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Year: 1870

In preparing tobacco for the snuff-taker
the dried leaves are sprinkled with water,
laid in heaps, and allowed to heat nd
ferment from one to six months During
this fermentation chemical decomposi.
tion takes place in the leaves, and they
give off at first nicotin and ammonia
ammonia is an invisible kind of air OF
gas, which gives its smell to the hartshorn,
liquid ammonia and to the common smell.
ing-salts, carbonate of ammonia, 1t con.
sists of two gases, nitrogen and by drogen
and afterward water and acetic acid. ),
They are then reduced to powder, moist.
ened with salt and water and put into
close boxes. Here they again heat ferment
This gives them an agreeable ethereal
odor and the well known pungency OF
snuff. Rappees are usually prepared
from the soft part of the leaves. Dried
snuffs, like the Scotch and Welsh, are
made from the fibres or midribs. The
former are variously scented to suit the
taste of the customer.


The quality and flavor of the snuff nre
materially affected by the variety of to-
bacco used-by the part of the leaf from
which the snuff is formed-by the extent
TO Which tue Two itTutnbHbioHS dTt car
ried--by the degree OF heat AT which the
leaves are dried or roasted Tor dry snuff>
and by the length of time during which
they are exposed to this heat. Daring
the first fermentation which the leaf un-
dergoes in preparing it for the mannfac
ture of snuff, and again daring he second
fermentation, after it is ground, "a large
proportion of nicotine escapes or is de-
composed. The ammonia produced dur
ing these lamentations is partly the re-
suit of this compositions Further, the
artificial drying or roasting to which
tobacco is exposed III fitting it for the dry
snuff, expels a portion of the natural
volatile oil, as well az an additional por-
tion of the natural volatile alkali or nico-
tine Manufactured snuff, therefore, as
it is drawn up into the nose, and especially
dried snuff, is much less rich in active in
gradients than the natural leaf. Even
the rdppees, though generally made from
the strongest Virginian and European
tobaccos, containing five or six per cent.
of nicotine, retain only two per cent when
fully manufactured.
Year: 1870

AN INCIDENT IN BALTIMORE.-An
old gentleman called at Baltimore DO.
lice station last week, with a complaint
against his wife, who had pulled his hair
out and otherwise maltreated him. He
wanted her locked up, because "it'll cost
a heap to keep the old woman this win
ter-she's powerful feeder" The officer
said to him: sYou see that long desk
covered with green leather ?" He nodded
in response "Well," said the officer,
"about four o'clock this afternoon you
will see several savage looking young
men come in with rush and have a
squabble for the best seat. When you
see them settled down, walk up and speak
to the magistrate, at the same time hand
ing the affidavits and other documents in
your case to him. These gentlemen will
scramble for the papers, and in ten sec
onds will be writing up your entire his
tory from them. They will tell all you
know about yourself and your wife-all
that your friends, and great deal more
than any of yon know. When they get
through with you, your wife will be glad
to start for Patagonia, and you for Green
land. You will never have any trouble
about it again. Just now they are prob
ably at some other station house, perform
ing the same kind offices for some other
man." The poor man shook his head
solemnly, heaved sigh, and turning to-
ward the door, moved slowly out. On
the threshold he paused moment, and
slowly said-"Guess I can afford to keep
the old LADY through the winter"
Year: 1870




VALUE OF NEWSPAPERS TO FARMERs.
Clark Bell, Esq, few days since, gave
to the farmers of Steuben county, n. Y,
an address at their agricultural fair. full
of matter of immediate and practical in
terest to his hearers One passage is worth
copying here and we give it as follows:


No one can too highly estimate the
value of good newspaper in family,
and am of the opinion that if one is
taken constantly in a family, that il will
be impossible for the children to come up
without becoming intelligent on all the
questions of the day.


