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Year: 1870

ARDENT SPIRITS VERSUS WINE-PrOfes-
sor l.. Agassiz, addressing the Massachusetts
Agricultural Society, in December, 1867 said:


II was born and have lived two.thirds of
my life in q grape growing country, and feel
deeply interested in the question how the grape
shall be grown here successfully. But think
it cannot be grown with perfect success until
q prejudice which exists throughout the whole
country is overcome. It is because know it
is prejudice that would speak openly about
it. Wine-growing countries are the regions
where there is no drunkenness. There are
countries where the traveller is helped to a
glass of wine to warm and strengthen him;
where the clergyman holds it TO be an act of
charity to give glass of wine to him who
needs comfort. Before came to this country,
/ had never taken a glass of water over a
meal in my life, and. though am sixty, was
never flushed with wine-I will not speak OF
drunkenness My mother gave all her children
wine rs soon as they were weaned, and have
done the same with my children. You in
America cannot be successful in grape-culture,
until you have introduced the use of native
wine as daily beverage into every household,
and come to regard it as the most wholesome
beverage than can be taken"


A clergyman of Michigan who passed two
years in France for his health, going all over
it on foot, testifes that in all the wine districts
he found temperance, but the moment he got
into those districts where the grape could not
be grown, but where the people drank beer
and brandy distilled from the potato and beet,
there he found intemperance Immediately.


Hardly any grape is now grown east of the
Mississippi, that yields wine that is palatable
to our people generally without sugar, to sup
ply the want of saccharine matter in the fruit.
Portions of Missouri, Kansas, and the Midland
country southwark through New Mexico, pro-
duce considerable quantities of excellent wine.
California and the adjoining States are becom-
ing the vineyard of the continent, and will
doubtless soon produce wines that will rival
for lightness and delicacy of favor the choicest
vintages of the Rhine.


1t is to be hoped that a supply of harmless.
cheap, light wine for our people is not far dis
tant, TOR it seems certain that in such a supply
lies the solution of the terrible problem of our
national tendency to drink to excess.-Er.
Year: 1870

SOME years ago, at public dinner, a Dutch,
man was one of the company, and during the
banquet he paid 90 much attention to suck
ing pig Immediately in front of his plate that
he devoured the entire animal As he finished
the last morsel, unctuous and savory. bust
ling waiter asked him what he would be helped
to next. "Oh," replied the feeder, I'm dank
Year: 1870

The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Journal Of Commerce, writing
under date Of April 5, says it is clear that
ths Tariff bill viii pasa; that The tariff man
boast of a working majority of twenty,
and are determined 10 press on and not
stop for anything until they start their bill
Of denominations across the Capitol to the
Senate


II may be that this correspondent
IS correct Tbs monopolists have q
arpne lobby at work, and may be
tble to carry their measure by the sane
tote BY which they have defeated al
,nend1uents offered in the interests OF the
people up to this point II is roattsr of
considerable indifference to us whether
they pass their bin OF not # they suo.
ceed, they will simply give new force aud
Year: 1870

tue economy to suspend all further o1pen-
dituse upon It, and TO sell out the interest
OF the county to anybody who will buy It,
or turn it into public hospital, Of, sa q last
resort, donate it to the town Of Englevood
LIB a free EHtf
Year: 1870

from time to time, two citizen residents of the district or precinct, one from each pollti- cal party, who, when SO designated, shall be, and are hereby authorized to attend at all times and places fixed for the registration of voters, who being registered would be entl- tied to vote for Representative in Congress, and at all times and places for holding cleo tions of Representatives in Congress, and for counting the votes cast at said elections, and to challenge any name proposed to be regis- tered, and any vote offered, and to be present and witness throughout the counting ot all votes, and to remain where the ballot-boxes are kept at all times after the polls are open until the votes are finally counted; and said persons and register of them shall have the right to afix their signature or his signature to said register for purposes Of Identification, and to attach thereto, or the certificate of the number of votes cast, and statement touching the truth or fairness thereof, which they or he may ask to attach; and any one who shall prevent any person so designated from doing any of the acts aforesaid, or who shall hinder or molest any such person in doing any of the said acts, or shall aid or abet in preventing. hindering, or molesting any such in respect of any such acts, shall be guilty of misde- meanor and on conviction shall be punished

 by imprisonment not less than one year. Section G. And be h further enacted, That

 in any city having upwards of 10000 inhab- itants, it shall be lawful for the Marshal of the United States for the district wherein

 said city shall be, to appoint as many special deputies as may be necessary to preserve

 order at any election at which Representa-

 tives in Congress are to be chosen; and said deputies are hereby authorized to preserve

 order at such elections, and to arrest for any

 offense or breach of the peace committed in | thelr view

 | Section '. And be h further enacted, That | the naturalization laws are hereby extended | to aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent.
Year: 1870

