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Year: 1870

Every woman is wise enough and care
full enough to secure for her house-plants
every bit of available sunshine during the
cold winter months. Great care is taken
to get southern exposure for them. In
deed, if one can secure no other than q
north window for her plants, she has too
much love for these unconscious, animate
things to keep them at all. She would
rather leave them out in the cold to die
outright, than linger out a martyr exis-
tence in the shade


Folks need sunshine quite as much as
plants do. Men and women who have a
fair degree of strength and the use of
their legs, can get out into the world and
get glimpse of the sunshine now and then,
and if they choose to do so, let them live
in rooms with northern exposure; but il
it is possible, let us secure rooms into
which every possible ray of sunshine that
falls in winter may enter, for the little
babies who are shut up in the house, in
valids who cannot leave their rooms and
aged people who are too intirm to get out
doors. Let us reflect for moment that
these classes of persons, if kept in rooms
with only north windows, will suffer just
as much from the absence of sunshine as
green, growing plants would do in the
rooms, and their suffering is OF account
in proportion us a human being is better
than geranium or fuchsia. Every
body knows how bright, sunny day in
winter gladdens every one who is situated
so as to enjoy it. Let us make some sac
rificeS, if need be, in order to give the
feeble ones their measure of sunshine
LawS Of Life.
Year: 1870

A writer in the Rural gives several
methods for preserving eggs, as follows


We have tried several modes and
never found any difficulty in keeping
eggs any desired length of time for Gulf
nary purposes, seemingly as good and
fresh as when first laid. Our principal
mode has been that recommended by
Mons. Charles Jacque, which from several
years experience, proved one of the best
we ever tried; having succeeded in keep
ing eggs nice for use from six to eight
months after they We're laid. He says:


1.-The most certain and most lasting mode
of preservation consists in covering the
eggs in a jar filled with lime water, recent
ly prepared, and keep them in cool place.
The lime water is prepared from quick
lime or that which has been Stacked but
lately, by placingit in a quantity of water
greater than would cover the eggs. The
milk of lime which is thus formed is al
lowed to stand several hours. The clear
liquid which separates itself from the
excess of lime used is the lime water,
which is poured off for use. Lime water
not only prevents the evaporation, since
the eggs are plunged in the liquid, but the
alkali which it holds in solution closes the
pore of the she'll and prevents all fermen-
tation, either of the eggs or the organic
matter which the water might contain"


| We have had good results also from


packing eggs in very dry barrel salt,
which have kept for months in well-pre-
served state. Our mode was to stand a
box or stone jar in cool place in the cell
lar; put therein layer of salt, then one
of eggs, with the large ends downward.
taking care that the eggs did not touch one
another; continue this practice until the


jar or box is full; cover the box and let it
stand without disturbing until the eggs
are needed for use. We have packed
eggs in this way in June and July, and
found them in January and Fabruary per-
tectly fresh in looks and having no stale
: OF musty taste when brought to the table
Year: 1870

The present New York Legislature
tries to rescind the ratification Of the
10Th Amendment, which was ratified
by the preceding Legislature of that
State. The Copperhead papers are
now trying to argue that, because
the present New York Legislature
cannot be allowed to annul the ratii-
cation done by its predecessor, there
fore the present Ohio Legislature, by
the same reasoning, cannot be allowed
to ratify the Amendment which was
rejected by its predecessor. The
falsity of such logic is apparent. A
thing is not done until it is done.
There may be many Intellectual at
tempts to do it. When it is done, it
is done. A Legislature may vote on
any bill or resolution as many times
as it pleases, and it amounts to moth
ing until it is passed; but when it is
once passed, then it becomes law.
So with the ratification. A LegisIa-
ture may repeatedly fail to ratify
the Amendment, ana each such fail
ure remains as nothing; but when it
once ratities, then the thing is done
and the action is complete and final.
Year: 1870

In the course of a few months now
we can all have the blissful pleasure
of shelling out to Uncle Sam our In
come Tax for 1869. And it may
sootheour feelings someto remember
that this tax is part Of the burden
imposed by the rebellion; and it is
just as much our duty to pay our just
dues to the Government in this way
as it was to volunteer to defend our
country during the war.


