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Year: 1871

WHAT THEY MAKE Our or OLD
SHoEs.-You probably think that it you
look very sharply at au old shoe, when yos
throw it away, you willknow it;sgaia Il Is
ever comes back to you. But that dosen,s
at all follow, One Of these days you may
button your dress with an old pair Of slip
pers, comb your hair with boot, or grasp
cast Of gaiter while you eat your dinner.
You do not see how this can be ? Well,
we'll tell you. Old shoes are turned to AZ
count by manufacturers in the following
manner: They are cut into verv small
pieces and kept for couple Of days ia
chloride Of sulphur. The effect Of this
is to make the leather hard and. brittle.
Next the material is Withdrawn from, the
action of the chloride of sulphur washed
with water and then dried. When thor
oughly dried, it is ground to powder, and
mixed with some substance like glue or
gum, that causes it to adhere together. 10
is then pressed into moulds and shaped
into buttons. combs, knife, handles, etc.
So you SEQ how it may come to pass thxt
you will comb your hair with boot, ind
fasten your cloths with i slipper. d G.st
Year: 1871

EUrs ALA NEIGE IN A MoULD.-Beat
up the whites of four eggs, and when iirm
add in by degrees tablespoonful OF finely
powdered sugar, favored with vanilla.
Place in a mould, which should be bq'tered
aud powdered with sugar. Place the
mould in stew.pan filed with hot water,
and let it stand for fifteen minutes. Re-
move the mould five minutes after it is
taken from the water, turning cut the egg
snow in dish Pour hot cream favored
with vanilla at the bottom Of the dish.
Year: 1871

y Tho people Of sanJoaquin Valley,
California, are in a state of great destitu.
ton. Most of the settlers have been un.
able to pay for their land, and while they
may find little difficulty in getting an ex.
tension of time. they cannot mortgage land
to which they have no clear title, as basis
OF credit. Not less than $500 are so des-
titute that they cannot procure seed for
sowing thoir fields.
Year: 1871

A few days after the capture Of Fort
Sumter, in April, 1861, when the voice
of the whole country was for war, we
had a conversation with a gentleman
who was an officer in the Mexican
war, and who, besides, in Ohio had OBJ
tanned eminence as a civilian, that we
have often thought OF since. Said he
to us II saw to-day an old comrsde OF
mine in Mexico, a West Pointer, but
who resigned his position in the army
few years ago l asked him why he


was not in uniform, and expressed my
surprise that he was not already colo
mel or general of volunteers. His re-
ply was 4 think you and | have had
lighting enough. What want in this
war is a place by which can make
some money" He sought to get that
place here. He made an effort to be
selected by the government as buyer
of horses, but failed. He next endeav-
ored to borrow a few hundred dollars
of a military friend Of ours, then ana
now in the regular army, for the pur-
pose Of entering into a business where


he would get army patronage; Beng
refused, he applied, as We understand
to General Burns, for position IN the
commissary department In this CITY,
Year: 1871

but failed also in getting it. There be
ing nothing here to suit him, he wend-
ed his way back to Illinois, and became
a sort of Secretary to Governor Yates,
and, everything else being unsuccessful,
he chose at last to 60 into the army.
But he did not want to 60 where there
was fighting at all. 1t was money he
was after, and money he has made as
General and President of the United
States. If he had obtained the position


he asked for, as buyer of horses, the
country would have had a competent if
not an honest man in that place, and
we should not now have had bad
President, who makes the filling OF his
purse his principal usiness.-Enq'arer.
Year: 1871

IRREGULARITY OF LINCOLN COUNTY
MAIL.-There is provoking irrogularity
existing somewhere between this city and
Troy in the management of the Lincoln
county mails. 1t not untrequcntly occurs
that paper mailed in Troy on Wednes-
day or Saturday, reaches its destination
in this city two and sometimes three weeks
after time. We have mailed letters OF
the post Office in this city for New Hope,
and instead of reaching that point by
noon of the day of mailing them, thoy
sometimes are week behind time. 1t
would be very little trouble for those con
cerned to remedy this. Otherwise there
may sometime grave consequences result
from it. -Clarksville Sentinel.
Year: 1871

