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Year: 1866

Some writer says: Our daughters do
not grow up' at all nowadays; they grow
all sorts of ways, as crooked as crooked
sticks.''


Our girls hardly get sunshine enough to
grow at all in. Indeed, many women
amongst us never could have fully got their
growth, else why are they such tiny NOR
sells, looking as if a puff from old Keway-
din would blow them away? We need to
turn our girls out of doors-that is the long
and the short Of it. They never will be
good for anything until we do. The boys
knock around and get oxygen enough to
expand their lungs, broaden their chests,
and paint their faces with hea1th's own
hue; but our lazy lady daughters! Ah !!
there is the burden that breaks down the
mothers heart. How are they so frail and
sensitive, and delicate, ever to get along
in this rough world? Mother, you must
bestir yourself quickly, or they will be as
unfit as your gloomiest imagination can
paint them. You are responsible chiefly
for making them so tender. Protect them
suitably from the weather, and send them
out Of doors. The pure air will brace up
their unstrung nerves, and strengthen the
weak lungs, and some good gust of wind
will in time sweep away the ill-nature and
peevish spirits which sitting forever in
idleness in a luxurious home will not fail
to engender.


The next thing you should do for your
daughter is to give her some domestic en-
ployment. If you keep dozen servants,
your duty to her remains the same No
one can be happy, or qualified to make
others SO, who has no useful work to do.
Besides this, she must learn some time, or
she will be poorly qualified for ever being
at the head of an establishment of her own.
No one in this country can rely upon al
ways having well trained domestics in her
house. The best require some instructions,
are liable to leave you from sickness or
other causes, and any household is in a
pitiable condition when the mistress is not
equal for such an emergency.
Year: 1866

wound no mortal eve could detect. 1t
punctured the skin not SO paipable as
the prick of pin. He who sent it on
its fatal errand made sure of his aim,
generally striking the neck, and the
victim would fall insensible ere he
could comprehend what hurt him. Fl
i returned to Castellane with my
prisoner; having left him in charge OF
the Sub Prefect, / took a gendarme a
long with me and went to the factory.
Monsieur Cazaubon was surprised to
see me back again so soon; but he was
more surprised when l asked him. to
take walk with me; and when | call
ed the officer and bade him put the
handouts upon the agent, he was ready
to sink TO the floor We had him Sc
cured before he had sense enough to
resist, and he was conveyed to, the
Sub-Prefect without trouble. At first
he denied everything, but when he
found that this would not avail him any
he swore he would kill his accom-
plice. .ro Iree.. sssel-.{3 b,.
In due time Monsieur Louis Cazau-
bon was tried and condemned to death,
and the Prefect of Dinge took posses
sion of the Internal machine Before
the villain was executed he confessed
his crimes-told how many years he
had worked to perfect his fatal instru-
ment and produce the poison and al
so owned that the young man had been
driven to help him through fear of his
life. ~ s3 pa lt''1s[


So the rascal was executed Henry
Dupin, his aceomplice, spenttwo weeks
in continent, and was then set free,
and commenced an honest life. AS
for me, I got all the praise I deserved,
and perhaps more At all events, I
had done the country some service,
and the people were not slow in acr
knoWledpinU it.
Year: 1866

Ladies, as rule, are apt to be favorably
impressed by gentlemen who wrap them
selves up in the solitude of their own ORR
ginality," and defy the world to probe the
inner depths of their souls. Woman is
prone to believe that she can read such
characters like an open book; that she has
a key to all their mysteries. Underneath
the marble exterior she sees plenty of plas-
tic material which only needs her love and
tact to level into delightful and delighting
shapes. Mines of tenderness, of intelli-
gence, of magnanimity, underlie, she
thinks, the blank upper crust of reserve


Too often, after having tried her hand at
working them, she repents of her folly in
sackcloth and ashes. Your utterly unde-
monstrative men seldom make good hus-
bands. Understand, however that there is
awide difference between morbid reticence
and mere shyness. The shy man keeps you
at a distance from him by shrinking back
from you, the unconfiding man by holding
yon at arms length. A lady about to make
a choice for life between the two will dc
well to give the preference to the former