Every household should bring in the
newspaper, then, as an absolute and in
dispenssble necessity. 1l


The farmer should, of all other men,
take good reliable paper. / defy any
farmer TO try it year, and then be able
to say it had not paid and been in every
way for his good.
Year: 1870

- SINGULAR SUPERsTITIoNs.-T Medi-
cal and Surgical Reporter mentions as an
instance of prevalent superstition the
case of an old lady in Iowa, who, when


complimented on the beauty and preser-
walton of her teeth, ascribed it to having
"bitten the snake" She explained that
in childhood her father held rattlesnake
by the head and tail, and each of the
children bit along the whole length of the
backbone, just indenting the skin as a
preventative of tooehache and decay and
the old lady believes to the present in the
efficacy Of such an operation. We know
hale old fellow, about 65 years old, from
Pennsylvania, who attributes his recovery
from consumption, when young man, to
hiss having followed the prescription of an
Indian squaw, who directed him to cut
ont and eat the hearts Of two rattle
Year: 1870

snakes, and then hang the reptiles up by
the side Of the fireplace, and when thor
oughly dry, to pound them up in NOR
tar and take the snake powder in whiskey.
The more ignorant classes in New York
and Pennsylvania have the notion that
quinsy can be cured by holding in the
mouth green frog till it dies The ami
NAL is said to absorb the poison from the
throat and swell up and die.
Year: 1870

the members of the order of Good Temp
lars in attending the present session OF
this Grand Lodge, as also to the citi-
zens of Rutland for cordial hospitalities
extended to and received by US.


Res0l0ed, That the Grand Secretary
offer copies of these resolutions to the
press for publication as soon as he can do
so conveniently.


The Grand Lodge adjourned.
Year: 1870

The town authorities having finally
decided to place a wooden bridge over
ssThe Falls" instead of the iron one first
decided upon, in accordance with a
petition of the citizens of the town, are
rapidly prosecuting the construction OF
the same, and will have it ready for the
passage Of teams in about week. 1t will
be an open bridge with walks for foot
passengers on each side
Year: 1870

A song for the season, my dear, my DEAR
\ song for the sunshiny weather.
And what does it matter the time o the year,
When you and are together?
a song for the summer, flying SOUTH


fatterng song to stay her
And if were the bird with the golden mouth,
would not care to delay her.
All the year round my skies are blue,


iuto your blue eyes gazing;
Shining, smiling, tender and true


Oh, these are the ones for praising
The best of mine that The year could claim
Were a homage but haifhearted,
For know the brightness viii be the same
When her bloom is all Departed
When out of the world the sunshine slips,
Its hoard the hearth-stone showeth;
The one light sulereth no eclipse,


Whatever the way it goeth.
It's You that's wearing the summers crown,
To you all sweet names gather;
It's you love when the SHOWS are down
Oh, let me sing you ratherl
For though | whisper it unaware,


Your name is a spell that raises
All singing sprites that dwell in the air,
Making sheaf Of praises.
a song to the youth our years above,


Holding all words in tether
1t suits all seasons my love, my love,


While you and are together
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair is soon restored
to its original color
sc,th 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 foulng 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. FREQ
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 q
Year: 1870

nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambrc, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich glossy
lustre and grateful perfume.
Year: 1870

Frank p Blair, the gay and festive can
didate of the democracy for Vice Presi-
dent, is again brought into notice by late
decision of the Supreme Court. 1t APP
pears that he signalized his new born zeal
in the democratic party last year, by de-
clining to take the prescribed oath in the
new constitution of Missouri, whereby the
person is obliged to swear that he was
never in arms against the State or United
States government in order to be quail
fled voter. Having refused to take the
oath his vote was rejected at the polls by
the Judges of elections, for which he
brought suit against them. The State
Court decided that the judges did right,
and now the Supreme Court of the United
States has sustained the decision, and
Frank is heneeforth without remedy for his
voluntary disfranchisement.
Year: 1870

