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Year: 1875

LOST TDIE.-Let any man pass an even
ing in vacant idleness, or even reading some
silly tale, and compare the state of his mind
when he goes to sleep or gets up next morn
ing with Its state some other day, when he
has spent a few hours in going through the
proofs, by facts and reasonings, Of some Of
the great doctrines of natural science, learn
ing truths wholly new to him. and satisfy
ing himself, by careful examination, of the
ground on which known truths rest, so as 10
be not only acquainted with the doctrines
themselves, but able te show why he believes
them, and to prove before others that they
are true he viii find as great difference as
can exist in the same being-the difference
between looking back upon time unproftably
wasted, and time spent Ill self-improvemcnt /;
he will feel himself, IN one case, listless and
dissatisfied, in the other, comfortable aud
bappy; in one case, if he did not appear to
himself humbled, at least he will not have
earned any claim to his own respect; in
the other ease, he will enjoy proud eonsci-
ousness of having by his own exertiuns, be-
come a wiser, and therefore a more exalted
nature.
Year: 1875

SoUsD ADyIcE.-Let the winds and
waves of adversely blow and dash
around you, if they will but keep on
the path of rectitude, and you will be
as firm as a rock Plant yourself
upon principle, and bid defiance to
misfortune. If gossip, with her pois.
oned tongue, NEEDLES WITH your good
name, heed her not. Garry yourself
erect; let your course be straight-for-
ward, and by the serenity of your
cauntenance and the purity of your
life, give the lie TO all who would uu-
derrate and beiittle you.
Year: 1875

HE ORGAN OF THE MIND.-"Is the


brain the sole organ of the mind ?" is


a question now being agitated. A


majority of those who have never Civ
en- the subject serious thought would


regard as ridiculous an assumption
that the mental faculties are not con-


lined exclusively to the brain. DR..
Hammond, of New York, lectured ON
this subject a few days since. A frog
deprived of his brain will swim, scratch
himself when tickled, will turn oyer
when placed upon his back the head
less rattieSnake will coil and strike
when 1t Is annoyed /; the deeapitated
alligator Will show similar signs of
consciousness. Hence DR.. Hammond
argues that wherever there is grey
nerve tissue there is also mind. This,
1t seems to US, is hardly plausible.
Who would pretend TO hold that the
headlesS trunk Of a human being has
the power Of thought? Yet this power
would be necessary to prove the exist
eGce Of mind in the headleSs trunk,
for mind is capable Of thought, and
mind only. The contortions of the
trunk would be mere nervous action,
q species Of mechanism. This subject
affords field sufficiently prolific of
study and reflection to engage a life
time; and even then one would die
unsatisiied, for no explorer in the realm
of science can hope to see the day that
he can rest content with the assurance
that he has learned all there is TO learn.
Year: 1875

IL the Office of one of the hotels recently q
gentleman snapped his finger to boot black,
and as he put his foot on the box he said :
..You look like a good smart boy "See
here, mister ~ replied the boy, as he rose up,
a brush in either hand, i" I've had that game
played on me dozen times, and now want
TO know whether this Is cash shine or
whether you are going to pat me on the head
when I get through and tell me that III be
Governor some day.-Dsty0t Free Press.
Year: 1875

SEA SALMON IN FRESH WATER The
question as TO the ability of the salmon to re-
main permanently in fresh water has re-
ceived an important illustration during the
past winter. 1t is well known that the
lakes of Maine along the coast contain a
variety of fish known as the landlocked
salmon, which, while possessing the external
appearance and peculiar habits Of the salmon,
together with equal excellence of flesh, is
much smaller, and remains permanently in
the lakes' and it is still a Yexed question
whether this is actually descendant of the
true sea salmon or a different species. An
argument in favor of its being the former is
afforded by the fact that in two localities young
salmon, hatchot from es Of the true sea salmon
collected at BucksrOrt, have lived in fresh water
ponds, and yielded npe eggs during the past autumn;
In the one at New Hope PennsylYania the islt
attaining several pounds III weight while some bred
IN Wisconsin We're only five TO seven inches IN
length, though perfectly mature In every respect
In the first case, however TIE ponds were quite
large, AMI offered ample space for the movements Of
the fish while IN the other they were confined to
small trout ponds Of only few yards in extent.
Whether the egg thus obtained will produce healthy
young, and whether these will attain maturity, ara
questions of much interest.
Year: 1875

