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Year: 1866

To gallon of water, take II lbs of salt, I
lb of sugar, or saltpetre, loz of potash. In
this ratio the pickle to be Increased to any
quantity desired Let these boil together un-
til all the dirt from the sugar rises to the top
and is SKINNED off. Then throw into tub TO
cool, and when cold, pour it over your beef or
pork, to remain the usual time, say four or five
weeks. The meat must be well covered with
the pickle, and should not be put down for
two days after killing, during which time it
should be sprinkled with powdered saltpetre,
which removes all the surface blood, &C., lea
wing the meat fresh and clear. Some omit
boiling the pickle and find it to answer well ;
though the operation Of boiling purifes tho
pickle by throwing off the dirt always to be
found in salt and sugar. If this receipt ID
properly tried, it will never be abandoned.--
There is none that surpasses it, IF so good.
Year: 1866

About Milking. :,


Let our farmers remember that 10 have their
cow MIXED indiscriminately by any OF tho
members of the family is loss. Keep reg
ular mixer for each COW, or one for all, II not
too many. Do not change. Milk as fast as
possible. Experience proves this to be the best
way. Talk as little as possible while milking.
Let the COW be perfectly quiet and contented.
Milk at regular hours; let those be near
ly or quite ui-distant-say twelve hours
between each milking Then there will be no
straining of the bag by over-distention. These
are points which good dairymen always OBJ
serve. Most of all, do not walk your cows .
great distance, nor drive them fast.-Ri1o1
World.
Year: 1866

There is a good deal of nutrition in corn
cobs. if it be properly utilized. When corn
stalks are chaffed and .prinkled With meal, they
make an excellent proyender for winter use
Corn ground in the cob is also decidedly eco.
nomical; whilst the use Of both corn stalks and
cobs will effect great saving in the store oil
hay and will enable the latter to bcmore ayaiia-
ble in the spring, when the appetite OF the
stock becomes more dainty. taF
Year: 1866

1t has been well said, that the thing most
likely to make the angels wonder, is to see
proud man. But pride of birth is the most n
diculous of all vanities-it is like boasting Of
the root Of the tree instead Of the fruit il bears
Year: 1866

\ lady sends the following recipe:


The following is a cure for that troub-
lesome disease of the mouth called SLAM
der. Like good many patent medicines,
if it does no good it may do no HARM
"Takc an ounce Of good nature, one ounce
of an herb called mind your. business, mix
this with little charity for others, and
two or three sprigs of keep your-tongue-
between your-teeth simmer them in o
vessel called circumspection for short
time, and it will be fit for use. Applica-
ton: the symptoms are violent itching
in the tongue aud roof of the mouth
which invariably takes place when you
are in company with species of animals
called gossips When you feel fit of il
coming on, take a teaspoonful of the mix
ture, hold it in your mouth, which you
will keep closely shut until you get home
and you will be completely cured. Should
you apprehend relapse, keep small
bottle full about you and on the slightes
symptoms repeat the dose. ."-Lnsern
Union.
Year: 1866

As almost every one in this heated
weather feels more or less dull on getting
up OF mornings, we publish the following
advice, which We find in an exchange:


every person who tolls daily at any
kind of labor, requiring great physical or
mental exertion, should be extremely
careful to practice regular system of
ablution at the close of each days work.
Sometimes a person may be so compile
tely exhausted as to render this anything
but an inviting performance yet by this
omission a great deal of the refreshment
which the hours Of repose are designed
to impart, is lost To be cleanly is
strictly religious duty, and is absolutely
essential to sound and refreshing slum-
ber; hence the labor of keeping ones
person clean is amply repaid by the elias
ticity which follows from nightly ablu-
tions before retiring. Heed this advice,
aud the reader will sleep soundly /; disre-
gard it-go to bed unwaShed, aud you viii
rise in the morning unrefreshed, with
feelings of lassitude which the exertions
of the day vii! hardly be able to remove" "
Year: 1866

burg, in a position from which
there is no escape. The radicals
can no longer venture upon the
ground that the States excluded
from Congress are out of the Union,
because that doctrine upsets the
great constitutional amendment
an amendment which the people
of all parties and all sections ac-
cept as a fixed fact. The radicals
themselves accepting it. The
Administration, having thus gained
the important point that the late
rebel States are not only in the
Union, but are legitimately recon-
structed in their new Legislatures,
it is apparent that President John
son has the game in his hands and
that his policy must prevail, The
acceptance by Congress of the con.
stitutional ratification, as declared
by the Secretary of State, gives the
victory to the Administration.
Year: 1866

