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Year: 1867




r, ew days since, laboring man, who
works in WoOdruffs plaster mill, called
upon one of the city surgeons for the
purpose of having a tumor upon the
neck, just under the angle of the Jaw
bone, removed. The tumor was about
the size of large hens egg, and had
been there about ten years. After get
ting history of the case, the surgeon
suspected that the tumor had been occa-
stoned by some foreign substance such
as a bone. Before attempting to remove,
the tumor, it was laid open, and a fish
bone about three quarters of an inch
long and al eighth OF an inch in dame
ter, OF irregular shape, was discovered
and removed, The patient had attempts
ed to swallow this bone over twenty
years ago, but it hadlodged in his throat,
occasioning more or less trouble ever
since. Nature had attempted to remove
it, but had failed, as the bone had trav-
elcd through the neck about an inch in
direction onward and downward, where
it became encysted and remained The
tumor has since been removed, and the
patient is doing well and attending to
his daily labor,
Year: 1867




pany secretary, which answered unite CLEAR
'Ho fa's.i0Ns proposed-all excepting
those which should explain why and where
fore the plastic slate spread upon a roof
would not yield to the shrinxage or svaIl;ng
of the boards upon which it was laid. For
some cause or other questions of this sort
were overlooked in the replies.


Since that time we have had opportunity
to converse with some gentlemen who have
used the new roofing and during the short
test which they have had, they have express
ed rather favorable opinion of it; however,
we know of no one yet who has been able
TO mark the effects of both summer and win
yer upon it. One gentleman we have con-
Versed with, whose business it is to cover
roofs with slate or any other material which
his employers direct, and who has had more
or less experience in applying the plastic
slate, says that no lettings laid under
the plaster, nor anything else will prevent
the external surface cracking whenever the
boards beneath it shrink or swell, and that
the action of the sun in summer will LIQUID





that in time these will disintegrate and pass
off in the rain, thus finally leaving the roof
denuded Of its plastic covering.


Within few weeks we have noticed
this subject renewed in the discussions
of the American Farmers Club, and, if we
Judge Alright, Mr.. Robinson is not so conf
dent in his good opinion as he was year
ago. Gentlemen from various parts of the
United States who have tried this material
express their disappointment in it.


As we called attention to this subject near
ly year ago, and may have been the means
of exciting s,me in the merits or demerits of
the Plastic Slate Roofing, we have felt it due
to all concerned that we should give the re-
suits of our investigation, so far as we have
been able 10 reach correct conclusions. They
are expressed above. o0 gar TRAxI.
Year: 1867

Last Monday (says recent
number Of the Boston TTaceler,)
a reclaimed drunkard from q sub
altern town went to Lynn to at
tend the funeral of a relative
On the way, however, he stopped
at the house of an acquaintance
in this city, and the lady of the
house congratulated him ON his
reform and the fact that he had
been a praying man for some
months, and was providing for
his formerly neglected family
He asked for a glass of water; she
brought him a glass Of domestic
wine, which he thoughtlessly
drank. This caused u return OF
his old appetite, and he went out
and got drunk. The next morn
ing, in the police court he paid a
fine by selling his overcoat, and
having twenty-five cents left,
got drunk again without leaving
Court Square, and was again ta-
ken to the tombs, where he was
found by his friends and taken
home in an almost crazed condl~
ton.
Year: 1867

A QUEER WHL.-We have
heard of a rather queer will which
was lately. admitted to probate
in one of the counties bordering
on the upper Cumberland. A
wealthy old citizen had two sons,
one of whom was in the Federal
army, and the other in the Rebel
ranks. During the early part of
the war the old gentleman was
suddenly taken i'll, and wishing
to divide his property equally be-
tween his two sons, bequeathed to
Henry (the Federal soidier,) all
his Slave property, embracing
about fifty negroes, and to Thorn.
as (the boy in gray,) his entire
landed estate. He died, and thus
the will stands. Both brothers
lived to return from the war, ano
the gallant soldier Of the Los
Cause being satisfied that slavery
was no more, generously divi
ded the lands with. his brother,
and both are living happily to
gether, and are bitterly opposed
to the Radical programmes
Year: 1867