The visit of the officers of the Monarch
to the Capital of the State to observe the
place where and the manner in which the
governmental affairs of the State are con-
Quoted is one interesting to them and us.
While we remember that England was the
home of our forefathers, and that the ties
of consanguinity bind us to her people,
we know that there is so much difference
between the institutions, customs and
habits of the two countries, that the visitor
from the one to the other must experience
much that is strange and difficult to COM
prehend. Long before we broke away
from the apron strings of Mother England,
we were being moulded into separate
and distinct people, having ideas OF our
own. and tending by habits of thoughts to
become the nation which we are. Dis
tance from home authority and protection
compelled our fathers to establish local
regulations for their own government and


rely upon themselves for support and
defence Perhaps they caught something
of the spirit of independence from the un-
trammeled Indians, or our own grand and
freely flowing rivers, or boundless forests,
but however it came, it was not the effect
but the cause of the Revolution, and the
nationality which it has produced is such
as nowhere else to be found upon the
globe. Thiny-fye States have each their
Year: 1870

DEATH OF HON. SAMUEL B. HOLT.


Our community was yesterday forenoon
made sorrowful by the announcement of the
sudden death of the Hon. Samuel B. Holt, at
the Cushnoc House. Mr.. Holt came from his
home in Turner, on Monday, to resume his
duties as one of the clerks to the Board of
Valuation Commissioners, and was then suf-
fering from an attack of fever. Thursday
night he grew worse, and yesterday forenoon
died suddenly of congestion of the lungs,
His family was at once notified of his danger
bring his wife, but he died before her arrival.
Mr.. Holt was about sixty years of age, and
was much in public life, having been three
years in the lower House of our Legislature,
and Senator from his district in 1859 and GO.
He was also q clerk to the Valuation Com
mission ten years ago, and was selected by the
present Board on account of his recognized
faithfulness and ability in public business. In
these long years of service he was ever known
as a practical hard working and most honor
able man, and it would not be easy to find a
record freer from reproach than his. And
not only has he fulfilled all his public trusts
in the most thorough and fortunate manner,
but he was considerate and kindly-hearted
gentleman in all the ways of life; and whcr-
ever he was known he will be most tcnderly
remembered. X
Year: 1870

The Rockland Press is authorized to say
that the story of the Bowdoinham Bank Rob-
bers attempting to corrupt an officer and thus
effect their escape from prison, and being very
mad because of their failure, so that the War
den felt it necessary to be on his guard lest
they serve him as Spencer did Mr.. Tinker, is
all mistake. The Warden has no knowl-
edge of any such attempt, nor has he ever en-
tertained any fears that they or any other
convict would assault him.
Year: 1870

DO AT ROME AS THE ROMANS Do"-A
young English lady making her first visit
10 this city. assisted in the New Years re-
ceptions at her host house in Fifth aven-
ne; but knowing nothing of the customs
OF the country, she asked for instructions
as to the manner of proceeding. ''Oh
you must do just as you see us do, said
the ladies of The household. Now it hap
pened that the first caller was brother
in-law of the young ladies, and he was rap
turously received, wished a happy New
Year, and affectionately kissed. The young
English lady stood aghast when she thought
of the hundred or more like receptions
| which were to come and in which she was
to take part. Timely explanations relieved
her from her dilemma, though she private
ly admitted that strange as the custom
seemed to her, she had made up her mind
TO s.do at Rome as the Romans do. IN
Y Dacf
Year: 1870

To PREVENT LICE ON Fowls. Massa-
chusetts correspondent says:


"Fora small lot of fowls, make box four
feet square and three feet high, with q
sloping top. Set it SO that it will slope to-
ward the southeast. Let the top and east
side be of glass (old sash will do.) Make
the top and sides so nearly water-tight
that no rain can get in. Leave an opening
at the side so that the hens can go in.
From the road where the wheels have
ground the earth fine Choose hot, dry
of the dust to fill the box one foot deep.
Add to it : hslf bushel OF dry ashes and one
pound of sulphur. The fowls will have no
lice. and their plumage will carry better
gloss Hens get lousy in wet weather
because they have no dry place to dust in. y
Year: 1870

To REMOVE STAINS FROM BROAD CLOTH
Take an ounce of pipe clay which has been
ground fine, mix it with twelve drops of
alcohol, and the same quantity Of spirits Of
turpentine. Whenever you wish to remove
any stains from cloth, moisten little of
this mixture with alcohol, and rub it on
the spots. Let it remain till dry, then rub
it off with WOODEN cloth and the spots
will disappear
Year: 1870

