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Year: 1870

A LUDIcRous scene took place at the
Tuilleries on Christmas eve. There was
to be a children's party for the friends of
the Prince Imperial, and very fine
specimen of the Christmas tree. AL was
ready, and the Prince thought he should
like TO see the tree; so he entered the
room, and lot he found an unlimited
guest already there-a iavorite monkey
belonging to some one in the palace had
got into the room, treated himself to al
the prizes, eaten all the goodies" and,
finally, having set fire TO the tree, was
sitting down enjoying the fun.
Year: 1870

The following Is the Introductory speech
by the Chairman of the Great Anti. Coolie
meeting recently held in Boston


We are met to day to consult as to the
best way to meet this new attempt of capital
to degrade labor. This gathering is q spon-
taneus movement of the working-men and
working-women of Massachusetts, Although
for moment the shoemakers of North Adams
stand in the mountain pass through which
capital hopes to drag its thousand of degrad.
ed pagan victims, yet the cage, ness with
which the men and woman of every trade
have worked for this meeting, shows that
for once labor is a unit. The moment il was
seen that the capitalists of the country, West.
South and East, in their blind and cruel at.
tempts to override all claims of free lab, r
were determined to draw upon the count
less millions of pagan Asia, and inaugurate
IN free America Wholesale system of pso-
mage and coolie servtude, that moment the
ranks Of labor. skilled as well as unskiled.
white and colored, without regard to sex,
nationality. religion or past political predi.
lections, instinctively felt that the whole
question of human rights was to be discussed
and settled there. 1t was seen that the
American working men had now to fight the
battles of labor for the civilized world. The
laborer has in his hands weapon that his
brother of other nations does not possess, viz,
the ballot. Hundreds of thousands of work
ing men throughout America are ready and
anxious to join hands as a general organiza.
ton that shall have the courage, the strength
to meet in manly way, in the shop, at the
forge, the field or the platform, in the press.
at the polls, and wherever necessary, this
new crusade against free labor


This righteous indignation is found to
sweep over America like prairie fire.
With starvation and revolution staring hum
anity in the face, as the inevitable result of
unchecked pagan immigration, the most
cautious and timid of men do not hesitate to
enter their vigorous protest against the
whole coolie scheme as contrary to the spirit
Of the age, subversive to the natural rights
of American citizens, and contrary to the
spirit of every word and letter of the golden
rule,
Year: 1870

A discovery of no small moment in the
interest of agriculture has been made by
George B. Wood, and communicated BY
him to the American Philosophical Society,
of which he is President. Peach trees in
this vicinity, not only cease bearing but
perish themselves in short time; where
as their natural life is fifty or sixty years
or more The cause of this defective
powers of growth is believed by DR.. Wood
to be a deficiency of potash in the soil,
and he sures US if this alkali be supplied
to the tree so that it shall reach the small
roots and be absorbed, the fruit-bearing
power is restored, and the tree itself, if
prematurely perishing, is revived. Be-
lieving with most persons that decay lay
in worms at the root Of the peach tree, he
put in operation plan whi,h h he had seen
his father perform more than fifty years
before, viz: of digging around the base of
the stem a hole four or five inches deep,
scraping away all the worms that could be
found burrowing at the junction of the stem
and root, and filling the hollow thus made
with fresh wood ashes from the fire, which
of course, retained all their potash. This
was done in the autumn of 1868; and
with a result, in the following spring, at
which he was himself astonished. The
trees appeared to have been restored to
their early freshness and vigor they put
forth bright green leaves, blossomed copi-
ously, bore crop of fruit such as they had
never borne before, many of the branches
breaking down under the load of peaches.
Dr Wood, in rejecting on these results,
and noticing that several of the peach trees
treated had no worms, came to the con-
clusion that we must look ior explanation
to other causes than the destruction of
few worms, and these causes he believes to
be the ashes, the potash of which being
dissolved by the rains, had descended
along the roots or the rootlets, and present
ed to them the very food for want of
which they were dying Decaying apple
trees bearing stinted and indigestible fruit
have been revived by similar process,
and with the like results All of DIR.
Woods orchards give promise of an abund-
ant supply of fruit this season.
Year: 1870

SINGULAR ORIGIN OF FIRES The Salem
Register says that lady in that city lost
about dozen yards of velvet, which took
fire from the rays of the sun passing through
globe 10 which an ornament was floating
IN water. But for the timely discovery OF
the ire the house might have been burned.