VOTED wN.--The people Of Monroe
township, 10 Lincoln county, have for a
second time voted down a proposition to
subscribe money to a railroad to te bulls
through thcis township. The last prop.
osition however was such stupid muddle
Of inconsistency that it deserved to be
kicked out Of sight. But while We are
upon the subject, We may As we'll say that
it would not in the least surprise US if
the people Of that township should vote
to expel steam mills from their midst, il
they have any, and resort to the old tread
mill again. If the sun of progress shall
ever penetrate that benighted district, II
will be in 1871. Sentinel.


Why, it was only a short time since
the people Of that town ship were "hail
fellows we'll met Why "this thusness ?
Year: 1871

Col. RuHuer, who is interested in the
coal mines west of this place, has been
taking out coal at the Upson mines for
the past week. We understand car
load will be shipped to St. Charles this
week, to be tested,
Year: 1871

ray Money is scarce and we don't
Alike to push" our friends, but some Of our
creditors are wanting money, and if those
who know or hink they are indebted to
us for subscription or job work will give
us o call, we will remember them in OUT
nravers
Year: 1871

LQen SAID


L thank the representatives of the capi-
tai for the eloquent words with which they
have greeted me on my return home. I,
too remember 1866, and the day when /
had the pleasure of seeing yOn assembled
around me for similar purpose. The
campaign Of 1896 was important for Pr1s-
sia and Germany, inasmuch as it laid the
foundation of the unity of the fatherland.
The present war, upon which we entered
hopefully it is true, bat without anticipa-
ting its eventual results, has crowned the
work. Equally unprecedented as its course
is its reward. Germany is united The
Emperor ard the empire are once more
realities. The security and power of
fatherland have been firmly, and, with
Gods help, permanently established. You
have thanked the Third Army for its share
in the war, and with sincere qualification
[ accept your appreciation in the name of
my gallant companions In arms. The Third
Army, as well as the entire people, thought
it good omen when we were enabled to
strike the first decisive blow in a stIug-
gle the prize Of which we foresaw might
be German unity. From The very
outset of this saDguinary comba.
North and South were united in the
army under my command. With double
satisfaction therefore look back upon the
days of Weissenburg anG Woerth, which
first made tangible reaItty of this great
national desideratum. Our successes could
not be obtained without the most melan-
choly sacrifices. We shall faithfully re-
member those who have fallen to preserve
to us all that we must dearly prize. Those
who have been disabled may be sure of
our actiue sOlicitude, which I hope to be
able to manifest on my part, as [ did in
1864 and 1866. With you [ trust Provi-
dence will permit us, safe from foreign
enemies Gnd strong in domestic concord,
to reap the fruits grown in this eventful
period. May all the blessings of peace be
reserved to fatherIaDd May all the re-
sources of civic and political prosperity
flow more abundantly than ever. And
may our capital derive fresh happiness
and wealth from the new life infused by
the issue of the war. The people and
army will never forget the patriotic be
| havlor of Berlin daring this serious etrug
| gle. Let me once more thank you for the
prompt generosity with which the towr
and its representatives have seconded oul
| efforts during the war.-LOndon IInzeS
Year: 1871

u He ATTENTION OF NATURAL-BORN sub
jeots of Her Britannia Majesty is called to the
4th and 9th clauses OF the Naturalization Aots
1870" viz:


4. Any person who by of his having
been born within the dominions OF Her Majesty
is a naturai-born subject, but who also at the
time of his birth became under the law of any
foreign State subjec of such State and is still
any disability, make declaration of aiienage in
manner aforesaid, and from and after the ak
ing OF such declaration of alienage, such per-
son shall cease to be British subject. Any
person who is born out of Her Majesty's domin-
ions of a father being British subject may, if
of full age, ana not under any disability, make
a declaration OF alienage in manner aforesaid,
and from and after the making Of such declara-
ton, sbA all cease to be British subject
Year: 1871

we are ovERsTocKED in anything, it is in Grocer
les and Provisions, of which we keep Good Stock,
consisting of CHOICE and F1ECY GROCERIES,,
as well as STAPLES In this line we would call
special attention to our TEA8, which we think are
not cxcelled by anything in the market.


