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Year: 1870

Rumors Of Fenian raid are rife, but very little
excitement Is manifested. The troops did not turn
out ut midday. The volunteers were under arms at
the drill she'd in readiness. necessary, to move to
the front.


Reports this morning from the Eastern District
are OF a somewhat exciting kind An immense fire
seems to have broken out at Quebec Five hundred
houses and TWO new ships are reported to have been
burned.
Year: 1870

GENERAL BUTLER is credited with saying that
the " mission of the Republican party is ended
at home" The Ala takes exceptions to this
opinion of the Massachusetts Statesman, and
comes forward with the following appropriate
and sensible remarks /" 1t is true that the Re-
publican party has destroyed slavery, and laid
broad and deep the foundations of human rights
in this Republic, but it does not follow that be-
cause there is no more slavery to be destroyed,
and no more human rights to be defined, its
functions ended. Wherever corruption,
wrong, or falsehood deyelopes ITSELF it will be
the mission of the Republican party to assail it,
There is much work yet to be done by n party
devoted to principle in this country. There is
as severe, if not as exhausling, labor as it ever
underwent, before the Republican party yet. 1t
is its mission TO build the edfce whose base it
has laid so firmly. The Civil Service, the cor
rupting effects of oiliceseeking taxation and the
tariff, now claim its most earnest attention. II
it cannot, from any cause, grappIe with these
questions, it is of a truth very dead at this mo-
ment."
Year: 1870

HUMBUG.-Many of our exchanges contain ac-
counts of trihing rafIles for Thanksgiving turkeys
and other articles Of small value, and attribute
them all to the Mercantile Library Lottery. That
this was productive of gambling spirit to n
great extent, we have no doubt, but when every
little, insignificant rattle that comes up is de-
nounced as one of its oAsprings, we think it is
carrying the matter too far Enough is enough
of anything. Men ho lost from $5 to $lOO or
more in the Lottery named are not going to try
to get even by purchasing chance in a 81 so
turkey.
Year: 1870

JUDGE MORRISON, Of the Fourth District Court,
San Francisco, has made rule that in no case
will an attorney be allowed to speak before that
Court or the jury more than one hour, unless an
extension of time is granted by the Court before
the argument is commenced
Year: 1870

A SoMNAMBULIsT.-A young man in San Fran
cisco recently, while asleep, jumped from a third
story window, d distance of thirty feet to the
ground. He picked himself up and walked back
into the house by way of the front door. AT
first he did not complain, but upon examination
he was found to have sustained serious internal
injury.
Year: 1870

Such is dyspepsia The stomach the brain are too in
tmatey allied for the to suffer without the other 80
that dyspepsia and dependency inseparabe 1t may
added TOO that irritation of the stomach almost nyar
ably accompanied by irritation of the temper.


The invsorating and tranquzing operation of Hostel
ters tters is most powerfully developed in cases of n
sestoh The first effect of this agreeable tonic is comfort
ing and encouraging mild glow pervades the SYSTEM the
chronic uneasness in the region the stomach essened
ana the nervous restesness which characerzes the disease
Is abaed This Improvement is not transient 1t is
ceeded by the return of the old sypoms with superadded
oce as is always the when unmedcated stimulant
are given for the complaint Each dose to mpart
permanent accession of healthf inygoration. But this
not all The aperent and antbous properties of the pre-
paraton are scarcely secondary in importance to its ionic
virtues If there is overflow of bile the secretion is
brought within proper limits, and if the beary organis
inert and torpid it is toned and regulated The effect upon


the dischagng organs equally salutary and in
constipation the cathartc action is just sufficient produce
the desired result gradually and without pain The Bers
also promote healthy evaporation from the surface which


particularly desirable at this when sudden spells of
raw, unpleasant weather apt check the natural per-
sPaon ana produce congestion of the liver coughs and
colds me 6ed safeguard against al disease is bodily ugor
and this the great Vegetable Restorative essentially pro-
NOTES. nOv121m
Year: 1870

A correspondent of the Charlestoyn (S.C0
Courier, writing from Collcton, gives the
following interesting details of an unusal acci-
dent: 81 met Allen Willis to-day, who you re-
member, was struck by lightning a few weeks
ago, and he gave me substantially the follow
ing account of the occurrence: He was walk
ing home with two little children, girl of
about six, and boy of about four when
rain came up suddenly and he went under a
pine tree TO protect the children till it was
over. He took off his coat and wrapped it
around the little girl, and bent over them to
shelter them from the rain, close to the BODY
OF the tree. All he remembers of the stroke
was brilliant light that blinded him. When
he revived, he found himself lying on his
back about six feet from the tree, feeling as if
he was in deep fit, and that some large
weight was crushing out his breath.