THOSE irreverenl lads who called pames
after O certain "bald head" of old, deserved
their untimely end, because at that time
no panacea had been discovered to restore
the human hair upon the bald spots But
now Rings Vegetable Ambrosia is known
to possess the rare merit OF lnvlgoranng
the roots and filling them SO full OF life,
where not entirely dead, that they cannot
rivals in beauty the locks OF youth.
Year: 1870

SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL OPERATION. AT the


battle of the Wilderness, May, 1864, John


B. Smith, Fourth Maine Infantry, was hit


by a Mimic ball directly over the bridge of
the nose. 1t went tearing through the


bones of the face, smashed the bony case


of the left ear at the base of the brain, and


lodged somewhere in the back of the skull


He was picked up a. dead. but partially re-


covered, and last week, DIR. Sanger, of Ban


eor advised of the position of the intrud-
er by the swelling Of the tissues at the
back of the ear, cut down through the
critical region behind the left ear and ex-
trscted bullet imbedded in the bones OF
the skull, two inches from the outer sur
face. Though retaining its conical shape, 1t
had been strangely battered and hacked in
| its passage through the bone.
Year: 1870

GREAsINe WAGoNs.-Few people fully ap-
preciate the importance of thoroughly lu-
bricating the axles, etc., of wagons and
carriages, and still fewer know what are the
best methods OF applying them. A well
made wheel will endure common wear from
ten to twenty five years, if care is taken to
use the right kind and proper amount OF
grease but if this matter is not atten led
to, they will be used up in FIVE or six years.
Lard should never be used on a wagon, for
it will penetrate the hub, and work itself
out around the lemons of the spokes. and
spoil the wheel. Tallow is the best lubri-
Gator for wooden axletrees and castor oil
for iron. Just grease enough should be ap-
piled to the spindle of a wagon to give it Q
light coating this is better than more, foi
the surplus put on will work out at the
ends, and be forced by the shoulder bands
and nut washers into the hub around tho
outside of the boxes. To oil an axletree


first wipe the spindle clean with q cloth
wet with spirits OF turpentine, and then ap
ply few drops of castor oil near the shoul
ders and end One tea-spoonful Is suite
lent for the whole. : Exchange.
Year: 1870

Among the countless thrOngs who
daily pass and repass Trinity Church,


how many know that within a few
feet of the crowded thOrOughfare of
Broadway is grave which covers all
that remains of a once beautiful and
fascinating woman, the record of
whose sorrows has dimmed the eyes
OfthOusands? No date of birth, no
indication of family, and no date of
death, appear on the stone that covers
the grave of Charlotte Temple, whose
tragic story, once the theme of every
circle, is probably unknown to the
greater number of our young readers.
The most beautiful girl in New York
so it is claimed-she attracted the
attention of young officer, o MEM
ber of one of England's oldest and
prOudest families, who with his regi-
ment, entered the city when the Brit
ish occupied New York, after the bat
tie of Long Island. Charlotte, then
only seventeen, was wOOed andwOn by
the dashing young officer. He de
serted her, and then-the old story
she soon after died of a broken heart.
A little daughter, which she left, was
tenderly cared for; at proper age was
taken to England and fortune of one
hundred thousand dollars settled upon
her by the head of her fathers family
the late Earl of Derby, grandfather of
the present Lord Stanley.


She, like a true daughter and true
woman, returned to New York, and
erected the monument that now
marks the mothers grave. The in
scriptiOn upon it was engraved on a
solid tablet of brass, an inch in thick
ness, heavily plated with silver, and
thus it read: "Sacred to the memory
Charlotte Stanley, aged nineteen
years" This filial duty performed,
she returned to England and lived a
life of unObtrusive piety and useful
ness. The plat placed upon the stone
that marks the grave was supposed to
be solid silver, and tempted the cupid
ity of vandals, who, with hammer and
chisel, succeeded in prying it from the
slab. They were never detected.