To DEMOCRATS GENERALLY. "A
cotemporary truthfully says, now is
the time to push true Democratic
papers in every direction, for it is
only by sowing the seed that we
may hope for good harvest.
Democrats too often wait until
just before election, before they
begin to circulate their papers, and
that time is generally too late.
Abolition tares have sprung up,
and the good seeds will not take
root. Reader, if you have a Demo-
cratic neighbor, OF one who is a
moderate Republican, do not rest
until you have induced him to take
a good Democratic paper. Your
own county paper first, and others
afterward.
Year: 1866

On IDLENEss.-When God Wanted spon-
ges and oysters he made them, and put one
on the rock and the other in the mud.


When he made man, he did not make him
to be an oyster or sponge; he made him
with feet and hands, and head and heart.
and place to use them, and he said unto
him, go and workw But | tell you if a
man has come to that point where he is
content, he ought to be put in his coffin. for
a contented life man is sham. If man
has come to that point in which he says, Il
do not want to know any more, or do any
more" he is in state in which he ought
to be changed into mummy. fall hide
eOus; and Of mummies those are the most
hideous; that are running about the streets
and talking.
Year: 1866

SIGNS. - When will 81 Jas and
wonders cease4 Not till the des-
troying angel shall clip short the
thread of time, and the heavens be
rolled together as scroll. Not a
day passes but we see good and bad
signs, as the following will show:


1t is a good sign to see a man
doing an act Of charity to his fel.
lows.


1t is a bad sign to hear him
boasting of it.


1t is a good sign to see an honest
man wearing his old clothes.


It is a bad sign to see them filing
the holes in his windows.


1t is good sign to see man
wiping the prespiration from his
face.


1t is a bad sign to see him wipe
his chops as he comes from the
cellar.


1t is a good sign to see a woman
dress with taste and neatness.


1t is a bad sign to see her hus-
band sued for her finery.


1t is a good sign for q man to
advertise in a paper.


1t is a bad sign to see sheriff
advertise for him.


1t is a good sign to see man
sending his children to school.


1t is bad sign to see them edu-
Gated at evening schools, ON the
street.
Year: 1866

'And so, Squire, you don't take
the county paperP E4d


NO, Major, get the city papers
on much better terms. / take a
couple of them -.


But, Squire, the county papers
often prove a great convenience to
US. The more we encourage them,
the better the editor can afford to
make them


why / don't know any conven.
ience they are to me-


The farm you sold last fall was
advertised in one of them, and
thereby you obtained customer.
Did you notP


very true, Major, but l paid
three dollars for it,


'And you made more than three
hundred dollars by it. Now, if
your neighbor had not maintained
the press, and kept it up ready for
use, you would have been without
the means to advertise your prop
erty. But l saw your daughter'C
marriage notice in those papers,
did that cost you anythingp


NO, but


'And your brothers death with a
long obituary notice. And the
destruction of our neighbor Rigg'
house by fire. You know these
things were exaggerated till the
authentic accounts of the news
papers set them right


% true, but


'And when your cousin Splash
was up for the Legislature, you
appeared much gratified at his de-
fence which cost him nothing


yes, yes, but these things are
interesting to the readers. They
cause the people to take the paper


NO, Squire Grudge, not if all
were like you. Now | tell you, the
day will surely come when some
body will write an eulogy on your
life and character, and the printer
will put it in types with heavy
black cut over it, and with all your
riches, this will be done for your
grave as pauper. Your wealth,
your morality, and all such things
will be spoken Of, but the printer
boy, as he spells the words in ar
ranging the type to these sayings
will remark of you--Poor mean
devil, he is even sponging his obit-
uary! Good morning, Squire
Year: 1866

It is an actual fact that a man
who attempted to hug beautiful
woman named Miss Lemon, has
sued her for striking him in the
eye. He is altogether unreason.
able. Why should he squeeze a
lemon unless he wants a punch.
Year: 1866

what elsea'


4 want to clothe Minie.'


q want to feel that l am useful,
that | am doing something


q want to hire you Mary; and
will pay you wages that will enable
you to do all this ...