But there is no denying that this
Income Tax is a great burden, and
that great many persons manage
to get rid of their just liabilities con-
cerning it. 1t is therefore some sat
isfaction to reflect that this Tax for
1869 is the last we shall have to pay,
unless the law is re-enacted. If there
is any other way Of getting the rev.
enue which this Tax yields, we
would like to see it tried-somc way
that so many persons can't SO easily
creep out of. But it seems likely
that Congress will re-enact the law,
changing it so as to exempt larger
amounts of property and make the
PERCENTAGE of tax less on the balance.
Year: 1870

LUCKY MANA man whose name
we did not learn, few days ago killed
a fine, large, scvcn-prong buck, With
a club, near Hamnker's Mill, this
County. The buck had been dogged
till very tired, and In trying to cross
creek had stuck through the ice. The
man with the club may count himself
lucky man.
Year: 1870

A GREAT WRoNG.-At the present time
there are from sixty to seventy thousand head
of sheep in the mountains which lie within
our county boundaries, that have been asses
sed in adjoining counties. Every year the
mountain counties are invaded by large
droves of sheep which eat the grass, and
cause the cattle belonging to the citizens Of
these counties to be dispersed and frequently
lost. And yet these counties do not derive
one dollar of revenue from sheep owners.
Taxes being low in the farming counties, the
raisers of wool and mutton visit the assessors
of their counties, give in a list of their pro-
perty, obtain certificate showing that they
have been assessed--then armed with this
certificate they with their focks invade the
mining counties to consume and destroy the
pasturage which of right should belong to-
the resident tax paying stock raiser. The
same just complaint is made. every season.
This ia great wrong, and some remedy should
be devised
Year: 1870

A young man suggested to young lady,
to whom he was paying attention. that they
should call each other by the characteristic
name of some animal. On taking leave, be
said '.Good night, DEAR" to which che re-
piled, ''Good night, boren' He took the
hint
Year: 1870

That Independent body Of intelligent clti-
gems. who care net for Office, whose only de-
sire is to see the country properly governed,
who are free from partizan bias, who will not
be coerced by party discipline, who will cast
Year: 1870

Anderson had hoped, to be of some
protection to Mary Harris, for whom
he had, in spite Of her fathers op-
position, long entertained a warm
feeling of admiration.


There was a chance that, under
cover Of the darkness, Mary might
thread her way amongst the blacks
and reach the but, and in this hope
Anderson stood at the open door
watching the night through hour
after hour, his senses on the stretch
More than once, too, with Teddy for
q companion, he walked for some
little distance roun I the hut; but
stumbling over the body Of one of
their enemies, he fell amongst the
bushes with so loud crash that he
was glad to retreat, and stand watch
ing once more at his post.


An inspection after the afternoons
struggle had proved that, beyond a
few scratches, the defenders of the
hut had escaped unhafmed; and but
for the fearful anxiety which op-
pressed all present, they would hope
fully have looked for the morning.
ready to meet their enemy again with
renewed courage. Provisions they
had in plenty, if needs were, for
weeks. Ammunition, too, showed
no sign Of running short, till Samson
apened little keg, to find that the
powder it should have contained was
powder no more, bnt one hard mass,
into which it had been turned by the
dripping from the root. The bad
news was conveyed from one to the
other, and in grim silence the men
examined their powder TASKS, to find
that he who was most wealthy pos
sessed but two charges beyond the
one in his rifle.


"Will they attack again to-mor-
row.? was the oft-repeated question.
One thought they would for revenge,
and never rest content until all with
in the hut were destroyed; another
was of the Opin ion that they would
be too demoralized and that the
morning light would find them all
miles away; but this last supposition
was too full Of hope to be believed
in. Anderson and Harris rarely
spoke, but while the other, fearless
in the knowledge that the natives
never attack by night, slept heavily,
they watched on, repeating to them
selves, as they pictured the solemn
silence of the vast woods around, the
camp of the natives and their savage
cruelties, the same words over and
over again


"Where was Mary?"