A thorough-going Brooklyn housewife says
that the best kind of courage Is that shown
Inv q man who can 90 into the kitchen Mon
day morning and superintend a ciothes-bolier
without fear Of hurting his complexion.
Year: 1875

The editor of the Dexter Herald
narrates the following incident concern
ing the early days when he was pub
Usher in Winterset. Next year Dem
ocratic paper was started in opposition.
The county officers were all democrats,
and Of conrse gave their organ the en-
tire printing of the county. The paper
was published about nine months,
when the editor came to us and said,


'well Bro. D., if you can keep your
paper running without the county prin-
ting, when [ am almost starved with it,
[ will leave and give YOU clear field
And the next week he moved his Office
away We did not tell him that we were
almost starved to death, and had walked
the night before three miles into the
country to get three dollars from a
delinquent subscriber, so that we
could print our next issue We had been
living all the season on corn bread and
pork, and ourself and 10y had done
the entire work Of the Office.
Year: 1875

-DIPTHERIA.-T much dreaded
disease, which for years has proved
fatal in so many cases, is making its
appearance in various parts Of the
country. We find in an exchange
ts Glowing simple remedy. 1t may
besworth your while to keep this re-
cipe:


The first symptom is chill accom-
panied in the great majority Of cases
with vomiting and headache. In this
stage everything depends in prompt
ness in the administrator of remedie
before your family physician arrives.
The feet Of the patient must be soaked
at once in hot water in which guam
tity of mustard has been mixed, next
hot drinks, as warm and strong as the
patient can bear them must be given !;
then mustard plaster must be placed
over the throat and chest to prevent
congestion, which if it once sets in, as
there are no means known to science to
counteract it, the attack will terminate
fatally. These remedies have been
successful in number of cases, and
the medical theory is that they will un-
doubtedly keep the disease in check
until the arrival of a physician, if they
do not cure it permanently.
Year: 1875

Wisdom for mans selfis, in ma
ny branches thereof, depraved thing;
it is the wisdom of rats, that will be
sure to leave house somewhat before
it fall it is the wisdom of the fox, that
thrust out the badger who digged and
made for him; it is the wisdom of croc-
odiles, that shed tears when they would
devour Lord Bacon.
Year: 1875

"HENRY WARD Beecher expresses
not only his own sentiment but that of
many others, when he says that almost
every scrape into which he ever fell
has been in attempting to befriend some
unpopular cause or some unfortunate
man.
Year: 1875

GOLDEN WoRDs.-The habit of looking
on the bright side 10 invaluable. Men and
women who are evermore reckoning up
what they want rather than what they
bave-counting the difficulties in the way,
instead of contriving means to overcome
them-are almost certain to live on corn
bread, fat pork, and salt fsh, and sink to
unmarked graves. The world is sure to
smile upon q man who seems to be success
full, but let him go about with q crestfallen
air, and the very dogs in the street will set
upon him. We must all have losses. Late
frost will nip the fruit in the bud, banks
will break, Investments will prove worth
less, valuable horses will die, and china
vases will break, but all these calamities do
not come together. The wise course to
pursue, when one plan fails, is to form an
other when one prop is knocked from
under Us, to fill it's place with q substitute,
and evermore count what is left rather than
what is taken. When the final reckoning
is made, If it appears that we have not lost
the consciousness of our internal rectitude
if we have kept charity towards all men ;
if by the various discipline of life, we have
been freed from follies and confirmed in
virtues, whatever We have lost, the great
balance sheet will be in our favor.
Year: 1875

