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Year: 1870

Igo to the timers and buy ring
made for the purpose, nearly an inch
IN diameter; | take pair of nippers
and force the ends of the ring apart
siieways--if the wire is soft do it
with my fingers-thcn i take and file
one of the ends smooth; now l am
ready for the hogs.


.Iput them i'm a small pen where
they cannot stir much, and take a
small rope five or six feet long: a
piece of common bed cord that has
been used little to prevent ii from
being stiff, is the best; make moose
at one end of the rope, about ten or
twelve inches wide; then / put the
moose under the hogs nose, when it
will open its mouth, and | pull the
rope back behind its tusks; now |
draw the rope tight and fasten the
other end of the rope to the other side
of the pen, WHEN the hog will stand
with the rope tight. Now l take a
shoemaker's punch, and when / get
ready, / instantly punch hole IN the
middle of the rooter. (standing astrad-
die of the hog) then | take the ring
and put the smooth end through the
hole then | draw the ends OF the ring
together, as it was when | got it from
the timers; after this take small
pair OF tongs, made tor the purpose by
the blacksmith, and press the ring to
smaller circumference, as if were
going TO Tie the ends of the ring TO-
gether with string.


/ prefer this mode, as small ring
is apt to cut out sooner; the end OF
the wire being twisted it is apt TO
catch Oh the clover if il is high, and
keep the hogs nose sore; also, l can
ring the largest hog | raise without
any help.-COr. Gin. Gazette.


HAIR PowDER.-A new fashion at
New York is to whiten the hair by a
new powder. Young ladies appear in
the street with hair as snow white as
an old man cf eighty. The process OF
putting it on is a great operation. But
the removal of it is indescribably diff.
cult. Young misses, even girls, wear
the gold powder, the steel powder, and
the silver powder, which is said to con-
tain a poison that will destroy the hair.
But it is all the rage, and will be adopt
ed generally this season.


.
Year: 1870

LAWS OF THE q. S.-We this week
finish up the printing authorized by the
first session of the forty first Congses ess.
We shall soon commence issuing in sup
Elemental form, the acts and doings of
the second session. As some of these
measures will be of great Importance, We
issue-in the shape of supplement that
they may be the better preserved.
Year: 1870

QUITs.-The New York World
tells the following of Madame Po-
tesdad, a noted horse-woman and
belle of the National Capital:


Ou one occasion, it is saiG, when
staying at the Warm Springs, in
Virginia, she started out with a
riding party for the Warm Spring
Mountain, and dared the gentle
man accompanying her to do what
she did. This mountain is quite
high, and has as its summit rock
juttiDg out over precipice. To
the extreme verge of this rock
Miss Potesdad rode, to the great
CONSERVATION OF her friends. She
didn't even leave her horse room
to turn round, but, having accom-
plished her purpose, she backed
him from the dangerous position
and faced the rest of the party in
triumph. Not a man would fol-
low her example, but one youth
full piece of inexperience stood on
his head in his saddle and dared
the lady to do that. Of course
she cried "quits."
Year: 1870

There is a young man in Pitts
burg who is studying TO be q re-
porter, and this is the way he de-
scribes the hair of a lady he saw
at ball, in the paper on which
be practices-"The profusion and
color of her hair would lead one
to look upon it as though it was
spun by the nimble fingers of the
easy hours as they glided through
bright June days, whose sunny
rays of light had been caught in
meshes, and were content to go no.
further"
Year: 1870

A man at Pottsville, Ps., set a
trap in his chicken-coop, and in
the morning found a mans thumb
In it. The thumb was that of a
colOred person. If any gentle
man of that persuasion has missed
a thumb, or may hereafter no.
tice the absence of such a useful
article, he can obtain it by calling
on the gentleman who owns the
trap. 1t don't seem hardly posi-
BILE one could have a thumb cut
of SO without knowing it.
Year: 1870

The newest style for dressing
the hair is called "the Cleopatra. =
The hair is brushed high off the
forehead and braided low in the
neck, surmounted by a large imi-
tation snake, which is coiled a
round the head.
Year: 1870

1t is said that Brigham Young.
maintains marital discipline when
ever his wives are likely to prove
"toO many" for him, by telling.
them that be will go to heaven
alone rather than have scratching
and fighting around him. This
quiets them till next time.
Year: 1870