To be Continued.
Year: 1870

reward oftheir perseverance, and this
week company was formed, the
district named the San Jacinto Min
ing District, a mining code Of laws
framed, and preliminary steps taken
eneIgetically to work the lodes.
This is good news for the miners
elsewhere, and should encourage
them to come here, if they wish to
snake their piles" and they will
not only enjoy the finest climate on
earth, and obtain their supplies at a
reasonable sum, but can afterWard
find suitable homestead upon land
that will compare faYorably with any
In the State.
Year: 1870

A HORRIBLE AFFAIR.-The murder of two
boys on Saturday evening by wretched old
scavenger was unquestionably horrible affair.
At the same time it forcibly suggests the
importance of giving to the young street
Arabs, whose repeated insults provoked Con-
rad Doll to his unjusti6able crime, direct and
positive instruction as to their duties towards
such poor, degraded creatures. Not only are
boys and even girls Of the ruder sort, but also
boys from whom better manners might be
expected. frequently guilty of outrageous con-
duct towards the ragged and drunken outcasts
when they encounter in the street. Parents
and the teachers of our public and private
schools sadly fail in their duty if they neglect
to inculcate lessons Of decent behavior towards
all, and especially towards the unfortunate, on
the minds and hearts of Young America. The
brutality Of boyhood is sure, if unchecked, to
ripen in manhood into crime.
Year: 1870

petuaiiy nerdicted to the nag CT war; either OF the
Powers possessing It's coasts OF any other Power,
with the exceptions mentioned In articles fourteen
and nineteen OF the present treaty.


ARTICLE THIRTEEN.-The Black Sea being neutral,
according to the terms OF article eleven, the main
tenance or establishment upon Its coasts Of military
maritime arsenals becomes alike unnecessary and
pnrposeless in consequence, his Majesty the En-
pcror Of all the Russas and his Imperial Majesty
the Sultan engage not TO establish or to maintain
upon that coast any military maritime arsenal.


Articles fourteen and nineteen refer to a conven.
ton separate, between Turkey and Russia relative
TO a service OF small vessels In the Black Sea and
the Turkish right or garrison in Servia
Year: 1870

The general missionary committee Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church met on Saturday,
at the mission rooms, on Broadway Six
The chair. According to the report which


WAS submitted by the treasurer, the balance
ipn hand November /, 1869, was nine thousand
fwo hundred and fitty-two dollars, the receipts
Hrom that date to November l, 1870 were six
hundred and eleven thousand eignt hundred
hundred and twenty-one thousand eight hun
6red and two dollars. The disbursements
during the year past were six hundred and
thirty two thousand seven hundred and forty
-four dollars, thus leaving the treasury in debt
ten thousand nine hundred and forty-two dol
lars. But for so wealthy and numerous and
jealous body Of believers as the Methodist
Church this latter sum is manifestly mere
bagatelle, for the grand total Of the appro-
priations at once voted for carrying on the
double work Of foreign and domestic missions
during the present year was six hundred aud
bixty thousand two hundred and thirty-eight
dollars. The recognized liberality of the
denomination is an ample guarantee that this
lentire sum, together with that Of the everything
indebtedness, will be duly raised Probably
lit will even be exceeded, inasmuch as the
ENethodists, who already outnumber almost
every other religious society in the United
States, are constantly adding to their men,
Pership. They offer signal example Of the
fvitalizing influence to which we lately aIluded
rs direct result Of the missionary spirit.
Year: 1870




ST. PAUL, June S.-A Pembina let
ter says, that at a recent meeting of re-
turned buffalo hunters, at White
Horse Plains, it was agreed to reIin-
quish their usual summer Journey in
the plains, and to enroll under the
banner OF Refill ia defence of their
Duntry from Canadian invaders,
If the provisional government should
decide on resistance, and that, further,
they had declared tReir determination
to oppose the advahce of the Canadian
expedition beyond the Lake of the
Woods.


A correspondent thinks there is no
doubt that they will put this resolu-
ton in execution, and that if the Do
minion persists in sending an invad-
ing force into that country, the Red
river people will reject the main tab
LeGU bill and strike for independence.
They would be satisfied with the pro-
visions Of the bill in the main, but
they Will not accept the interference
OF sword, nor will they surrender Refill
and the provisional Government
to whom they are indebted for their
release from the despOtic power of
military despOtism.