'sHe attempted to rise, but fell back. At
last he turned over on his face the effort casu-
ing him inexpressble agony, but finally got on
all fOurs, when he met sight well calculated
to benumb every faculty. His mental an
guish was so intense that an age of sufferi.g
seems to have been compressed into few mo-
| ments. His daughter was lying at the foot of
the tree on her face, apparently lifeless. Her
UoHuct was tOru lntO SEfeQS, ana her hair
was scorched as if torch of fire had been
thrust against it. The little boy was sitting
bolt upright, white ard motionless as a mar
BILE sttatue-no sign of consciousness of life.
He called him, but could not attract his attep-
tiOn. Mr. w. says the stony fixedness of the
chlds gaze is indellibly impressed upon his
memory.


He tried to turn over his little daughter bat
| could not use his hands. They were drawn
| till the palms almost touched bis wrists. He
could not tell how long he had been insensible


but the rain had ceased, and he could see that
| there had been a heavy rain. The boy had


been lying with his face down, for the water
had washed the trash against his face.
"Mr. White tried to halloO but could only
| groan, and every attempt he made to rise end


ed in his falling on his back, from which po-


sition he could only move by undergoing the
| suffering he experienced in turning over and


rising on his elbows and knees. At last he


concluded 10 crawl TO Mr.. Nix's house, only


$50 yards distant. Mrs. Nix saw him crawl


ing toward the house and went to him. He


directed her to the children, whom she imme


diately ran to, and found the little boy alive


lying across his sisters body. The coat wa,


wrapped so tightly as it twisted around The


throat of the little girl, that she would hav,


s'ranged from that alone. AS soon as thu


coat was removed she began to show signs o
| life, and soon recovered.


Mr. Willis suffered very much for nine days
| but all three recovered
Year: 1870

The pluckiest girl we have heard Of late
ly lives in indianapolis. A few days ago, as
she was enjo}ing ride in the suburbs of the
city, man suddenly jumped from cornfeld
and seized the reins OF her horse. She gave
him quick glance, in which no fear was per-
ceptblc, and demanded what he wanted. He
replied that he would like to ride with her.
Nothing daunted by his malicious leer, she
told hun that was a pleasure many others
better than himself would be glad to enjoy,
and gave him steady glance which caused
an uncomfortable feeling to steal over the
man consciousness. As she did net refuse
however, be put ON bold face, and stepped
toward the carriage; but it was step the
young man had better never have taken.
Gathering the rens in her hand she gave the
horse slight touch with the whip, which she
also brought down with terrific effect upon
the scoundrers face, who was thrown down
by the wheels, and before he could recover
himself the brave girl was out Of sight.
Year: 1870

An exchange thus compares
farm products and newspaper
bills, which is so forcible that
we transfer it to our columns ;
"If you are farmer, and rails
ed a thousand or fifteen hund.
red bushels of wheat, and had
to trust it out.by the bushel all
over the country, would you
not think that those you have
trusted should make every ex.
ertion to pay you, so that you
could get in the next years
crop, and live while it is ma
turing? The Printer is in the
same predicament, and, taking
the case home to yourself,
don't you think you ought to
pay him ?"
Year: 1870