Many years afterward some good
Samaritan caused the simple name of
Charlotte Temple to be cut underneath
the excavation. There it may be seen,
within a few feet of Broadway, by
any one who will take the trouble to
look through the iron railing. The
last time we glanced at the slab, now
almost imbedded in the ground, we
saw several sparrOWs taking bath in
the water which had collected in the
excavation from which the villains
had removed the plate; and other lit
tie feathered sOngsters were singing a
requiem over her graVe-near which
we were gratified to observe a forget
doubtless planted there by
some kind heart who, in childhood,
had wept over the sad and romantic
story of the blue-eyed girl.-Apple-
tOH'S Journal.
Year: 1870

Now that these long winter nights
shadow more than half the time,
''candy pulling" is in vogue. As the
candy is usually made, it is a long, te-
diOus process, requiring from one to
three hours. These long hours of
waiting are rendered longer by hav-
ing to endure the heat while stirring
the molasses. The waste Of fuel is an
other objection To the old method
By following this recipe, all of this te-
dfousness and veXatiOn will be avoid
ed:


For a small number, say four per-
sons, these quantities will answer
For larger, increase prOpOrtiOnately.


One teacupful of mOlasses.


Halfa teacupful Of any kind Of su-
gar.


a teaspOOnful of vinegar.
Apiece of butter the size of half a
nutmeg.


Put the whole in skillet, on a hot
fire, and boil exactly ten minutes,
stirring it all the time, then set it OFF
to cool. Pull it rs soon as it IS hard
enough.


Boilingit twelve minutes will make
it hard enough. Ten minutes by the
clock is the exact time.


Follow these directions, and We'll
pay for all the candy that won't pull
provided We are invited to test it.
Year: 1870

The New York Star very properly


designates the money squandered by


moderate and regular drinkers for in


tOXicating beverages as the ''devil's


revenue." And an immense revenue
derived from this source the evil has.


Enough to pay the ordinary expenses


of all the governments on the face0Of


the earth, with several millions to


spare. Think of it, you who are dali
ly wasting your substance in riOtOus


living-yOu who are Fastening your
steps to the grave, destroying your
prospects here and hereafter and
weighing down your families with
wretchedness and shame
think of it, and pause while there is
yet time. Add not another cent to
1.-THE DEVILS reVenueu- withdraw your
names from the tax list. Look at the
yearly amount to which each of you
Says the Star: "One
billion four hundred and eighty-three
million four hundred and ninety-One
thousand eight hundred sixty-fiYe-
that is it. The price of happiness,
peace, hope, aspiratiOn-in short the
value of the American retail liquor
sales in single year. More than all
the product of gold and silver from
territory for twenty years,
and ten times the value of the whole
church property. These are encOur-
aging statistics, truly. FOrty-three
dollars for every man, woman and
child in the country! Most of the
thus devoted to his Satanic
majesty comes from the pockets of la
boring men-who, getting one foot at
a time into the whirlpool, go down
inch by inch, with unconscious
1t is a common mistake of
labOrers that liquor is necessary to
sustain their strength under exhaust
ing conditions. Careful examinations
prove this a fatal fallacy.- The effect,
eXhilarating on small cap
ital at first, wears off quickly, and the
doses, to be felt, necessari-
ly grow larger. But the superficial
strength obtained in this way disap-
pears all the more rapidly at last for
its constant renewals. The drinker-
moderate drinker, he may think him
self-dies when he should be at the
most powerful period of his existence.
Dies from fever, or consumption, or
visitation of GOdn-but, whatever it
is called, dies from something which
has its root in this unhappy habit"


Every word of it true. Here is food
for refiectiOn-a short but excellent
lecture, which we trust
may impress itself deeply in the
minds of the thousands of otherwise
good land might be usefuD men who
are on the broad road to ruin, drink
ing themselves into dishOnOrable and
graves.
Year: 1870

Opening the West Indies and South America to
relegraphic Communication Three Thou.
sand Miles to be Laid This Summer
Description Of the Cable and Complete


History Of tho Undertaking.