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Year: 1870

There is mosquito bar in vogue among
the plantation hands and boatmen in some
parts of the South, which answers every
purpose to the letter: it is common coal oil.
4 small quantity of oil is dropped on piece
of cotton and then squeezed out as dry as
possible after which the cotton is rubbed
over the face and hands. No mosquito will
alight where the scent has been left.
have tried it and then exposed myself to
clouds Of them on various occasions without
experiencing the slightest annoyance.
Thousands of them would hover within an
inch of my face. and sing by the hour, but
none would dare touch. Without having
triedit one would naturally suppose that
the smell o: The coal oil would be very dsa-
greeable: not so one never smells it at al


in five minutes after it has been applied.
Year: 1870

The heart is six inches in length, four in
diameter, and beats seventy times minute
four thousands one hundred times per hour
one hundred thousand eight hundred pei
day, and thirty-seven million seven hundred
and seventy thousand times per year. Fol
female heart in love multiply by four.
Year: 1870

A NASHVILLE local editor has got it the
worst way, owing to the weather. He says


with linked hands the days trip lightly
into the dim archway of the past. a Tur-
kish bath will take all that bilious nonsense
out OF him, or boot might help matters.
Year: 1870

A SWEET VoICE-Wc agree
with that old poet who said, that
a low soft voice was an excellent
thing in woman. Indeed, we feel
inclined to go further than he on
the subject, and call it one of her
crowning charms. How often the
spell of beauty isrudeIy broken by
coarse loud talking. How often
you are irrcsistably drawn 70 o
plain, massuming woman, whose
soft, silver tones render her posi-
lively attractive! In the social
circle how pleasant it is to hear a
woman talk in the low key which
always characterizcs the true lady


In the sanctuary Of home how sucl
a voice soothcs the frctful child


and cheers the weary husband.
Year: 1870

ALLIGAToRs are huge reptiles, but not
very bright or shrewd, and are taken easi-
ly by men cunning enough to lay snare
for them. The Siamese natives take them
after the following fashion,: s


They take live duck, and under it
they attach a piece of wood about six
inches long, proportionately thick, and
pointed at both ends. To this piece of
wood they tie a fine but very strong cord,
to which are attached pieces of bamboo,
which serve for floats. They then put
the duck in the middle of the river, and
the bird, finding itself embarrassed by the
piece OF wood, struggles to get rid of it.
9 The crocodile, seeingit, dives into the
water, attempts to take it from below, and
seizes, instead, the piece of wood, which
sticks crosswise in its throat. As soon as
they perceive that he is taken, which is
seen by the shaking of the cord and the
agitation of the bamboo, the signal is
given, and the animal is drawn to the top
of the water in spite of the efforts he
makes to get free. When he appears,
the fishermen dart their harpoons into
him. 9g34 a tHA s


These are kind of dart, the iron point
of which is shaped like an arrow, attach
. ed to a handle about five feet long. To
the iron point, which is pierced in the
socket, is attached very fine cord, twist
ed around the stick, which detaches itself
from the iron, and which floating on the
water indicates the spotwhere the animal
is. When they have planted sufficient
number of harpoons in his body, they
drag him ashore and dispatch him with
I their hatchets.
Year: 1870

his decision, declares the enabling act
passed by the Legislature unconstitution-
al, which decision is said to affect nearly
all the officers in the State.


A Hartford telegram of the 31st .ult.
states that the Republican State Central
Committee of Connecticut had authorized
the statement that :" the proclamation is
too late for the colored men to comply
with the provisions of the Registry law
at the coming election" a
Year: 1870

THE Ohio Farmer lays down this propo-
and prudence, and does not so out of his
yond the reach Of bankruptcy" 1t is of
opinion that nearly every case of serious
embarrassment among farmers has arisen
from purchases made faster than necessity
required or prudence permitted, or from
going outside or beyond farming to en-
gage in speculation.
Year: 1870

For the first time since the Summer vaca-
ton the Board OF Education in session yesterday,
and made awards Of contracts TO different persons for
school improvements at aggregate estimate OF about
$4,000 Mr. O'Ne was awarded 5000 for his plan for
Normal College and the Of the plan signed PRO
gress" $3.50. resolution was adopted relnestns the
Controller to place 10 the credit Of the Board s5ooOc