| AOOOOCS


AT the August election the


Democracy elected six Judges
of the Supreme Court of the
State of Tennessee by about
100000 majority. They were
chosen and qualified, and took
their seats on the bench. But
since then the District Attorney
at Knoxville has commenced
proceedings, in the nature of a
writ of quo warranto, against
three of the number--Messrs.
Nicholson, Nelson and Sneed-
to vacate their Offices, upon the
ground that they are not eligi-
ble under the Fourteenth
Amendment, having previous
to 1861 held positions under
the United States Government,
and afterward gave comfort
and aid to the Confederacy.-
The case does not, even under
the strictest Interpretation of
the Amendment, seem to be
well founded against Nicholson
and Nelson, the latter of which
was a Union man during the
war, and the former took no
part in it either way. But, as
under the iniquitous law of Con.
gress, if there are vacancies
created, the three candidates
who were not elected-who
were beaten by 100000 major
ity-will take their places on
the bench, it would not surprise
us if the peoples Judges were
turned out, and those whom
they rejected by such an i'm
mense vote put in. Can we
of the North, while we allow
the Federal Government thus
tc override and oppress the
Southern people, hope that
they will ever be well affected
toward the Union? If offices
are vacated on account of in
eligibility, should not a new
election be ordered &? Certain
ly, not to do it is villainous
swlndle upon popular rights
AS the law stands at present,
made by a Radical Congress,
men with but ten votes each
could be elected to the high.
est offices Of the State, if there
were 100000 votes against
them. Intelligent and liberal
citizens should think of these
things, and labor to abolish all
such disqualifications and pros
ciptions, which only perpetu,
ate the bitterness of the war
In the mean time our friends in
the South will find it to be for
their interests to nominate no
one against whom the pretext
or question of intelligiblity can
he rniSnd
Year: 1870

Leaves make good bedding,
though they are not remarkable
absorbents. When turned to
mould in the manure heap they
are invaluable for almost any
growing crop. Instead, there
fore, of letting them to be
blown at the winds will, as
they fall from the trees on these
Autumn days, rake them to-
gether and deposit them in
some convenient place, in read
mess for subsequent use, as we
have suggested.
Year: 1870

the river, but found no passage


| could swim under water fol
a considerable distance, but the
distance before me was un-
known, and | halted long be.
fore making the dangerous ven.
ture. At last | concluded that
my fate was equally doubtful
In returning as in proceeding,
and plunged boldly into the
current, and soon found that it
was so swift in its confined pas.
sage that l only needed to hold
my breath to 60 through. In
the course of twenty or thirty
feet l again got my head above
water and took a long breath
ing spell. Again the archway
above seemed to enlarge, and
the bed of the stream became
more even. l sped along CON-
paratively rapidly, keeping my
hands outstretched to prevent
my running against the Jagged
rocks. Wearied out, l again
laid down and slept soundly in
my wet clothes. On awaken
ing, l pursued my course down
the subterranean stream, and
at last in the long distance
ahead, saw a glimmer that
looked very bright in the dark,
ness 1 was then shut in. Near
ing this l found that it did not
increase in brightness; and
when l had gone perhaps a
mile, came to another place
where my path narrowed to the
very tunnel filed by the water.
My case was now become more
desperate. l could not posi-,
bly, retrace my steps, so 1 sub
mitted myself to the current,
and was immeasurably overjoy.
ed to find myself frapidly swept
into daylight. Exhausted and
halfdrowned, 1 crept out upon
the land and was not long in
recognizing the objects about
me. l had come out into the
Greenbrier river, as l knew
from the familiar look of Gen.
Davis mill on the bank. On
reaching home found that l
had been over forty-eight hours
in making my perilous journey
of six miles underground" The
hole where this man went
through is now fenced round.
On listening one can plainly
hear the rush of water below,
and a stone thrown down will
sometimes be heard to splash in
the stream.
Year: 1870

Thomas Johnson of East
Mecca, Ohio, wrote that his
custom is to make the cider
designed for drinking as late as
circumstances permit. Then,
after three days or so, draw it
off carefully as possible, so as
not to stir up the pomace.- -
Then strain it through a wool.
en- cloth into other clean bar.
rels. Then put into each bar
rel a half pound of mustard,
ground or unground; bung your
barrels tight; keep in as cool a
place as possible so as not to
freeze. He has kept it in this
way, as sweet as when put up,
as late as June or July. Re
member, when you draw your
cider of, dou't let in any more
air than sufficient to make it
run.
Year: 1870

Those Of our Radical friends
who are disgusted with the rule
Of their leaders had better come
and join the Democracy. The
tide is flowing which will in
1872, if not sooner, change the
rulers Of the nation, and in q
majority of the States.
Year: 1870

IN the country. The sugges-
tions of the experienced may
lessen the labor of making
them to the inexperienced, be.
sides making a better looking
carpet.