Very reserved men are uery difficult TO govern
Year: 1866

The charm of the simple common
place expression "Good night" has
been made the subject of a beautiful
paragraph, by some author who says:
:" Good night the little child has
lisped as it passed to a brighter morn
than ours the lover with his gay dream
of nuptial morrow; the wife and moth
er, all the fragile threads Of household
cares still in her fingers the father
with appealing eye of childhood all
unanswered. Good night! that seal
upon days past and days to come
what hand so rash as to rend aside the
veil that hides its tomorrow! ars
Year: 1866

E A little four-year old pet stood look
ing out of the window few days ago,
when an expressman stopped just opposite
and tied up the horses tail to prevent it
trailing in the mud. She watched the
operation intently for a moment, and then
called out eagerly" Oh, see, Aunty! the
'spressman is making a waterfall for his
horse!'
Year: 1866

re- Elder Knapp, speaking of long
prayers, once said: when Peter was
endeayoring to walk upon the water to
meet his Master, and was about sink
ing, had his suplication been as long
as the introduction to our modern
prayers, before he got through he
would have been fifty feet under water.
Year: 1866

THE Amador Dispatch made its appearance
last week considerably enlarged and other
wise improved geographically. but we fail
ed to perceive a corresponding advancement
in its political sentiments.
Year: 1866

As it presents itself On this coast, is of a more
formidable character than that seen in the
Atlantic States or Europe, arising from he
fact of its being compound of Spanish. Chi
nese. and Sandwich Island disease Those OF
you who have visited the two latter countries
no doubt have seen the dreadful effects of It
on both the native and foreign population.
1T requires altogether different modes OF
treatment
Year: 1866

Having established myself in San Fran
cisco in order to have facilities for supplying
my store with the latest arrivals of Goods
from the East venture TO say that there is
not as complete stock of Spring and Sum-
mer goods in the county as there is in my
store. shall continue to keep it well sup
piled with the latest and most desirable kind
Oe goods. Particular attention will be paid
to the selec ion of such articles in the San
francisco market. as some of my customers
would see proper TO order, if in the store
they cannot be suited.


Very grateful for past iavors. ! will here
with solicit that share OF patronage hereto
fore bestowed upon me. and shall assure those
who will favor me with call that
Year: 1866

1t is all embraced in that. The exemplifca-
ton of an oath makes no difference if man
is not loyal. If, while the rebellion was going
on, the Constitution was rolled up piece
of parchment, if it was violated in some par
ticuars to save the Government-there may
have been some excuse to Justify it; but now
that peace has cOme-now that war is over
we want written Constitution, and | say
the time has come to take the Constitution
down, unrolI it, read it, and understand its
prOyisiOns
Year: 1866

AGRICULTURAL PRosPEcTs.-Ihe re'
ports which come up from the various por-
tions of the District are in the main favor.
able to the interests of planters Much OF
the labor of the country has been absorbed,
and if it can be made to stick, we hope yet
for favorable results.-AbbeviNe Banner.
Year: 1866

As an illustration of the modesty of Colonel
Bowers il may be rem arked that ut the outbreak
OF the war he raised a company of men, who de.
sired to elect him their captain, whereupon the
been politically associated and who opposed the
war, set up the cry that Colonel Bowers only
raised his company to get an office. He at once
enlisted as a private, aud SO served, and when,
clerical capacity, it was determined to commits
sion him, on account Of his extraordinary abili-
ties and hdelity, and detail hin from the line for
staff duty, he earnestly sought that he might be
commissioned lieutenant and his first heuten-
ant made captain in his stead. This was denied
him, and he reluctantly took the vacant cap
taincy at General Grants request.


monument will be erected 10 his memory the
coming summer by his surviving comrades of the
Lieutenant Generals stafL-Nelo York Herald.
Year: 1866