'You want to hire me! What
can / do for youP .s AS


Keep my house, and be my wife,
Mary


And then the town superintend-
ent got his arm around Mary's waist
and held her tight, though she
struggled a little at first.


Let me go moment, and I will
tell you.'


He released the little figure, and
Mary stood before him, trembling,
blushing, twining the strings of the
blue hat around her finger, looking
down upon the floor, glancing once
into his earnest eyes, her breast
rising and falling till the cameo
swayed like ship upon billows.


do you love meP


with my whole SOUL


Did youever love anybody else p


Never in my life.'


Can little girl like me'-look-
ing earnestly in his face-'can a
little girl like me, devoted, loving
you almost to reverence, make you
happy alwaysp


None in all the world but you


The little maiden stepped close
to his side, and hid herslf under his
arm.


The jaunty blue hat is in favor
ite closet in my friends new house,
in a glass case, on the under shelf.
Year: 1866

IA COLLISION IMevltable.o


"AGATE," the special Washing
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette, a correspondent who is
usually well informed as to the
purposes of the Republican party,
is fearful that "a collision is inevi-
table" between Congress and the
President. Referring to Mr.. SUM.
NER's speech, he has this to say:


at is not Impossible that this
opening for rupture may close, as
two or three previous ones have
closed; but it is not to be denied
that the prospects are squally. If,
as it would now seem, the Presi-
dent has determined to force
through his reorganization policy,
a collision is inevitable. Congress
is really more determined on this
point than it was on the first day
of the session.


GA number of gentlemen have, it
is true, sloughed off from the un-
wieldly majority; and still more,
under the potent pressure of Execu-
tive influence, are sure to do the
same thing. But the bone and
sinew Of the Union majority, the
men who act from convictions and
not from anxiety for the sacond-
hand dispensation of morsels from
the White House kitchen, have no
notion whatever of reversing or
modifying their action. They will
prevent the admission of any Sena-
tors or Representatives from the
seeded States till after the thor
ough investigation and report
which they expect from their COM
mittee. Their course then must
depend on the aspect of affairs thus
presented; but it is drawing upon
no spirit of prophecy to say that
the chances for the present South
ern applicants will not grow
brighter.


at is hoped and with good
reason-that the President recog-
nizes this determination, and like
wise statesman means to shape
his course accordingly. 1t was
Caleb Gushing, l think, who said of
John Tyler, that the mistake the
Wings made was in forgetting that
his Administration was an estab-
lished fact. The mistake the Wings
made then, the President would
make now, should he forget that
this Congress, whose term lasts
nearly as long as his, and whose
magnificent majority counts far
above a hundred, after all the drift
wood that has been adhered to
rather than been a part of it, has
washed away-that this Congress,
thus potent and lasting, can either
make or ruin his place in history.
Mr.. johnson will be a less shrewd
politician than his record would in
dicate, if he should fail to see this !;
or if he should fail to remember
the other fact-that Tylerized Ad-
ministrations, cannot be reelected"
Year: 1866

SOME ON VARIATIoNs-The editor Of the
Nevada Transcript don't like the way the
Surveyor General is running the line between
Nevada and Placer counties, and gives him a
very amusing lecture on variations:


ave learn that the representative Of the
Surveyor General who is now engaged in
surveying the boundary line between this
and Placer county, is running bis line eigh'
teen degrees north of east to allow for the
variation Of the Compass. The variation is
not estimated at over fifteen and half, by
any one who is posted, and some even give
it as less than fifteen degrees. We suggest
that the surveyor is very modest, or be
would have allowed 90 deg. and run directly
north. In this way Placer will get as much
Of the railroad as by the present survey and
at much less expense. It's shorter lne."


If the editor had mentioned the matter to
the surveyor sooner, he might, perhaps, have
taken the estimate of Tom, Dick and Harry
and not have bothered old Polaris by sauint.
ing at bim. Before critising a surveyor the
editor should know that the needle does not
indicate the true meridian and that sur
veyor does not run north of east" when @
"allows for the variation of the compass. :"
We will venture that any surveyor of Gen.
Hougbton's choice knows, to a second, the
true variation, and that be "alows" it right.