The Finance Committee reported upon the prosecution
OF the claim Of the Board against the Broadway Bank Tor
SI7500 paid by the bank forged warrant that they
had submitted the to Moses Taylor President o e
City Bank, and Charles r. Leverch, President oil the
Bank of New-YOrk arbitrat0rs, and they gave


decision upon communication received IRON Geo =.
Talman. stating that he had carefully examined into
the matter and there seemed to him To DC no question az
to the forgery and he OF the opinion that on me
ground OF ggence there nothing TO justify shit
ing the loss from the bauk a. the Board The Comnee
submitted resolution, which was adopted that the SET
ternent made with the Broadway Bank be accepted, ana
the interest 49, he received and placed TO the eredt
Of the incidental Fund Of the Board


Mr. Wood said he had asked before the usual summer
vacation for report OF the Committee resolution TO
abolish corporal punishment in the public schools. lie
thought this important matter, ana ne hopea
that AT the next meeting report would be presented
The Board then adjourned
Year: 1870

A recent invention, which has been favor
ably spoken of by railroad men, seems to add consider


ably to certainty facility, and economy in signaling
trains 1t is designated Lantern and Combination
of Railroad Signals and includes both night and day
signals The night signals consist OF sliding glass globes


three in number which Ivy perfectly simple arrange
men are successfully made 10 the flame, so as 10
give the white light, indicating all right; the blue


light, for caution - the red light, TO stop These are
me signals now generally used and three separate Ian


terms are required display them The combination IL
adapted for both in lanterns to he carried III the
hand, and also TO be elevated upon permanent sta1
day signals, according TO the model shown, and as
now in experimental use upon several roads In this
vicinity are white, blue and red boards folding like "a
knifebadc into the staff upon which the lantern Il
placed and readily lifted to horizontal position, as re-


duired by very simple and ingenious device OF pulleys
Year: 1870

Our special correspondents at the seat OF war near
Paris supply the following highly interesting and
exciting reports Of the progress OF the grand march
Of the Prussian army on Paris.
Year: 1870




Gail Hamilton insists, in an article in
Harper's Bazaar, that men have no right
to disinherit or disown their sons for any
breach oflaw or morals whatever; that
wayward child may be separated from the
other children. and his portion may, II
necessary, be held in trust, its delivery
depending on reformation, but that mo
person can commit against society so
great crime as a father commits who is
thus false TO the trust which he himself
has imposed-Nho thus thrnsis of from
himself the soul which he called into be-
ing. A father should be governed By no
motive but bis child's best interest, and a
child's best interests can never be served
BY anything but his father c0nstsnt and
loving care. A child must be born bad,
or else made bad BY bad training snd il
the father does not actually see this, be
ought to take it for granted. .
Year: 1870

a blessing for the weary. We look for
ward to the possibilities of the future.
In dreams these possibilities become
present realities. We hope, and hope
puts on the character of reality; the
wish becomes possession. Who shall
say that dreams are not realities? that
only trouble is real and joy a sham
Do we not repel the consciousness of the
glory that shall be revealed by our
attachment in our waking hours to that
which is of the earth earthly" and in
stolidly rejecting the pleasures that in
dreams come without our volition?
Ought we to reject the imaginary happi-
ness of sleep for the real troubles of our
waking hours2 Is it not real philosophy
to accept the rest and pleasure rather
than to embrace the toll and suffering?


If dreams are but illusions, the ignis
fatui of the mind, surely they lead to
nothing bad. Better enjoy what seems
so real, than to encourage and invite
what is so unpleasant and hard to bear.
Those whose life is but dream Of splen-
dor, lolling in the arms of somnorific
pleasure, live life hardly so real as that
of those whose days are weariness, but
whose nights are glorious with dreamy
realities. Those dream while awake and
these realize when asleep. Let the poor,
the wearied, the tormented, thank God
that He has appropriated to them a por-
ton of their lives as realizations of hap
piness, and believe that his providences
are right and equal, which appropriate
the day to the pleasure Of one class and
the night to the happiness of another.
Year: 1870

The United States Of Southern Ger
many is the name suggested by the Ger
man newspapers for the confederacy OF
the States south Of the river Main, The
countries interested in this union are the
Kingdoms of Bavaria and Of Wurtem-
burg. the Grand Duchy of Baden, and
the southern part Of the Grand Duchy of
Hesse.
Year: 1870

If you have fault to cure, or bad
habit to be broken of, it cannot be
done by merely trying little. You
must is ht it, and not give up fighting
until it is got rid of.