The dried beef is production of the
Grisons, for which they are indebted to
their climate. At the altitude OF their
valleys, the air is so dry that for nine
months out of the twelve meat has no
tendency to decomposition. Awaiting
themselves of this favorable condition
they kill in the autumn the beef and
pork which they will require in the en-
suing year. 1t is slightly salted and
hung up to dry. Nothing more is done
to it except eating it. In three or four
months time it is not only dried, but
also cooked, that is to say, the air has
given it all the cooking it will ever re-
ceive. 1t has become rs dry and as
hard as board, and internally. of the
color of an old mahogany table. Ex-
ternally there is nothing to suggest the
idea of meat it is covered with cob
webs, dust, and mold, and is indis-
tinguishable from fragments of the
mummies of the sacred bulls taken from
the catacombs of the Serapeum at
Memphis. When your host brings from
his cellar the leg of the mummy of q
Griscon COW, shrunk to the dimensions
of the human limb, and tells you that it
is to be your dinner, you are disposed
to advise him to take it to the trustees
of the British museum. He is, however,
about to prepare some for your repast,
and you watch the process with curl
osity. 1t is very simple one; the
material is cut across the grain with a
very sharp knife in shavings no thicker
than writing paper. Were it cut the
length of the fibre it would be as un
manageable in the mouth as piece o.
whipcord, or fddlestring. Curiosit,
again, somewhat stimulated by necessity
for the only alternative is the meage
cheese, at last impels you, with man.
misgivings, and after much dehberation
to carry one of the shavings to you


mouth. After a week or two's expert
ence you will begin to think that it
not badly favored, nor unusually re
pugpant to the process Of digestion.
Year: 1875

\ man should always be little older,
n little Drawer and little stronger, n
little wiser, and little more in love with
her than she is with him.


A woman should always be little
younger, and little prettier, and n
little more considerate than her husband.
He should bestow upon her all his
worldly goods, and she should take good
care of them. lie may owe her every
care and tenderness that affection can
prompt; but pecuniary Indebtedness to
her will become burthen. Better live
OIL q crust that he earns than Oh a fortune
that she has brought him.


Neither must be jealous, nor give the
other cause for jealousy. Neither must
encourage sentimental friendships with
the opposite sex. Perfect confidence in
each other, and reticence concerning
their mutual affairs, even to members of
their own families, is first necessity.


A wife should dress herself becoming
ly whenever she expects to meet her
husbands eye. The man should not
grow slovenly, even at home.


Fauit-fnding, long arguments, OF
seedlings, ends the happiness that
beginsin kisses and lovemaking. Sisters
and brothers may quarrel and "make
up" Lovers are lovers no longer after
such disturbances occur, and married
people who are not lovers are bound by
red-ho chains. Ii a man admires his
wife most in striped calico, she is silly
not to wear it.
Year: 1875

New York, Sept. I'm the case of
the colored man, in Brooklyn, who
applied for maudamus to compel the
board of education to admit his son to
the school set apart for white children,
Judge Gilbert, while reserving his de-
cisinn, said that the system of common
school education was established for
the public, and that all persons had
access to it; and the board OF educa-
ton had no power to exclude.
Year: 1875

REVENGE UPON A sCHooNER's CREw-CoAL OIL


POURED OVER THE PROVISIONS.


Deputy Marshal De Clue yesterday arrested John
Evans the steward Of the schooner Harbeson Hickman
which had just arrived at the storehouses foot Of
Amty street. from Port Nuevitas, Cuba The charge
against Evans is attempting to poison the crew. It
that the schooner had Of eight men, In
cluding the captain, two and the prisoner On
July the steward gave order TO the sailors to
spread and catch the fresh water. The
Captain, f. P Shepard countermanded the
orders Of Evans, which gave annoyance to tho
latter. Shortly after that the steward gave In
science to the Captain who thrust the man out of the
cabin where he was at the time The same night
Evans procured lamp and matches and went down
into the hold for the purpose Of setting fire her. he
subsequently told Mr. Truss the first mate He
changed his mind however and contented himself with
the destruction Of the signal lights on board The
sci was then lying In port at Nuevitas Evans went
ashore the morning after the incident spoken Of and
as he stepped over the side ho declared that he was
going TO the American consul ashore and he would
make it 'the darkest trip Captain Shepard
anchor and sail for New York when


search made Of the hold which revealed the fact
that the provision had been saturated with coal oil
as 10 render but little Of 1t 1T for Tho oil had been
empted into the -four the rasins prunes, beans,
meat, liquor and everything, with the exception Of
few articles In the galley, unit for use; and tho
stove and utensils Of the galley had been broken
The Captain then made demand upon the Consul 10
surrender tho steward, informing the Consul Of the
Of affairs Evans accordingly placed in irons
and taken aboard the schooner where he was lodged
between decks and closely watched during tho passage
home He has been confinement forty two davg and
/ The prisoner will be taken before United States Com
missioner Winslow for examination to-day.
Year: 1875

