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Year: 1866

This is German word, and means
sea foam, that is, the color of the sea
| foam The idea that the pipes Of that
name are made out of sea foam, or any
thing like it, is erroneous. Meer-
schaurn is a mineral proper, found IN
the serpentine or magnetism rock. 1t
occurs chiefly at the head of the Med
iterranean, where it is dug out OF its
native bed, and sent to Europe IN
blocks or rude pipes. It is ofa white
or w1itish color The brown or red
dish east is obtained by saturating
it with oil or wax. MeerschaQm Is


composed of flint {silex, magnesia and
carbon-the carbon and flint in an OIL
died state. It is soft and porous


It's porosity gives it its property as
pipe, absorbing by it the poisonous


qualities Of the smoke, 1t is however


inferior to a clay pipe in this respect:
but better than the briar pipe which
| is next to it. There is one fault with


the meerschaum pipe-the bowl is too
short. Tobacco itsblf is an absorber
of. the poisonous properties Of the


smoke-and. when this smoke passes
! through tobacco, as it will in long
| bowl-@tffe column oftobaco in it being


long it will become purified, precise
" in the way it does in cigar. The


first half Of the cigar affords harmless


smoking; the latter half less and SO till


the poisonous stump remains. Sowith


tobacco in the bowl of pipe. Along


bowl puts it in the form of a cigar
The first smoke is the best (as every


smoker k1ioHs is the case with pipe


smoking,) especially if the distance


through the tobacco is great. One
should always stop smoking when the
tobacco is half out The remainder


is permeated with the poison-and i'll


that is the hurt we get from smoking:
Year: 1866

IL was LA fOSTAiNE, we Deheve, (perhapS
some other fabulist who knew that foxes do
not eat chestnuts,) who was responsible for
the fable of the Fox, Cat and the Chestnuts.
The fox, in quest Of something for supper,
of live Goals the boys had deposited for
roasting quantity of chestnuts. Perceiv-
ing no one but the cat in tho room, and dis
liking to burn his own claws, he persuaded
the cat to do him the service Of pulling out
some OF the roasted nuts. The result was
that she burnt her claws in the effort, and
brought out nothing which either Of them
could eat. The moral need not be repeated.


The Surratt affair is beautiful illustration
of that fable. SURRArr belonged to the
But it was suspected that he had undlscov-
cred confederates here or hereabouts, who
. might, under certain circumstances, vent
their spite upon whomsoever might be respon-
sible for his arrest. He was in the condition
Of the chestnuts and the radicals Of the willy
fox. They fancied that they wanted him
caught; but they did not want to incur the
danger to their precious selves Of catching
him. Neither the radical Attorney General
SPEED, whose especial business it was to ar-
rest him, nor Secretary STANTON, nor Judge
Advocate HoLT, deemed it advisable to put
forth any efforts for his capture after his
whereabouts was discovered; but the radicals
generally desired the Secretary Of State, who
had felt the assassin's knife, and who for that
reason alone ought to have been excused
from this unpleasant duty, to incur the re.
sponsibility and the danger of causing his
arrest Like several other heroes whom we
might mention, they preferred to "smell the
battle afar." In fine, they seemed to be am
bilious to keep their own fingers out of the
fire.


The parallel to the other feature of the
fable is yet to appear. The fox could not
make any use of the chestnuts after they had
been drawn from the fire. Unless SURRArT
shall be convicted land whether witnesses
and jurors for that purpose can be found, we
do not pretend to know it will probably turn
out to have been better that he had not been
captured. When he is brought here, the
radical Judiciary of this District will have
him on its hands, just as Chief Justice CHASE
has JEFF DAVIS on his hands, without know
ing, probably, precisely what to do with him
Representative Boutwell, certainly will have
no use for him. So that it is more than doubt
ful in our mind whether the radicals, who
have been the most anxious for his capture
will not find in the end that SuRRArr in their
hands will be as useless as the chestnuts were
to the willy fox. We shall see
Year: 1866

The Montreal Herald comments on the
fact that the London Times has at last found
it worth while to "write little common
sense on this subject in connection with the
claims made upon England for the ravages
Of the Alabama. 1t now contends for arb.
tration, and puts the whole affair in nut
shell by single sentence


