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Year: 1872

-God is liberal, but not squander-
ing. Do but unfeignedly serve MN,
set about it i'm earnest, and comforting
will flow in upon thee; and, as 1t never
vet failed any man, SO it will De sure
not only to answer, but to far exceed,
thy largest expectations.


If a mans whole life-object Is to
make dollars, he will be running
against those who are making douars'
If his whole object Is to get applause,
he will run against those who are seek
ing applause. But If he rises nlgnef
than that, he will not be interrupted In
his flight heavenward. Why does that
flock of birds, floating up against the
blue sky 30 high that you can hardly
see them, not change its course for
spire or tower? They are above all
obstructions. So we would not have
so often to change our Christian course
If we lived in q higher atmosphere,
nearer Christ, nearer the throne OF
God.


When the sur rises there Is hgnt.
Wbv I do not know. There might
have been light without the sun, ana
there might have been a sun that gave
nn LIGHT. hut God has been pleased 70
put these two things together-sunrise
and light. So, whenever there Is .
PRAYER there is blessing. L do not
know why. There might have been
PRAYER without blessing, for there Is
In the world of wrath and there
might have been blessing without
PRAYER. for it is often sent to some who
SOUGHT it not. But God has been
pleased to make this rule for the
Government of the moral and spiritual
Universe, that there shall be prayer
first. and then there shall be an answer
TO PRAYER.
Year: 1872

The truth cannot be compressed into
a sermon. The reply to Pilates ques-
ton, "what is TRUTH" cannot be con-
tanned in any verbal form. Think you
that if Christ himself could have
answered that question in q certain
number of sentences, he would have
spent thirty years of life In witnessing
to it? Some men would compress into
the limits of one reply, or one dis
course, the truth which it took Christ
thirty years to teach, and left unnnlsh-
ed for the Spirit to complete. The
truth is infinite as the armament above
YOU. In childhood both seem near
and measurable; but with years they
grow and grow, and seem further on
and further, and grander and deeper,
and vaster, as God himself; till you
smile to remember how you thought
YOU could touch the sky, and blush to
recollect the proud and self-suf1icient
way in which you used 10 taik OF
knowing "the truth" Truth is made
up of principles; an inward life, not
any formula of words. Gods charac-
ter-spiritual worship--the divine life
in the soul. How shall put that into
sentence, ten or ten thousands How
could Pilates question be answered
except by a life? The truth then
which plate wanted-which you and
WANTS not the boundless verities,
but truth of inward life. Truth for me !;
truth enough to guide me in this dark
ling world; enough to teach me how
to live. and how to die.-K f. Robert
enD
Year: 1872

Keep tea in q close chest or canis-
ter.


-Cranberries will keep all winter in
q firkin of water in a cellar.


Butter that is made in September
and October is the best for winter use.
-Orages and lemons keep best
wrapped close in soft paper and laid In
drawer. &c 80 oI


Soft soapsshould be kept in dry
plaee i'm a cellar, and should not De
used till three months old.


Lard should be hard and white (;
and that which is taken from hog
over a year old is the best.


To select nutmegs, pick them with
a pin. If they are good, the oil will
instantly spread around the puncture.


When a cask of molasses is bought
draw off few quarts, else the fermen-
tation produced by moving it viii
burst the cask.
Year: 1872

Apples are SO plentiful in Illinois
that the Summer and Winter sorts
will not sell for any price; and yet q
little over ten years ago 1T was thought
apples would scarcely grow there !;
twenty years ago it was considered inn
possible.
Year: 1872

"Among the many curious phenomena
which presented themselves to me in
the course of my travels" says Hum
boldt, 81 confess there were few by
which my Imagination was so powerful
ly affected as by the COW tree. On the
parched sides ofa rock on the mountains
Of Venezuela grows tree with dry and
leathery foliage, its large woody roots
scarcely penetrating into the ground.
For several months in the year its leaves
are not moistened by a shower its
branches look as if dead and withered |;
but when the trunk is bored, blank
and nourishing milk flows from it. 1t
is at sunrise that the blacks and natives
are seen coming from all parts, provided
with large bowls to receive the milk,
which grows yellow and thickens at its
surface. Some empty their vessels on
the spot, while others carry them to
their children. One imagines he sees
the family of shepherd who is distrib'
uting the milk of his flock"
Year: 1872