A letter from Laramie tells how little
girl, ten years old, had to carry a baby to
the jury room three times a day, nearly a
mile, that it might get its meals. The town
will build an addition to the Courthouse for
a nursery,
Year: 1870

BRIGHAM YoUNG, JR., who was re-
Gently sent East as a missionary to
the homogeneous heathens of New
York and other gentle cities was
about to descant upon the beauties
of polygamy to the Germans of
Gotham, when he ascertained that
one of his fayorite wives bad escaped
and fed to parts unknown. He was
compelled in consequence to disap-
point his audience, and go in pur-
suit of the fugitive beauty, whom be
found in the Quaker city of Phila-
delphia but as the laws of Penn
sylvania know nothing about the
return of fugitive wives and com
pelling unwilling ladies to share the
fractional affections even OF the son
of a prophet with a dozen others,
and there being no Danites at his
call to enforce his divine command,
he is compelled, for the present at
least, to come down one step on the
ladder of exaltation, as the Mormon
idsa is that for every wife the hus-
band has he is exalted one step in
heaven, and that his exaltation ex-
alts also his wives.
Year: 1870

A sERIEs of earthquake snucAs
have recently been felt in Eastern
California and Western Nevada but
without more serious results than
driving people out in their night
clothes at two O'Clock in the morn
ing at Huffaker's Station on the
Truckee.
Year: 1870

Cur IT our.-lhe repeal OF a repealing
Act does not revive the original Act. Limbs
of The law. Legislators and officials who are
not satisfied wi,h the law under which they
were elected should make note of this fact.
Year: 1870

A New WAY TO LET CoNTRAcTs.-We
have discovered or detected new way to
let contracts. We have heard Of the thing
being done but ne yer clearly understood the
modus operandi until now. We believe this
new way Of letting contracts is only applied
by officials in cases where the public foots
the bill. The mode is this, advertise for
bids to do certain work, and then when the
bids are all 10 give the contract to the high
est bidder. The case we have n mind may
have grown out Of some sort OF brain
muddle by which the letting officials forgot
that they were about 10 buy something and
concluded that they were selling, and knock
ed the contract off to the highest bidder.
We may be mistaken about this mistake, but
If we are not then we mistook the parties
who are no! mistakers, and have indicted
this, note mistakingy.
Year: 1870

BLOOD is essential to the physical exist
ence Of man. so also lie brains to qualify a
man to acceplabIy perform official duties.
A man may know how to churn milk and
dress butter, but it don't follow that be
would succeed as a dipomat-tbe proof Of
the pudding is the chewing Of the string.
Year: 1870

placed in the hands of the Secretary OF
State year ago, and could have been
decided upon in day. Mr.. Grant Duff
however, has sent it to and from his of
fee in London to that in Calcutta, con
irving that it should be occasionally
" lost among the freight" 1t is now in
India, while the old man who left his
home year ago to secure his children &
rights before his death still stands a
beggar at their gates.


This circumlocutary method of how
not to do it appears wanting in spirit
and decision. John Bull should take a
lesson from Jonathan. Our Indian chiefs
also come knocking at our gates with
musty claims; they do not, like the Ma
wab, task from our kings barbaric pearls
and gold only the land we robbed
them Of and the right to live. Their
grave, moderate story has been told so
often, like his, that it is given over as fit
game for the wit Of our cheap newspa-
pers. But we certainly do not go to the
trouble of playing battledore and shuttle
cock with their petitions, like the Secre-
tary of State for India. Choking, we
assure mr, UrdnJ Duiit ID muci
prompter mode of satisfying a creditor,
and the one preferred by our youngpeople
and the soldiers who have taken in hand
to settle this matter for us. Their rea-
soning is logical and sharp. This debt
we owe these people, if paid, will stand
in the way of Christianity; so, in the
name of Christianity, put a pistol to
their heads The only difficulty in
our way is that our Indian claimants
are numerous and understand the trick
of throttling as well as ourselves. Only
with their women and babies, or in the
lucky case of village weakened by
smallpox, can our gallant soldiers
effectually silence these annoying claim
ants. But if we, like England, had only
an old man and two boys to deal with,
we would make short work with them.
Year: 1870