GNGERNUrs.-Three pounds Of -four,
one Of butter, one sugar, one pint Of mo-
lasses, and one-fourth of a pound of gin
ger.


HICKORY NUr CAKE-One pound Of
sugar, one Of hickory nut kernels, and the
white of six eggs.


WORTH KNowING.-When you may
happen to get paint upon wooden garment,
take another part Of the same garment;
which is clean, and you may at once rub it
of, 60 that it will entirely disappear We
have tried it with success.


To MAKE silk which has been v vrilkled
and tumbled appear exactly like new, sponge
it on the surface with a weak solution of
gum arabic or white glue, and it on the
wrong side.


BREAKFAST RELIsH.-Iu Massachusetts,
we have frequently partaken Of a simple
and palatable relish made in the following
way: Chop tender boiled beef and fat
ham quite fine. which, mix with mashed po-
tatoes and season. Fry until brown.


CoRN Pound CAKE-One pound Of su-
gar, half pound of butter, one pound Of corn
meal, FIVE eggs, one teasPOonful Of saleratus,
one teacup Of cream or good rich milk.
Take out a handful Of the corn meal, but in
one handful Of wheat -four. Flavor to your
taste.


BAKED Pork AND BEANs.-Have nice,
clean, white beans put in soak in cold water
over night take piece Of fat side pork,
psrboiI fifteen minutes; then place it in the
pot with the beans which ought to have been
cooking an hour boil the pork and beans
together until the beans are perfectly soft,
then, remove them with q skinner to the
dripping-pan, and make an island Of the
pork, in the centre having first cut the rind
with sharp knife quarter Of an inch deep,
in delicate parallel lines; bake three hours
in q moderate oven and serve hot.


CURE FOR EARAcHR-There is hardly
any ache to which children are subject, so
bad to bear and difficult to cure, as earache.
But here is remedy never known to fail
Take bit Of cotton batting, put upon it q
pinch Of black pepper, gather it up and tie
Il; dip il in sweet oil and insert in the ear.
Put flannel bandage over the head to keep
it warm. 1t will give it immediate relief.
Year: 1870

A represents half hogshead or other
tight barrel; B porous stone hasin about
18 inches deep and inches thick-or dou-
ble-wall box, having the space between the
walls filed with clean sand and charcoal,
and the walls finely perforated, may be used
through which the water has to pass, and
fastened to the bottom of the barrel. G il
piece of thin lead pipe, which passes
through the water to introduce air into the
porous basin ID is the crosspiece to support
the lead PIPE; E is a tap to draw off the
pure water, screwed to the bottom of the
barrel. A small bungbOle may be made
in the side Of the barrel to let off the refuse
water when it requires cleaning.


When the porous Stone vessel il used, it
may be cemented to the bottom. The wood
en- boz, which win answer equally well, may
be nailed fast.
Year: 1870

her for his spiritual visitor, " If l hadna
hikst ye better than every ither living crafGr,
since ye was lassie, I declare ! wOuld
never kenned .ys dressed up ye are IN .
that trumpery. But now chat I've gotten
70, I maun keep 70, for I've been wishing
TO tell 70 something this lang time I; but y
ran fras me 10 If I had been ghost. though
70 zee I've catcbed you when ye was tFy'n
10 act ane."


The candle which the ghost had left wa
now placed in candlestick !; and % Jenny
appeared perfectly willing to listen to what
ever be might have to say, he proceeded ia
give her such information Is served in q
great measure to clear up the whole Of the
mystery.