My two designations had bearing whatever upon the
reelection Secondly did not speak OF increasing
churches, but credit schools Of communication
and promoting immigration, which are the chief needs
OF my country


suppose il a typographical error that repre-
sented me as saying that Ecuador Is far behind the
other republics Of the world There Is no doubt of
being behind some but is far trom being behind them
all


Not wishing TO trespass further on your valuable
space, remain, yours respectfully, A. FLORES


FORT WASHINGTON. August Is. 1874
Year: 1875

CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Times has a remarkable story to tell of the
peace negotiations" at the Clifton House in
1864. From his communication it appears
that the negotiations were intended to mis-
lead; that the Confederate commissioners
were really in Canada for the purpose of con-
sulting with prominent Northern Democrats;
that scheme was set on foot by Northern
and Southern traitors to assassinate Mr.. Lin
coin on the eve of the presidential election,
hoping, in the consequent confusion to carry
the electoral college with a rush; and that
the scheme was only foiled by the persistent
opposition Of Dean Richmond, who was in
cautiously let into the secret. The cores
pondent asserts that the plot came to the
knowledge of the cabinet, but President Lin
coin did not deem it good policy to make the
matter public.
Year: 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve commu-
nications that are not used
Year: 1875

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate countersgned by Stanley T.
Pullen, Editor. All railway, steamboat and hotel
managers will confer favor upon us by demanding
credentials of every person claiming to represent
Journal
Year: 1875

'E1HE un lersigned is now prepared to furnish cut
Il glass, either white enameledin any quantity
and at the shortest notice.


The workmen employed are men of experience and
are as skiiful as any in New Engladn and all work is
warranted to give satisfaction.


Glass signs and table ware cut and engraved to any
design of letter. name wreath in the best manner


A variety of new and original designs for Door,
Ship and Car lights may be at my store or may
be had on application by mail.


M y terms are low as can he Obta ,ed
IN the country.
Year: 1875

at her; but my incessant, jerky whistle
call kept her mind and head toward me.
He only gave up the fruitless struggle
and leaped from her back, when a squad
of infantry dashed over a billowy swell
of prairie, and rushed down toward us at
that steady, measured run which is so ef-
fective in contrast with a disorderly gait.


cts Wolf boysW 1 exclaimed, as
they came up with me-for l knew his
voice. l had no need to tell them that
there was a price set upon his head, as it
had been clearly proved that he had
stirred I'D the savages to commit more
than one massacre of the settlers. A dozen
ofthem: uttering yell of fury, started in
pursuit; while the others, noticing my
swaying about on the animal l rode,
began to think that / had found
something serious in my race for
life. In fact, the plain was rising and
falling and shuffling about so that it
took great amount of nerve and
equipoise to sit as l ought. They got me
into East l., however, with
Uncle Sans promissory notes all
safe in my breast pocket; while my
boot full of blood and the CALLING
flesh wounds in my shoulder ac-
counted for the odd maneuverings of the
plain while was on horseback. After a
brief but desperate conflict, Bill Wolf
was brought in, and passed over to the
proper officers "to have, to hold" until
there should be neted out to him the
measure he had given others.
Year: 1875

According to the London correspond
ent of the New York Graphic, the truth
about the mutiny on board the American
schooner Jefferson Borten seems to be
this: At New Orleans, from whence the
vessel sailed for Liverpool via Boston,
the crimps brought on board three men
"a Finn, an Englishman, and an
American-ali of whom seem to have
been of very desperate character. The
captain had his wife on board. She is a
very pretty and attractive woman.
Those men conceived the idea that the
captain was rich, and that he carried a
considerable amount of money with him.
Infamed by the passions of lust and
avarice, they plotted to possess them
selves of. the captains wife and wealth.
On the Goth of April they began their
work by killing the two mates, who were
both relatives of the captain, his brother
and cousin, and throwing their bodies
overheard. This was in the night and
they then tried tOget the captain to come
on deck, in order to finish him also. His
wife seems to have anticipated the dan
ger, and she kept him from going until
he had armed himself. The situation
was then this: on the one side the three
mutineers, who had already forfeited
their lives; on the other, the captain,
his wife, the cabin-boy, Swedish
sailor, and the cook. But the captain
had firearms and the mutineers had not,
and he first drove them to the round
house on deck, nailed them up there,
and then fired at them occasionally till
they gave in and consented to be put in
irons the time the mutiny lasted being
thirty-six hours. At this time the ship
was one thousand two hundred miles from
England, and it had to be brought over
with the three wounded mutiheers in
irons, and of course without any help
from them. The voyage lasted for seven
days. At the entrance of the Channel
they got man from Norwegian bark
to help them navigate the vessel, and at
the More they procured additional as
sistance; but a more exciting and per.
ilous voyage has seldom been safely ter.
minated
Year: 1875