First, the rags or old gar
ments ought to be washed
clean; then rip them to pieces,
rejecting the parts too worn to
be used; if not ready to color
them, tie in bundles all that
are to be colored each color,
and that do not need coloring
may be cut and sewed, or tied
up by themselves, if not ready
to commence the work. All
wooden ones ought to be kept
in linen sacks, to exclude the
moths from them.


Any light, mixed, or plaided
woolens may he improved in
color by dipping in a good red
dye. Clean white rags can be
colored yellow, orange, blue or
green. Dingy white rags will
look well, colored hemlock col.
or and set with lime. This is
a cheap, pretty and durable
color for some of the rags and
warp. Bits of bark may be
gathered around saw mills,
when one cannot get it else
where; boil enough bark to
make a strong dye, and add to
it a little clear lime water, after
removing all bits of bark or
straining the dye. IF dregs re-
main in any dye, it will spot
the cloth or yarn.


If a smooth parlor carpet is
wanted, the rags must be cot.
ton, and other rags that are
made of fine yarn. Coarse
threaded woolen rags make a
carpet look rough, and though
it may do we'll enough for a
kitchen, it is not so nice for a
parlor.


Unless the rags are light, it
will take pound and a half,
and sometimes more, for each
yard of carpet. To know when
sufficient rags are prepared for
the number of yards wanted,
the prepared rags must be
weighed. If the rags are light,
it will not take quite a
pound and a half; but if they
are coarse threaded or wooden
rags, it will take some more
than a pound and a half, if the
carpet is well beaten up.


If a striped carpet is wanted,
tear each color separately, and
mix together the different
shades of the same color when
sewing; this will make the
carpet more uniform in color
and prettier than if some stripes
contained all the brightes col
ors, and others paler ones,
which they will, if the shades
of the same color are not mixed
sewing. A carpet always
looks much better if all the
breadths are uniform in color,
and by mixing the shades of
the same color in sewing them
it will be so.


For a hap,hazard carpet, all
different colors may be mixed
in sewing. This will use up
all the short rags, of any color
or shade, and often makes a
very pretty carpet, which may
be woven easier and cheaper
than any striped carpet. Short
pieces, or those not more than
three or four yards long, alter
nately with shorter ones, look
the best in this kind of carpet.


For warp, good strong pre-
pared yarn is the best, and
saves much labor. 1t may be
reeled into skeins of five knots
before coloring, allowing one
skein to the yard and about
three knots over, to be woven
in at the end of each breadth,
Tor binding.


Measure the inside of the
room, and let the weaver know
how long to make each breadth.
Carpets will shrink a little in
length from the weaver's meas.
ure after they come out of the
loom, but will often stretch a
little in width. The stripes
will match the best, if the edges
Year: 1870

Before the war commonly called the
Great Rebellion. there was not more
quiet. rural neighborhood in the vicini.
y Of Boston than Hope Hill. 1t
not a high hill. but rather series of
easy rises and falls. the rising eradu-
ally gaining on he fall until iolera
He elevation is reached. whence a
widespread view Of Boston and its
haibor can be enjoyed. The residences
scattered over these knobs. or built on
the slopes Of the meadows were, ten
Years ago. with only few exceptions.
plain cottage houses. let at low rentals
to that class Of trades-people who pre-
fer to endure the drawback of the lack
Of city conveniences. rather than lose
the precious privilege of sleeping in
the pure fresh air. One of these un
pretending residences was situated on
the highest land of large orchard, at
the terminus Of a winding lane, now
changed into a pretentions avenue.
with handsome brick houses a6orning
both sides of the widened roadway.
AT that time there were no other houses
down the lane: it led to Mr.. Stan
hopes. and there stopped. A large
orchard spread around the house and
On both sides of the lane, and as some
line cherry trees grew close about the
house it had the appearance of very
great seclusion. 1t was single house,
with but two parlors and kitchen on
the ground floor, with corresponding
bedrooms over. whose windows In the
gables Of the steep old roof. might be
seen from many points gIistening in
the morning or setting sun.