Though be had been long attached tc
her, and had felt growing inclination tC
call her his wife, his mothers death had
prevented him from speaking Of the subjecl
for a time. During this interval, Betsg
Bralkens had come Oftener than once, ed
Letting assistance for her brother upoA
these occasions, be had always given ID
what rsady-money be could command, and,
at last, 10 save him from bankruptcy, ha
bad become security for hundred pounAa
which was considerably more tbau his whole
effects were worth. No sooner had be
done this than be began to doubt the possi-
bility of his cousin ever being able to re-
deem his debts in which case hfs own Uros-
poets we're ruined. The idea that il would
be criminal to involve an unsuspeCtine
female in misery and poverty made him re.
solve to say nothing Of bis affections, till be
should see what was to be the issue and
for time be bad kept his resolution. But
se bad determined to make a candid CON-
fession Of his circumstances, and run any
risk which she might be willing to share.
when be was interrupted by Betsy Braikens,
who had come expressly for the purpose OF
telling him that her brother had redeemed the
whole Of his debts, and was now in pros-
porous circumstances. In few days tbere-
after Jenny went 10 reside with her mother
for short time and one evening, as Sandy
bade her goodnight, be gave her clap on
the shoulder, and called her his spectre
bride" On the following week they went to
Perth and Jenny Jervis and Betsy Brai-
kens were married on the same day-tbe
former to Sandy Crawford, and the latter to
Robert Walker, who had kept up regular
correspondence with her ever since the night
on which he lost his away among the snow.
Year: 1870

SOLAR SPoTs.-As the period for
maximum occurrence of solar spots
approaches, increased disturbance is
apparent in the atmosphere. Those
interested in this class of phenomena
may almost at any time see such spots,
by protecting the eyes with smoked
glass. It will be interesting to note
whether the connection supposed to
exist between solar disturbances, and
auroral displays, is verified by the OBJ
servation which will be made during
the period alluded to.
Year: 1870

Here is an engraving Of q simple filter
which we have taken from the Scientiec
Ansevsea,, and now reproduce, with the be.
lief that it will prove Of use to some Of the
readers Of the WoRKINeMAN's ADvocArx
Year: 1870

y FIsH INVASION OF N. J.-It has
been tradition Of this country that
the hunters sometimes won't out to
"shoot shad with a shovel" and in
Jersey they are realizing tho possi-
bility of that peculiar way of taking
fish. An irruptian of the Bluefish
on the peaceful coast, has driven the
Shad and Mossbunkers shoreward in
such numbers, that they crowd each
other up the beach and up all the
little streams for the whole length, oil


the Barnegat Bay aud little Egg


Harbor. So lined is the shore. and


SO full are all the little streams, that
| tho countrymen are actually shovel
ing the live fish into their great farm
wagons as fast as they can carry
| away load and return. Shad sell


in that country, for twenty cents q


bushel, and menhaden lllimitably
fertilizo the corn fields.
Year: 1870

AN UNREcoNsTRUorED FELLOW. They had
an editor lately of the Memphis Aualanche
who was compelled to retire by the proprietors
of the paper because he would not believe in
the deluge, and he says in his farewell address
that he sticks to the old democratic party and
that ''it stands now as it stood more than fifty
years ago, the steadfast advocate Of the integ-
rity of State sovereignty" This old line son
of chivalry ought to join that famous Arkansas
confederate who thus defined his position g.


rebel from the jump, boys.


was and still am;


And won't be reconstructed,


And don't care damn.
Year: 1870

THEY HAD TO CONE Down. Judgment has


lust been given against railroad in a case of
interest to all travellers on yearly tickets. A
traveller purchased ticket that entitled him
to q hundred rides. He paid, therefore, for
one hundred rides; but when he had taken
City rides he lost his ticket, which was the only
evidence he had of having paid his money.
The railroad company tried to take advantage
Of his loss by compelling him to pay again,
and he sued for so much money as would pay
for the fifty rides yet due, and the railroad
company had to come down. Railroads
therefore. have pot everything their own way
Year: 1870

In GREAT TRIBULATIoN-Th outside fac
tions of the '.young democracy" The grapes
are high and sour, but still these young foxes
would like to get into the vineyard; but they
are puzzled how to climb the fence or break it
down. In demanding too much they have lost
what they had, and they are in bad way.
Year: 1870

Tno Tnmmany Judiciary Nominanens'