cies of the free traders Take for instance the price Of
steel rails as affected the removal Of tax "Take of
the duty" say they. "and steel rails win fall go
tun" Now for fact In point On the 18th Of January


when English steel rails selling for $50 gold tax
OF nearly per tun in the shape Of royalty was re-
moved. Did rails fall to S6i On the contrary they
10 $ and that the price In June Take another


illustration year ago last june English iron rails sold
for $50 gold tax In the shape Of about 20 per cent
premium gold removed, and according 10
free trade doctrine the price should have declined But
the English makers the contrary increased II just as
fast gOldfe and last June II $60 gold or about
the old rate in currency And 10 will be with steel
rails. There is probability that their price would
greatly decrease the entire abolition Of the duty The
only certain result Of such policy would be that home
competition would he killed and that railway managers
would be at the mercy of foreign makers not only az TO
prices but to time of delivery and quality OF material


American rails command higher price on the
latter ground And great and growing interest, with
which nearly all other industrial interests associated
would be botted out, for the temporary benefit OF
two of rich importers and foreign ronmasters


NeU- York, Aug T. 1870. HOT BLAST.
Year: 1870

When am in crowded car" said
a male advocate of woman's rights,
and a lady comes in, think 1T is the
duty Of some man to get up and give
her his seat. Hook around the car to
see if any man in the crowd looks like
making a move in that direction. and
VIXEN / see them all keep their seats,
hide my face behind my newspaper, and
blush for my sex.
Year: 1870

Not bad for little girl of ten, whose
knowledge of geography is somewhat i'm
perfect, on hearing her father speak OF
going to the polls to vote, she very inno-
Gently inquired "if the people of the
tropics voted at the equator"
Year: 1870

Any amount and every class Of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies
and at as low rates at agency in the country.


Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Year: 1870

A SUNDAY school teacher upon inquiring
of one of his juvenile pupils what be had
learned during the week was electrified by
the answer that he had s1earned not to
trump his partners ace"
Year: 1870

TO attempt 10 capture them ; and he implored
me not to contradict the account he had caused
to be circulated, and so cause his ruin, which


would be sure to follow, should his owners
learn the real truth of the story. He made
the most solemn VOWS of repentance and
amendment, and l believe he was truly sorry
for his fault, as well as its consequences but
l was deaf to all until he spoke of his sweet
wife and his dear little girl whom had seen,
as | have said, at New York. He said that
his wife was near her confinement, and that
he was sure if she learnt the truth, the blow
would kill her. Well, sir, at length yield
ed, and agreed to confirm the account he had
given. You may be sure that the crew, and
especially Macpherson and the rest of the
watch in the engine-room and on deck-who
had been drugged by some liquor which the
chief had given them-were not altogether
imposed upon, and q hundred different YER
sions of the story were flying about. But no
one ever knew the rights of the affair-we
were not in England, you know, sir, and it
was a lawless time and lawless part of the
world. | returned to Europe as soon as I
had recovered, and from that time to this, |
have never told anybody but you how it all
happened. E. T. LIDDELL
Year: 1870

speak not, | trace not, breathe not thy name,
There is grief in the sound, there is guilt in the


fame
But the tear which now burns on my cheek may


impar
The deep thoughts that dwell in that silence OF


heart.
Too brief for our passion, too long for our peace
Were those hours-can their Joy or their bitterness


cease?
We repent-we abjure-we will break from our


chan,-
We will part,-we will fly to-unite it again
Oh. thine be the gladness, and mine be the guilt.
Forgive me, adored one !-forsake, if thou wilt =
But the heart which is thine shall expire undebased
And man shall not breakit whatever thou mayst
And stern to the naughty but humble to thee,
This SOUL in its bitterest blackness, shall be;
And our days seemas swift, and our moments more


sweet,
With thee by my side, than with worlds at our feet
One sigh of thy sorrow, one look OF thy love,
Shall turn me or fix, shall reward or reproyc;
And the heartless may wonder at all resign
Thy lip shall reply, not to them, but to mine.
Year: 1870

merchant prince of New York-a port
ly siX-tooter of great manly beauty, who
never dined without his brandy and water


nor went to bed without a terrapin or oyster
supper, and who was never known to be
drunk, died OF chronic dialThoea-a common
end OF those who are never intoxicated and


never out of liquor. Halls Journal of Health
gives this account of his death:


