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Year: 1871

seem strange, yet they develop the nigner IRE IN
u.s. II we had no opposition many OF us would not
succeed halt "a well rs we do but out or the evil
influences around US COO educes good. We often
hear 1t said that


CIR INSTANCES MAKE MEN,


and so they do to great extent, and the opposition
which meet with here brings To the front powers
OF the soul which had lam dormant so long that we
scarcely know we had them. If the neart Is fixed
and settled It VIII stand nrm toward God, ma this
lie. We sometimes tempted to think the Church
Is burden, and ct what would this life be without
the Church2 What good would this earth be II II
did mol produce food for ust And this II does by liz
own sacrifice. And the Church by its sacrifices has
sent the Gospel into all the earth. so that ron dis
tant heahen lands we breathe the fragrance OF the
flowers planted there by Christian hands ana taste
the fruits which grow upon the irees OF knowledge
and love OF God nourished by Christian prayers and
tears. 1t Is cheerful thought and one that ought


MAKE OUR HEARTS GLAD,


that God has given s the ability and the genius 10
work In the church and in the world tor HIS glory
And lie (the Speaker) reJOlced TO know tlat there
are men and women everywhere sacrhclng them
selves 70 Gods service. The different kinds or tai
ent which men possess aud the wavs In which they
may be employed In the Caurch ana sunday school
and elsewhere were pointed out an1 recommenda-
tion given that they ali be consecrate To GOd and
the more devoted we are In this life the more beau
at the last, with Paul we shall be able 10 say, III
have foughl the good npht ! have finished my
course, have kept the latin; hence orth there Is
laid up for me n crown OF lie. winch the Lord, the
what is this lie compared with Heavenl 1t doth
not enter INTO the heart OF man 10 conceive the
things which God hath prepared for them that love
HIM. Let u.s. ther 10 G. love Him With pure hearts
ferveny, and Ter us present our bodies living sac
rhce wholly acceptable unto Him. IL Is our reason
Year: 1871

were Almost exclusive element OF RELIGIONS rtee
We are told that the rttuaiistic churches IN which
forms and ceremony and scenic display are extrava
giant are the most crowded In England. We know
that where forms OF worship are most prominent
and pulpit teachings on the whole the most studied,
there the multtudes gather, and We know also that
where


THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES ARE FEW
and where the intellectual appeal In the sermon IL
the prominent feature. there the worshpperS as a
general RUE are the fewest in number ami the most
unsteady In attendance. The profoundest feelings OF
the soul are not reached, or at least. not deeply
stirred. Ii becomes very serious question whether
We PrOtestants have not made a dangerous mistake
ana deprived our system OF a main Q ement or
power by bringing intellectual effort into undue
prominence and substituting an interest In human
effort for the worship Of God. II 80 should retain
an the present excellence OF the sermon and improve
II as far possible while we render t are able,
the worship Of the sanctuary more imposing and at
tractive.
Year: 1871

What proportion of the men whose sole
occupation is farming really know anything
about tP who can perform any single opera
ton in the best manner and in reasonable
timer who know what an honest days work
on farm isP But look at other occupations
Suppose a journeyman bricklayer applies to
n builder for work; this builder understands
his business; as soon as he sees the man he
has employed pick up trowel he knows
whether he is workman or not; he requires
that his work be done in the best manner
he knows what days work is and requires
Year: 1871

There are multitudes of farmers. and me-
by the cost of an ice-house. al
though they can be made of the rudest ma
terials and with home labor. We can extern
porize an ice-house without making tenon
or saving board. Construct pen near
the pond or stream where the ice is to be
gathered, choosing if possible gravel-bank
where there will be good drainage. The
pen may be made of rails twelve feet long,
or of any desired length. The larger the
pen, the better the ice will keep. Lay up
two rails upon each of the four sides. Make
the bottom level, and cover it n foot or
more with straw, sea-weed, or any conven-
lent refuse vegetable matter. Sawdust is
better than straw if it can be had. Spent
tan-bark is u good material for this founda-
ton. Cut the cakes of ice in the usual man.
ner, and pack them closely, filling the inter-
stices with pounded ice, and if the weather
is freezing pour on a little water to make it
solid. Pack the outside with foot of straw +,
sawdust. or other material. and put up the
fence rs the pile of ice rises. The pile can
be conveniently made about eight feet high.
Cover the top with at least eighteen inches
of sawdust, or two feet of straw trodden
down closely. Make a roof of boards or
slabs slanting to the north, sufficiently steep
to shed water, and fasten with few nails.
Such a pile of ice rs this can be secured by
II couple of men and team in II day. A
cheap ice-box made with double sides and
packed with sawdust will be wanted. The
inner chamber should be about 2 feet long
2 feet deep. and ls inches wide. This will
hold single cake of ice weighing hundred
pounds or more, and leave room on top tc
keep milk. fresh meats fruits, and Other
matters. 1t will last from four days to g
week, according to the quantity that Is usee
in the drinking-water. If the extemporan