q When visiting our store, if YOU do not see what
YOU want, ASK FOR IT.
Year: 1871

Mr.. Editor: would like to make public
an idea of mine about balloons. 1t may
prove interesting from novelty. Balloons,
I think, could be constructed in, exactly
the same manner in which school globes are
now made: 1t would cost no very great
sum to build hollow wooden model-say,
sixty or eighty feet in, diameter-upon
which thousatids OF ballooils Gotild be
moulded at a moderate cost. Sucn balloons
would be strong, enduring, and would re-
tain gas for an indefinite length Of time.
When the balloon is made and filled with
gas, it should be Theoretically sealed, and so
loaded as to have little or no tendency to
rise or fall of ITSELF The problem of raising
and lowering such balloon by suitable ma
chlnery without letting the gas escape could
easily be solved by any ingenious inventor.
Such a balloon, Of course; could not be
nayigated against the wind, but even If it
merely tioated with the breeze it would be
II great use to mankind. Besides, if, for
example, the wind blew due north the bal
loci might be navigated at will northeast
or nSrthwest. Moreover, it is generally
thought that at different attitudes the wind
blows in different directions. If this is the
case, by rising and falling to catch the diff
terent breeze, the balloGH might travel ut
any time in almost any direction.


INVENTOR.
Year: 1871

The CoURT-MARTIAL OF THE CoLoRED Ca
DET-Secretary Beikndp IN Quandary.-
The delay in announcing the result of the
court.martial of colored Cadet Smith occa-
sions considerable comment, and various
reasons have been a>cribed for the procras-
tination. 1t is stated that the Secretary OF
War is perpleXed in forming his decision,
as he is called upon to decide Smiths fate
on the merits of the case. There Is but
little doubt That the Secretary is disposed to
sanction his dismissal from the academy,
and the President would approve such a
sentence, but. in view Of the public feeling
created against the conduct of the first
class, and as Smith is not the only cadet
who has grossly mishehayed himself, the
Secretary Of War is undecided whether to
put Smith on his good behavior or end his
career at the Military Academy by dis
missal. In consequence of recent nu-
merous publications by the West Point
cadets of articles relative to the late dis
turbances, General Pitcher, the superin-
tendent, has called their attention to the
army re gulations, which forbid all publica-
tions by officers and cadets relative to
transactions at the Military Academy
Wash. Cor. n. Y. Herald.
Year: 1871

vote against that proposition, be felt tnat IL
was due to himself as friend of the Shen-
andoah railroad, the building of which
would greatly benefit his people, to explain
his vote upon that proposition, and at the
same time to give his reasons for voting
against. the pending Senate amendment.
The fifteenth section of the fifth article OF
the Constitution of Virginia provided that
"no law shall embrace more than one
object, which shall be expressed in its
title" In his opinion, the proposition of
the member from Craig and the amendment
adopted by the Senate are clear infract1ons
of the provision of the constitution quoted
by him, as they both require that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company shall enter into
and deposit with the Board of Public
Works its obligation to endorse and guaran-
tee the bonds of the Norfolk and Great
Western Railroad Company for an amount
sufficient to construct that road from
Danville to Bristol, before this act
shall have validity, and also that the
Pennsylvania Central Railroad Company
shall endorse the bonds Of the Piedmont
and Potomac Railroad Company for an
amount sufficient to complete that road,
and the member from Craig proposes to add
the Shenandoah railroad as one whose bonds
shall be endorsed by the Pennsylvania Gen.
tral Company. Whilst he regarded it as
exceedingly desirable that all these rail-
roads shall be built, yet under his repre-
sentative responsibility he could not vote
for provision which he regarded as clearly
infracting the constitution.


