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Year: 1867

the last of his race, and even when Aus
tin was grown up, he concealed not the
same idea, but limited playfully one even
ing to Camilla that he would not die
till Austin should accompany him. This
she often communicated to her brother,
who, with his usual warmth, intimated his
fear of dying alone = characters of proph-
ccy = strange, insinuating and eventful


1t was some time before he again re-
traced his steps to the garden, arranging
his dress so as to efface all evidence of 4
severe scuffle. Night was his peculiar
breathing time, and most of his import
ant business was transacted then. He
looked over the cool surface Of the lake,
in the direction he concluded Austin to
have taken, aud once more relapsed into
soliloqUy:-


Gone, and may death follow close be-
hind him. IF he were jew, l could
not with more avidity glut to see him
smitten = gone = night and tears be
with him, for he was none of mine. But
[ will seek, aye, pursue him even to bat
tie, noon and midnight; my gold shall
snare his little feet, and then who shall
say or speak him in his behalf. And
she = what pet birds to couple, aye, aud
multiply; who would have thought it?
Brother aud sister how innocent, aye,
holy"


He wandered up and down. Round
the entire lake, and he, too, thought of
the phantom lovers. The tradition he
had heard thousand times with atten
ton and interest, yet now the legend
only served to embitter his heart. He
conceived likeness Of the drama In the
case of Austin and Camilla, and coDjec-
tured that there would be similarity in
their circumstance. But be opened not
his mouth in anticipation of the tragedy
for that was fixed, stern and immutable.
II treasured the dark conclusion as ap-
proximate to his own unconditional end,
and calculated the issue severally Both
were consumate in purpose, certain of
evacuation, and premeditated with scru-
pulous congruity. The accomplishment
lay with him.


All night did he wander, and all night
did he groan under insulted pride, The
faint grey of morning appeared in the far
east, and GoUsalvo struggled with his
conscience still Would he secure the
first blow, and decide the fate of Austin
in the death of Camilla? Or rest till
his power should enable him to execute a
twoiold revenge by inducing one to be
come the witness of the others tears
These were acts to be upconditionally
fulfilled, and none but his own hand
should operate in their fslfllment. He
passed his fingers over his perspiring
brow and awaited the decision. 1t came
at last = an explicit and fervent settle
ment, fraught with suspense and indica-
tive of doubt = but it came, aud with it
the farewell Of peace, love and regret.


He left the garden with hurried and
nervous step : down the deep staircase
and passed along the gallery. The key
was inserted in the lock, and the next
moment Camilla encountered the stern
and forboding gaze of her father.


To be continued an our ne.rt.)
Year: 1867

We publish below the law just passed by
Congress in relation to the sale of adulter-
ated and unsafe kerosene or petroleum oil.
The extent to which the adulterations are
practiced at the present time is not general
ly known. The most common adulteration
is by mixing naphtha (Which is infiam-
fnable at any temperature) with the oil.
thus making mixture which endanoers
the life of every one who burns it. Any
oil which will ignite at temperature OF
less than one hundred and ten degrees
Fahrenheit is unsafe, and the law punishes
its sale with fine and Imprisonment:


Section % of Amendment to Internal
Revenue. law, approved March A, 1867 /:
And be it further enacted, that no person
shall mix for sale naphtha and illuminating
oil, or shall knowingly sell or offer for sale
such mixture, or shall sell or offer for sale
Oil made from petroleum for Illuminating
purposes, infammable at less temperature
or fire-test than one hundred and ten de-
grees Fahrenheit; and any person so doing
shall be held to be guilty of amisdemeanor. or.
aud on conviction thereof bv in,
dictment or presentment in any court
of the United States having COM
petent jurisdiction, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than one hundred dollars
nor more than five hundred dollars, and by
| fmprisOnment fora term of not less than
! six months nor more than three years.
Year: 1867

i tAaPHiLosoPHER's ADVICE - The late Vic


tor Cousin Is reported to have given the fol-


lowing advice to the SON of friend enters'
ingupon life, about the time that he himself


was under notice to quit it: 'sYou are
young and inexperienced; take my advice:


earn money and save it. IF You do


not you will prepare for yourself dis
honored old age, and when your hair ia
grey and. your faculties fail you will have
no alternative but a hospital or the Senate!"
Year: 1867