WONDERS OF A WATcH.-very few
who carry watch ever think Of the
delicate cOmplexity of its mechanism,
or of the extraordinary and unceasing
labor it performs, and how astonishingly
well it bears up and does its duty under
what would be considered very shabby
treatment of any other piece Of ma
chinery. There are many who think
watch ought to run for years withoutA
drop Of oil, who would not think of run
ming common machine day without
oiling, the wheels of which do but frac-
ton of the service. We were very
forcibly. struck with this thought the
other day, on hearing person remark,
that, by way Of gratifying his curiosity,
he had made calculation of the num-
Der of revolutions which the wheels Of
an American watch make in a day and
year. The result Of this calculation
is as suggestive as it is interesting. For
example; the main wheel makes four
revolutions in twenty-four hours, or
fourteen hundred and sixty in year;
the second or centre wheel, twenty -four
revolutions in twentysfours, or eight
'ns"sand seven hundred and sixty in o
year 'iie third wheel, a hundred and
ninety-two in two.-v-four hours or f;ftv-
nine thousand and eighty :, a wear
the fourth wheel (which carries .Ao
second hand,) twenty-four hundred and
forty in twenty four hours, ors6se bun
dred and twenty FIVE thousand six hun
dred in year the fifth or 'scape wheel,
twelve thousand nine hundred and sixty
in twenty four hours, or four million
seven hundred and twenty-eight thou
sand four hundred revolutions IN year;
while the beats or vibrations made in
twenty -four hours are three hundred
and eighty eight thousand eight hun
dred, or hundred and forty one mil
lion eight hundred and twelve thousand
IN year.
Year: 1866

THE CASHMERE GoAT.-From the
California Rural Home Journal We
learn that the Cashmere goat was first
introduced into the United States by
DR.. James R. Davis, in 1910, and about
the time that the war begun he raised
enough to begin to supply the North,
but during the rebellion he could not
send them here. Mr.. Geo. G. Meggler,
a member of a company who is breeding
these goats, is calling the attention
of farmers to this branch of stock raising,
which at no distant day will become
matter of great Importance to agricul-
turists. An ordinary fleece from one
of these animals weighs at least FIVE
pounds, which sells in the New York
market for $3.50 per pound, making
about S51 per year for each goat, while
there is but very little cost in feeding
them, for they are as frugal and hearty
as the common goat. The fabric man
ufactured from the fleece is not only the
most beautiful, but the most durable In
the world, and it is the union of these
two qualities which make it so costly.
The cost of the first is considerable. the
goats selling at about 800, but each
one will make a return of five per cent.
The cross with the common coat, even
the second cross, yields beautiful
fleece, though not so long as the pure
blood. The Importance of this enter
prise is greater than usually supposed,
for deprecate as we may, in theory, the
desire for fine and luxurious apparel, the
desire will be gratifed at whatever
| cost.
Year: 1866

The following startling threat was
made use Of the other day by an excit-
ed pugilist ''I'll twist you around
your own neck and ram you down your
own throat, until there is nothing left
of you but the extreme ends Of Your
shirt collar sticking out of your eyes,
His opponentleft.
Year: 1866

How A Hoe SwEArs.-Not like a
man. but through his forelegs. There
is spot on each leg, just below the
knee, in the form of sieve. Through
this the sweat passes of. and it is ne
cessary that it be kept open. If it gets
closed, as is sometimes the case, the
hog will get sick; he will appear stiff
and cramped, and unless he get relief
it will go hard with him. To cure him,
simply open the pores. This is done
by rubbing the spot with corn cob,
and washing with warm water.
Year: 1866

SHoRTNEss OF TINE IN DREAMS
One of the most remarkable phenomena
connected with a.Sa.uo Is the siurtness
of time needed for their consummation.