THE LAST.


Mr.. BELL, of Matthews, offered the fol-
lowing which was also rejected: .r.-


"That the Pennsylvania Central railway
shall guarantee the mortgage bonds of the
West P oint and Chesapeake Railroad Com
pany to the amount of $500, ,O00-which
guarantee shall be made in three months
from the date Of the passage of said act
and that unless said guarantee is made
within the time specified that the proyi-
sions of the general bill shall be null and
void"


AGREED TO. .., ....s
The balance of the Senate amendments
were then agreed to, and motion to re-
consider the vote by which they were
agreed to lost.
So this iniquitous and unconstitutional
bill has passed both Houses of our Legisla-
trire, and now goes to the Governor.
WHAT Will he DO WITH 1T?
Year: 1871

CRY DELINQUENT TAXES. This is the last
week before the property advertised for
non-payment of taxes In the Dispatch this
morning will be sold. a good many per.
sons, as shown by the blank lines In the ad.
vertisement, have come forward and paid
up, but q large number are still unpaid.
Those whose bills remain unpaid had better


attend to the matter this week, and avoid
future trouble with their property. :,
Year: 1871

The LATEST STYLEs.-It seems TO be the study
OF the proprietor Of the Lee Gallery TO be ahead


of all competitors at the North with his besutifus


new style photographs. Yet bis prices bring the


pictures within the reach Of all. s.tsr
Year: 1871

The first act of the friends Of the bill on
Saturday morning was the withdrawal of
the appeal from the decision Of the Chair,
which was pending when the uouse ad-
journcd on Friday evening.
Year: 1871

Ore E4iII

 The Railroad company have completed a switch at this place, preparatory to the running of regular trains, as President Bar mum claims to have them running for freight from state line to Canaan next week. They were reported to be running the present week, but after an examlna- ton by Roadmaster Greer, did not think it advisable, until more thoroughly ballasted. ......One of our noted citizens (noted for dishonesty named Winters, left for parts unknown, packing his few goods and leav- ing when all were quietly at rest He. made all he could in this place by his dis honest dealings, and one of his failings is, to leave place and forget to pay his bills. The community where he settles, undoubt- edly will feel elated at their new arrival, but better pleased to hear of his departure, even if it is by moonlight. Patrick Mullen, one of the old miners of this place, is erecting a new house on land recently purchased of Wm. H. Barnum west of the schoolhouse. AS the workmen were buisily engaged at their daily labor in one of the mines, a large bank of dirt slid into the pit, but luckily all escaped uninjured, as some saw it when it first began to fall. Some of the tools, as we'll as some of the workmen's coats were buried beneath 1t. It is 3 large body of dirt and undoubtedly will take them until about the first of De- cember to remove 1t with the help they now have.......As to day was the day for elect ing our town officers, trust there has been selectmen chosen, that will look to the interests of the western part of the town as regards the highways.......Some think the town of Salisbury does not extend farther west than Lakeville, but l hope they will investigate the matter, as there is a great deal of travel from Mir. Frederick Reeds to the state line, beside other roads in this vicinity. We do not wish to find

 fault, but to ride over the road in other parts of the town, travelled or untraveled,

 all in tue best of order, and then to pass over ours and not one cent expended on

 them, with but one or two exceptions when it was necessary for the safety of the

 travelling public. We are always ready

 to respond to tue call of the collector for

 our share of the taxes, but 1t sometimes comes hard to see 1t all expended from home. Selectmen ss well as others, just take day and ride over the roads in the

 other part of the town, and then ride over

 them in this part and see If there is any difference worthy of mention. A. F,
Year: 1871

BEAUTIFUL AND TBUE.-At the recent Free
Trade Dinner in New York, William Cullen
Bryant made a speech, in which the following
beautiful extract occurs:


