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Year: 1870

THE MouRNFUL ASPECT OF BUNcoMBE. Washing
ton correspondent of the Detroit Post writes follows


There is q sad ridculcsty Mr.. Summers prnci-
pal fame may yet rest upon the coinage of this word


in the spectacle of member of Congress delivering


speech not because the interests of the country
uure it, because the nation is to be benefited by
it, because his Interests require n and his adyan
tage is to be promoted thereby. The emotions of
an unwonted auditor of one of these speeches,
curious mixture of pity and ridicule. To look at an
able-bodied man. made in the image of his Creator,
with faculties and powers akin to- if not part of di
viny, bowling plaudes to empty space, gestieu-
lating violently with one hand while sedately and me-
chancay holding manuscript with the other, think
ing of the effect his sentences will have upon his
reputation in the hamlet of Pequonnock, and the ex
element they will create at the village store or in the
bar-room of Hardscrabble; to rational being un-
der such circumstances apparently wholly lost to his
proper relations with the world and intoxicated with
an excess of egotsm is mournful any other case
of insanity or loss of mental balance, whether pro-
duced by alcohol intellectual disturbance. The
man might as well be spinning around himself, with
his egotsm as the pivot, and humming like top.
Year: 1870

THE CATERPILLAR.-An eccentric individual named
Baker, living Houston Texas, has written letter
to the President and members of Congress, giving
remedy against the cotton worm. We give it in his
own words


To one pound of arsenic add two and half gallons
of water; let person stir it constantly, while
sprinkles it with broomcorn broom. | sprinked part
of my field last summer, after the thick
the leaves, when they ceased eating Immediately for
eight days. and when thought they dead But
then rain fell and they were by it terminated and
eat it up. So the solution will have to be applied after
rains that heavy enough to wash off the poison.
1t will be cheap remedy two persons sprinkle
four acres per day.
Year: 1870

Contains no more acknowledged powerful and effect
i've medicines than those of the vegetable kingdom
At the same time it is fact beyond dispute that such
medicines leave in the human system no bad effects
Therefore, it should be mans study to avoid all medl
cnes that in any form contain the least part of any o
the many mercurial and arsenical preparations.
Year: 1870

Is purely vegetable 1t acts on the sick and eneebed


like charm, giving them renewed vigor and strength.
The old and the young, also ladies confined to the
house. ought TO it freely, there is nothing that
gives such appetite at once bringing up the tone OF
the stomach thereby giving health and vgor to the
system.
Year: 1870

letter from gentleman at Fort Scott says: The
town is now divided between religion and the devil,
and up to the time OF writing there odds to
be got on either window. The devil represented
BY lot of pretty girls who doing the "leg bust
ness to crowded houses every evening. Every morn
ing there a heavy revival, and the pupits
shaken in denunciation of the leg In the evening the
leg was shaken at the pupits, and SO the thing
running.
Year: 1870

A FIRST CLASS CORNER HOUSE, WITHIN TWO


oloeks OF the main entrance TO Prospect PARK; also
adjoining Houses for sale cheap would trade
he ABOVE Tor smaller house In good Inquire
on he premises Warren aud Carlton avenue of
WM FLANAGAN, owner.
Year: 1870

do not remember when it was that the
Second Mate first began to show his de-
monstrative admiration for our pretty fell
low-passenger. 1t was Dick Halliday who
called my attention to it as a capital joke
while we were yet in the Mediterranean
fortnight or so after we had sailed from
Leghorn We two were leaning on the
quarter-rail just before dusk, when Miss
Ellis came on deck. There's the CANDLE"
said Dick, land presently you'll see the
moth" In the course of the next five min
utes, Mr.. Jones, our Second Mate. loung-
ed over from the opposite side of the deck,
and entered into an animated conversation
with the young lady on the interesting
topic of sharks. At least we Judged so
by her questions, which were put in such
a clear, sweet voice, that the wind, 10th to
part with the musical tones, indiscreetly
carried them within our hearing. "He's
a sort of death's-head moth in point of
beauty, continued my friend; ''but he's
neither too ugly nor too old to suffer an
uncomfortable singeing."


Ihad half-formed idea that rather lik-
ed the Second Mate, and very certain
conviction that particularly admired pref
ty Mary Ellis. As dsliked to see the
man make a fool of himself, or the girl
appear in the discreditable character of a
coquette, Dicks theory
annoyed me- therefore took the liberty
of totally disbeleving it, and should have
continued to do so had not the evidence
gradually become too plain to be mis-
taken.