,r tie Fayetteville Observer.
AN ANGELS SONG.
Victorious victorious


Great God, with Thee l dwell
Beyond the tempting sinners world
Where souls are sent to he'll.
My tongue viii shout forever now
Loud strains of glory sweet,
While in paradise of bliss fly
Around Thy kingdom seat.
No mortal tongue can tempt me now
To join the band Of he'll
Where screams of terror ring aloud
Der fame and sooty cell;
Ah!no, for God, the greatest Great,
Hath placed gulf Of time
Between my mortal frame on earth
And this delightful cline.
Oh. would that mortal man could see
This future home of JOY,
Then turn an eye to hells hotpit
Where peace the flames destroy;
For then the ranks Of heaven methinks
Would be beacon bright,
To lead the souls of earth from hell,
Where dwell no blissful Light.


"KHDEE. :"
Year: 1867

Punch illustrates "unbecoming
levity," by presenting a wood cut
of the scene in a church, where
in a crowd of spectators are a.
waiting the arrival of q wedding
party. To the scene is appended
this dialogue by way Of glossary :


Fair Young Lady-'I see some
body in the crowd outside waving
q handkerchief. i suppose the
bride is approaching"


Light Young Man-"A hand
kerchief. White one? BY Jove,
perhaps its a reprievep
Year: 1867

It follows that it would not be
profitable to keep hens after their
fourth year, as their produce
would not pay for their keep, ex-
cept when they are of a valuable
or scarce breed.-C X. Geyetin on
Poultry Breeding.
Year: 1867

Will these islands be able to supply the market,
has reached its highest point and is beginning
perhaps imperceptibly at present, but neverthe-
les slowly and surely TO decline. ! will not
refer to the labor question as one Of the causes
of decline The limits Of this letter prohibit me
from entering on lengthy arguments. The most
prominent cause Of the decline and perhaps even
tual destruction Of our sugar interest is what
extulled in the abOve-not rain, but the absence
Of it. Our sugar plantations are burning them
selves up and Honolulu assists them in doing so
most powerfully. Let Us 20 in the way
have done for the last five or six years, and in
ten years hence there will scarcely be a planta-
ton that can command constant supply Of
water power, and in twenty-five years hence the
site Of many plantation that is Aouri-hing at
the present moment will be pointed out by the
ruins of its former sugar houses.


This is not idle prophecy. although have
no doubt that these remarks will bring smile
to the lip of many a reader. The reckless devas-
t;,tion Of timber, timber that is Of the slowest
growth, must be apparent to the most uncon-
cerned, and if he fails to observe it himself, lie
cannot fail to hear the complaints that come
from island TO island. ] do not wish to be under
stood that the destruction Of our woods would
annihilate rain. mountains will prevent this.
Rain will still fall but it will turn burrows into
fOaming brooks and dry creeks ;lto short-lived
torrents. Those thousands of deep gulches, cleft
in some instances through solid masses of rocks,
speak loudly of those days, when our mountains
were bare of vegetation.


Of all the plantations that annually convert
hundreds of the ancient pride of our mountain
forests into smoke and ashes, none that l ever
heard of planted tree to replace those that had
found their way into the furnace door, with the
exception Of UluIalakua. Such estates, COM
prising from fifteen to twenty thousand acres
can almost command Il suficiency of rain. Of
all these planters | never heard of one who con-
sidered it gain to stop his mill from grinding
few days and to set his hands at work planting
forests. and thus to secure to his children per
manent home. The length to which this letter
has already grown hnders me from entering
more explicitly on this subject. Let me hope
that you, Mr.. Editor. will join me in the wish
that my warning Will be not altogether unheeded,
but if, is very likely, my advice is unheedcd,
then let the failing springs and tine very stones
and bouldeTs, that for generations We're covered
by rushing streams and that are lying bare
and heated in the dry bed of brook and creek,
speak their ominous warning with better success.


OCCASIONAL.
Year: 1867

If man will observe as he walks
the streets, | believe he will find the
merriest faces in mourning coaches.


The reason why so few marriages
are happy, is because young ladies
spend their time in making nets, not
making cages.


We have just enough religion to
make us hate, but not enough to make
Us love one another.


The power of fortune is confessed
only by the miserable; for the happy
impute all their successes to prudence
and merit


Ambition often puts men upon
doing the meanest offices; so climb
ins is performed in the same posture
with creeping.