On the seventh day of the seventh
month holy observance was obtained to
the children of Israel, who feasted seven
days and remained seven days in tents.
The seventh year was directed to be a
Sabbath of rest to the land; and at the
end of seven times seven years COM
menced the grand jubilee. Every sew
enth year the ground lay fallow; and ev-
cry seventh year there was release from
all debts, when bondmen were set free.
From this ancient Jewish law may have
originated the custom of binding young
men in seven years apprenticeship, and
of Furnishing criminals by transportation
for seven, twice seven, or three times
seven years. ya s..


Anciently, a child was not named be-
fore seven days, not being accounted to
have life fully before. The teeth appear
i'm the seventh month, and are shed in
the seventh year, when infancy is chang
ed into childhood. At thrice seven years
the faculties are all developed, manhood
commences, and the individual becomes
legally competent to all civil acts. At
four times seven man is in full possess
sion of his strength; at five times seven
he becomes grave and wise, or never; at
seven times seven he Is inlapogee, and
from that time gradually decays; at nine
times seven he is in his first climacteric,
or year of danger; and ten times seven,
or three score years and ten" has by
the royal Psalmist been pronounced the
natural period of human life. ,o lr NJ
Year: 1867




The following is from recent sermon
by the pastor of Plymouth church:


On earth there is nothing more beauti-
full than the first breaking of young,
strong, new, pure love. No flower that
ever blossomed, however fair; no fra
GRANGE that any flower ever emitted, how
ever sweet; NO bravery of the sky; no
witchery of art; nothing that man ever
invented or Imagined. is to be compared
with the hours of dawning love in the
young soul. And it is shame that men
should be taught to be ashamed of that
which is the prophecy of their highest
being and glory. Alas, that 1t should ev-
er perish in the using! Alas, that men
should not know that to endure it must
rise higher and higher, since it is only by
growing into its full and later disclosures
that it may be saved from quick mortal
ity. Itmust grow or die; for that which
suffices for a beginning is not enough for
all, and for all time.


Love, therefore should be schoolmas-
ter, carrying its pupils up from room to
room through the whole university of
the mind. AS the lower begins first, it
ends first. The higher, beginning latest,
lasts the longest.


And, hence, true affection is strongest
in the later periods of being. Perhaps
it is less stimulating than young love
but the popular impression that we love
strongest when we love earliest is not
found in truth or analogy. NoOne knows
the whole lore of love, that does not
know how to love with the reason, the
imagination and all the moral senti-
ments. 1t is the most interior school that
the soul can know. Men may know how
to deal with numbers and solve prob
lens: but that is the rarest, the innermost,
the deepest knowledge that comes with
loving by all the parts and faculties of
the soul. r'


They only can love greatly or fruitfully
who are good, since the line, the direc
ton is from the flesh toward the spirit
1t is from the low toward the higHs 1t is
from the substantial toward the invisible.
And none can truly love except those
whose life is the unfoldingo of their whole
nature on the plan of Christianity.


How pitiful it is to see men build too
low! i cannot bear to see the young
gathering together and building their
nests as the birds do. On my lawn l see
the larks and other birds building in the
grass, and know that before the young
are fiedged the remorseless mower with
revolving strokes, will sweep the ground,
and the nests will be utterly destroyed,
and the young cut and wasted. And do
/ not see men building their nests just so :?
Do l not see love beginning to nestle in
the flowers? But the flowers themselves
are rooted in the dirt down low, close to
the foot that easily shall crush them.


mourn when see mother loving
her children for time, and for time only.
l mourn when l see two natures that
should be eternally affianced, loving each
other within the horizon of time. There
must be something higher than the cir
clings of this world. No love is fit to be
called by the name of love that has not
in it something of the other world, and
much of ofimmortality. 1t must have in it
faith and hope. 1t must be a love that is
served by the reason, by the inagina-
ton, by all that there is in the soul. '.
Year: 1867

AN ITEM IN THE EXPENSE OF RECON-
sTRUcTIoN.-During the debate on the de-
iciency bill in the House of Representatives,
Brooks of New York and other Democrats
having complained of the expense attending
reconstruction, Gen.. Butler answered them
in the following effective style: 1a