There were only four of us in the cabin
Dick, Miss Ellis, her father, and my
self. Why we had taken passage from
Leghorn to New York in slow-sailing,
marble laden ship, instead of returning
home by quicker and more fashionable
route, does not pertain to the present sto-
ry. As the only lady passenger, Miss FL
lis naturally was the chief object of inter-
est to my friend and myself. Her father
was old, i'll, and unable to play whist, and
was consequently an extremely uninter-
esting fellow-passenger. Fortunately he
kept his room pretty closely, and we saw
very little of him. But his daughter was
the brightest and most bewitching little
woman that ever made long sea-voyage
not only endurable, but delightful. She
Year: 1870

There but few inventions or discoveries
which produce a complete revolution in any de-
partment of labor To have supposed, year ago,
that the dirtiest garment could be washed clean,
in twenty or thirty minutes, by boiling alone,
would have been regarded as an indication Of in
sanity But it has been demonstrated beyond any
doubt that this process only cleans the Clothes
but that garments lhus washed become whittier and
clearer the longer it is used Some people suggest
that clothes will get yellow after awhile by being
washed in this way but such snrposition has no
foundation in fact, aud is contradicted by the ex-
pericnee of every lady who has adopted this mode
of washing.


Everybody who has tried the machine in Shasta
have expressed themselves highly pleased with
its operations. 1t must be seen to be fully appre-
cated, its full merits cannot be properly set
forth in ordinary advertisement


Public and private tests have been given of this
apparatus for the last six months. and more than
million Of people have witnessed its success. Ten
Thousand boilers sold in New York City in less
than five onths, from stand, and at this time
the orders reach about one hundred day. Ne
ever used it as directed that did not recommend
H. II mas been recommended by more than hVe
thousand persons in less than six months. Among
the names those Of the most distinguished cit
izens Of the United States but the best recommen-
dation is to take the boiler and it yourself. Do
just you directed and you win be more than
satisfied. 1t appeals to all a matter Of econ
omy, aud can be shown to be the best kind Of an
investment. 1t 4y return yearly dividend in
cash of TWO. HUNDRED PER CENT. on the
money invested. For instance, we viii suppose
your white clothing such es bed and table linen
ladies and gentienens' wear, and elildrcns' doth
ing only cost you $40 year. They will last twice
rs long washed in this way by the od meihoi.
Thus. you a"tually save so year 10y investing 10
" 20o per cen- annually. here is no family
scarcely but spends narl 'lla her stated; but Ills
is taken a very low average of this branch of
family expense. Added to taisis the great con
venieaee and comfort Of ,ls thing, which, all taken
together, makes it luxury which nc. family can
well afford to be without.


This Boiler sells the best Of any article ever offer
ed to the public. Anybody after trying it fairly
viii not let it go out of of the house
Year: 1870

Fill the boiler with soft water to within about
three inches # the top of the inside bniler Slice
up pound bar OF gooi hard soap.
Bring the water to boil, and then place the
clothes in the not water. The water will imme-
liately pour over the shell all around, and if it
buils over raise the lid.


Keep up ht fire for twenty minutes. Then
take the clothes out and Immediately SUBS them
through in soft water. If any shade OF the dirt
mains. few rubs viii take it all out Then
rinse them in clean water, wiring dry, and the wash
ing is done. Give particular heed to the following
SUGGESTIONS.


The clothes need not be wet before placing them
in the Boiler. 1t is of vital Importance to THOR
0UGHLY SliDS the clothing after boiling. Every
lady knows that the least particle of suds left in
the clothes to dry will cause the clothes to look
yellow brisk fire is important in order to rro
duce rapid boiling. Time may be saved by stirring
or turning the clothes occasionally while boiling.
The cover sho4d not be removed, except when
necessary. in order to insure quick work. If the
washing be a large one, the clothes should be as
sorted, as dirty shirts. for instance, will require
double the time of sheets, pillow cases, napkins,
&c.


Articles much soiled may be left in for a second
boiling. White hannels may be beautiful washeo
without FULLING) by this process. They
should be put in when the water is hot, and rinsed
out in hot water.