Small causes are sufficient to make
man uneasy, when great ones are not
in the way; for want of a block he
will stumble at a straw.


Every man desires to live long; but
no man would be old.


Love of tlattery, in most men, pro
ceeds from the mean opinion they have
OF themselves; in women, from the
contrary.


Apollo was held the god of physic
and sender of diseases. Both were
originally the same trade, and still
continue


If man makes ne keep my dis
tancc, the comfort is, he keeps his at
the same time


Men are content to be laughed at
for their wit, but not for their folly.


4 man would have but few specta-
tors if he should offer to show for
three pence how he could thrust a red
hot poker into a barrel of gunpowder,
and it should not take fire.


How is it possible to expect that
mankind will take advice, when they
viii not so much as take warning?


The latter part of a wise mans life
Is taken up in curing the follies, pre-
Judices and false opinions he had con
tracted in the former.


The chameleon. who is said to feed
upon nothing but air, has of all
animals the nimblest tongue.


l have known some men who were
possessed of good qualities which
were very serviceable to others, but
useless to themselves like a sun-dial
in the front of a house, to inform the
neighbOrs and passengers, but not the
owner within.


1t is a miserable thing to live in
suspenses, it is the life of a spider
Year: 1867

Coop ExCUsE,-The last number of
the Weekly Pine Bluff ARK Dis
match apologies for the small amount
Of editorial matter in that issue
on the ground that Major Sparks,
the editor, is absent, Captain Back,
who IS editor during the majors
absence, quite sick and unable to write
ANYTHING; whilst the military bill
having become a law, the remainder
of the attaches are too much "skeart'
to say anything, unless they talk about
the Fenians, Besides all that, the
office is half full of snow, the printers
nearly frozen, the publishers cow run
dry the editors wife out of wood, tie
hen unwilling to lay, and the writer
himself in despair from these mani
fold ills He says to his patrons if
these reasons are insufficient for the
barren condition of his columns, they
may 90 to Boston for better ones.
Year: 1867

KIND WORDS FOR A "MoTHER. =
Despisc not thy mother when she is
old Age may waste mothers beau
~, strength, limbs, senses, and es-
tate. but her relation as a mother is
as the sun when it goes forth in its
might-for it is always the meridian,
and kuoweth no evening. The per
son may be gray headed, but her
motherIy relation is ever in the -four
ish. 1t may be autumn, yea, winter
with a woman, but with the mother it
is always spring. Alas how little do
we appreciate a mothers tenderness
while living. How needless we are of
all her anXieties and kindness! But
when she is dead and gone-when the
cares and coldness of the world come
withcring to our hearts-when we ex-
pcrience how hard it is to find true
sympathy, how few will befriend us in
mistOrtune-theni it is that we think of
the mother we have lost
Year: 1867

This is the burden of the heart,


The burden that it always bore.
We live to love, we meet to part,


And part to meet on earth no more.
We clasp each other to the heart


And part to meet on earth no more.
There is a time for tears to start,


For dews to fall aud larks to soar.
The time for tears is when we part


To meet upon the earth no more.
The time for tears is when We part


To meet on this wide earth no more
Year: 1867

THE Louisville Democrat, is urging
the policy of allowing all the whites of
the South to reconstruct without negro
interference. admits that "uiey might
be proserIptfVe Of former Onion men,
dnd deny The negro some ciUa rights, but
these would cure themselves in time"
No doubt of it; but after such war the
North says that no'O is the time to cure
this prescription and denial OF civil
rights. as
Year: 1867

in the latter place may be lower than in the
former.


Clearly the two are not taxed by unifo, m
rule.


These and many other considerations show
the difficulties which impede any attempt to
construe the Congressional provision accord
ing to its letter; and since it is 50 confused in
its phraseology, and its apparent design to
interfere with our methods of taxation, is of
such doubtful validity, it seems to US that both
our Legislature and our Court might properly
stand by the just and harmonious system
which has always prevailed, until the Supreme
Court of the United States, the final arbiter,
shall have distinctly pronounced against 1t.
Year: 1867

ADMINISTRATIONS exchange
tells US that. y novel elopement
occurred recently at Danvillc, New
York: A wife became poisoned
against her husband through the
Vaccinations Of a lover, who fur
nished her with money to procure
a divorce and then married her.
After living with her second hus-
band q while. she became con-
WINGED she had been deceived as to
her first husband, and her old love
returning, she cioped from her
second husband, running away
with her first.