eous ice-house is not disturbed more than onct
II week, it will probably supply the famil!
through the summer with abundance of ice


We think any farmer who tries this simple


method of supplying his family with ice ont


season will not fail to put up a permanen


building the next, and lay in his stores of ic'


as regularly as his pork and potatoes. /


pays in the ice-pitcher rs luxury. and save


many times its cost in preserving perishabl


articles.-Hearth and Home.
Year: 1871

ber thoroughly air seasoned, or that the at
mosphere has no influence upon it.


That joint once tight will always remain
so.


That if trimmings be put up before plaster
ing, or trimmed on green walls, that putty
will not be in great demand when they dry.


That hot air from furnace will not start
and open every piece of wood work with
which it comes in contact, nine times out of
ten.


That if partitions be not properly braced,
bridged and secured at angles, that plaster
ing will not crack.


That ceilings are less likely to crack if
cross-furred.


That psilful of lime to u cartload of sand
will make mortar of any practical use, either
for plastering or brick work.
That it Injuries mortar by mixing it some
time before using it, or that if mixed one
day and applied the next, it won't blister and
crack.


That cement roof so soft that it fills the
leaders in summer, or so hard it cracks in
winter. will not occasion the want of new
ceilings in a little time.
That a bOtch can build rs good build
ing rs q thorough mechanic.


That in all cases money is saved by con-
tracting with the lowest bidder.


That nll knowledge in relation to building
is embodied in every one who signs " archi.
tect " after his name.


That architects and builders never "lay in
together" and owners never get "shorn v
through that little arrangement.


That architects, rs a rule, get no other
commissions on buildings except the tradi
tiOnal five per cent on the cost"


That builders always carry out plans anC
specifications to the letter.
That there are no high minded, conscen
tious, competent architects, and no honest
reliable builders; and that either class doe
not bear reputation to that of any othe
business men.
That builder does not require an extended
theoretical, nor an architect as extended 1
practical knowledge, to be successful.
That no builder can be successful archi
tect, or that a practical architect cannot be
successful builder.
That you. reader, without practical knowl
edge, know a great deal more about the de


tails of house than OF locomotive.
Year: 1871

The people are sick and tired of partisan
of their determination to set up in business
on their own account. The toiling millions
who dig in the dirt and produce the food
which feeds the nation will be heard, and
when their fiat goes forth the congress of
politicians will be thunderstruck Past diff
ferences created by selfish and designing as
pirants must be healed.
Year: 1871

The information as TO the covenant
entered into by the Attorney General
and the counsel OF Ierger, by which
the case OF that inlividual was prevent
cd from coming up in review before the
Supreme Court, is not, it seems, to be
given to the people. No doubt what.
ever exists that the Attorney General
entered into this arrangement to avoid
the contingency Of a direct decision by
the Supreme Court upon the cOnstitu'
tiOnality of the reconstruction laws
Mr. Thurman some time since offered


in the Senate resolution Of inquiry on
this subject, but, by one device or an.
other, lie was precluded from obtain
ing action on it. Recently, Mr.. Blair
offered "A resolution directing the At
tOrncp General to communicate TO the
Senate copy Of the stipulations enter.
ed into in the case Of Iergcr. 1t is an
almost unhcard OF thing in the history
Of the Senate TO object to any mere
resolution Of inquiry, yet Mr.. Blair has
been unable 10 even get his resolution
before the Senate for consideration.
Year: 1871

A case has recently been decided by
the Supreme Court Of Ohio involving
the validity OF subscriptions for church
purposes. The general principle estab-
iished il, that after a church has incur
red any liabilities on the strength Of sub
scriptions, these subscriptions are legally
binding In the case decided the SUBJ
scription was for the payment Of q
church debt, and the court held that
the subscriber was bound TO pay. A
subscription may be withdrawn before
there is an indebtedness, but not after.
ward.
Year: 1871

80 &sS~fsS-N


We wish to present q case which
should be brought at once to the notice
Of Congress and the President BY the
Representative from this district.