Months before he died-he was a year in
dying-he could eat nothing without distress,
and ut death the whole alimentarv canal was
a mass OF disease in the midst of his millions
he died OF hamilton, That is not the half,
reader. He had been a steady drinker, a
daily drInker, for twenty-eight years. Scrof-
ula has been eating up one daughter for
fifteen years; another is in the mad house
the third and fourth were of unearthly beauty
there was a kind OF grandeur in that beauty
but they blighted, and paled, and faded-lnto
heaven, we trust-in their sweet teens; an
other is tottering on the verge of the grave.
and only one is lett with all senses, and each
OF them rs weak as water.


The same periodical instances another case
that should supplement the one lust given


A gentleman of thirty five was sitting on
chair, without any specially critical symp-
toms present; still he was known to be II


'dssipated young man" He rose. ran fifty
feet, fell down and died, The whole cover
ing of the brain was thickened, its cavities
We're filled with a fluid that did not belong to
it, enough to kill half Il dozen men with
apoplexyi great portion of one lung was
IN q state OF gangrene, and nearly all the
other was hardened and useless; blood and
yellow matter plastered the inner covering Of
the lungs, while angry red patches of destruc-
tive inflammation were scattered along the
whole alimentarv canal. Why, there was
enough of death in that one mans body to
have killed forty men,
Year: 1870




A most singular circumstance occurred in
the town of Winchester, Mass, Monday A
well digger named Winn, was employed in
walling up q well. The well had been sunk
to the depth of thirty eight feet and Mr.
Winn was in the act of sinking a curbing for
the foundation when his feet began to settle
in the sand at the bottom He did not at
first mind this, until he had occasion to shift
his position, when he found to his dismay that
his feet were imbedded fast in the sand He
gave the alarm, when assistance came, but
all efforts to disengage him from his perilous
position proved unavailable until yesterday
afternoon, when he was extricated alive,
The sand in which the nan was held is pos
sessed of great adhesive properties. 50
tough and tenacious is it, that 1t was found
impossible to withdraw an iron bar sunk in
it to the depth of fifteen inches
Year: 1870

n I


Many are the directions for this important busi.
ness most of which are worthless, we have found
ON trial. But for many years we have used this
plan. and can recommend it as excellent if all the
conditions are complied with.


For 100 lbs. of beef from which all blood and 9th.
er impurities have been well washed in cold water,
take lbs. rock salt; b. brown sugar. 10 o. salt
petre-those who dislike the sat-petre can omit il
ana add ~ Id. more salt. Boil these in water
enough to entirely cover the meat skim and when
e3u pour over the meat, in sweet vessel, of course
good enough for the king every wav-because
pe'nS M ]ust right to boil without any g freshenng .
tii JUS goodhess remains in it while bv the common
iiiethou Oh sa!tlng" all of the best of the meat is
thrown out in the freshening process.
| But mark two or three things This method will
preserve meat only in cold weather saw. from De-
cember to March and it should be kent in the cold.
don't freeze too hard An ice house is the hest
place. Don't allow single particle ever to oct
above the pickle, as during January thaws these
will hurt" and spoil the whole; so pnt ovor the
meat board like the follower in cheese nress
and on this good sized stone and on this stone y
small bag of salt one corner of which lust touches
the pickle; for salt is heavier than water, and So
sinks to the bottom, leaving the surface too fresh
and so spelling the meat even when, as q whole
too much salt has been used. When cold weather
breaks, if you have any meat left-which rarely
happens if properly cured by this method-re-sait
and re-picke as in warm weather methods
Unless you are willing to follow carefully all
these drections-and It'll less trouble than to write
them out-We advise you to keep on in the old
salt mess method which makes even Jack Tar
vince and scold.
Year: 1870

Beecher says a certain offender whom he
mentions should be made to ''sit for four
mortal hours in a cold church. and listen to a
sermon read by near-sighted man who had
lost his spectaclesr' And he says he don't
see what in hell could be worse than this
Year: 1870

A New York druggist says he has at least
twenty regular customers. all belonging to
the middle or laboring classes, who purchase
opium of him. Nearly every druggist could
probably tell the same story.
Year: 1870