This sort Of conduct will tend to
make the situation Of husband
rather precarious and unpleasant.


Another exchange informs US
that in Washington woman shot
q man because he did not marry
in Cincinnati another shot one be-
cause he did.


These things show that the bach
eIor who contemplates-or who
does not contemplate matrlmony,
is in some danger. What is to he
-!o,oc
Year: 1867

IF the Southern people should
resist the execution Of martial
law by force, they would be fight
ing in as righteous q cause as any
in which q patriot ever drew. a
sword"


This is the opening sentence OF
q leading article in the New York
World, and the montgomery i'd
rcr!j&er responds as follows:


"And if we did fight, you would
encourage the North to fight US
again, as you did before. Out on
such friends. Southern brains is
the only hope Of our dclivcrancc
to be found
Year: 1867

for Official services which services are rendered in the
administration and execution Of the laws of
zens thereof who come within their range"
That law is not local law within the meaning Of the
constitution merely because is TO be executed within
limits Of county because its administration exc
cution is entrusted TO persons or officers within local
lmts but, on the contrary, that law is not local
which contemplaes or deals with subjects in which the
State At large have an interest," by which they are
affected whenever they come within the scope
exposition Of the meaning OF the term local in
the constitution given by the Legislature in
almost numosrless instances from the time the consti
thOnly cannot be questioned. Indeed, the plaintiffs
themselves have been in the Of most OF the
powers In virtue OF such delegation by the Legislature
There nothing in the suggestion that the pledge Of
license fees TO the sinking fund renders the law
is not diverted from the sinking fund but continued
II it be said that giving to the Board OF Police
70 alter, amend repeal the ordinances would give
them authority TO divert the license moneys the
several The general authority thus gwen must be
construed in subordnaton TO any specific right III any
there bel acquired in specific cases which Is inconsistent
with IT, Tho fair construction OF the power amend,
alter repeal given to the Board OF Metropolitan Police
s that i confers, and only confers such powers
sessed by the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council.
There has been NO pledge Of the license fees which Is
beyond the control Of the Legislature. They gov
ernmenta and police regulations in exercise Of the po


ca power of the State for the general welfare. Such
powers are never deemed curtailed abridged by any
thing In the nature Of contract or otherwise. The
State has made pledge OF these license moneys II
mas simply said the Common Council shall not with
draw them from the sinking fund without the
consent Of the Legislature This provision Of the
act. IL may be observed, Is legislative declaration
OF ts own continued control Of the subject, and
II implies that but for this enactment the Com
mon Council, in exercise OF its legislative powers,
might have annulled or repealed the ordinance The
whole question as 70 how the debt Of municipal corpora


on which is political body, shall be paid, is subject TO
legislative control and direction whether by taxaon by
direct appropriation Of its property other
wise. II there any constitutional restraint upon
the power to alter amend repeal the ordinances in
special cases. this would not nvadate the other prov
sions OF the section


The argument which occupied upwards Of four hours,
was then adjourned until tomorrow at eleven O'Clock
A. NJ, when d. d. Field will reply to Mr.. Woodruff.
Mayor Hoffman. and Police Commissioners Acton and
Bosworth were present during nearly the whole argu
ment yesterday.
Year: 1867

The Board Of Aldermen and Common Council
Charged with Contempt of C0urt-The Legis-
lature Directs, and the Civic Authorities
Neglect to Obey.