Colusa Sun.
Year: 1866

REGISTRY OF C1rlzENs.-Up to noon Fri


day there had been 5,5l8 names recorded in
the Great Registry a: San Francisco, Of
which 3,77s were received by the County
Clerk and l,74o by the Assessor. This is
something less than one'balf the usual vote
Of that city, and but little more than one
quarter Of the vote polled there at the last
Presidential election.
Year: 1866

ke t tuuOnGl Aula ef:Is

 ite argumen

 A,-,sa ,siecn journals tfas uht tAat the repugnance everywhere visible throughout the South 10 thc adoption of the constitutional amendment, is stimulated by the leaders of the late rebellion; who archostile to if chiefly for the reason that it's adoption will cN- clude them from political office, which prohibition to their participation in political affairs can only bercmoVcd by a vote oftwO-thirds of Congress. This argument is as untrue as it is ungcHer- ous. So far from taking an active part against the adoption Of the amendment, the Southern leaders, as a mass, have not appeared in public on thc question. 1t would naturally be expected that any body of men would object 10 the wholesale prescription of the class to which they belonged, but the iudica- lions of public sentiment have been so clear and satisfactory, and it has been so apparent from the time of the pas sage of the amendment in Congress that it would not receive the indOrsc- ment. of single Southern State, that the leaders, as they are termed, have DCtll cOuttnI lO ltdNc illtII ldiC. III tllC hands of the people. Besides it is not only the leaders of the rebellion who are brought within the range of the amendment. A very large proportion of the masses are also obnoxious to its provisions. The argument of Northern journals on this point is made precisely as if the prescription of so large a pro- portion of the Southern people was the only objectionable portion of the amendment, when the fact is that there are three other provisions quite as odi- ous. The proposition to impose negro suffrage on the Southern States, or 10 cut down their representation both in Congress and in the electoral college, is equally offensive, because it is quite as unjust while the attempt made in the first clause to deprive the States of all over the question oftitizen- ship, and the authority conferred in the last clause 10 adopt all legislation which may be necessary to carry the provisions of the amendment into effect, are dan gerous and alarming innovations upon the republican system.- Louisville Courier.
Year: 1866

subject to the following regulations:

 Certificates of the various articles. witbon, regard to choice or value are first put into en-. yelopes, sealed qp and mixed and, when or. dered, are taken out by a Blindfolded boy and sent by mail, thus giving all a fair chance On receipt of the Certificate, you will sen what you are to have, and then it is at vonr option to send the dollar and take the orticla or not Purchasers may thus obtain Piano Melodeon, Sewing Machine, Gold Watch Diamond Ring, or any set of Jewelry on o11 List for One Dollar e1'
Year: 1866

Occupation! what glorious thing it is
for the human heart. Those who work
hard seldom yield themselves entirely up
to fancied or real sorrow. When grief sits
down, folds its hands, and mournfully y
feeds upon its own tears, weaving the dim
shadows that a little exertiOn might sweep
away into a funeral pail, the strong spirit
is shorn of its might, and sorrow becomes
our master. When troubles flow upon you
dark and heavy, toll not with the waves
-wrestle not with the torrent-rather
seek by occupation to divert the dark
waters that threaten to overwheln you
in a thousand channels which the duties
of life always present. Before you dream
of it, those waters will fertilize the present,
and give birth to fresh flowers that they
may brighten the future-howers that win
become pure and holy, in the sunshine
which penetrates to the path of duty
Grief, after all, is but selfish feeling
and most selfish is he who yields himself
to the indulgence of any passion that
brings no joy to his fellow men.
Year: 1866




We are governed by i,npulse-that is,
by feeling. We look upon distress and
our sympathies are awakened; we are very
much inclined to act upon the spur of the
moment. An orator excites us-we are
carried away by his argument, and graft
fy his designs. Again, passion excites US
we get angry and act under the impulse.
All these lead US astray. Perhaps we
should say good impulse leads US into
good-but this is not always the case-in-
deed not generally. Reason should gov
ern in all cases-for reason is right; if not
what is right? 1t is reasonable to act
from good motive; but a good impulse
will sometimes carry US too far-tO give
beyond our means, or to the injury of the
applicant. In love, we carry matters al
together. TO extremes. There is a univer-
sal groaning and suffering in consequence.
It is because love is the strongest passion
and sways US most. I was just now induc-
ed by the pleading face of mendieant to
bestow a favor. The groggery received


the favor, and the man is there now, or on
the street rather, exhibiting himself. I
was gratifed by giving; he by drinking.
We see the result. It's the pIeasingness OF
these impulses that seduces US; we yield


at once as to sacred feeling. But this is
only apparent, for sin is often the sweet
est morseI on the tongue. We give, we
act, because we crafty ourselves in such
cases. All, how little reason is strictly adj
hered to! How little it is made the test in
every case of a mans lifei The greatest
happiness would result did we apply rea-
son in all eases But we are so little on
our guard; we are living so at hap-hazard
Year: 1866