A CHESTER county (Penn.) farmer
says: If any one wishes to induce the
mole to eat poison, better put in the
worm or bug; yet better plan would be
to set small steel trap, properly placed,
in his road with as little disturbance as
may be, or sink q small tin box or tin
fruit can in his track, with the top on a
level with the bed Of the road, and cover
over the top to keep it dark. They will
in their travels drop in, and, as they are
very poor climb bers, may be secured.
Year: 1875

The ghost of Noah Webster came to a
spiritual medium in Alabama, not long
since, and wrote on q slip of paper ''It is
tite times" Noah was right, but we are
sorry to see he has gone back on his
dictionary.
Year: 1875

kurS TO ADVERTISE. w hen money
yos aud business is dull, then is the
% invest in printers ink such is the


w,led experience OF men every where
have been most successful in business.
Year: 1875

placed our trust In man whose imbeciled
and unmanly nature has proven unequal
and therefore unfaithful to the trusti Are
the interests of the loyal men Of South Caro-
lima, the solitary Republican jewel remain
ing in the Southern crown, again to be offered
upas q sacrifice on the altar of misplaced con-
ddencei Are their party interests to be i'm,
peded, the great movement towards reform
obstructed, and the high and patriotic aim
of the Republicans of the State thwarted
because their chosen leader basely shirks
his clearly defined duties and seeks coali-
tion-a weak and paltry jointure-with the
ayowed and bitter enemies of the party
If this be SO, Governor Chamberlain has
taken a fatal step, and hereafter political
preferment at the hands of the loyal people
of the South is none Of his.


But even should this unfortunate move
ment on the part of the Governor be con-
summated, there is still healthy hope in
the patriotism and fidelity of the General
Assembly of the State. The actual power
and force of reform resides in the legisla-
tive body of the State, and not in the exec
utive. Without assistance from Legislative
sources executive reformers must beat their
wings against impossibilities, for through
the Legislature alone the State can secure
the necessary measures of reform, the solu-
ton of intricate, political and financial diff
culties, which will honor alike the Republi-
can party, the State government and the peo-
pie. In these things the General Assembly
will be the recipient of all commendation
and praise, and not the executive.


IfGovernor Chamberlain, by course of
compromise and infdelity, expects to win
popularity among the masses, he is mis-
taken man. The virtues which will bear
winning weight in the politics of the future
are consistency, zeal, fealty and manliness,
and these qualities alone will receive the
hearty support of the loyal people of South
Carolina.
Year: 1875


violently collared and led off TO the cold and
dreary quarters Of the county jail. all of which
was the direct result of q fastiiious taste, A
generous-hearted, gallant fellow would have
stood by and held that young lady's hair-pins
while she fixed her toilet, and jumped at the
chance.


The personal Intelligence" manof the New
York Herald is splendid barometer of the
religious atmosphere at present prevailing in
the metropolis. Bis interesting column is
filed daily with the positive eyidencesl of his
having succumbed TO the searching influence
of Christianity which has existed SC copiously
in that neighborhood of late. This simple in
telligence Will relieve his Satanic Majesty's
mind of great burden. The thought of hay-
ing the Herald man on HIS hands throughout
eternity has been source of grest annoyance
to him for years past.
Year: 1875

2 THOSE 'fSovereigns of Industry" who
have written us on the subject of cheap
clothing must be patient Their kind
fayors are at hand and the information
fully appreciated. 1t will be used at the
T1roYar time