Mr.. Butler said he held in his hand naner
showing how some of the money spent in re-
construction had been used. 1t was a bill OF
Thomas Adams, chief of police of New Or
leans, one item of which was as follows.-
"For cash paid for hauling forty-six loads of
dead and wounded from around the Mechan-
les Institute TO the station house, SI3S.n-
Reconstruction measures were proposed as
measure OF economy, to get rid of the stand
ing army in the South, and to put into loyal
hands the ballot. Second, to relieve the
southern people from such bills as the one he
had Just read, and last as the great finishing
up OF the rebellion which bad received the
sympathy OF those who had been acting with
the gentleman from New York, lBrooks.l 1t
was believed that when the negroes of the
South got the ballot they would be able to
protect themselves. He had listened with ut
ter contempt to the taunt that the ballot
would be taken from them. Men might talk
about that, might plot for it, might scheme
ioi ~, Win tne dlu OF all Jne powers OF hell
and death, but the ballot once in the hands
OF freedmen never was and never could be
taken away. Who ever expected such
thing, SIMPLY butted his head against the
wall. Whenever it was attempted he trusted
that his friends on the other side would 90
down there. They would be welcomed in
way that would make them understand the
negro had some of the attributes OF men, to
wit: the knowledge OF their rights, courage
to maintain them, and steadfastness never to
yield them up.


Mr.. Getz inquired whether Mr.. Butler
meant that they would be WELCOMED with
bloody hands to hospital graves"


Mr.. Butler SAID he did not mean that
The negro was kind, amiable person. and
whenever the gentlemen should fall in such
an unhallowed contest they would be kindly
cared for with tenderness and mercy. The
negro had fought tor the country, and would
fight for himself whenever he was attacked,
and not until then. 1t was said that there
was about 20 be war OF races. Why should
the negroes rise, if as the gentleman from
New York Brooks contended, they were
now on the top and they could not get any
higher? He had listened to all such false
prophecies, but he would say that the party
t. which he belonged would take no step
backward. .....-.. ... -
Year: 1867

NEW YORK, Nov. is.


The Herdlds special from Richmond says:
Chief Justice Chase was present tonight in
Richmond at the dedication Of the Normal
High School building for colored persona.
He delivered an address, in which he said:
By faith IN God the fetters had been broken
from the limbs Of millions of slaves, and
they had became freed men. They necessa-
riy became citizens, with all of the respou-
sibilities and privileges of citizens. Being
citizens, it was necessary that they should be
educated. To accomplish this end teachers
at first came from the North: then sects were
formed to further educate them. and he was
glad to know that that great society of which
he had the honor to be President had been
'instrum entail in erecting the building which
was being dedicated, and which he hoped
would accomplish much good The work OF
educating the freedmen was but just begun,
but by organized efforts much would be eff
fected. The day was not far distant when
the States OF the South would have system
Of free schools in which all might be edu-
cated-schoels in which there would be no
discrimination. He hoped the day was not
far distant when the valleys of the South
would be glori6ed and blessed by school
houses. The work of educating the colored
people had commenced, and would not stop;
ii could not 90 backwards, but would be
pushed forward till all of f'them were educated
and christianized.


1t is stated that Hunnicutt had an interview
with Judge Chase last night, and received a
severe castigation from him for his extreme
radical utterances. He was told he misrepre-
sented the party, and brought it into dis
credit in the State.


Caucusing between Judge Chase and those
Of his party Who support his claims for the
Presidential nomination. in this State, was
continued to-day. Extreme reticsnce marked
their course.
Year: 1867

In accordaace with General Orders No Z, tho First
DIVISION National Guard will parade the ensuing 4h
OF July to celebrate the ninety first anniversary Of
American independence The order is q brief one, aud
somewhat defective construction but is improve
ment the old stye." The several brigades form
West Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and
Sixteenth strcets with their right resting upon Fifth
avenue. Reports OF brigade commandants must be
made TO the chief Of division STAFF at tho corner OF
Fourteenth street aud Fifth The troops being
thus disposed have simply 70 form column and cover
each oher at the proper intervals. The route will be
from the Of West Twelfth street direct up Fifth
Thirty street. along Thrtyfourh street
to Madison avenue down Madison avenue to Twenty
third street. along Twenty third street TO Fourth
nue.. down Fourth to Fourteenth street. AS the
command passes tho Worth Monument going up
marching salute will be paid to the Mayor and Common
Council Of the city. The First artillery directed to fire


national salute from the Battery at sunrise and
II Is expected that the troops will be dismissed by ten
O'Clock This order possesses great advantage.
has boon issued in sufficient time to allow all the reg
mental and company commanders to get out their no.
tices without any hurry or confusion.
Year: 1867

Oar German Veteran Soldiers.