We remember case Of that kind which
occurred years ago. A globe containing a
pair of gold fish was left on table in the
parlor near front window, and while the
family were at breakfast smoke was smelt.
and all hands started to see what the matter
was. On going into the parlor where there
bad been on fire, they found it densely filled
with smoke, and large hole burnt through
the carpet and floor. The fire bursted into
flame when the door vas opened. The
cause was apparent-tbe unclouded sun had
cast his rays through the globe of water,
giving it the effect of burning lens. or sun
glass: In few minutes more the house
would have been ablaze. The unconscious
little fishes, however, were as cool as Gu
cumber all the time.
Year: 1870

CUT THEM APART.-Recently one of
the Siamese twins was stricken with para
lysis, and the papers all over the country
are specializing as to the probable effect it
may have upon the other They all want
to say "cut them apart" but neither likes
to be the first to do So The only way
ever to solve this difficult problem-this
strangest instance of lusus nature on re-
cord-will be with the knife, and it must
be done sooner or later, we imagine, as the
present instance is sufficient to prove that
one may be stricken with disease and the
other not feel it. Consequently, if one
should die, the other probably wouldn't
care abouAoccupying the same coffin while
yet talive.-Sacramento Bee.
Year: 1870

ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRB-A writer
in the Memphis Avalanche. who was on
board the r. E. Lee during the late steam
boat race, says that he found that the coal
on board was bituminous, and that it was
all in nice Jumps, not less than pound
each, with rosin scattered through it, just
as one would scatter bran through chopped
feed One of the hands informed the
reporter that the pine knots were nearly
all out, but it was pleasure to discover
that there were at least twenty barrels of
coal oil still unused. The oil was used
withjudicious calmness. A man of judg-
ment and nerve took a bucketfull of 1t
round, and, with dipper, while the fire.
man opened the doors of the fre-boxes, he
dashed half gallon into each, with per-
iodical precision. This was done to add a
little tone to the sluggishness of the bit
luminous coal mixed with rosin.
Year: 1870

OBTAIN A FARM.-If you have few
hundred dollars to spare, buy a farm.
Farmers are the most Independent people
in the world, either rich or poor they
always have home If a farmer is un for
tunate, his farm is safe to him and his
family under the liberal homestead laws of
the State to the value of five thousand
dollars Men will work in the cities.
shaving their lives away for mere support.
Such men who may have little capital
should purchase land were it can be had
cheap, and by one-third the work required
in the shop, finely cultivated farm would
be the result. A farmers life in California
is one of comparative ease, compared to the
daily toll of the city mechanic. With a
few head of cattle on farm in the foothills,
he would, in few years, become indep-
endent, almost do without labor; he can
have a vineyard, mulberry, and tea
plantation, raise sufficient grain and hay
for his own use, and range for his stock,
all on one hundred and sixty acres-and
the land will cost not more than 81 so per
acre, bought from the Railroad COMPANY
or the Government, or he can in this
vicinity locate 80 acres as homestead at
the cost of entering it and living upon it.
i Folsom Telegraph.
Year: 1870

The Bangor Whig says, of the proposed
change of gauge on the Maine Central
railroad:


1.-The question of gauges has been thor
puyhly tested, and whether the arguments
in favor of the narrow gauge are sound
or defective, the fact that it has been al
most universally adopted throughout the
United States shows. the absurdity OF ad-
herring in Maine to a system which sub
iects us to a comparative isolation, by ne
cessitating the stoppage and transhipment
of goods before crossing the State line. 1t
Is obvious that the interests of our State
will be subserved by the adoption of lines
uniform with those throughout the country,
and if the change required to effect this
involves expenditure and exertion, we
should congratulate ourselves that the
management OF two of our longest and
most important lines have been sufficiently
far-sighted to consult their own future profit
and benefit the community by promptly
taking steps TO accomplish the desired
improvement"


A scientist has investigated jute chignons
and switches, and discovered in them
things that respectively have a brown
pointed head, any number of legs, a fuzz
ON the back, and crawl along with wig
gle something like caterpillar. They
appear to resemble the centipede family.
They burrow in the flesh like a wood tick.


Two cases of sunstroke-one very clear
" described-lre related in the Bible that
of the son of the Shunamite who went out
with his father into the field in the morning
and suddenly cried out. my head, and
was taken home to his mother and sat
upon her knee till noon, when he died.
This, AS the boy died at home just as the
sun was at its zenith, is not very clear
case of sunstroke; but that OF MANASSAS,
who was out in the barley field overseeing
the reapers, when the "sun came on his
head, aud he died in his bed. how soon IS
not stated, seems to be a true case OF i'll
ISOLATION.
Year: 1870

The Convention Oh tsHilfDSh Esth sh


Session with Closed Doors.


ERIE, December 20.-The railroad
men were in caucus here until late
hour last night. More of the officers
arrived this morning and the conven-
ton is proceeding with closed doors.
There was a prospect for the satisfactory
arrangement for pooling earnings. and
is regarded by outsiders as somewhat
doubtful. The New York Central rail
road is understood to regard the project
with indifference.