The ridiculOusly loud tone OF voice
in which orders are generally given to
horses when the driver desires them
to start or stop, has often been subject
of surprise to me. If horses were next
thing to deaf, there would be an excuse
for the shoutings and yellings so gen.
orally INDUCED. but they are not, and
therefore need not be spoken to so
loudly and harshly. The ear of horse
is very sensitive, and, save in excep-
tionai cases, it is possible to control his
motions by O command given in a
moderate tone of voice, just as readily,
and indeed, / think, more readily than
where this rough, rude manner is
used. ~ Yor


A horse is q teachable animal, and is
always affected by kind treatment.
The fact Of the matter is, that If kind
words and gentle treatment through
out were given these noble aDimals,
instead of Oaths, curses and blows, we
should find their docility greatly in
creased. Just imagine if you will, a
gee! or whoa! uttered in tone suffi-
ciently loud to be heard at a half miles
distance, and this command given to
ar animal within five or ten feet of the





necessity for it? Why not speak in a
moderate tone? This is all that is re-
quired. The horse, if not deaf, can
hear it, and will as readily obey as If
given in laundering tones.


One of the best managed teams 1
have ever seen was controlled by the
driver without the Indulgence of any
of this unmusical yelling. The driver
rarely ever spoke above his ordinary
tone of voice, and yet his horses laid
into their work with as much willing
ness, and apparently greater earn
estness than If they had been driven to
it by fearful shoutings and blows. Let
me appeal to the common sense of
your readers in this particular direc-
ton. The horse is an intelligent ami
NAL. None of the brute creation more
readily appreciate kind words and
kind treatment. Such facts spould be
considered always by those who have
the care of these COrresp0fa-
dent Journal Of the Fdrn.
Year: 1872

1t will be the province of Congress
to provide for the distribution among
those who NAV be entitled to it Of
their respective shares of the money
to be paid. Although the sum awar-
ded is not payable until a year from
the date of the award, it is deemed
advisable that no time be lost in
making a proper examination Of the
several cases in which indemnitication
NAV be due | consequently recon-
mend the creation of Board OF
Commissioners for the purpose.
Year: 1872

Portland, Dec. &c, 1871.
This is to certify that have used
the Boston Granulated Soap i'm
my Family for the past year, and
like it very well. There is one
thing about it, it is the best soap
have ever used, and those to whom
L have given it will say the same.
There is no trouble to use it; put it
iu the tub with the water and
clothes, and you can see the dirt
start out without any labor. 1t
does not rot the clothes that have
seen i'm the year we have used it,
and will say this much. L have
got a good Washing Machine, but
since using this soap can do the
washing easier without the ma
chine, than we could using the
other washing soaps with the ma
chine.


One thing more, 1 will say L don't
get five or ten dollars for this no
tice, but do it of my own free will,
as really think if any person will
give it one fair trial they wi y
the same.


JOHN f. BRETT,


Sc Portland st.
p. s. One first-class Washing
Machine for sale, the owner hav-
ing NO further use for it. Will sell
cheap. J.F. B.
Year: 1872

THE smallpox in Philadelphia by the report
from the Health officer of that city, has reach
ed alarming proportions From five in the
month of July the deaths last month reach the
tu-fOnr
Year: 1872

ELECTRO BIoLoGY.-A crowded hall was the
one great fact appreciated by those who attend
ed the seance of Prof. Stone last evening The
experiments were highly interesting and salts
factory, and keenly enjoyed by the large and
intelligent audience. At the request of 'the
class" on behalf of many citizens who were
unable to obtain admission, the Professor will
give another seance tonight and give away
many valuable presents, a gold watch, and
purse of $25 in gold. AS his experiments COM
mence on Thursday in Augusta this will be the
very last opportunity to see the wonderous
transformations of the human mi nd.