There in this city 1t the present time less than
nine associations OF German veteran sodiera They
each number from thirty I've to forty members MAXIM
Total OF three hundred and forty members all
told. They form sort Of mutual beneficial society.
Year: 1867

ed w ellis River. W lth0ut any mon
ey, went into the hotel and asked
the privilege of sleeping on the
floor of the bar-room, suggesting
that the milk of the COW would pay
for her keeping. Sleep on the
floor said the man, if you have
been out in this storm you must be
pretty well used up | was turned
over to the care of the mistress of
the house, and such a supper, and
such a bed as only such people
could provide. The name | never
forget. 1t was Hale. | tried to get
away III the morning without draw
ing on then for another meal, bu,
it was impossible. After good
breakfast, five miles travel on the
road to Peacham, placed me in the
arms of my farher, who was almost
frantic with the apprehension that
had not survived the storm.
That meeting, and the subsequent
reception by my mother, who had
passed with the team while was
asleep at the Oxford tavern, | need
not describe.


Often has my mind reverted to
the situation in which that good
woman and her daughter found me I;
and as often has it seemed as though
the snow was again eddying around
me as wien in my despair, | felt it
would be my winding sheet; and
then my heart has gone out III graf
itudc to God. who made this retired
widow the instrument of rescuing
me from the arms of death.


My condition proved to be much
worse than my progress would in
dicatc. Ny feet were severely frost
ed, and my whole system so badly
shocked that | did not go out until
the May following.


Although already too long, some
thing of more interest to me remains
to be added to this narrative. At
this late period Providence has so
ordered that | should reside near
the scene of my narrow escape
Having heard, some years since, that
the widow and her family had left
the place. and since died, | little eX-
pected | should ever see any one in
any way connected with the event,
until meeting a son of the man who
drove the team with the family, and
relating the incident, | was inform
ed that the woman was alive, and
living in the same place. | have
since had the satisfaction of renew
ing my own thanks, and what is
more gratifying, the privilege of
obcying the ottrepeated charge of
my dear mother, to express her
thanks for the great service render
ed her child.


notwithstanding the great and
varied changes that have taken
place in this section of the country,
within the half century constituting
half its life since its settlement, Mrs.
Lucy Hammond, my beneiactreSS,
and her daughter, the former 81
years. and the latter G. years ot age,
are still residing on the same farm
in the shadow of Fairlee mountain,
enjoying good health, and evidently
that pcao ctul, cheerful lie winch IS
ever voucnSatcd to unScliiSh, beneN.
olcnt hearts. y. Is.


The best kind of ofagrieulturat .fdds
farmers daughters.


If Il man cannot readily recognize
merit it is very evident that he has
none himself.


1t is sometimes pleasant to bc
/ cheated we love sweet, wild area uis
the greatest cheats in the world.


Duties fulfilled are always pleas
ure to the memory.
Year: 1867

ANNExATioN.-A project is now being discussed,
looking to tho annexation of Northern Idaho TO
Washington Territory. The proposition is favorably
regarded in this quarter.


We clip the above from the Walla Walla States
man of the 26th ult., and most heartily indorse
the "project." Our section of territory known
as North Idaho, is almost entirely cut off from
all communication with the southern portion
We are not able to reach the capitol except BIZ
long and circuitous route across a portion of
Washington Territory, and a long distance
through the State of Oregon. We have no bust
ness in that part of our Territory except to visit
the capitol. The mode of conveyance is by stage
over different and nnconnected stage routes, aud
over no incousderable range of mountains The
expense of the journey is as great a trip from
New York to Liverpool would be- and the cost
of living when we get to our capitol is three or
four times more than in the Willamette or Puget
Sound sections.