Mr.. Stanhope was a clerk in bank
ing house. He was widower. with
one pretty daughter Hester by name.
living a quiet retired life. He was able
10 afford to keep a servant to save his
daughter from the harder offices of
housekeeping, and in fact to give her
a sense of companionship in her lonely
life, for he was often absent from an
early hour in the morning till late at
nj oht. One winter evening. Peter
Stanhope came down to tea at seven
o'clock, with smiling face. He
brought an Invitation for Hester to
witness some private theatricals at the
house of Mr.. Smythe. one Of the ''firm


by which he was employed. 1t was for
that very evening. Mr.. Smythe had
apologized for the sbortness Of the in.
vitation, and explained that the per-
formance was the sudden whim Of some
visitors of his daughters, who had
taken part in a similar entertainment
At their own house, and it was MT
Year: 1870

SpoNaEs RAISED ARTITIcnLLY. The
common washing sponge is still con
sidered by many naturalists as ysge-
table species, aud in fact most people
look upon it as Of vegetable groWth.sStill
it seems now to be definitely establish
ed that it belongs to those lower forms
Of animalcsl@ that are comprised under
the term Zoophites. However, the
sponge which you use daily in your alb
lutions and which forms one OF the
most indispensable articles Of the toilet
is not the animal as it lives and thrives,
but only its horney substance, its skele-
ton, if you like to call is 80. When cut
from the sumarine rocks on which it is
found at considerable depth, the sponge
presents itself to you as a black, Jelly
like mass, which, when left in the air
for only few days, will give off n most
disagreeable smell, originating from the
gelatinous part in question. In the
natural sponge, you have not one single
individual before you, but a regular
colony of animalbule. The elastic, horn
like network of your table is then inn
pregnated to its ineermost parts with
shiny substance that is penetrated
throughout by fine capillary tubes, not
visible to the naked eye. Upon exam
ining this curious being further, ex-
ceedingly fine scilia leye-lashes) will be
discovered They project around the
entrance Of the pores, and by their mo-
ton produce a current which, in pass
ing through the numberless tubes,
leaves behind whatever they may need
as food. The horney network is prob
ably only their secretion, like the house
Of the snail But that the sponge is Of
animal origin is now proven by the dis
coyery OF spermantozoa and embroys
in the interior, as well as by the com
position Of the fbrous elastic part itself
which contains one Of the constituents
Of silk aud the spiders web. In order TO
prepare it for use, it is first left in the
air for a short time, until the gelatin.
ous part is decomposed, then the mass
is washed in hot water, and afterwards
in bate Of diluted muriatic acid The
toilet sponges are bleached by means
Of chlorine and hyposulphite Of soda.
The so-called wax sponges, that are us
ed by doctors for dressing ulcers, are
purified sponges dipped into fluid wax
and then pressed between hot plates.
The French and Austrian governments
have lately commenced to rear sponges
artiiicialiy-- the former on the shores
Of tic Mediterranean, the latter on the
coast Of Dalmatia The cultivation is
said to be perfectly successful, and to
| yield large profits. Manufacturer and
| Builder.
Year: 1870

i SdNNMFJln FAsWa 4 farmer


residing in Bristol, Ontario County. n,


Y, is somnambulist one day While


working il The asll ho lost an iron


tooth FROM the harrow with which Be
was putting in his wheat crop He
hunted an hour TO find i, bat was un.
successful During tho ensuing night
be arose from his bed. partially dressed
himself aud started out The night
was very dark ono Of bis boys follow
ed him with a lantern He kept up
running talk with himself about tho


drag tooth He walked in straight
ine TO the field whoro he had boon Ia.
boring, about a quarter of a mile from
his house, Arriving al certain point
he stopped short kicked away soma
dirt and brought forth the missing drag
tooth Then turning square around
he proceeded directly to his home. Ar
irving at the door he performed the
feat Of lifting the the heavy stone step,
which required tho combined strength
OF himself and another man to raise the
the next morning He threw the iron
under the stone, let the stone down cas-
lily, saying, There you re,and can't got
away" and then eoolly aud without tho
least excitement, retired to his cham
Der, disrobed himself and went TO bod.
He was entirely unconscious the na1t
morning OF what he had been doing


Now tho question is, what peculiar pow
er enabled the man to perform this
wonderful feat II would seem little
less than a miracle, but Of ts truth as
related there is no doubt,