THE famous Halford Leicestershire Table
Sauce, now so generally in use in families can
be obtained of all good grocers. You have but
to try single bottle to become its reference.
1t is the cheapest, at the same time that it is
the best.
Year: 1872

PROGRESS OF THE REvoLUTIoN.-A new
light dawned upon the world with the intro
duction of PLANTATION BITTERs twelve years
ago. Drastic purgation went out restoration
and renovation came in. The eyes of the peo-
pie were opened to the great fact that the way
to cure disease is to strengthen and support its
victims, not to place them at its mercy by de-
priving them of the little strength they have.
1t soon became evident that as means of in
fusing vitality into the feeble system, regula-
ting the secretions, curing indigestion, and re-
forming bilious habit of body, no medicinal
preparation then known was at all compare
BILE to the new restorative. Since then hum
dreds of attempts have been made to rival the
Bitters. They have all failed, and the GRAND
REVOLUTION IN MEDICAL TREATMENT, which
was commenced in 1860 is still in progress.
Nothing can stOpi for it is founded on the
principle, now universally Acknowledged, that
physical vigor is the most formidable antagon-
ist of all human ailments, and experiment has
shown that PLANTATION BITTERs is a peerless
invigorant, as well as the best possible safe
guard against epidemic disease.


jan1st-eod1w&w1t
Year: 1872

SOCIAL FEsTIvAL.-We call attention to the
free entertainment at Putnam Hall, this even
ing, by the ladies of the India Street Church
The sale of useful articles for presents and the
refreshments prepared ought to attract the
friends of the Church, as the proceeds will aid
the building fund.
Year: 1872

PROF. STONE, at the earnest request of his
class, and to give opportunity to many who
were unable to gain entrance to the hall last
night, will give one more exhibition at Fluent
Hall this evening, which will positively be the
last. Last evening Dr. T. A. Foster drew the
po1Fwotnb
Year: 1872

Yes, million of men, to say nothing of the ladies',
know by experience that


Christad0rO's Excelsior Hair Dye
produces shades of color that seem to have been
brought out by nature herself They know, too, that
it free from all injurious matter because they have
used 1t for years. and thus tested it by process
certain than even chemical analysis ITSELF In fact
the daily experience of multitudes of both sexes
firms the declaration of the first analytical chemist in
America, that the Excelsior dye contains "nothing
deleterious to health" good dressing should be
used after the dyeng, and the best is


CHRISTADORO'S HAIR PRESERvATIVE.
Year: 1872

City AFFAIRs.-Last night was the time for
the regular meeting of the Board of Mayor and
Aldermen, but at the appointed hour no quo
rum being present, the meeting was adjourned
by the CITY Clerk
Year: 1872

THE New YEAR greeted us mildly, almost
cheerfully. The soft, warm air and the hazy
sky almost cheated one into the belief that the
advent of spring was close at hand and the
Christmas boughs were hanging crisp and scar.
But January looks two ways, and before he has
done his reign we may expect to look upon his
darkest frowns and severest expressions. Let
us hope that with all his changes he will not
prove so disagreeable companion as his broth
er December-a most capricious month, who
gave us scarcely an endurable day, his tempera-
ture running almost all the degrees that it is
possible for northern winter, with frosts, sleet
rain, little sunshine and many clouds.
Year: 1872

To THOSE who are bowed down by nervous
Debility, and despair of ever recovering the
vigor and mien of fmanhood we earnestly rec
ommend DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR
BrTTERs. Before they have finished the first
bottle, they will feel the restorative principle
at work in every portion of their brol1en-down
systems and hope will spring up in their hearts


No case of Dyspepsia, Billiousness, Intermit
tent Fever, Rheumatism Gout or kidney dis
ease, can resist this unequalled vegetable tonic
which is unpolluted by any distilled or fer
mented liquor. dec9-d4w
Year: 1872

into our county to make war on white
men, and have not heard anything more
of that Davis since; don't know what
became Of him. =.