"'To hold that belligerent can demand Of
neutral State no more than the due execu.
ton of the neutraPs own laws is to hold that
neutrals arc the sole judges Of their own OBJ.
legations. The neutral State might have no
law applicable to the subject at all, or q law
authorizing piracy, and yet, upon this suppo.
stion, there would be no right of redress"


The Montreal journal says, "Great Britain
was bound to prevent any acts on its soil
which could tend to the injury Of the citizens
of the United States, with which she was
then at peace. Therefore she was bound to
prevent cruisers from being fitted out to prey
on American commerce. If her laws were
sufficient to prevent it she was bound to en-.
force them; if they were not she was bound
to make such as would be adequate to the
occasionn
Year: 1866

The castiron head blocks, for which the
contract was awarded few days since, of
which several hundred thousand are re-
quired, costing very large sum Of money,
are intended for enduring monuments, to be
placed over the graves Of the Union soldiers
in the national cemeteries. ..


The specification requires that they shall
be dipped" in melted zinc. To the expert
these terms seem too general, as II, wss
probably intended that enough Of the zinc
should adhere to perfectly cover the surface
Of the casting to protect it from oxydation,
which it would not do without the use Of
acids. To the inerpert the specification leads
to suspicion that perhaps the important
fact that galvanic action would be excited
by the intimate contact Of two such dissimi-
lar metals as zinc and cast-iron, which would
destroy the iron quickly, had been over.
looked by the person who prepared the terms
Of the specification. II cast-iron is to be the
material from which these tablets are to
be made it would undoubtedly be better to
paint them, in which case they might last
ten years, il the paint were Of the best quail
ity and impervious to moisture. Coated with
zinc, however, such thin castings as are con.
templated would not last one year. In order
to insure that painted iron should last twenty
years it would be necessary to repaint them
every year.


Head blocks made Of clay and burned like
bricks or pottery could be relied on for en-.
durance; for examples Of that kind Of ma.
terial lasting three thousand years can be
cited. Such would be cheaper, also, and
would be less liable to the sacrilege Of being
stolen for the sake of their value as material
for other purposes, as would probably be the
exceptional cases with cast-iron. Altogether
it is surprising that the Importance Of all
minutie affecting the subject has not com
manded the most careful consideration.


To indelibly mark the resting place of the
nations departed sons is but small install
ment paid upon the nations debt to them
Year: 1866

TIE Committee on Commerce in the
House are about to investigate the causes oI
the in ,reasing number Of boiler explosions
This is subject Of vital importance to every
beinf who has q soul to be saved, and flesh
to be scalded, and bones to be laid bare.
Year: 1866

Put all into n common sized tea-cup or
vessel which holds about four ounces, and
pour full of boiling water, stir well, and
then fill full of good vinegar. Fit for use
when it settles. Make swab by getting
n little stick about the size of pipe-stem,
notch one end and wrap a strip of cotton
cloth around it, letting the cloth project
about half an inch beyond the stick, so as
not to jag the mouth and throat, and lasten
with a thread.
Swab the mouth and throat well every
half hour if the case is bad, every hour if
not bad. When the patient gets better,
every two hours; and when still better,
two or three times day, till well which
will be from two to seven days. Touch
every affected spot, the uvula, tonsils, and
fauces, the whole of the back part of the
mouth and top of the throat and let the
patient swallow little of the wash each
thine you swab. Swabbing causes no pain,
though the patient will gag and sometimes
vomit; but swab well, and feeling of re-
lief will follow every swabbing.


Let every patient have a'seI arate swab
! and wash as the disease is undoubtedly
, infectious. Keep the wash pure by pour
ing what you use each time, into another
vessel, and also wipe off any matter or
slime, that may be on the swab, every
) time you take it from the mouth.





outside, every three or four hours, and
keep flannel cloth around the neck till
well.


Take Spirits Turpentine, ounce.


Take Sweet Oil, Tor Linseed Oil) ounce.


Take Aqua Ammonia, mix l ounce.


Shake before using each time.


Keep the bowels regular with Castor Oil.