A canvass of the convention this
morning showed that the western men
are not enthusiastic for the pooling plan.
Augustus Schell, Vice President OF the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, is
President of the convention and II. H
Houston, of the Pennsylvania Central
is secretary.


The hospitalities Of the city have
been rendered the visitors by the City
Council and at 4 clock this afternoon
they will visit the several manufacture:
where natural gas is used as fuel auC
the natural gas wells.
Year: 1870

A GENTLE WHISPER TO MoTHERs.-If
unfortunately you Lave lost your own
teeth by neglect or mismanagement,
take care that your daughters do not
suffer the same penalty from the same
cause. See to it that they brush their
teeth regularly aud thoroughly with
lSozodont, and thereby you will insure
them sound and servicable sets as long
as they live.
Year: 1870

Fill the boiler with soft water to within about
three inches Of the top of the inside boiler Slice
up one pound bar of good hard soap


Bring the water to boil, and then place the
clothes in the hot water The water will imme-
diately pour over the shell all around, and if it
boils over raise the lid


Keep up a hit fire for twenty minutes. Then
take the clothes out and Immediately SUBS them
through in soft water. If any shade of the dirt
remains. few rubs will 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
OUGHLY SUBS 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 FRO
duce rapid boiling. Time may be saved by stirring
turning the clothes occasionally while boiling.
The cover should not be removed, except when
necessary, in order to insure quick work. II the
washing be large one, the clothes should be as
sorted, dirty shirts, for instance, will require
double the time of sheets, pillow cases, napkins,
&c.


Articles much soiled may be left in for second
boiling. White 1annels may be beautiful washed
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,
cambrics, &C., such as would nearly fall to pieces
if fwashed in the ordinary way, may be was he'd per-
fecty, without injury, by this process. The almost
absolute necessity of using soft, or "broken," !"
water, is so well understood. as to hardly need
mention here.


No machine ever invented will entirely remove
the streaks from dirty wristbands and Collars
This Self washing Boiler more nearly does it than
it i'll be found to be reduced and sofened as to
disappear without the use Of a wash board, by
merely rubbing them with the hands, thus avoiding 2
all the wear and tear of clothing by washing. 1t
has been carefully estimated that clothing receives
more than ONE-HALF ITS WEAR by the old
process of RUBBING, and consequently will last
twice long if washed by this new process, which
alone would pay for Boiler many times during
single 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

There are but few inventions or discoveries
which produce 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 apy
doubt that this process not only cleans the clothes
but that garments thus 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 a supposition has no
foundation in fact, and is contradieted by the ex
perience 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-
ciated, as 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 a
million of people have witnessed its success. Ten
thousand boilers sold in New York CITY in less
than five II onths, from one stand and at this time
the orders reach about one hundred day. Ne
""SS'Si uSOu IL dS uiIecteu not recommend
it. 1t has been recommended by more than five
thousand persons in less than six months Among
the names are those of the most distinguished cit
izens of the United States but the best fecommen-
dation is to take the boiler and use it yourself Do
just as you are directed and you will be more than
satisfied. 1t appeals to us all matter of econ
omy, and can be shown to be the best kind of an
investment. 1t will return a yearly dividend in
cash of TWO HUNDRED PER CENT. on the
money invested For instance, we will suppose
your white clothing such as bed and table linen
ladies' and gentemens' wear, and childrens' cloth
ing, only cost you $40 year. They will last twice
long washed in this way as by the old method
Thus, you actually save $50 year by investing 10
200 per cent. annually. There is no family
scarcely but spends moro than here stated but this
is taken as very low average of this branch of
family expense. Added to this is the great con-
venience and comfort of the thing. which, all taken
together, makes it luxury which no 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
will not let it 60 out of of the house.
Year: 1870

A CORRESPONDENT of the Scientific
American recommends turpentine as a
certain cure for lockjaw. He says: "Let
any one who has an attack of lockjaw take
q small quantity of turpentine, warm it and
pour it on the wound, no matter where the
wound is or what its nature is-and relief
will follow in less than one minute Moth
ing can be applied to severe cut or bruise
that is better than cold turpentine; it will
give certain relief almost instantly 1t is
also said to De a sovereign remedy for
Group. Saturate piece of flannel with it
and place the flannel on the throat and
chest-and in very severe cases three to
five drops on lump of sugar may be taken
inwardly. Every family should have a
bottle on hand" 1t is a simple remedy
and can be easily tested. In all serious
cases application should be made under
medical advice,
Year: 1870