There is another Davis. / reckon it
cannot be the same. This Davis that |
am telling you about now lives on the
West Fork, too, and is arampant white
man of the deepest dye. l first heard
of this Davis about the time Flick was
trying to cram negro suffrage down our
,hroats. DAVIS came to our rescue, but,
alas too late. Congress, against the
remoustrance of this Davis, forced negro
suffrage to the amount Of 5000 upon US,
and the people OF West Virginia,
against the remonstrance Of this Davis,
forced white suffrage to the amount OF
10000 on him.


believe this Davis is in Congress
now from the Bullskin District, and |
am sorry, truly sorry, that a man, a
white man, such a thoroughly white
man, a man who | am satisfied
would sacrifice his last relative on the
field of battle to maintain the suprem-
acy OF the white man; ! say am sorry,
am not only sorry, but it hurts me, to
contemplate with what disgust and
loathing it must be that this good and
unmixed Caucasian is compelled, yes,
forced, | msy say, to SIT in council, act
and attend TO business with five or six
buck niggers in the House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States. Some
men wouldn't do it, but this Davis will.
He is determined to maintain white
supremacy in the House. And then q
man is paid for his time and mileage,
but then it must be very hard on man
to be closely confined just to watch the
niggers. They will upturn this Gov
ernment unless they are watched, !
don't feel bit uneasy when this Davis
is there. And Davis will continue to be
at his post, and watch EN-, and draw
his pay and mileage, if the people OF
the Bullskin District just say so.


feel almost assured that tits Davis
Was in the Southern army. No man
with his sentiments and courage
could resist the temptation to fight
for white supremacy when there was
such fine opening. He never lost
that opportunity, I'll bet, to rush to
glory or the grave. never saw him
over there, but l am satisfied from his
talk and daring that nothing short OF
the ".S!onewaH Brigade" would have
suited him. II l had been about the
front am sure | would have seen tits
Davis, but wasn't.


.JoAB SQCAsH.
Year: 1872

BosroN, August 1.-The rumors OF
the detection of Gen. Banks from the
support of Grant and Wilson are con-
firmed by the following letter:


BosroN, July 81.


DEAR SIR: have the honor to ac-
knowledge by this note, in addition to
our conversation to-day, the receipt OF
your invitation 10 address the citizens
of Lynn on Thursday morning in sup
port of the reelection OF Gen. Grant
and the policy OF his administration.
No invitation could have greater weight
with me from any part OF the country,
nor from any portion OF my fellow.cltl-
zens, and it gives me great pleasure to
assure you that nothing could be added
to your suggestions as a representative
of the citizens of Lynn, than TO accede
to the request. Their kindness to me
many years since is continuing life
remembrance, and nothing would give
me greater satisfaction than to renew
these associations with them. But
regret to say that am
not in accord with them in
regard to the Presidential canvass.
Against my wishes and my personal
interests I am compelled to believe and
say that the perpetuation Of the present
policy of the Government is not for the
advantage Of the country; and that 1t
will not tend to establish its former good
and prosperity nor to promote the in
terests of any class OF citizens. No
personal feeling OF any form or charac.
ter enters into this judgment; it is in
view of grave principles and pnbllc
interests alone that | am led to this
conclusion. The teachings Of the
masses OF the people OF all parties and
sections and races in support OF the
grand results OF the war in indIsputab!e
to the permanent establishment OF the
general recognition of those results.
1t can be secured by no other means
and we shall all be forced to
this conclusion sooner or later.
United action upon this basis has
been the hope OF my life. |
fervently desired it during the war
and in the reconstruction Of the States
subsequent to the war. believe it is
now rendered in good faith in the nom>
ination of Mr.. Greeley, and for one, |
canr OF reject it. 1t was what | desired.
It's consummation, although sudden
and startling, does not alarm me. My
duty to myself and my country requires
me to give him my support. cannot
advocate before your friends different
course, which neither my judgment nor
my heart approves.


1t grieves re most deeply to separate
myself, in thought or deed, from any of
those with whom | have so long been
associated and to whom am so greatly
indebted, but | believe that the result
will justify my action aud give the
country that peace and prosperity which
is the object of all our labers and secure
to every citizen the civil and political
equality and freedom which was won
by the sacrifice of 80 many valued lives.


Accept assurances of my lasting
friendship and esteem, and believe me
yours. &c, n. ?. BANKS.