Monotony is destructive. The sea has
nothing but itself-the desert the same
But the country has variety, and here is
the charm of life. So in all our enjoy
ments, there must be variety. For in
stance, how keen are the first enioyments
the first glimpses of spring, the first airs
of autumn--any pleasant event long de-
layed-music, after a long interval If a
man has not heard music for a long time,
the sound even of jews harp is well
come. Now, the wisdom of life is to take
advantage of these things; enjoy one and
then another; thus each one will be fresh
if time be given the chords of the mind
so to speak, to gather keenness. Hence
there is a constant round of more or less
enjoyment. This is the best that can be
done with life according to the best minds
And then the prosaic moments must in.
tervene, to still further make up the va.
riety.
Year: 1866

Hast thou named all the birds without gun?
Loved the wood rose. and left it on its stalk?
At rich mems tables eaten bread and pulse?
Unarmed faced danger with heart of trust?
And loved so well high behavior
In man OF maid, that thou from speech refrained
Mobility more nobly to repay?
O, be my friend. and teach me to be thine!


-Emerson
Year: 1866

Then constant faith and holy hope shall die,
One lost In certainty, and one in joy;
Whilst thou, more happy power. fair Charity,
Triumphant sister, greatest of the three,
Thy Office and thy nature still the same,
Lasting thy lamp and unconsumed thy fame,
Shalt still survive
Shalt stand before the host of Heaven confessed
Forever blessing, and forever blest.


-Matbelg Prior
Year: 1866

The spirit of Bismark or his genius
ruled the battlefield. While the Aus
trian was hesitating the Prussian was act
ing. The lines of dark blue which came
in sight from the right teemed from the
wales below as if the earth yielded them.
They filed the whole back ground of the
awful picture of which Klum was the
center. They pressed down on the left
of the Prague road. In square, in col
umn, deployed or wheeling hither and
thither-everywher pouring in showers
of deadly precision--penetrating the
line of the Austrins, still they could not
force their stubborn enemy to fly. On
all sides they met brave but unfortunate
men ready to die if they could do no
more At the side of the Prague road
the fight went on with incredible vehe-
mence. The Austrins had still an i'm
mense force of artillery, and although
its concentrated fire swept the ground be-
fore its effect was lost in some degree by
Year: 1866

A little girl who had witnessed the
perplexity of her mother, on a certain
occasion, when her fortitnde gave
way under severe trial said:


Mother, does God ever fret OF


Why God is good-yon know
you used to call him the "GOOd
Man. when l was little,and / should
like TO know If he ever seolded.n


"NO, child no."


''Well Tn glad he don't; for scold-
ing always makes me feel so bad, even
if it IS not me in fault l don't think
that 1 could love God much if he
scOlded.


TIE mother felt rebuked before her
simple child Never had she heard
so forcible lecture on the evils OF
seolding, The words OF Lizzie sank
deep in her heart, and she tnrnei
away from the innocent face Of her
little one to hide the the tears that
gathered in her eyes.
Year: 1866

In trotting match, lately at Chi
cago, the last heat was delayed by
jockeying until the start was made in
the dark. Nothing was seen of the
horses until one Of them came in
without driver. Search was made,
and he was found in dying condition,
with his skull broken, and near him
was found piece of board with blood
on one end. The other driver and
some of his friends have been arrest
ed on suspicion of murder.
Year: 1866

Gov, TnRoCKMoRToN.-From a
sketch in the Rio Grande Courier, we
learn that the Governor ofTexas is a
physician by profession, who emigrat-
ed To that State about twenty five
years ago, and has spent his time part
ly in public life and partly in the prac-
tice Of medicine. He voted in the
Texas Convention, against the ordi-
nance Of secession, but when il was
adopted, went into the service of his
State and Confederacy and fought well
and zealously in behalfofthe Southern
cause. Near the close of the war he
was promoted TO the rank Of Brigadier
General. lie is about so years of age.