YNHE OLD BLoWHARD, THE BOSS OF THE


Il Pioneer Shop, the man that can't get a white
man to work for him the man with the soft nlaoa
on the top of his head, soft the hair has all
fallen off, the man that built the sand-catcber for
Joe Mullen-the man that built wagon for Bo;ca
that broke down in four months-the man thai
ruined Sam Gilbert's horse in shoeing-I wonder
II he thinks he can make fools out of anyone elsa
because he is one himself. Go in old blow-n;na


you have got the community all laughing at Won


My name is JOHN E. TIFFIN, pay for ali nv
Iron, Steel and Coal ~
Year: 1870

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
har as soon restored
to ats original color
aciM the gloss and
freshness of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

ened, falling hair checked, and bald
ness often, though not always, cured
by its use. Nothing can restore the
hair where the follicles are destroyed,
or the glands atrophied and decayed.
But such as remain can be saved for
usefulness by this application. Instead
of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keepit clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. Free
from those deleterious substances which
make some preparations dangerous and
injurious to the hair, the Vigor can
only benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for
Year: 1870

Purple, once considered the ensign
Of royalty, is surpassed by the splen-
dor and brilliancy of aniline. The
use of aniline in print work is already
common, and the art of using it is no
longer cons dered one of those secrets
that have been SO iealously guarded
as the "potter's secret" etc. There
are a number of points, however,
worthy of consideration by those who
desire to use it occasionally and not
professionally. hut we have only room
for one receipt and that Is to produce.


SCARLET ANlLINE ON WOOL.


For every forty pounds of goods,
dissolve five pounds of white vitriol at
1902 F., place the goods into this
bath for ten menules, then add the
color prepared by boiling for few
minutes, one pound of scarlet in three
gallons of water, stirring the same con-
tinually. This solution has to be fit
cred before being added to the bath
The goods remain in the latter for
fourteen minutes, when they have be-
come Drowned, and must be boiled
for another half hour in the same
bath, after the addition of salamonia
The more of this is added; the redder
the shade will grow.


IODINE GREEN ON WOOL.


Of this beautiful aniline green, one
pound is boiled for five minutes in
three gallons Of alcohol, the strength
of which is produced to sixty per cent
by water. This solution is poured
into bath containing some acetic
acid and acetate OF soda, and the goods
dyed in the same at 1902 F; until an
even shade is obtained, when a so!-
utiou of CASTLE soap will highten the
brilliancy of the color.
Year: 1870




since. contained this piquant little
article - ~


Has no one seen q good girl
lately 2 Are girls nowadays much
worse than those of yore 2 The
newspapers would make me think
so. Every journal which pick
up has one or more columns de-
voted to ratings against woman,
until have become frightened, and
find myself wondering if 1 too am
one of those dreadful creatures.
And are those articles written by
men? If SO, they must be men
without homes or families, who
have mixed with a debased class
of society. For surely no honora-
BILE man or real gentleman could
publish an article-such as we dai-
ly peruse-denouncing all the gen.
tier sex as extravagant, jealous,
faithless-nay, even immodest, and
no home to receive the kiss of
dear wife or meet the innocent eyes
of q bevy of sisters or daughters.
Would he not shrink appalled, at
what he had done, knowing that he
had sown the seed in the minds OF
younger men, for thoughts and
feelings that would never have
risen there without teaching? Now
am young. and am worldly wise,
yet I have had my little experience
and must say, that / have met with
many pure, good women-kind
mothers, loving wives, dutiful
daughters, affectionate sisters
women who are not for running
their husbands or fathers by ex-
travagance ); who are not falling in
love with ever handsome man they
see: who are not eloping every
day with family physicians or hus-
bands friends; but sensible in
every respect. And / have met
few good men. I regret it; do
not wish to speak against the men
folk, for rather like them, and am
willing to say that my experience
has been, perhaps, unfortunate
And 1 am inclined to believe that
as in all ages there have existed
noble men, "faithful in love. brave
in war;" SO they may still be found
faithful in love when there is
plenty of money! brave in war
with "a major-generalship ahead).
and pretty good. usually, when
the skies are serene and they have
nothing to cross them. And now
I claim a champion Will not
some one be brave enough to
stand in opposition to popular
opinion, and truthful enough to
say to tae public that be has seen,
at least, one or two real good girls
il the course of yearS If such
one can be found, I will thank
him warmly, and will think that
honesty is not yet extinct from the
race of men.
Year: 1870

At Charlottesville, on Tuesday
the 9th, inst. Thomas Summe ers,
while at work in a saw mill, was
thrown against the saw, by which
his left arm was torn from his
body close to the shoulder, and
hurled through the roof. A piece
of his skull was also torn out. It
is not thought be can recover. He
was unmarried, and about twenty
three years old.