He who framed the universe gave to differ
ent regions of the globe different climates,
yielding different productions for the use Of
man. He peopled them with different races Of
mankind, varying from each other in their ap.
titude for the useful and ornamental arts Of
life. He gave them the skill to invent and
construct rapid modes of conveyance across the
land and across the deep, from latitude to lati-
tude, from realm to realm, and from continent
to continent, and said to them, "Impart to
each other what You can best produce;" in
other words, "to communicate forget not
words which you will find in an ancient book
belonging to the sacred literature of Palestine.
Such was the order He established, the order
of nature, and by his help, and through the in
strumentality of the Free Trade League and its
sister associations, and by means of good un-
derstandng with all who think as we do. we
will attack and overthrow, and trample to frag-
ments and utterly destroy all the institutions
and inventions Of man which have for their OBJ
iect to obstruct and thwart the natural work
lngs of this benefcent system Of Providence.
Year: 1871

of land In and about the city. The whole is
valued at over 100000. Napa has made a
princely offer, but she understood the value of
what she was bidding for. The college will
become one Of the largest and most complete
educational institutions in the State. II is
established by large, wealthy and flourish
ing Order, one of whose principles is educa-
ton and improvement. The town in which
the College is located has something Of which
it may well be proud. 1t will be an honor to
any town or city, and in financial point of
view will be worth hundreds Of thousands of
dollars to the people and country around it,
Stockton (Cdi.) Republican.
Year: 1871

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.


Clairette lost her father and her mother
when she was but thirteen years of age.
She was good natured girl but had rath-
er fighty head, and always looked at
things upon the surface, and took very
little pains to get at the sense which lay
beneath them. She accordingly allowed
her uncle and guardian to neglect her
paying no attention to it; and
liked better to frequent fairs, markets, the
festivals of patron saints. and to enjoy
Sunday amusements. rather than to hoe
in her fields, spade up her garden, and
lead her sheep to the pasturage. Clairette
was by no means indolent or inactive she
would pass an hour every morning dress
ing herself, and two more during the day
smoothing her ribbons. doing up her scarfs
and putting away her skirts. After this
came walk here and promenade there,
SO that the poor child had not a moment
to spare. To make amends she had sew
erai nice companions--how many one has
at her age! The child seems to make
stores of friends. and all the more because
at every step it takes in the world it is
Year: 1871

such an example of her skill and activity
in using her needle furnishing admirable
proof of her knowing what to do in the
situation in which she is placed. The
dlstatf likewise proved as profitable to
Biebe, because she was fearless spinner,
and did not rest satisfied as you did, with
carrying the implement around with her
motionless at her belt; she kept the spin
die below it and her fingers always busy,
so that the flock of the wool or fax had to
be renewed ten times day. If the lamb
did not prove unserviceable to Lixandrine
it was because it was the leader of fine
drove Of fifty which that careful little
shepherdess led out daily to pasture, early
in the morning in summer, and during
the afternoon in winter avoiding wet grass
and fields, always getting back before it
rained, and ever keeping clear of changes
in the weather, Of so much harm. to those
delicate little creatures. Your three COM
panions worked SO faithfully in their re-
spective callings that they are known far
and wide for their intelligence and activi-
ty-the best possible dowry young girl
can have, and the most reliable charm for
a husband. Put aside the red petticoat
which you bought and did not spot, the
distaff of no avail to you and the equally
useless lamb. You have fields and mea-
dows that are lying fallow; resume your
rake and hoe, stir up the grounds. and
pull up the weeds; be as Industrious as
your companions, and you will not have
to wait long for husband"


Clairette listened to Aunt Migueline's
discourse with all the attention which ad-
vice deserves when one is disposed to fol-
low it because it seems good No longer
quitting her little plot of ground, she dug,
hoed and made hay so successfully that,
at the end of the year, the son Of rich old
Thomas came and put to her the follow
ing question:


''Clairette, will you be my wife p


why should I refuse, Monsieur
Thomas. if such is your wish" responded
Clairette, with downcast eyes and mod
est feint, which the least bashful of coun-
try girls can so we'll assume.


You are agreed, Clairette ?"


Il am"


And they joined hands.