The Tammany Convention which met at the
Wigwam yesterday to make nominations for
the spring elections seemed to have been
governed with good deal Of discretion by the
leaders of the party who, within the walls Of
Tammsny, wear the purple and the diadem Of
power. In the nominations for the additional
Judges they have done well. In the postpone
ment of the nomination Of Alder. en- they have
done better. Precipitancy in such case
might be Injurious. It is always wise to think
over any action Of this kind, to weigh and
balance 1t a little, where popular opinion is In
doubt as to what course may guide 1t at the
POLLS. Therefore It was good policy In the
Tammany directors to take time for reflection
ON the Aldermanic ticket. The public are
somewhat anxious to know whether the
old class Of politicians are to be offered for
their sufrages, as heretofore, or whether the
several respectable citizens of good position
and having some reputation for integrity to
sustain, who, it is said, are willing to run If
nominated. shall find place in the democratic
ticket. The democratic party is now purified.
The rough but wildly ambitious parts Of it
have been snubbed; but it may be said that
the conquest was followed up in kindly and
good natured temper, which did not preclude
the return of some Of the mistaken lambs to the
fold. It is to be expected that Tammany win
give US decent nominations for Aldermen
such names as those outside of the party lines
can vote for and thus strengthen the Tammany
rule Anything less than this will hardly he
endured by the public. Nothing short Of it
can save the supremacy Of the old democracy.
With time for thought, which the Convention
so sagaciously resolved upon, we may hope
for good ticket, composed of reputable
citizens. re. asls


The selection of names adopted yesterday at
Tammany for Judges Of the Court of Common
Pleas and the Marine Court are unexception-
able. Mr.. Hamilton w. Robinson is lawyer
of known brilliant ability. Mr.. DAILY, though
young, has made position for himself at the
bar, which the experience Of the bench, it ID
to be hoped, will strengthen. Mr.. Larremore
has not been at the head of the Board of
Public Education so long without impressing
the public with sense of his capacity and
his integrity. The names on the ticket for
Judges of the Marine Court are not unknown
in the legal walks of life, and may probably
stand on level with any candidates pre-
sented on the other tickets. We presume thai
the Tammany men knew what they were doing
when they decided upon these names, and the
people will have to take them as the best thai
could be offered by the democratic party which
represents the ancient order.
Year: 1870

THE BOARD OF EXCISE COMMISSIONERS in
Brooklyn is very considerate body. An
injured gentleman who was arrested on Sun
day night for keeping his bar open called
upon them yesterday to protect him from any
further interference, and the Board, with an
eye probably to the fact that the outraged
individual is democratic politician of local
influence, Immediately resolved to request the
Police Commissioners hereafter to make no
arrests for violation of the law, but merely to
report such cases. So the law has this terrible
penalty alone attached to its violation in our
sister cty--if man sells liquor on Sunday,
why, the police will tell on him.
Year: 1870

THE PRIZE FIGHTERS AND NEW Or
LEANS AUTHORITIES. To-day will come off
near New Orleans the greatest recent event
among prize fighters this side the Atlantic, in
the battle between Mace and Allen. From our
despatch elsewhere it will be noted that the
.fistic heroes have at last found region that is
really land Of promise for their contests-a
land in which fighting is free, in which all the
people sympathize with them, and in which the
police is not only not adverse, but lends its aid
to secure good order. Fifty policemen are de-
tailed to keep the peace near the ring in which
the gladiators are to pound one another. This
has a sound of what is called the ''good old
times" Evidently the prize fighters should
cultivate more intimate relations with
Louisiana.
Year: 1870




The people OF Vermont elect convention
this day which will be empowered to establish
or reject certain proposed amendments to the
State constitution, including woman suffrage.
Each town or towship elects one delegate to
the convention, and only four hours are given
the people in which to make their election.
The Vermont ladies, we are sorry to hear,
evince no great interest in their suffrage
amendment. In fact, it is said they don't care
button whether it is voted up or down, but
are said to be satisfied with the suffrage limited
to ssmy old man and the boys" Still, in some
parts of the State the women's rights women
have been making considerable fuss on the
stump and have been stirring up the old fogies
with their new sensation. II is given out that
in the convention Henry Ward Beecher and
George William Curtis, and perhaps Wendell
Phillips and Lucy Stone will appear as advo-
Gates for the proposed woman's rights amend
ment. The result will be important as show
ing the drift Of the republican party on this
important question; for, though it is not made
regular party affair. the republicans will
undoubtedly control the convention.
Year: 1870