1T seems that the members OF the
bar Of Halifax county are very sensi.
tive, and especially go in relation to
the trial Of colored persons in that
county, lest an impression should get
abroad that a colored man cannot get
justice in theirIcourts, as is reported OF
some counties. Some time ago negro
man killed q white gentleman in that
county named Moore; that is, there is
very little doubt that he killed him, al
though no one saw him strike the fatal
blow. He had quarrelled with the
gentleman Gan aged grav-haired many,
and struck him once; then the old man
ordered him of his place, and followed
him to see that he went, Mr.. Moores
son followed his father, having lost
sight of him a minute or two, and just
as he got sight Of him he sunk down
slowly to the ground when the son
hurried up found he was stone dead.
On a post mortem examination his
neck was found to be broken. and near
where he fell, a kind Of bludgeon, on
which were some gray hairs correspond
ing with the hair Of the murdered man.


When the, case came up for trial,
Mr.. Nutting "a RADICAL was prosecu.
tor, being Commemorative Attorney;
and the negro had no counsel, but his
friendessness made the members Of the
bar determined that he should have all
the advantage that they could give him.
and seven 0t the most talented members
OF the Halifax bar conducted his de-
fence, on which they all made speeches.
The trial lasted from Tuesday morning
until Saturday night, and the negro
was sentenced TO the penitentiary, but
there is little doubt that if the prosecu-
ton had shown more talent, or the de-
fence been less able, he would have
been hung.


Here We're seven Conservative law
yers defending one poor little dirty
negro murderer from the prosecution OF
a Radical Such an outrage, we re-
peat, should be- At once reported TO
Congress.
Year: 1871

A LADY OF Springfield, Illinois, gives
US fine example Of legislative manners
in the statement that Chicago member
ofthe Legislature of Illinois, was so lost
the other day to the ordinary decencies
Of life as TO stand in his place in the
House, face the gallery, filed with la
dies, and with a whisky bsttle in his
hand, and q grotesque bow TO the gal:
leries, toss into his mouth portion Of
the bottles contents
Year: 1871

Great-stress. is made by certain


persons respecting the portion of
the twenty-four hours that should


be devoted to sleep. Many have an
idea that those Immediately follow
ing sunset are the most healthy;
and some even have kind of adage
running in their heads that an hour
before midnight is worth two after
that witching epoch. They derive,
too, a sort of logical reason in their
support from the fact that most an
imals and birds sleep from sunset to
sunrise. They forget that they are
compelled to choose this time, as
they can do nothing else; had they
vision capable of seeing at all hours,
it is very possible that they would
not select those hours so exclusive
ly as they do now by compulsion.
A great number of the nations of
the world turn night into day."
and with no apparent detriment to
their health, or deterioration of the
race. Allthe fashionable world be-
gin the day long after the sun has
risen, and end it by the light of
Dian's lamp. Laborers and me
chanics who require a good light for
their occupations, are compelled to
work between the suns; while the
man of letters prefers the quiet of
night, and the midnight oir' TO
marshal his forces.


So far as health is concerned, we
may each form our own judgement
upon the following facts: The ther-
mometric and hydrometric condi-
tions of the air are more conducive
of health and vigor when influenced
by the revivifying light of the sun.
This is not felt for several hours af-
ter its rising, rs its beams are not
sufficiently powerful to dry up the
dews and pestilential vapors; and
for an out of door employment,
there are no hours more noxious
than those Immediately after sun
rise. On the other hand, the genial
influences of the day-god remains
for several hours after the light has
disappeared; its effects-warmth
and dryness-lasting for consid-
cradle period afterwards, as various
ly determined by the wind, the sea
son, and other accompanying inhu
ences. In former times the light
was an important consideration, as
the feeble candle tried the strength
of the eyes; but improved means of
illumination have rendered this a
matter of less Importance to the
scholar, the seamstress, and labor
nra of this nascrintinn
Year: 1871