Keep the patient in the house, but ven
tilate well. The diphtheria wash and lini-
ment will be found sufficient for all cases,
if taken in time; and should you mistake
) any other "sore throat for diptheria, you
will effect a cure almost inv arisbly, as ]
use this for all common sore throats. /
have never lost case, and many have
told me that no money would induce them,
in these "diphtheria times" to be without
| the wash and hniment; and when sore
ness in the the throat is felt it is used, and
a cure is always effected. Your friend,
DIR. w. A. SCOTT,
Palmyra, Warren county, Iowa.
Year: 1866

DISASTER on THE RED SEA.-That ships
and steamers should collide in the Brit
lsh Channel, foggy and crowded as it IS,
seems natural enough, but that two English
steamers cannot pass each other N the red
Sea, when they were probably the only two
in its whole length Of one thousand two
hundred miles, is a marvel; yet a steamer
from Sucx has cut in two one from Bonn
bay, and sunk Eer in five minutes, with
the loss of eightyone persons, all but TWEEN
ty of her crew and passengers. 1t was a
clear night, and the captain Of each steam
er saw the other full hour before their
meeting, and then managed so as to make
one strike the other full amid-ships and
send her to the bottom before the passen-
gers could get out of their cabins, or a boat
could be launched. This is the third or
fourth case of a similar kind within a few
months, with loss Of life greater than in
many famous naval actions. London Let-
fgJ.
Year: 1866

El5~ Observation-Disclosures that vote
cast for an Abolitionist at the coming elec-
tion is vote against the Democratic party.
Do you wish to break up the Democratic
party in this county? If SO, you can as
readily do it by voting for one radical as you
can by voting tie whole Abolition ticket
Remember this at the polls, and put in a
clean Democratic ticket, from top to
bottom.
Year: 1866

nsa- 1t is an interesting item in the his
tory of the Atlantic telegraph, that the wire
for the cable laid this year kept nearly two
hundred and fifty hands employed in Eng
laud for eleven months. Upwards of thirty
thousand miles were supplied.
Year: 1866

TIE REGISTRY LAW.-Jn the most of
the towns in this county, the list Of quail
fed electors was corrected last week. If
any one, however, has failed to get his
name on the list, it will be seen that he
will have another opportunity on the Tues
day before election. Let no voter fail to
have his name registered:


Con Tuesday, three weeks before cleo
ton, the inspectors shall make out from
the poll list Of voters as practicable. alpha
betically arranged, and shall post up one
copy in the room where they meet, and may
also publish it in a newspaper in the
county.


"On Tuesday, one week before election,
at the place designated for holding cleo
tons, the board shall meet lin towns at
nine o clock, and sit until seven in the even
ing, for the purpose of revising and com
pleting the list, and every voter in the
town is entitled to be heard in relation to
corrections and additions. Upon the oath
Of two voters proving to the satisfaction of
the board the disability of any person regis
tered to vote, his name shall be erased. =
Any person entitled to vote may at any
time appear and require his name to be
entered, and when challenged, shall take
the election oath. At the polls, if the vo-
ter is not registered, he must, Oh offering
his vote, present his affidavit giving his
reasons for not appearing on the day of
correcting the list, and prove by the oath of
a householder, of the election district, that
he is a resident thereof Any person may
be challenged on offering to vote, notwith-
standing his name is on the register.
Year: 1866

Less than two weeks will clapse ere the
people Of this county will be called upon
to take a part in the important drama
which will be acted throughout Wisconsin
The Democratic portion Of this people has
great and paramount duty to pcrfom on
the sieh Of NovemJer. Are our friends
aware Of the proximity Of the election, and
Of the unscrupulous means which the So
called Republicans are using to carry it p
Is the Democratic party prepared for the
battle? But little over a week is left them
to do SO, and we again appeal to them to
improve the time If our party IS organ
ized-if every Democrat feels the impor-
tance Of the election, and will perform the
duty which he owes to his party and Wis
consn, We have no fears for the result 4
glorious victory awaits Us In Manitowoc
county and in the State. Every day brings
Us additional intelligence confirming our
prediction Of certain success. What Dem
ocrat viii hesitate to lend his best efforts to
such consuumaticu2 What Democrat
will fail to share in the common triumph of
the cause.