A member of Congress from the
Southwest was lately found 10 his
room at Washington almost sufoca-
ted by gas. When brought to be
said "he tried to pinch the light out,
but found somebody had stolen the
wick"


Count Won Zinzendorf was The
founder and head of the sect of Mo.
ravian Brethren. He was born in
Dresden in 100, came to America in
l74l, and returned to Europe in l74S.
He died in ITO.


The latest dodge of confidence men
is to make their checks payable to the
order of their victim, and then oil the
back so that he cannot endorse it.


The man that thinks himself so rich
that be can afford to neglect his af-
fairs and throw away his money, Is
not far from want.


When do we begin to love people ?
When they begin to let us look into
their hearts, and their hearts are
found to be worth looking into.


It has been said that if a Yankee
was on this edge of perdition and a
piece of gold on the further edge he
would spriag across to clutch it.


At lase revival meeting an i'm
pulsive young sinner prayed that God
would hess the two young ladies be-
tween whom be had been sitting, "es-
peciaay the one on the right"
A gentleman visited a New Jersey
Sunday school early last Sabbath, and
found class OF model scholars throw
ing dice for punctuality tickets.


An Iowa farmer lately sent let
ter to the Patent Office, asking if he
could get patent on "an improved
mode Of making fried cakes"
Year: 1870

feet of Him whose gracious provi-
dence has so wonderfully brought you
as a people out of the house of bond
age" In the midst of deep feeling,
Rev. Mr.. Tanner, a talented young
member of the Conference, suddenly
called upon by the Bishop, rose up and
responded in style that would have
been creditable to any living man.
In fuency, appropriateness, correct
ness and elegance, his speech was not
whit behind that to which we had
6een listening. As he concluded a
noble-looking negro rose upon his feet,
and struck the chorus


Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea,


Jehovah hath triumphed His people are free -


The multitude took it up and sang
it as only a conference of colored
preachers and a congregation of col
ored people could sing it. and as only
such conference and congregation
could sing it in an hour like that. o
how grandly and gloriously the waves
of melody rolled through that humble
church !! They seemed to our excited
soul to surge against the walls, shak.
/ ing the structure to its very founda'
tions. In the midst of this electrify.
ing song, the outpouring of grateful
loving and joyful hearts, the people
began to gather around their noble
friend Mr.. Garrison-some with smiles
some with tears, some to shake his
hands, some almost to embrace his
limbs, some to crouch at his feet
! They were like overjoyed children in
the presence of an affectionate father


We looked on with binding tears, and
thanked God for this beautiful trib
ute to lifelong fidelity, and that We
were permitted to be a witness of sc
inspiring and memorable a spectacle
Year: 1870

This Is q month Of comparative leisure
with bees. There Is but little done now
more than perhaps to change about their
stores To some extent In the hives. so that
Ii may be most convenient in winter.
Bees. In all well-manged apiaries, will
be peacefully enjoying their well-earned
treasures. and the quiet movements, and
the gentle humIning about the doors OF
their houses, speak only OF content and
happiness.


Bees require but little attention now
more than to guard against robbing. and
but few operations should be performed
upon them, the less the better. MT this sea-
son. Such Jobs as transferring from COM
mon To movable comb hives should not be
done now under any circ Smstances; my
experience would not warrant transfer-
ring bees thus. later than the first of July.
If bees are to enjoy the fumes OF brim-
stone, il Is time now; but the man who
sufIocates his bees In tho fall for their hon.
ey, will sooner or later he troubled with
bad luck. depend upon IL; while no who
Is willing for them to share the fruit oil
their labor with him, that Is, who uses n
desirable hive understandingly, will sue
ceed. and his bees will grow more and
more prosperous each year. rs his stock Of
knowledge of their habits and require
meats increases.