"A TURKISH BEAUTY. | enjoyed the pleas
ure this morning of being introduced to a
very handsome Turkish lady, in order to give
an opportunity OF witnessing perfect speci
men OF Oriental beauty. After good deal
OF persuasion she allowed me to copy her pro-
file Her eyes and eye-lashes were intense
ly black, though | suspect the latter We're
stained of a deeper dye than the natural one
Her complexion was beautifully fair, with
the slightest tint of carnation sutfused over
her face. Her lips. sweet lips. that made us
sigh even to have seen such. Her glossy
halr, which was bound with kalemkier or
painted handkerchief, representing a whole
parterre Of flowers, fell in loose curls upon
her shoulders and down her back She wore a
short black velvet jacket, embroidered with
gold lace; trousers of sky blue and under
Jacket OF pink Grape, and one of those beauti-
ful transparent shirts which ravish the be-
holder, and half reveal the charms they fan
would hide


A magnificent Persian shawl encircled her
waist, which had natures own form, never
having been compressed by the cruel bandage
OF stays. Her feet were in slippers, and two
or three ugly rings deformed her white and
slender fingers, the nails of which We're dyed
with henna. Around her neck she wore Il
Gouble row OF pearls, from which hungan
amulet Her skin was very white and beau
titul; the constant use Of the dry vapor bath
having reduced it to a fineness which can
only compare to a highly polished marble,
and it looked as glossy and as cold She was
well pleased with the drawing l made, and
on rising to go away she put on her yellow
boots over the beautiful white foot and ankle
which it was a sin to conceal; then donning
cashmere and cloak, she bade us adeu with
q grace and elegance which few English la
dies could equal. No wonder the Turks sigh
for paradise, when they believe heaven to be
peopled with houris such as these Auldio's
Visit TO Constantinople.
Year: 1870

bihty of the campaign and of the last battle
One word from him would have relieved hin
of this responsibility, but that word he refused
| to utter until it could be spoken without feal
OF doing the least injustice. Applause.
Thus my fellow-soldiers, have presented tc
you our great commander in the supreme mo-
ments Of triumph and defeat. I cannot more
strongly illustrate his character. Has it been


surpassed in history? Is there another In


stance of such sell-abnegation among men


The man rose high above victor in the one in


stance, and, harder still, the man rose superior


to disaster in the other. 1t was such incidents


as these that gave Gen. Lee the absolute and


undoubting confidence and affection of his SOL


diers. ad myff hEAEfs III.


Rev. Thomas u Dudley, Jr, at the immense


meeting held in Baltimore last Saturday week
In honor, of Gen. Lee, spoke as follows:


THE Rev. T. u. Dudley, of Christ Church


said he wished tosspeak as Confederate sol
dier to COnfederates. He counted himself hap
py that he could bring his little tribute and lay
it upon the bier of their chieftain Soldiers,
they have buried him to-day in the chapel at
Lexington. Perhaps at some future day his
remains will be brought to Richmond to be
buried, not on the hill with Presidents, but let
him be buried where the boys lie, [vociferous
and prolonged cheering that when the grand
revellie shall sound the boys may see their be-
loved chieftain in their midst. Loud cheers.
| knew him well. knew him when he re-
fected honor on that flag which puny malice
refused to have unfurled at halfmast in res
pect to bis memory Cheers and waving of
handkerchiefs and hats. Soldiers, you were
his shield between Richmond and the foe. In
the moBument you are building tonight want
you to put on the top Christian Applause
and cheers -ll-'-


come not to speak Of him as patriot I
come not to speak of him as a general; come
to speak to you of him as Christian. There
has been written On the monument in your
hearts to your great chief not only patriot, but
soldier; not only soldier, but Christian. He
was not only soldier, but Christian soldier
That light that is shed from his hallowed tomb
makes it all clear to us, and we know where he
IS now, for we read of it in passages of Holy
Writ. He no longer mourns the lost cause, no
more bears the furled manner, but now he is
serving under the banner that streams from
the battlements of Heaven. It is the banner
under which he ever served There is left us
his good example, and soldiers who never fall
tered obey him now. 1t is his command that
you enlist under the banner of God and of His
Son.
Judge Campbell, of Louisiana, also made
6ne speech, for which We regret we have not
room. tut