Let every Democrat, then, 80 to the
polls and vote the 1rLo5c Dcmonutic h.cLtt
Let not rain, or mud, Or distance, keep any
man at home let him stand * the polls
and use his best efforts for the cause. If
he knows OF a Democrat who has not voted,
let him 90 after him. The right to vote i,
a sacred one, aud every man should cxcr
else it, and feel that hy the discharge Of
that duty lie united with bis brethren
throughout the State in swelling the sore
of rejoicing over the election Of MORGAN
J. MARTIN and tie balancc Of the Demo
cratic ticket Go 70 tie polls carly.
Year: 1866

FFEIAS MUsKETs RETURNED.-The
Fenian muskets, which were seized by
Federal military officers along the Canadian
frontier, are to he returned to their owners,
upon the assurance that they will not be
used to violate the laws Of the land. 1t
has been said that these muskcts, or some
portion of them, were sold to the Fenians
BY agents Of the government, knowing
what they were to be used for" \ rca-
sonabe presumption is that they are now
also returned to the Fcnians, knowing what
use will probably be made Of them. The
only requirement is that the use shall not
be in violation Of an American law. If the
Ecniaus shall use them to redeem Ireland
every patriotic American will rejoice So,
likewise, if they shall use them to plant the
banner Of liberty and civil order upon the
soil Of Anahuac. All that the federal
government has the right to ask, or will
ask, is that in the using, no law Of this
county shall b. broken.
Year: 1866

A few days since, one of the Express
Companies doing business in this city,
received, as freight young mulatto
woman and her babe, from Troy, Ohio.
The facts which led to this queer pro-
ceedings are as follows: Some three
week since, the young woman referred
to gave birth to an illegitimate child,
and last week sued its father-who, by
the way, is o white man--on the charge
of bastardy, and also for money for the
child's support. The woman was sue
cessful in her suits, obtaining verdicts
in both cases. The father then stated
publicly that he would be revenged, and
threatened to kill the young woman.
Her friends, fearing that some violence
might possibly be done, came to the
conclusion that she had better leave the
place, and accordingly made arrange
ments for her to take up her residence
in Athens county. The man, hearing
Of this, made q declaration that if she
left Troy he would meet her on the
train, and kill her on sight. Her friends,
after thinking the matter over, came to
the conclusion that the best way for her
to travel would be in the express car, in
charge Of the messenger, and they there
fore made the necessary arrangements
Year: 1866

Are Men the Children of MNnkeysP
1 What Professor Agassiz thinks


about it.


In his twelfth and last lecture on Ira


zil, delivered in Boston, Professor Agas-


siz devoted the closing portion of his


lecture to the subject of the monkey


tribes, and defense of the Professor g
theory that the different races of men


haYe different origins. This, he said,


was an awkward subject, and one which
he dreaded to discuss, though it was re-
lieved from some of the embarrassment
which surrounded it while slavery en-
listed, when the assertion of the inferior
ity of the negro was regarded as q de-
fense Of the system of slavery. The dis
cussion was also unpleasant because it
involved dissent from the doctrine of
common origin which the Christian
world has so long held sacred. Yet he
felt bound to express his conviction on
this subject. While regarding the mon
key tribes as the highest of the quadru-
pedal mammalia, and as next to man, he
could not sanction the doctrine of the
final transformation of monkeys into
men, and was not inclined to admit that
we are the descendants of the highest
monkeys. In this connection the lee
turer remarked in an interesting man.
ncr upon the characteristics of the mon
key, the orang outang, the chimpanzce,
the gorilla, and the gibbon, marking
them as families distinct from man,
though in many points having affinity,
yet having different parentage. Con-
sidering the regions from whence these
monkey tribes derived their origin, it
must be concluded that if they were
allied to any of the races of men, it was
to the Mongolian and the negro, and not
to the white, but critical examination
of facts would not warrant the theory of
transmutation, or the doctrine that men
have common origin. The fact that
the progeny of a combination of individ-
uals of two races never resemble one or
the other parent warranted the infer
encc that the different races bear to one
anOtner the same relation as different
species of animals bear to each other,
and that all have different origin. Per-
haps, indeed, different nationalities also
have different origins.


In conclusion, the lecturer said that,
unless the fact of a common origin
could be established historically, we
must accept the conclusions dcduced
from the investigations of naturalists.-
If we could trace plan of variation and
succession through all ages, instead of
regarding diversity as the result of acci-
dent, we should see the evidence of a
mind in the whole creation,
and recognize ourselves as the children
of God, and not as the children Of mon
keys.
Year: 1866

Halps Journal Of Heath gives the
following advice how to go to bed in
winter time. Those who practice retir.
ing on the 'cuddle up" plan will readily
fall in with these suggestions:


"Do it in hurry, if there is no fire in
the room, and there ought not 10 be,
unless you are quite an invalid.