We entertain no i'll feeling towards the people
of Southern Idaho, and would willingly remain
under the same local government with them, but
the physical formation of our Territory renders
it altogether too inconvenient to do So We
have direct water communication with the
Puget Sound, and can reach Olympia at much
less expense than Boise City, can live much
cheaper when we get there, and as a general
thing, have business which calls US in that d.
rection. Besides, our communication with the



huences while on the other hand we are sub
ject to have all communication entirely cut off
with our "Southern brethren" for a number of
months at a time. We hope and trust that these
considerations will lead to a cousummation of
the project above suggested, and promise on our
part in that event to be good and faithful cti>
zens of Washington Territory, and aid to the
best of our ability in promoting ner prosperity
and ia encouraging the building of the great
Northern Railroad, or any other worthy scheme
which that commonwealth may engage in
Lewiston Journal,
Year: 1867

RECIPE TO CLEAN WooL.-Hunt Bros,
of the North Bloomfield Custom Woolen
Mill, New York, give the following recipe
for cleaning wool To two paisful of water
add quart of soft soap and half-pint of
common salt. Heat from 1902 to 1902, or
a little warmer than the hand can bear. Put
in all the wool that will stir conveniently,
and let it remain fifteen minutes, moving it
in the kettle occasionally. Then take it out,
let it drain, return the drained liquor to the
kettle and add all the water needed. Repeat
the process, and occasionally add little soap
and salt. After the wool is drained sufi>
ciently, simply rinse it out we'll in cold was
ter and you will then have it white and soft.
Never let wool boil in the liquor, as that
will fix the gum, render the fibre stiff and
gray, and unfit it for soft and flexible yarn.
Fine wool needs more time in the kittle than
coarse. Taggiugs may be cleansed in the
same manner, by clipping off all the hard
matter that cannot readily be compressed be-
tween the thumb and finger.
Year: 1867

INDIAN TROUBLES IN THE Bitter RooT VALLEY
Mr. Frank Woody, from Mssoula, Informs us
that the people of the Bitter Root and He'll Gate
Valleys anticipate hostilities from the Snake
Indians, who have been stealing horses in differ
ent parts of the Territory. They recently ran off
a whole train of pack animals, leaving the pack
ers and their goods without the means of trans
portation. 1t is known that these Indians (the
Snakes) are at war with the people of Idaho, and
that they are, from their hostile attitude, ready
to commence the work of murder and devasta-
ton. The public authorities should afford to
the people of the Bitter Root all the protection
they possibly can. A portion of the arms be>
longing to the territory should be sent to the
other side, including ammunition, SO that the
people may be prepared to defend themselves in
case of need.-Hontaaa Gazette.
Year: 1867

DISEASED HAMs.-Speaking of hams,
thew tell this story about black namesake
of Andrew jackson, who has been cauvassing
Springfield Mass for relief for his colored
brethren at the South. Somebody gave him
some hams, but he didL't like the looks of
them; he was afraid they were diseased. It
would never do to send such food to the
freedmen. So after laborious cogitation, he
hit upon bright expedient; he would give
one Of the hams to to an Irishman and if
it proved fatal he would then throw away
the rest
Year: 1867

TIE Power OF MoSEY,-In his speech at the
opening of the new Merchants Exchange, the
other day, Mr.. Swain alluded to the power of
money. True, it is the most powerful monarch
on the face of the earth. All, from the emperor
on his throne to the beggar on the dunghill bow
to its majesty and pay it abject reverence. 1t
will purchase everything, nearly, except virtue,
honor and affection. These articles are sold for
money-virtue, honor and the semblance of af.
fection, are all parted with for gold-but unlike


most other commercial transactions, the luckless
buyers never receive the wares for which they
pay their cash. So, powerful as is money, it is
not all powerful. 1t may purchase station, pres
cedence and notoriety, but it cannot purchase
those qualities which make men happier and
better. woman may sell her virtue for money,
but who is the gamer thereby2 A man may
barter bis honor for lucre, but who receives the
article2 In either case speck of virtue or hon
or is wiped out of existence, and the world is
made the poorer by the transaction.-S, r. Call.