Lord Brougham says that in dicta.;ne.


man may frequently fall asleep after
uttering a few words, and be awakened
by the amanuensis repeating the last
word to show that he has written the
whole; but though five or six seconds
only have elapsed between the delivery
of the sentence and its transfer to pa
per, the sleeper may have passed through
dream extending through a lifetime.
Lord Holland and Mr.. Babbage both
confirm this theory. The one was lis
tening to friend reading aloud, and
slept from the beginning of one sentence
to the latter part of the sentence i'm
mediately following; yet during this
time he had dream, the particulars of
which would have taken more than
quarter of an hour to write. Mr.. Babb-
age dreamed a succession of events,
and woke in time to hear the concluding
words of a friends answer to question
he had just put him. One man was
liable to feeling of sufocation, accom-
panied by dream of a skeleton grasp
ing him by the throat, whenever he
slept in lying posture, and had an
attendant to wake him the moment he
sank down. But though awakened the
moment he began to sink, that time
suficed for long struggle with the
skeleton. Another man dreamed that
he crossed the Atlantic, spent fortnight
in America, and fell overheard when
to return yet his sleep had
not lasted more than ten minutes.
Year: 1866

WHILE couple were being married
in Preston Church (England), recently,
the mother of the young lady, who was
under age, rushed into the church and
forbade the wedding. The minister at
once stopped the service, and, though
the bridegroom had just pronounced the
words, "With this ring thee wed, !"
declared that no legal marriage had
taken place. Since then, however, the
matter has been discussed at meeting
Of the clergy, and the unanimous decis-
ion they arrived at was that the couple
had been properly and legally married
according to the rites Of the church.
The point is very ticklish one, and
will probably have to be settled in the
law courts.
Year: 1866

lhere we're Old apple trees IN pro-


fusion, with nearly hundred pear trees
of superior vigorous growth, but utterly


neglected, and reported as yielding


small crops of indifferent fruit. The


outgoing seller of the farm had intended


to cut them down. He knew the market


value Of pickles, but the pear culture


was sealed book. The buyer, educated


in different school, believed that there


was yet high money value in these


trees, and that they could be resusci


tated. We. stood among them and


debated the question. He thought that


here was foundation to begin upon,


and that an investment of money in


reviving them would yield far quicker


return than in waiting for the product


of newly planted orchard. Among
other facts and experience, reference


was made to the memorable account


recorded in this journal, nearly twenty


years ago, of the complete renovation


of two outcast pear trees. Like all


these, they had once borne excellent


crops of fruit, but for several years had


only produced worthless specimens.


The owner was told that the trees-for
there were several in like condition
had exhausted the proper element in


the soil, and that it must be reintrodueed
by artificial means. That autumn, he
carried out the suggestion, and scraped
off all the roug h outer bark from two
trees, then coated them with soft soap,
cut out about one-third of all the poorest
branches, and shortened the head of the
trees one-third by cutting back the
principal limbs, pairing the wounds and
covering them with the shellic solution.
The preparation being made, trench
was dug around each tree, three feet
from the same, four feet wide and twenty
inches deep, the soil being carted away.
The trench was then filled with soil from
good pasture field, there being at the
time of filling two bushels Of refuse
scoria from blacksmith's forge, two
of we'll broken charcoal, and two pounds
of pulverized potash. All these we
thoroughly intermingled after the trench
had been filed, by frequent overturnings
with the spade. The result of this
cheap and simple operation was mani
tested the following summer. This
luxuriance and vigor of the foliage were
surprising, for the newly formed roots
were wandering into fresh and whole
some pasture. The next year, there
was moderate bloom, but every blossom
produced fruit. The third year, there
was a fine crop, the two trees producing
six bushels of superb fruit. 1t was
evidence that the failure
of old established pear trees to produce
good crops is owing to want Of proper
nutriment in the soil, and that, instead
of being cut down when they cease to
bear, they should be taken in hand and
-HorticuturiSt.
Year: 1866

The report of the Reconstruction commit
tee in favor of the amendment of the Consti-
tuition, basng representation in Congress on
the number Of voters, was adopted by the
House Representatives by an unexpectedly
large vote. Every member that had ever
been regarded as sympathizing with the Re-
publican party, voted for the proposition, ex-
cept Rousseau and SMITH, of Kentucky.
The vote of RAYMOND, of New York, in sup
port Of the report ofthe "Central Directory y
takes the public by surprise. and in view Of
his unfaltering adherence to the President
policy, is regarded as somewhat significant.