Governor McGerrish, of the Hudson
Bay Company is here in very feeble
health, on his way to England. He
declines to express his views on Red
River affairs.
Year: 1870

The New York Tribune of yesterday
morning says that the President has
prepared, and will send to Congress as
soon as Georgia and Texas are admitted,
q message recommending that universal
amnesty.be declared, and restoring their
civil rights TO all engaged in the late
rebellion. 1t is a message which the
country will gladly hail and the result
of which will be far.Ieaehing and be.
neticent. The Senate should show its
disposition 10 welcome the nleasate by
at once admitting the only two States
which remaiR unreconstructed.
Year: 1870

He then read his text, being the last
clause of the sixteenth verse of the
second chapter of III Corinthians: "And
who is sufficient for these things.' He
had previously stated that his discourse
and the collection which was to follow
were to be in behalf of superannuated
and wornout clergymen. Immediately
after reaching the above text his man.
ner showed that he was i'll and his wife
went to him in the pulpit, and said to
him that he was too Ill to proceed. She
then called some of the members, aud
be had became speechless by the time
they could reach him. He was carried
out and taken home. Last evening he
was insensible, AMI hardly hope enter
tanned of his recovery. He is about
sixty years of age and highly esteemed.
Hartford Comm Times, Monday, March
Dist
Year: 1870

THE editor of the Intelligencr takes
something over column of space in
declaring himself in favor of the new
Temperance party proposed to be or
gsnizcd in this State, provided the mem
bers of that party shall vote the Radi.
cal ticket. Otherwise, otherwise.
Year: 1870

A FRIEND has sent US fine large fish,
caught with hook he says, for which
he has our thanks. This is much finer
specimen of fish than the one General
GRANT cultivates in his Cabinet at
Washington.
Year: 1870

We understand that member Of the
mtelligencer firm goes to Charleston next
week, with tho view of opening a branch
printing office in that town. Does this
suggest any reason why the Chief editor
of that paper who was on citizens
special Capital committee, did so little
as a member Of that committee' What
connection was there between hopes of
future political honors and the lack of
interest exhibited by such prominent
RlGiclis as CAMPBELL, the HUBBAIDs,
&c!
Year: 1870

EeokuAAy ION, iotO.


The remarkable success which attended our
negotiation ofthe Loans of the CENTRAL PACIFIC
RAILROAD COMPANY and the WESTERN Pacific
RAILRoAD COMPANY, and the popularity and
credit which these Loans have maintained IN
the markets, both In this country and Europe,
have shown that the First Mortgage Bonds OF
wisely located and honOrably managed Railroads
are promptly recognised and readily taken as
the most snitable, safe, ard advantageous form
OF investment, yielding a more liberal income
than can hereafter be derived from Government
Bonds, and available to take their place


Assured that, in the selection and negotiation
Of superior Railroad Loans, we are meeting a
great public want and rendering . valuable
service-bOth 20 the holders Of Capital and 10
those great National works Of internal improve.
meat whose intrinsic merit and substantial
character entitle thom to the use of Capital and
the confidence OF investors-we now offer with
special confidence and SatisiaotiOn the
Year: 1870

On Sunday morning Rev. William F.
Collins, of the Fair Haven Methodist
Church, was stricken with paralysis
while officiating in his pulpit. He gave
ont the first hymn aud made the open.
ing prayer. In reading the lesson of
the day his manner was so faltering as
to be noticed by all present. He then
gave out the second hymn, commenc-
inn
Year: 1870

1t is confidently rumored that the
President contemplates, and will short
ly execute coup Fetat by which an en-
tire new Cabinet will be selected. prom
iuent in which is Benjamin F. Butler,
either as Secretary of State or Treasurer.
1t is certain that Secretary Fish will
have to retire. The movement is said
to be the result of combination for a
q Presidential succession in 1872, and to
flank certain aspirants now in Cabinet
positions.


THE PRESIDENT DIsPLEAsED WITH SPAIN.