Colored clothes should not be mixed with white,
and unless the colors fast they should never be
washed by this process. The most delicate laces,
ca1nbrics &C. such as would nearly fall to pieces
if washed in the ordinary way may be was he'd per-
fectly without injury. by this process The almost
absolute ne essity of using soft "broken. .
water, is SO well understood to hardly need
mention here.


No machine ever invented viii entirely remove
the streaks from dirty wristbands aud Collars
Thus Self washing Boiler nearly does it than
any other device Should shade or streak remain.
it i'll be found be reduced and softened as to
disappear without the use Of wash board. by
merely rubbing them with the hands, thus avoiding
all the wear and tear Of clothing by washing. II
has been carefully estimated that clothing receives
more than ONE HALF ITS WEAR bv the old
process of RUBBING. and consequently will last
twice as long if washed by this new process. which
alone would pay for Boiler many times during
sin lie year. in almost any family. to say nothing
of the important consideration cf saving labor.


For any required information call on or address


THOMAS GREENE,


Shasta, Cal
Shasta, April 2nd, 1870.
Year: 1870

a spinal affections suicide, and almost every other
form of disesse which humanity is heir to, and
the real cause of the trouble scarcely suspect
ed and have doctored for all hut the rigEt.one.


Disease of these organs require the use of a
Diuretic.
Year: 1870

The skating season of 1870 and II was
opened Saturday afternoon the Captoline Skating
Lake IN Brooklyn The cold weather which set in on
Thursday covered nearly the whole surface OF the pond
with ice VARYING from half an inch to three inches IN
thickness The gates thrown open at p IN, and
the Youthful OF the pond enjoyed themselves on
the Ice until dark on the Union Pond, Brooklyn the
ice sufficiently strong TO bear crowd out to-day
at both ponds excellent skating Is expected.


The skating lakes at the Central Park Will
not be opened for public until covered with ice OF
sufficient thickness to bear the thousands who will
throng TO them the moment the red signal seen flying
from the park nagstafs. new building Tor the use Vi
skaters has been erected


The new rules of the Park ponds prohibit
all skating contests or exhibitions by experts because
such displays gather crowds to portion o the ice
thereby endangering the whole surface As the water
In depth four seven feet numbers might
be drowned by breaking OF the Ice.


The Kinks of this city, Brooklyn, and Jersey
City have prepared for the advent OF the season Tor
a week OF two past. The brick floor OF the Brooklyn
Rink was covered with ice Saturday and as II was
sprnkled Saturday night and again last night, the
managers be able to-day TO open IT to the public
The building has been very handsomely ntted up ana
decorated


At Prospect Park the entire surface of the
ponds extending from the Skating House to the wooden
bridge is frozen over with clear ice this portion Of the
Park Lake being shekered from the winds but the out


side lakes are only clear in large spaces but where
It Is frozen the ice Is thick and uneven.
Year: 1870

ALBANY, Dec. 1S.-The meeting OF the Eoman
Catholics Of this diocese the Cathedral to day TO give
expression to their sentiments regarding late events in
Rome was very largely attended The following resou
tions adopted:


Resolred That we sustain and approve, with united
heart and voice. the protest OF the Archbishop and
Bshops OF the Provincial Council of New Ork against
the occupation and spoaton of the Roman See by Victor
Emanuel and that regard the personal independence
the Sovereign Pont the Head OF our Church. and
our free to him, right dear to American ct
zens and which Will use all our moral power to assert
and defend.


Resolred That this address and these resolutions be
presented to the Bishop, with the request that he for
ward the same Supreme Ecelesiastca! Ruler with
the assurance sympathy and devotion 10 him In
this crisis and of Christian hope and confidence IN
his triumph
Year: 1870

North of Hudson the river is filled with ice
On Friday afternoon the steamer st. John was hard
aground on Coeymans Bar. and the steamer Boardman
had to put back from Hudson to Catskl On account OF
the ice. On Saturday morning the large steamer Drew
lay aground above Stats Point
Year: 1870

THE VOTE FOR Official.]


The following are the official figures of the
vote for Governor Michigan at the recent election, as
certified TO by the State Board of Canyasser No returns
were received Houghton County and the returns
from the counties OF Mackinac and ManitOu not
counted by the Board on account Of infOrmalities:
Year: 1870

with which she menaces the valley of
the Rhine and Palatinate intact. the
war from which the incapacity of the
French Generals, and the bravery of
the German army have delivered us,
would be renewed. There can be no
trustworthy peace. Not thus must
this costly struggle terminate. We
will only resign our arms when we
have been guaranteed security against
a fresh contest whenever it may suit
the political necessities of a French
ruler to resume it"


The stock market is depressed by
he expected shipment of bullion to
Trance.