The vote was 1913 to 81, two.thirds vote,
The indication thus furnished by the action
of the House leads to the conviction that ths
measure will be adopted by the Senate, and
then all that will be required is that the Leg
islatures of three -fourths Of the States adop
it, and the formal work of reconstruction vii
have been perfected.
Year: 1866

The Mariposa Gazette thus sensibly
discourses of crime in high places, and
the causes which lead to it But .
few weeks have passed since clerk in
San Francisco ran of, having defrauded
the State and private individuals Of
thousands. He had been, as he asser-
ted after being arrested, a victim of
gaming, and after spending little that
did not belong to him, he ventured more,
in order to win back what he lest, but
losing this, soon found himself guilty
of crime and without dollar. Soon
after this, deputy in Federal Office
in San Francisco took sudden leave with
$4,000 unaccounted for, and which he
is supposed to have squandered to
considerable extent in speculations in
"wild cat" mining stocks. Later, still,
an enrolling clerk in the Senate was
discovered to have not only used money
that did not belong to him, but to have
been guilty of forgery to quite an ex-
tent. In what way are these crimes
to be accounted for, unless in the fact
that society in California rests upon a
false basis, and those who possess the
means to dress we'll and drive a fast
team, attend theatres and fancy balls,
are looked up to and patronized, while
others of far more worth, who live ac-
cording to their circumstances, spending
no money but their own, take lower
position. The chief aim now days is
to make show in the world, and even
the penalty of the law holds out no ter
ror to many who are willing to risk the
chances of life in the penitentiary, if
they can live high and fast for few
years before hand on the money they
steal from others. The constant oc-
currence of these crimes, and the par





ties having been generally looked upon
as upright citizens, makes it very i'm
protant than more than mere passing
notice be given to them. Possibly if
there were more caution used in exact
ing good bonds in all cases where can
be pecuniary delinquency, the attention
of the public, or portion Of it, might
be fastened on these fast young men
before they went so far. Then the
punishment should be severe and GER
tain, as there is equally the same degree
of dishonesty in such acts as there is in
any other species of larceny.
Year: 1866

RECOLLECTIONS OF THE REvOLU-
rIon.-Sally St. Clair was beautiful
Creole girl. The whole treasury Of her
love was freely poured out to Sergeant
Jasper, who, on one occasion, had the
go,d fortune to save her life. The pros
pect of their separation almost mad
dened her. To sever her long, jetty
ringlets from her exquisitely formed
head, to dress in male attire, to enroll
in the same corps to which he belonged,
and follow his fortunes to the wars, un-
known to him, was q resolution no
sooner conceived than executed. In the
camp she attracted no particular aten-
ton, except On the night before the
battle, when she was noticed bending
over his couch, like good and gentle.
spirit, as if listening to his dreams.
The camp was surprised, and fierce
conflict ensued. The lovers were side
by side in the thickest of the fight;
but, in endeavoring to turn away a
lance, aimed at the heart of Jasper,
the poor girl received it in her own, and
fell bleeding at his feet. After the
victory, her name and sex were dis
covered and there was not dry eye
in the corps when Sally St. Clair was
laid in her grave, in little green shady
nook, that looked as if it had stolen out
of Paradise, net far from the river
Santee.
Year: 1866

A coUNrRYMAN, upon visiting New
York during the cholera, asked what
that board was put across the street for.
Upon being told that it was to keep the
disease from spreading, be exclaimed:
g Well, l swow, Eve often heard tell Of
the Board of Health, but never saw
it before in nv life.''