We must learn to profit by the expert
ence Of others Ia this rs well rs In other
branches of business; and the careful
reading Of good practical books on the
subject cannot fail TO be both interesting
and instructive. and well worth the neces-
sary expenditure to procure them. l
would especially suggest that bce-keepers
look into this matter Of hives more, and
before another season comes, provide
themselves with something better than
the old.fashioned box-hivc. A good work
ing. movable comb hive Is very desirable.
and quite Important To people who would
keep up with the times In Bookkeeping,
and these hives cannot DO objected to by
any one aside from the needless expense
of the frames IL they are not To be worked
%. w. p. Gerard, Piynouth. IN Maine
Farmer.
Year: 1870




Numbers Of people have entirely be-
Wildered and stupefied themselves in en-
deaVOrs to arrive at some rational con-
clUsiOn on the subject Of pins. The stat
istical accounts of the number of Dius
turned out at Birmingham and Sheffield
alone would lead one to expect that the
earth itself would present the appearance
of vast pincushiOn. Where are those
pins OF which the yearly fabrication IS
on so vast scale? Pins are not cOnsum-
ed as an article Of diet. Pins do not
evapOrate. Pins must be somewhere.
All the pins which have been made since
civilization set in must be in existence
IN some place or other; we ought to see
nothing else, look in what direction we
might, but pins. This island, not to
NEEDLE with other countries, ought 10 be
knee deep with pins


Reader, how many pins are imported
into your own house within the course of
the year ? Do you know what becomes
of these pins ? There are few in your
Wife's pinCushiOn, and one may OCCASION
ally be seen cleaning in the hOusemaid's
Waistband; but where are the rest IL
is perfectly astonishing how one seldom
encounters a pin ION the loose" Now
and then, by rare chance, as when car
pet IS taken up, you may catch a glimpse
Of a pin lying in a cTevice; but even this
Is an uncommon occurrence, and not to
be counted, You often want a pin, and
take trouble to get pin. Where are all
the pins that ought to be always in at
tendance everywhere ?


What can possibly become Of all the
steel pens, of which myFiads are eOntin-
ually turned loose upon the world? Each
individual pen does not last for a very long
time. Left UnWiped, as they generally
are, steel pens soon cOrOde, and so get
unfit for use. What do we do with them7
We take them out Of their holders, re-
place them with better ones, and leave
the Olds pens lying about in the pentrays
Of our desks or where not. They are awk-
ard things to get rid of, and mostly lie
about uncared for. Still the pens, like
the pins, do at last disappear. Whittier
The earth is not pTickly with pens. It
ought to be; why isn't it?-EK.
Year: 1870

One Of the sweetest incidents which
we have noticed for many a day-and
one which shows the effect of early
training, assisted by a pure and undefi-
ed imagination, has just fallen under our
observation. tt was thus related.


A lady visited New York City, and
saw on the sidewalk a ragged, cold and
hungry little girl, gazing Wistfully at
the cakes in a shop window. She stop
ped, and taking the little one by the
hand, led her into the store. Though
she was aware that bread might be bet
ter for the cold child than cake, vet de-
string to crafty the shivering and for
lOTn one, she bought and gave her the
cake she wanted. She then took her to
another place, where she purchased her
a shawl and other articles Of comfort.
The grateful little creature looked the
benevolent lady full in the face, and,
with artless simplicity, said 60 Are you
Gods wife ?' Did the most elOquent
speaker ever employ words to greater
Year: 1870

A Fable. An oak stood on the bank
Of river, and growing at its foot was a
reed. The oak was aged, and its limbs
were torn away by the blasts Of years:
but still it lifted its head in pride, and
looked down with contempt upon the
reed.


At last there came a fearful tempest.
The oak defied it, but the reed trembled
in every fibre. "See," said, the oak.
''the advantage Of strength and power;
see how resist and triumph 2" While
it spoke thus, a terrible rush of the
gale beset it, its roots gave way, and it
felltO the earth with a Tremendous crash
But while the oak was thus destroyed i'm
its pride, the humble reed bowed to the
blast, and, when this was past, it arose
and fOurished as before.


Thus it is that the weak and the hum
bic are often safe, when the strong and
proud are dashed to the earth. HumiI-
ity is a great virtue, for it teaches us to
submit to the ways Of Providence, and
not to place a proud dependence on our
own strength, which, after all is but
weakness,
Year: 1870

add a piece Of camphOr as large as a
hens egg, shake 1t again and add one
ounce Of lampblack. If the alcohol is
good, it viii be all Dissolved in two or
three days; then shake and use. If it
gets too thick, add alcohol, pour out two
or three teaspOOnfuls in a saucer, and
apply with a small paint brush. If the
materials are all good it viii drv in
about five minutes, and will be remOv-
ed only by wearing it of, giving a gloss
almost equal to patent leather.