'But if person is not in good health
it is best to undress by good fire warm,
and dry the feet well, draw on the stock
ings again; run into a room without
fire; jump into bed, cuddle up, with
head and ears under cover for minute
or more, until you feel q little warmth
then uncover your head, next draw Of
your stockings, straighten out, turn ovel
on your right side, and 60 to sleep.
Year: 1866

She was taken to the office of the COM
pany, her weight averaged, bill Of lad
ing made out, and the usual label for
packages tied around her neck with a
string When the train started she was
placed In charge Of the messenger, and
arrived in this city, at the company's
office, safely. From here she was sent
as passenger to her destination in
Athens county. Gin. Gazette.
Year: 1866

IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE IN THE DIS
TRICr.-Fears of an impending veto,
together with other causes, deferred
Congress, at It's last session, from con.
ferring impartial suffrage upon the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Though tis national
body clearly had right to do 90, 10 nil.
ed to pass any Of the bill which aimed 10
founded upon color.


We have confidence, however, that
the representatives will now fcarleasly
meet the issue, and hasten to set IN En-
ample for the States to follow. They
cannot, consistently, urge impartial
suffrage upon either South or North,
without first comforting IL upon the ter
ritory over which they have especial
jurisdiction. That done, they can then
with some show of consistency, insist
that NIL may, irrespective of color, be
placed upon m equality before the law,
from one end Of the country TO the other.
Let them hasten to proclaim to the world
that the democratic Government Of
America Is now at last disposed to con-
form to what was clearly the spirit Of
It's founders, by obliterating all class
distinctions founded upon caste or color.
The Washington LtteHigeace,. argues
that such "A course will inevitably DrOW-
trate trade aud commerce within the


Iisl.it anu doWl rum the
merchants Of the capital. II this be 80,
IT the people of the District Of Columbia
cannot thrive and flourish by conform
ing to the principles OF right and justice,
then the SOONER they come to financial
grief the better.-N. y. Commercial.


The five leading journals Of Paris con-
tain circumstantial accounts OF a dis
tinguished engineer whose head was
turned perfectly white by n most fright
full dream The engineer had visited 4
rough and unfrcquented mineral region
for the purpose ofexploring and report
ing to company of capitalists upon the
richness OF certain mine. The nixht
of his arrival and before descending into
the mine, he lodged at a small inn. and
after deNouring pound or two Of pork
chops, went To bed. He dreamed that
he had visited the mine and was being
hauled up when he discovered that the
rope was almost severed, that there was
only single strand TO support his
weight and that Of the bucket which he
was being drawn up. Suddenly, when
he had assembled two hundred feet. the
rope, he dreamed gave away, and he ut
tered fearful shrek, which aroused
the inmates of the house, when they
found white haired man instead OF the
black haired young gentleman who had
retired few hours before. The story IN
well authenticated, and this is the
first instance on record of q mans head
having been turned white from the ef-
feet of a dream.
Year: 1866

WANT OF DECIsIoN.-A great deal of
labor is lost to the world for the want Of
little courage. Every day sends to
their graves number of obscure men,
who have only remained in obscurity
because their timidity has prevented
them from making a first effort, and
who, if they had only been induced to
begin, would in all probability have gone
great lengths in the career of fame. The
fact is, that in doing anything in the
world worth doing, we must not stand
shivering on the bank, thinking of the
cold and danger, but jump in and scram-
bic through as well as we can. 1t will
not do to bc perpetuaily calculating risks
and adjusting nice chances it did all
very well before the flood, when man
could consult his friends upon an intend
ed publication for IA hundred and fifty
years and live TO see its success for six or
seven centuries afterwards; bat at pres
ent a man waits and doubts, and con-
suits his brothers, and uncles, and his
particular friends, till one day he finds
that he is sixty-fve years of age, and
that he has lost so much time in con-
suting first cousins and particular
friends that he has no more time to fol-
low their advice. There is so little time
for over squeamishness at present, that
the opportunity slips away. The very
period of life at which a man chooses to
venture, if ever is SO confined that it is
no bad rule to preach by the necessity,
in such instances, of little violence
done to the feelings, and efforts made in
defiance of strict and sober calculations.
Sidney Smith.