Money causes people to respect
us even if our hearts are calloused
with sin and inhumanity to man.
One of the hardest trials of those
who fall from affluence and honor
to poverty and obscurity is the dis
covery that the attachment of so
many in whom they confided was a
pretence, a mask to subserve their
own ends, or was a shallow delusion.
When men of means and moral
worth pass into eternity they are
soon forgotten. Their dear (?)
friends while promiscuously dis
bursting the funds left upon earth
by them, scarcely allow favorable
thought to flash across their minds
concerning those to whom they are
indebted for what they are.


They do not possess magnanimity
enough to ''thank God for what they
have been to each other" Some
times doubtless it is with regret that
these frivolous followers of the
world desert those upon whom they
have fawned but they soon forget
them. Flies leave the kitchen when
the dishes are empty. Occasionally
a man will suddenly emerge
from the dark shades of obscurity
to be favored by fortune, then he
fully realizes the power of money.
Presto, what change. He is gazed
upon with admiration by those very
persons who while in poverty and
obscurity, turned from him ON all
occasions. The parasites that clus-
ter around the favorite of fortune
to gather his gifts and climb by his
aid, linger with the sunshine but
scatter at the approach of 4 storm,
as the leaves cling to tree in Sum
mer weather but drop of at the
breath of Winter, and leave it
naked to the stinging blast. They
have no pleasant recollection of him
whose character and worth were the,
ladders rungs upon which they
cllmed to that position which all
honorable men strive to attain. Like
ravens settled down for a banquet
and scared by q noise, how quickly
at the first sound of calamity these
superficial earthlings are mere specks
on the horizon.


Shoddy friendship is not prompted
by benevolent impulses. 1t contin-
ues to retrograde, degenerate and
strives to get lower than its already
fathomless depths. But q true friend
sits in the center and is such for all
time to come. Our pressing want
only reveals him more fully to us.
Prosperity and adversely are both
revealers, the difference being, that
in the former our friends know us,
in the latter, we know them.


w. III. W.
Year: 1871

What an adroit old adyenturer tht
subject of this memoir! In order t
get a chance to fly his kite OH Sunday
he used to hang his key on the string
and let on to be fishing for lightning
He invented a stove that would smoke
your head off in four hours, by the
clock. One can see the almost devil.
ish satisfaction he took in Thy giving
it his name.


He was always proud of telling how
he entered Philadelphia for the first
time, with nothing in the world but
two shillings in his pocket and fouI
rolls of bread under his arm. But
really, when you come to examine il
critically, it was nothing. Anybody
could have done it. Franklin said in
ono of his inspired flights of malign-
ity:


"Early to bed and early TO rise


Makes man healthy, wealthy and wise"


As if it were any object to boy to
be healthy, wealthy and wise "a any
such terms. The sorrow that maxim
has cost me through my parents cx-
perimenting on me with it, tongue
cannot tell. The legitimate result is
my present state Of general debility,
Indulgence, and mental alteration.
NV parents used to have me up before
nine O'Clock in the morning sometimes,
when was a boy. II they had let
me take my natural rest, whore would
| have been now? Keeping stOce, no
doubt, aud respected by all.
Year: 1871

How TO RENEW OLD CRAPE.--Wind
the Grape smoothly about round
stick foot long--thc end of broom
handle will do-and pin it. Have a
tea-kcttle, with water in it, boiling.
Pass the stick with the Grape on It
back and forth in front Of the spout,
until the Grape Is thoroughly steamed,
but not until it is wet with moisture.
Then slip it off the stick, leaving it in
roll until fully dry. This process
also renews thecOlOr. IL the Grape ia
very old and dingy, thc success is moi
50 gratifying,
Year: 1871

Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes, Drop
sy( Incontnence of Urine, Brights disease, Abumiuu
ra and in cases where there are Brick dust deposits
the water is thick cloudy mixed with substances like
the white Of egg, threads like white silk. there
is morbid, dark bilious appearance, and white Bone
dust deposits and where there is pricking burning
sensation and pain in the small of the back and along
the lons In all these conditions, Railways Sarparil
liam Resolvent, aided by tbs application of Railways
Ready Relief to the spine and small of the back, and
the bowels regulated with or two of Railways
Regulating Pills per day will, make complete
In few days the patient will be enabled to hold
and discharge water naturally without Dan and the
Urine will be restored to its natural clear and amber
or sherry color
Year: 1871

There is not remedial agent in this world that will
cure Fever and Ague and all other hilarious Bilious
Scarlet Typhoid, Yellow and other Feyers, (aded By
Railways Pills. so quick as Railways Ready Relief
Year: 1871

Will, in from one TO twenty minutes afford ease and
comfort and this medicine, rapid in stopping PAIN
be purchased for fifty cents per bottle at almost
every druggists and country merchants store on this
continent, and within hours distance of almost
every habitatiOn in the United States.
Year: 1871

Improvement I've are informed by a
resident of that neighborhood, that the en-
largement of the third police station-house,
is rapidly approaching completion, under
the efficient superintendent of Shepperson
x Lacy, TO whom the contract was awarded.
When completed, the first floor will be de-
voted to the horses used in drawing the
steam-engine located in that part of the
city. The second floor is to be divided into
several apartments, which will be furnished
for the special and exclusive use of the fire
men. On the third floor, those who heed
not the majesty of the law, may repese,
not on ''howery beds of ease" but on the
soft side of a hard pine board.
Year: 1871

attempted Escape.-About 2 o'clock to-
day, one Of the convicts at work in the
Square attempted to escape from the guard.
He had on full dress of citizens clothing
under his prison suit, which he shed in
much less time than it takes to write it, and
then left the Square at lightning speed, rum
ming down Capitol street to Twelfth, where
he was overhauled by the guard, who in-
formed him that unless he stopped, he
would be duty bound to put an end to his
earthly career. He stopped and threw
himself upon the mercy of the guard.
Year: 1871




From all parts of the State, we hear the
cry of the people under the crushing burden
of taxation imposed by the late Legislature.
Making due allowance for that chronic
grumbling, which would find cause of COM
plant if taxes were repealed altogether, we
cannot shut our eyes to the mwelcome
fact, that the present rate of taxation is be-
yond the ability of the people of our State
to meet in justice to themselves and their
families. With the most moderate levy rsA
quired for the necessities of the people fot
schools, roads, humane institutions, and
the administration of justice, the people Of
Virginia will have enough to do, to mako
both ends meet for some years to come,
Add to this the burden of the public debt,
as provided under the funding bill of last
winter, and the people cannot pay othout
great hardship and sacrifice.
= In the cities where money circulates
freely and regular employment can be
found at remunerativc prices, the pressure
is slightly felt. But out in the country
where the land has to bear all the burdens
Of taxation, it is very different. lmpover-
fshed by bad system of agriculture,
lbroken up and utterly bereft of capital
by the war, the farming interest of Virginia
is slowly recuperating. 1t needs every
atom of fresh blood, every dollar it can
raise or acquire to get on its feet again
The demand which exhausts its little
working capital, dooms it to ruin. The
taxation which seems trivial to men OF
ample means, is oppressiyely burdensome
to the masses of the people, who own only
land or labor. We think the time has
come for a prompt and fearless handling
of this question. When a mans means Of
payment are exhausted so that he cannot
pay his debts, way is provided for a set
tlement. He closes out and takes new
start.


The State cannot pay even the interest Of
the public debt, without grievously OPP
pressing the people, under the present sys-



TEN of taxation. 1t is useless for us to
conceal these facts, and to put off the evil
day. Obstinate and imperative, they stare
us in the face, and demand prompt and de-
cisive action. We shall be less and less
able to pay every year while this exhaustine
process continues. TO take from debtor
his working capital, is to destroy all hope
of future payment. The lands, without
the means to render them productive, are
as worthless as so many acres under the
ocean. This is no partisan question. Il
involves the interest of every property.
holder III the State, and incidentally ot
every laboring man and woman also. We
have seriously considered this matter, in al
its bearings upon the interests of the people
of Virginia, both immediate and remote
We submit these considerations to the re-
flecting men of all parties, and shall be
glad to hear from them upon this subject.
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