The Admiralty is postponed until
the war is ended, and the sale of sur
plus naval stores.


A strong squadron of British iron.
clads is anchored off More with fires
banked.
Year: 1870

When two pieces of metal of any
kind are to he united by welding, the
surfaces of conjunction must be brought
to such temperature that the particles
will form n perfect continuity between
the pieces united. This embraces the
entire theory OF welding, soldering, or
brazing metallic substances of any
kind. \ poor weld, or an imperfect
piece of braZing or soldering, may al
ways be attributed to the lack of skill
on the part of the workman. In adj
dition, however, 70 the equal and ade-
quate heating OF the surfaces To be uni
ted, every particle of coal-dust, cinders,
or scales of oxide must be removed, so
as to present two perfectly clean sur
faces mt the very moment when the
union is TO be effected. Furthermore,
the piece of metal that would fuse at
the lower temperature must be the
guide, when bringing the surfaces of
conjunction up to the proper heat. If,
Tor example, two pieces of wrought
iron are TO be welded, the part that
Will melt at the lower temperature
must be brought just TO a welding heat,
and the surface OF the other piece must
be heated quite rs hot; or n tIillc hotter,
than the first piece. Then, if the sur
laces be clean when the parts are
brought together, the union will be
satisfactorily complete. The degree of
heat aimed at must bo-not to produce
fluid-but simply to bring the metal
INTO a condition between tiuidity and
Elasticity.


When a soldering-iron, sufficiently
hot to melt solder readily, is applied to
Il piece of solder on n sheet of clean
tin, as the tin Is so thin, the surface
will be heated almost instantly as hot
as the melted or half-fluid solder, and
the resulting union will be perfect
But let the same soldering-iTon and
some of the same solder be employed
i'm attempting to make solder adhere
to a thick piece of lead pipe, and il
will be found that it will not stick un-
| ill the lead has been heated as hot rs
| the solder. 1t is no difficult task tC
make solder adhere to u steel knife


blade, by simply cleaning the surface
| and applying n black-hot IRON TO piece
| of solder laid on the clean metal, pro
vided little resin be sprinkled OVel
! the steel to prevent oxidation, But II
| Is not possible to make solder stick tC


a hick piece of steel until the solder
| ing-iron has been applied To the sur


face sufficient length of time 20 hea


the entire bar to n proper temperature


Solder will not adhere to cold sur


face neither can one piece OF iron b'


welded to another that has not beel


brought up to such degree of temper


ature that the particles of metal ut th'


surface will unite.-MdRWdcturer
Year: 1870

In response to popular opinion the authorities Of
Orange, N j., are seriously considering the project
Of having the horse oars run through the town on
Sunday. At meeting Of the Common Council on
onday night resolution was passed ordering the
holding on December OF special election
to obtain the peoples vote on the question.
This procedure IL considered by the most intelligent
people Of the township as being entirely unneces.
sary, as II Is already well known that the masses
are strongly In favor OF the measure, particularly
since the advantages OF the traffic have been fully
demonstrated during the past six months In the
sister city-Ncwark. In the meantime Mayor Ferry
has left town with his family for trip to Texas.
Year: 1870

The republican convention of the Ihlrd


Congressional district, yesterday renoml-


mated Hon. James G. Blaine as candi-


date for Representative TO Congress, being
the fifth nomination for Congress which he
has had in this district He was first elect
ed in 1862, and has been returned every
term since. There is no necessity OF any
extended notice in these columns OF Mr..
Blaine. in which but few days ago was
piven sketch of his career in Congress.
1t is sufficient to say that the annals OF our
State afford no equal to his brilliant career
in Congress, and that the House of Repre-
sentatives has few cases on its records to
match it. The position which he holds as
Speaker of the House is not place for
mediocrity. The men who have occupied
it have been such rs Clay and ColtaN; none
it is acknowledged have filled it with more
distinguished ability than Mr.. Blaine. lie
has reflected honor upon his district and
State. and achieved mt the same time
national reputation. For the fifth time his
name goes before the people as candi-
date, and again he will be returned t" his
seat by the usual rousing republican
majority in this district He is shining
mark for the opposition to direct their en-
venomed shafts against, but they have new
er succeeded with all their slanders IN
shaking the firm confidence of the voters
in the Third district, in JAS. G. BLAINE.
He will 90 back again endorsed as largely
as ever, to continue to preside over that
body which has honored him with its lead
ing position, and to fill out record in the
public service that promises to be among
the most distinguished of those made in
this period
Year: 1870