Before Judge Sutherland


An order issued yesterday BY this court directing
the Aldermen and Common Council TO show cause why
they should not be proceeded against for contempt Of
court In 1865 act was passed by the Legislature
authorizing the erection Of market in the Eighteenth
ward and directing the respondents to issue stock for
the purpose Of raising the required funds The Boards
Of Aldermen and Councilmen failed to comply with the
requirements of the act, and writ Of mandamus
accordingly issued to compel them to take action In the
matter With this latter order these civic bodies also
neglected TO comply, and the order Of yesterday
granted requiring them TO answer for the omission
refusal to acquiesce in the directions Of the court The
writ was made returnabe at an early day.
Year: 1867

it is a fault with most stables that they
are built for men rather than for horses.
We wish to point out two common errors
into which not few builders are liable
to fall in constructing stables, especially
those upon farms. The first thing is in
having the doors and upper floor so low
as they generally are. On account of
these low doors horses instinctiYely learn
to fear them, and they shy, rear or
pTance whenever led toward them.
They are also among the most frequent
causes Of pool-evil The horse, when
passing through them, is either sur
prised by something il behOlds outside


he building, or checked by the voice or
gesture Of the person leading him, when
up goes the head and crash comes the
pol against the beam Of the doorway.
A violent bruise often results tnerefrOm,
and a deep seated absCess follows. Low
hay-heors also produce the same trouble.
The sudden elevation of the head is, in
the horse, expressive of very sudden
emotion. This effect is always noticed
whenever you enter the stable rapidly,
or at an unusual hour. A sudden noise
will also cause the same upward motion
Of the head. With low stables an injury
to the horse is almost invariably sure to
follow. Again, the easiest position in
which the horse can stand, is when the
hind feet are the highest portion Of the
body, or when the flooring of the stall
slants in exactly the opposite direction
from what il does in most stables. This is
the other error in constructing stables, to
which we alluded. Horses al liberty in
pasture invariably stand, when at ease,
with their hind feet elevated somewhat,
and it is almost a wonder that builders
Of stables have not improved upon this
fact as before, and adapted floors to the
wants Of the horse. The moisture from
the horse, if the floor slanted toward the
forward feet, would help TO keep the for
ward feet moist, cool and healthy;
whereas they are now generally hot, full
of fever, and require washing with cool
soapsuds at least once a day in order to
be kept in a healthy condition. This is
not all. Where the floor slants back, the
horse not unfrequentiy attempts to ease
the heavy strain upon the tleXor tendOns
of the hind legs by hanging back upon
the halter. The pressure upon the seat
Of the poll stops natural circulation, and
in time it develops itself into a deep
seated abscess. We would like to see a
stable in which the two errors in build
ing we have pointed out did not occur.
II the builder was not satisfied with it,
we are sure the occupant would be, and
would repay him by long years Of good
service with unstrained limbs and
healthy system.-Mdine Farmer.
Year: 1867

IN ToWY.-He were glad to meet our
former fellow citizen, Mr.. j. c. DENAHE, in
town this week. He is now a resident OF
Chicago, and looks as if the world used him
we'll We hope so, for better hearted
gentleman is hard to be found He is a
regular subscriber to the Plot, and says he
would not get along without it if it cost ten
dollars year
Year: 1867

COMMERCIAL STREET. This street, from
Eighth street west to the river, has had
new life infused into it lately by the cree
ton of several new buildings fronting on it.
1t now presents business Ike appearance
compared with year ago, and if improve
ments continue in the same ratio for few
years more it will be Commercial street
in fact as well as in name.
Year: 1867

CIGARS In our last we neglected to ac-
knowledge the receipt of box Of superfne
cigars as New Years present from Messrs.
KoLM & SoNs. This firm has a nice cigar
and tobacco establishment in The building
formerly occupied by Mr. KuEHN as a
bank. and arc ready to furnish any article in
their line at wholesale and retail
Year: 1867

MUsIc-W'e are glad to learn that Miss
MARTIN is meeting with success in her
music lessons, and that the number of her
pupils is increasing. She is an accom-
plished teacher of music, and is giving good
satisfaction.
Year: 1867

TIE GENITAL SYSTEM M-The Chamber
of Commerce Of B1aalo, Detroit, and Nil
waukee have adopted a resolution agreeing
to transact all business after the FIRST day OF
March next, according to TIE new GENITAL
system of weights and measures. The
Boards of Trade of nearly every other city
of Importance in the Union has made a sim.
liar agreement In few years the word
''bushel'' will become entirely obsolete
This system will lie great improvement on
the present one. Instead of selling grain
by the bushel-whieh varies from thirty to
sixty pounds, according to the kind of
graln-it is sold by the GENITAL or hundred
pounds. BY the present system, the stand
ard varies in different States; by the cen
tai system it will be uuiform-an adyau
tage of no small Importance