The Secretary of State is still in cor
respondence with the Spanish authori-
ties in relation to the seizure of the
steamer Aspinwall and for other breach.
es Of international law. 1t is said the
President is disp'eased at the manner
in which the Spanish authorities are
acting, and has expressed himself very
decidedly to the Secretary of State. A
prominent Congressman and member of
the House Foreign committee publicly
stated that if the people knew half the
testimony before the committee in re-
gard to Cuban belligerency they would
rise en- nldsse aud drive Fish out.
Year: 1870




In answer to this question, the Medical
Recorder holds the following language -
" The reason why children die is because they
are not taken care Of From the day of birth
they are stuffed with food, choked with ply.
sic, splashed with water, suffocated in hot
rooms and steamed in bed clothes. So much
for indoor When permitted to breathe a
breath of pure air once week in summer,
and once or twice during the colder months,
only the nose is permitted to peer into day
light A little later they are sent out with
no clothes at all on the parts Of the body
which most need protection. Bare legs, bare
arms, bare necks, girted middles, with an in
virted umbrella TO collect the air and chill
the other parts of the body. A stout strong
man goes out in a cold day with gloves and
an oyercoat, wooden stockings and thick
double soled boots, with cork between and
rubbers over. The same day, child of three
years old, an infant of flesh and blood, and
bone and constitution, goes out with hose as
thin as paper, cotton socks, legs uncovered to
to the knees, neck bare an exposure which
would disable the nurse, kill the mother out
right, and make the father an invalid for
weeks. And why2 To harden them to q
mode of dress which they are never expected
to practice. To accustom them TO exposure
which dozen years later would be eonsid-
cred downright foolery. To rear children
thus for the slaughter pen, and then lay 1t to
the Lord is too bad. We don't think tho
Almighty had any hand in it,"
Year: 1870

Count the mercics which have been quietly
falling, in your history. Down they come,
every morning and every evening, as angel
messengers from the Father in Heaven.
Have you lived these years, wasting mercies,
renewing them every day, and never yet real
lied whence they came2 If you have,
Heaven pity you. You have murmured under
Affections, but who heard you rejoice over
blossings2 Ask the sunbeam, the rain drop,
the star, or the queen Of night. What is
life but mercy2 What is strength, friend
ship, social ife2 Had each the power Of
speech, each would say, a. am mercy
Perhaps you have never regarded them as
such. If not, you have been poor student
of nature and revelation. What is the pro-
priety Of stopping to play with thorn bush
when you may Just as well pluck sweet flow
ers, and eat pleasant fruits
Year: 1870

How TO TREAT New GLovEs.-Two pairs
may be taken from one box, of exactly the
same cut and quality, and by giving different
treatment when first putting the hands into
them, one pair will be made to 6t much bet
ter, and to wear double, or nearly that length
of time longer than the other. When pur-
chasing gloves, people are usually in too
much of hurry they carelessly put them
on, and lot them 90 in that way then, think
ing to do the work more completely at another
time When this is the case, a person is
sure to meet with disappointment, for as the
glove is made to lit the hand the first time it
is worn, so it will fit ever after, and no amount
of effort will make a satisfactory change
Never allow a stretcher to be used, for the
gloves will not be likely to fit as well for it.
All of the expansion should be made by the
hands if the kids are so small as to require
the aid of stretcher they should not be
purchased, as they will prove too small for
durability, comfort or beauty. When select
ing gloves, choose fingers to correspond with
your own in length, take time to put them on,
working in the fingers first, until ends meet
ends, then put in the thumb and smooth them
down until they arc made to ft nicely. A
glove that fits we'll will usually wear well-at
least will wear better than one of the same
kind that does not fit well. When the ends
of the fingers do not come down right, or
when they are so long as to form wrinkles
upon the sides of the fingers, they will chafe
out easily; where the stretcher has to be used
to make the fingers large enough, the body
part will be so small as to cramp the hand so
that it cannot be shut without bursting the
seams Of the kids Some recommend put.
ting new kid gloves into damp cloth before
they are put on, and allowing them to remain
until moistened. With this treatment they
can be put on much easier than otherwise,
and will dt very nicely until they get dry /;
but on second wearing there will be an un-
natural harshness about them, wrinkling in
spots, and they will not fit so perfectly as at
first. have tried the damping process, and
do not approve of it.-Canadian Journal Of
| Commerce.