sounds travel with differ
ent degrees OF velocity. Call to dinner
will run over ten acre lot in a minute
and hall while summons to work viii
take from fys to ten minutes
Year: 1866

throughout the apartment we are made ~
feel, and every member of the family Is
given to understand, that this room Is a
solemn, sequcstered spot palace of splen-
dor, shrine not to be lightly entered, and
OH no account whatever to be used.


OF course, there are many houses both of
rich and poor, to which this description
will not apply. Many houses have splen-
didly furnished parlors, and comfort, con-
venience and elegance in every other room.
Some houses have rooms comfortably fur
nished throughout, and have no room that
Is not In daily common use. But the first
class must, of necessity, be rare; and the
second class is, as everybody will admit,
not a large one. AS we stop and run
over the list of our acquaintances,
rich and poor, we hardly recall one in
whose house the living-room 10 the parIor,
and where the parlor is not better fur
nished than any room the family habitual-
ly occupies. Indeed, it will be admitted
that it is principle in our house,
keeping to have parlor, and to furnish it
as handsomely as our means will afford !;
and then, as the room does not look com
Portable, and we cannot really afford to use
the expensive things we have put into it,
we do not occupy tive shut itup, and the
family life begins and grows up entirely
OUTSIDE OF JnlS room, W0lcn represents nOG
the affection, nor the mutual interests, nor
the occupation of the family, but it is test
of its wealth, its pride, and what is falsely
called its taste.


Now, the very first step to be taken by a
young couple beginning housekeeping in
America is, that there be no "best room,"
no parlor as distinct from living-roOm bet
ter furnished than any other, with chairs
and tables too costly for daily use, with pic
lures that are seldom seen, with carpets
that they will fear to tread on, thinking of
how much money it took to buy them;
with mirrors that reflect from year to year
no warmth, no cheer no familiar daily life,
but only cold magnificence, or tawdy fine
ry, or cheap but dear ornaments, painfully
acquired by saving where saving was che
worst economy.


Next to what is more commonly under
stood as economy, this one principle, fairly
lived up to-that the house exists for the
family, first of all, and is for their use and
comfort; and that the family must not be
hamp"red and hindered in their daily life
by artificial arraDgements-will lay the
foundation for more solid happiness than
ouryoung couple can hope for under the
present condition.; and supposing them to
have established their living room on the
natural basis, we will tell them in a future
number how they ought to furnish it,
Round Table.
Year: 1866

Professor Agassiz comes to the conclusion
that the continent of North America was
| once covered with ice mile in thickness,
thereby agreeing with Professor Hitch
cock and other eminent geological writers
concerning the glacial period. In proof of
this conclusion, he says that the slopes of
the Allegheny range of mountains are gla-
cler-worn to the very top, except few
| points which were above the level of the
icy mass. Mount Washington, for instance,
! is over six thousand feet high, and the
rough, unpublished surface of its summit,
| covered with loose fragments, just below
| the level on which the glacier marks come
to an end, tells thatit lifted its head alone
above the desolate waste of ice and snow.
In this, then, the thickness of the ice cam
not have been much less than six thousand
feet, and this is in keeping with the same
kinds OF evidence in other parts of the
country, for, when the mountains are much
below six thousand feet, the ice seems TO
have passed directly over them, while the
lew peaks rising to that hight are left un-
touched.


The glacier, he argues, was Gods great
plough, and, when the ice vanished from
the face of the land, it lett it prepared for
the hand of the husbandman. The hard
surfaces of the rocks were ground to pow


der, the elements of the soil were mingled
in fair proportions, granite was carried into
the lime regions, lime was mingled with
the more arid and unproductive granite
districts, and soil was prepared for the
agricultural uses of man. There are evil
dences all over the polar regions to show
that at one period the heat of the tropics
extended all over the globe. The ice period
is supposed to be long subsequent to this,
and next to the last before the advent Of
man.
Year: 1866

The Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, one of
the most respectable among the leading
Republican journals of the country, and
believed to be in the confidence of ex-Pres-
ident Fillmore, fully and unhesitatingly
indorses the Veto Message of President
johnson. 1t says


"That document is as admirable in the
dignity OF its tone, as it is impregnable in its
logic. The objections which he urges to
the provisions of the Civil Rights bill as
sent to him by Congress, seem to us to be
( most conclusive, and cannot fail to carry
tconViction to the minds of the people. He
demonstrates most conclusively that un-
governed radicalism is equally as danger
Gus to the nation as treason.


1.-The one is covert and insidious, the
other was open and bold; the one seeks to
destroy the Constitution by undermining
1t, the other sought TO repudiate it by force;
the one, prompted by an Over-zealous
championship OF the negro, would over
z throw the rights of the whites, while the
other sought to build up an oligarchy upon
+ the ruins of the old Union. Against both,
. Andrew johnson has stood firm, and we
regard him as national benefactor in
national crisis. =
The President had but one course to pur-
sue. His duty to himself and the country,
rose above all such considerations; and we
rejoice that he has had the honesty and


boldness to perform it, even while we re-
gret the necessity, and deprecate the obsta-
( Gle which Congress placed in his path. We
hold President Johnson To be right and Congress
to be lorOng."
Year: 1866

gress in book reading; and so the pleasant vol
umes that are put out, if taken up at all, have
to be got through with in parts and parcels
And remember what hosts of these periodicals
there are; dailies, weeklies, semi-monthlies,
monthlies, quarterlies-th name is legion
and, looking at them in their multiplicity, it
would seem as if there was no room left for re-
gular books at all. But, room or no room,
books are published in quantities notwithstan-
ding They are almost like the bad news in
Macbeth. "


"That Of an hours age doth hiss the speaker,


Each minute Teens a new One."