To James S. Lewis, Esq, Lynn,
Massachusetts.
Year: 1872

MEMPHIS, August 1.-The county
election passed of quietly in this city
to-day, out the result is as yet unknown.
The vote polled was large one, and
will reflect the strength Of the support
ers Of Greeley and Brow in the coming
Presidential election. In some of the
counties disturbances are reported. At
Big Creek Town general fight took
place between the supporters, both
white and black, of the different candi.
dates, and pistols and shot guns were
freely used. Three men were severely
wounded and one is reported dead. The
ringleaders were at once arrested and
brought here, where they were lodged
in jail and will be arraigned tomorrow
before the United States Court.
Year: 1872

A Statement from senator TiptOn.


RICHMOND, Va. August LIN reply
to the charge made by Senator Conk-
ling, in his recent New York speech,
that the cause of Senator Tipton's disa-
greement with the President was the
latters refusal to appoint the Senator 8
son to an important consulship, Senator
Upton makes the following statement :


When the San Domingo treaty was
pending in the Senate Mr.. Tipton's son
was in England holding the position OF
Clerk of the Commercial Agency at
Bradford, with salary of $l4O0 year
He desired for personal reasons to go to
Huddersield. He thought that if the
agent at the last named place could be
ordered to report to the Consul at Shelf
field or Leeds, where Mr.. Richardson
was, he might get the appointment, which
he preferred to the one he had, although
the salary was S400 less. To arrange
this matter the father called upon the
Assistant Secretary Of State, Bancroft
Davis, who said he saw no objection to
it, but added: "Why should your son
hold such an unimportant position as
that when he can have an important
Consulship at $500 year? Go to the
President and ask him to appoint him
to a Consulate, naming it, and he will do
it. How about San DomingoY The
Senator replied that the treaty could
never get through the Senate. Ban
croft Davis said be considered the op-
position to the treaty as fight against
the President. While the Senator was
at the State Department clerk was
called in and ordered to write a letter
directing that the change asked for be
made. A few weeks later, without any
explanation, a cable dispatch was sent
from the State Department to England
countermanding the order made in the
letter. The circumstances OF the in
quiry about the San Domingo treaty in
the same breath with which the i'm
portant Consulship was offered, and the


final revoking OF the order requested
by the Senator when he persisted in his
opposition to the treaty, Mr.. Upton has
always considered as part Of the per-
sonal influence which the President
promised Baez to exert in favor OF the
treaty, and he brands Mr.. Conklings
story as wholly false. He refused to
take the Consulship, and in return sup
port the San Domingo treaty, and has
always believed that its offer was an
attempt to influence his vote on the
subject. The Senator has never before
noticed the report, and would not do so
now had not Mr.. Conkling so publicly
made the charge against him.
Year: 1872

BROOKLYN, n. Y, August AL the
lager beer dealers in the city met at
noon to-day, and protested against the
action OF the Police Commissioners
in preventing the sale OF beer on Sun
days. 1t was resolved that unless the
law made allowance for the sale of lager
the matter should be legally con-
tested.
Year: 1872

One room at Malmaison was especi-
ally cOnsocrated by Josephine to the
memories of happy days passed there
by Napoleon before his divorce from her.
1t was room then used by him as Il
study whenever the cares of war and
politics permitted him to seek q tempo
rary rest in her society in that charming
retreat; and when she was left there
alone to mourn their separation, she
would allow nobody to occupy this room
but herself. In it lay the pen last used
there by the Emperor, which the ink
had long since corroded; on table lay
the map he had last studied; over there
the line of march tracked out which had
long since taught Europe to feel the
power of his tactics; on the wall hung a
glass case in which some of his hair was
arranged IN ornamental or symbolic
form. 1t was so long since that hair had
grown on his head that the sight of it
must have carried Josephine's memory
back to the time when she, the widowed
Vicomtesse de Beauharnais, determined
on marrying its owner, the young soldier
of fortune, with nothing but " his love
and his sword and his cloak to offer
her. Such a sanctuary indeed was
this chamber at Malmaison TO the ex'
empress that she would not allow any
hand but her own to dust or move the
objects in it, which had been consecra-
ted, as she deemed, by the touch of the
husband who had sacrificed her TO his
ambition, and in so doing had lost the
guiding star, the guardian angel OF his
life.