The Press says the bridge across the Per-
sumpscott at Saccarappa is in an unsafe con-
diton, as an examination the past week has
shown. A new iron one is to replace it as soon
as a contract can be closed.
Year: 1870

CoNTEMPTIBLE mail facilities Of
this community are now in a more wretched
soudition than they have ever before been
since we have had a postoffice in Auburn,
which dates back for period OF some eigh'
teen years. We think our Postmaster is
. not at fault; indeed, as a general thing. we
think the p. Ms do their duties, and that
the whole fault lies with the route agents,
and with them alone We file four or five
daily exchanges, and fully one sixth Of them
never come to hand, and about one fourth
of these that do come pass by this office
and return from another direction 10 three
i. or four days after they are due. We have
three daily exchanges in Nevada county, and
one-haf Of them never reach this Office and
a large portion Of those that do reach us
have gone through TO Sacramento or San
Francisco. and come back to us from these
places two or three days old. Nearly one
half of our Eastern exchanges never reach
rs and God only knows where they do 60
60. Il is not the fau!t OF mailing clerks 10
newspaper offices for tbsy always make up
,he mail from lists before them and rarely,
if ever, make mistakes. This matter is Sc
rous, and it is time the whole public send
petitions to the Department TO have this
whole batch of. worthless route agents dis
missed, and decent, competent men put on
in their places.
Year: 1870

SERIOUS DISASTER Tuesday last a cave


took place in the North America Hydraulic
claims, owned by the Van Eman brothers, at
Michigan Bluff, in which three men were serious
ly if not fatally injured. Alex. Van Eman was
badly crushed and died in forty-eigbt houro
Gilbert II oIman is also badly crushed but will
probably recover. Isaac Stone received bad
fracture of the hip joint. Drs Chaplin and Harris
are in attendance on the injured men. The men
were working in cut when the cave took place
overwhelming them with cement and crushing
them in this horrible manner.
Year: 1870

wiring the Law Upon tho Heart-SerInOu by


Rev. Chaunccy Giles.


The reverend gentleman took for his text Jere-
mlah xxXL Si-35. After short introduction he
said that the law OF the Lord divine truth con-
tanning the principles OF wisdom, which constitute
divine order. This trutn we may acknowledge
and yet gam very imperfect conception or
the order, beauty, harmony and blessedness OF
the state Of perfection as foreshadowed in the
words, II will put my law In their inward parts and
write 1t in their hearts" Observation and reflection
show that all creation and development begin at
centres. The Lord created all things from Himself
la the beginning. He Is the grand centre. All ma
teral substances derive their qualities from Him,
a. IN the seed are collected ali the qualities OF the
plant that Ia TO growfro It, The reverend speaker
enlarged upon this and also upon the germ from
which disseminate the several species OF animal life,
Calming that all OF them though invisible TO the hu
eye nave within them the gernlnal characters
apparent when life is al last fully developed Every
insect and animal is law unto Itself; Is has rer-
ception OF its wants. which call instinct, but ne
Lord has put the law In the heart OF each. There
Is order and harmony In all this. They are The
divine methods for providing the means by which
every created thing IN nattire may attain Its own
end and do the LORDS Will But man neither loves
nor knows the truth. He must be taught restrained
driven. And he learns only by the sowest pro-
ceases How different from everything else He
once had the law OF the Lord written In his heart.
But he followed the impulses Of his own will and
ms moral nature became deranged The Ten Com
mandmenta are the same law In human language
which Was originally put IN mans heart. Man has
dsoDeyed this law, and the consequence has been
spiritual death. There s but hope. 1t IL IN
restoration to that state In which tile will Of the
Lord will be the law. Then we shall no longer have
to spell out the truth. but we shall know 1t. There
Will then be no struggle, no disappointment no s0r
row. But man Will be thrilled with keener Delights
and raised to more interior harn0nies and blessed
hess.