And so it comes to pass that, when you sit
down with your pleasant volume to enjoy it,
you are not sure but that, before you are one
fourth through it, half dozen other newer
ones will be poured into your lap, demanding
to be read. How can a man find pleasure in
literature when he is thus crammed?


u, for the days of Sam johnson and Oliver
Goldsmith, when a new book was a rarity, and
men had time to digest and relish it before
another came; when they could talk it over,
and, as it were, chew the cud out of it, and
view it deliberately all around ere the next
appeared to take off their attention; when such
a poem as the Deserted Village "a poem of
less than five hundred lines-could create a SEN
SatlOn, and be the wonder Of the town for days
and months. Now, such a production, with
all its merit would be likely to be swept away,
unheeded, in the torrent that pourS from the
press. In this fast age, if it challenged theil
| notice tor the first time, men would hardly
| stop long enough to discern its worth it would
| probably be lost in the crowd by which il was
surrounded. D, We say, for the queter days
| gone by, when there were fewer books and bet
ter opportunity to enjoy them; when, instead
Of hurrylng with post haste speed, from news
| paper to magazine, and from magazine to vol
ume, and from one volume to another, appre
hensive Of being overtaken by something else
before this was disposed of, men could sit dowr
quietly with the book of the day, ''read
mark, learn, and inwardly digest it, get the ful
good of it, think of it, dream about it, anC
have it thoroughly siftcd, in comfort and peace
There is too much to read now-tOo much fo
its proper enjoyment. The reading public ha
come to surfeiting, and is in danger of, if it i
not already suffering under, literary dyspep
| Sla.


| sometimes think it would be better for tn,
world if the press could be stopped for som
ten or fifteen years, to give people chance t
catch up with the times, and to acquire heal
thy appetite again They need repose from intel
lectual excitement. five go on at the presen
rate of literary production, it is hard to sa
who shall read, or what shall be done with, tn
books that may be written. c. W. T.
Year: 1866

"Oh, pa, Mr.. Smith was here this morning,
and when ma told him that you would not be
at home till late, he said her lips were like
honey, and that he wished he was bee,
and then he kissed her. They gave me stick
Of candy not to tell any one, but don't think
they'd mind you, you're so well acquainted
with ma"
Year: 1866

"THE EASTERN SHORE. "-The Cincinnati
Times gets eff the following cruel slur on the
Eastern Shore" =


"Great complaint is made about the irregu-
larity of the mails from the eastern shore Of
Maryland That is where the man We read Of
spent forty years Of life and on moving away
recorded his life as beginning with the year Of
his removal, trusting that Providence would
not charge against him the forty years he had
lost on the Eastern shore of Maryland. "
Year: 1866

The following is going the rounds as a do
mestic drama: Scene Mother in the cellar
splitting wood. Scene H.-Daughter in the
psrlor singing to Clarence Fitz Noodle the pa
thetic ballad Of Who will care for Mother
a
Year: 1866

MALE AND FEMALE HAIR.-It is curious
fact revealed by the microscope, that the halr
of the head OF women is larger in its tbre t1an
that Of men, and to this circumstance is uue
the fact that it obtains o greater length II Is,
therefore, of more importance that the s5in 81 81
the scalp in the female should be supplied wltll WIT
all those materials of which hair is composed a
or the hair produced will be, imperfect in Its
structure. irregular and rough.
Year: 1866

JOHN WESLEY says in his writings
"Condemn no man for not thinking as
you think. Let every one enjoy the
full and free liberty of thinkinglfor
himself. Let every man use his own
Judgment, since every man must give
an account of himself to God. Abhor
every approach, in any kind of degree,
to the spirit of persecution. If YOU
cannot reason or persuade man into
the truth. never attempt to force him
into it. If love will not compel him to
come, leave him to God, the Judge Of
all.o
Year: 1866

NANCY courage, fortitudc and self
denial will triumph over the greatest
ills. The storm will soon blow over
and the sun of prosperity again blaze
in the heavens with cheerful effulgence.
and then those who have held out with
indomitable frmness will be prepared
to reap the advantages of the new order
Of things. A stout heart will keep the
body vigorous, the health good. and will
also chase away the blues, while de-
spondency Will wreck not only fortune
but mind and body also. All that the
luckiest of us get in this world is our
keeping-our foed Clothes and lodging
at best, and what matters little
hard fare for few monthSl
Year: 1866

B~ The Democracy are a very &C
eommodating party. In this State, their
platform for years past has been based
on the doctrine that the Government has
no power to coerce State to stay in ths
Union, and therefore the war was ell
wrong. Now they head their ticket with
a soldier who fought in that war, and
declare that no State has the right OF
power to get out of the Unionl
Year: 1866

NEW YoRK, March 28.-The provis-
ional contract for the consolidation of
the various great Express Companies,
was accepted yesterday by the National
Bankers Express Company. It is un-
derstood that the arrangement is to in
crease the capital of the old companies
to the extent of Eve million dollars,
which stock is TO be taken by the Ma
tional Bankers' Company. The latter
goes out of existence as separate com
panv
Year: 1866

REPRESENTATIVE MEs-We are In.
formed that prominent candidate on
the bogus Workingmen's Ticket for the
City Council has o record as an Odd
Fellow almost rs interesting as that Of
Sergeant Whits. Can anybody give rs
the name and facts Of the case2