Affairs In Cuba. IA ~ ssa..,
Our late letters from Havana show that
troubles are on the Increase throughout the
island Of Cuba. Among the volunteers there
is growing feeling of dislike to Captain Gen.
eral De Rodas, and there appears an evident
disposition on their part to shape the course
Of events throughout the country SO that 1t
shall run in channels to suit themselves. We're
they satisfied they possessed the power it is
questionable whether they would continue to
acknowledge the supremacy Of the mother
country. The volunteers Of Cuba at this day
are as insubordinate to Spanish authority as
they dare be, and as revolutionary as the
Cubans who are now in rebellion In the field.
They show this in their act of threatening vio-
lence to Don Jose M. Diaz, who has been sent
from Spain to supersede the present political
Governor Of Havana, Lopez Roberts. The
present incumbent Is all that can be desired by
the Havana volunteers, and hence their opposi-
ton to Diaz. Valmaseda, the particular pet
of the army, 1t is rumored, will also be sent
home, and thus dangerous man and an ambi-
tious aspirant for the highest post on the
island will be put out Of the way. The news
also comes to us from our correspondent in
Havana that De Rodas' position is not
an enviable one, and that his stay at
Puerto Principe may be rendered longer
than he anticipated. Havana during
his absence in the Central Department has
been made the rendezvous for plotters and
conspirators with objects in view, 1t is thought,
not at all friendly to Spain, and decidedly
hostile to De Rodas The failure of the home
government to effectually suppress the revo-
luton is an experience which the volunteers
now fully recognize Possibly believing that
the United States may yet secure by purchase
the island of Cuba, these volunteers, actuated
by mercenary motives, are now endeavoring to
show their power, in order that they may put
money in their purses. AS their acts in the
and bloody, so their aspirations looking to
the future are mean, mercenary and con-
temptible. It should be borne in mind, how
ever, that the volunteers and those who
endorse them are but a small minority of the
natives of the island. At the beginning of
the revolution they threw themselves on
the side of Spain, and in ferocity they out
Spaniard the Spaniards. Seeing the weakness
of the government with which they at first
cast their fortunes, they now seek to embarrass
it. In this they prove themselves traitors at
heart. unworthy Of confidence, respect or
esteem. Be the day far off OF near at hand,
Cuba must eventually become part Of this
republic, and when that day arrives the
Cuban people may feel assured that their rights
will be duly and fully acknowledged.
Year: 1870

Formerly there was much difference
Of opinion on this subject. Now it
seems to have been generally settled
that the best time to cut timber is in
midsummer, just after the sap has
ceased to flow upward, when the leaf is
fully formed. Some contend that mid
winter is equally as good, but while
conccding that timber cut i'll midwintcr
lasts we'll, we may say from experience,
and according to the authorities on the
subject, that the former time is best.
Again by cutting i'll midsummer, the
bark can be stripped off and saved,
which, in many localities, is matter
of great Importance. This is Il difficult
thing to do in winter, when it ciings
closely to the wood. In clearing land
where one docs not desire to save the
wood or the bark, the tree should be
girdled in spring or fall, while the sap
is running up or down, as then the tree
will decay quietly. With the great dc
mand for timber and stevcS, as well as
for qucrcitron, tannin, and extracts of
various woods, but few localities arc
far enough from transportation to adj
NIT of any waste of trees. Only where
they are plenty can the settler afford to
burn is:rm for the sake of the ashes.
Year: 1870

The Toy AGE-When deos the toy age
really cease? Look at the rich man, with
his establishment what is it but bigger
box Of toys? the tin coach grown up big
the horses become alive the box Of sheep
and cows developed and better made, able
to walk and bleat and low the trees able
to stand more firm in those old avenues,
whose trees were all Of that one- peaked
shape, with the green ringlets up them
the toy ship grown into q yacht the box
of dinner things with the varnished provis'
ions immoyahle upon them exchanged for
those grand dinner parties, a Ia Russo the
doll passed into wife the baby nurse
into nursery ah, sad if the command
came to lay up these in box, and put
them on a shelf in Earh's great cupboard
for our broken toys! Well, ] grant you,
it would be poor way to consider OF
things, to look at these only as toys, only
as ministers for amusement, aud stavs for
the whim of the hour. But it is certain
that they who look not beyond this brief
life do thus consider Of them, do thus
employ them. The toy age continues all
the life long, though the child's heart goes
Sunday at Homs.