The advantage Of this preparation
over others Is, 1t does not strike into
the leather and make It hard, but re-
mains on the surface and yet excludes
the water almost perfectly. This same
preparation is admirable for harness.
and does not soil if touched, as lamp
black preparations dO.--HdlP8 Journal Of
Health.
Year: 1870

There is a physiOgomy in the human
back, the wave of the rim Of hat, the
hight of a shirt collar, by which a man
may be recognized quite as we'll as by
his beaming face. The ignoring of this


familiar truth, for purpose was singu-


larly illustrated in the Rush trial, when
the endeavOr was made to shake the
maid servants Identification Of that
murderer, because she had only seen


his back. Yet we do not remember
that the learned judge or any body else
asked the jury to consider whether, in


their daily experience, they were ac-
custOmed to know people by their backs
as well as by their faces. To know such
a mans walk, the shape of such another
mans back, &c, seems to belong to a
specially acute and Indian-like instinct;
while sailors, in refutatiOn of that mea-
gre sense, which excuses some failure of
recognition by such q pretense as at
could not see his face, " talk airily, and
with q metaphor drawn from their own
profession, knowing some unfamiliar
figure "by the cut of his iib." These
loose expressions all point to a deeper
principle; to the curious marks which
the interior soul leaves behind it, wher-
ever it comes in contact with earthly
matter, or earthly manners and modes.
It all comes under the head of style,
which, we have been told, makes the
man. Tell us q particular style, and
we shall know the man. And in dearth
of all other helps and tokens, show us a
mans trunk and we may be pretty sure
as to what he is.-AUtbG Year Round.
Year: 1870

Tn has been discovered that persons
who work I'm copper are never attacked
by cholera, and it is suggested that ply
sicians should experiment with prepar-
ations of the metal for the purpose of de-
Gliding whether it could not be employed
as a preventive during future visits of
the epidemic.
Year: 1870

In cleaning chimneys, never use anything
which will scratch them, ana -hen they
get dull with the smoke, clean them by rub
bing II am we'll inside and oct with soft pa
per; dom spare elbow grease to give them a
polish, it makes them bright, and they viii
repay you with the light they afford Or
you can take a sponge, tie. it on the end of
a sticz, put teaspoonfui of sulphuric acid
into i teaeup of water, dip The sponge into
it, pass it through the etEwray and rub it
well ill it isclean. At.er III ssnok is clean
ed of, dip it into clear = oi1 water and set


- cueT


aside to drain or ser you can then use your
paper and polish till dry In ne winter it
is a good plan to warm them by the fire pre-
vious to putting them on your lamps, and all
chance Of breakage is avoided. Clean your
globes by washing them in soap and hot
water-use brush, They must then be
left to drain. f any drops of water remain
inside the globe, for none will remain on
the outside, dry them with a cloth, but
without touching the frosted Part with the
fingers, then with a piece of clean rag or
paper to hold them by, screw them into
their places.
Year: 1870

On this day, the first of the year 1870. we ten
der 10 our readers the compliments Of the season,
AMI viii them health, happiness and prosperity


May the year in which We have just entered
have for them happy opening in the enjoy


nent of the festivities customary 1T this
season, be prosperous in its continuance, and
leave them content at its close. The past year
has been one Of prosperity and success to the
People Of the District of Columbia. 1t has
brought to us a large increase Of population,
witnessed the initiation of new enterprises and
the strengthening and enlargement OF old ones.
We have been exempted from great calamities
by fire, food or disease during the past twelve
months; and the new year, We hope, will be one
OF still continued prosperity, in which our city
will maintain its growth, extend its limits,
and attract to itself a still larger business and
success. The year 1870 will bring to many Of US
lew associations, new responsibilities and new
prospects May We be prepared to turn the
lessons of the past into bescons of the future,
and If all win make the best Of their opportu-
mites for good, and perform theSiuties devolved
bpon them to the best of their ability we have no
doubt the new year will be n happy one for
the us f not IN the realization of all their hopes


ut least in the consola tion Of having done right