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V' k i t, f ; k A HISTORICAL RELIC. The 'Last of the Race It Unexpected ly Turns Up in the Treasury. Washington ltcpnbll&m. On Saturday afternoon, while :i Ho publican commissioner was measuring marble slabs on one of lino corridors, a stranger to him appeared in front of secret service division with a $5 green back, which attracted considerable at tention, not to say alarm, for the per sonal safety of the exhibitor, consider ing the locality. It was a queer production, tested in the crucible of expert workmanship to day, but probably a fair sample of that produced in the "earlier and purer days of the republic." It was printed on ordinary note paper, having the usual green back, and a lit tle figure 5 inclosed in a circle, excuted in what is known as the geometrical lathe work, distributed all over the design. The face contained on the right-hand side a full statue of the goddess of liberty, which bore a faithful resem blance to the $5 legal tender issue of 1SG3. The signatures were all written, as follows : "J. Dickson, for Register of the Treasury." "W. W. Wilson, for Treasurer of the United States." Its general make-up was so queer in appearance'that the average impecuni ous Washington journalist would hardly attempt to pass it unless an extraordi nary opportunity offered. To a casual observer a suspicion of bad counter feiting would at onco be aroused, while the experienced financier would intui tively seek to establish its genuineness, for it is infinitely inferior to the poorest counterfeit. It reads on the face as follows: "Washington, Aug. 10, 1861. pay ablo bv the assistant treasurer of the United States at Philadelphia. The United States promises to pay to the bearer on demand five dollars. On the border it reads : "Receivable in payment for all public dues." The keen oyo of an employe immedi ately disclosed tho issue, its occasion, and the historical facts connected with ts origin . Sumpter was fired on in April, 1861. The stubborn prcsistency which daily characterized the action of the South caused President Lincoln to call an extra session of the Thirty-seventh con gress, to convene on the 4th day of July ensuing. Upon tho 5th day of July the presi dent's message was read, and in that memorable document, after a review of the treasonable conduct of the slave state politicians, he said : "It is now recommended that you give the legal means for making this contest a short and decisive one; that you place at the control of the govern ment for the work at least -100,000 men and $400,000,000." This was tho first ring of tho true metal that had been sounded by the great champion of liberty by national authority. On .luly 0, 1861, while the senators of the United States wore de livering eulogies upon tho death of Stephen A. Douglas, there arose from his seat in tho houso that great com moner, Hon. Thad. Stovens, of Penn sylvania, who announced that ho wo'fild on tho morrow call up the bill (II. R. Xo. 14) to authorize a national loan, which bill ho now reported as chairman of tho committeo on ways and means. It will be recollected that the notorious Vallandigham, of Ohio, consumed tho hour given for debate in considering tho bill in vilely denouncing tho Avar for tho preservation -of tho country as cruel and unconstitutional. Without a roply tho bill was passed, receiving but five negative votes, viz : Burnett, of Kentucky; Norton and Reid, of Missouri; Aralhmdigham, of Ohio; and Wood, of Now Ycrk. It was immediately sent to tho sen ate, and upon motion of Mr. Fessendon, of Maine, read and referred to the com mitteo on finance. On tho 15th day of July tho senate passed tho bill with amendments and returned it to tho ' house, who concurred in thn amend ments. After receiving the signature of Speaker Grow, it was at once taken to the white house. J3efore sundown on that eventful day President Lincoln had placed his sig nature in all its simplicity and power to the bottom of a paper which gave vitalizing force to the government to a degree that encouraged the intelligent and patriotic manhood of the nation to believe that arrogance and treason could no longer throttle freedom in America. The amount of notes issued under this law has not been ascertained, for the secretarv of tiie treasury had the discretion to also issue both certificates of coupon or registered stock, or treas ury notes, interest on non-interest-bearing in such proportions "of each as lie might deem advisable. This note was one of that issue. The amount appropriated for all was only $250,000,000. Whatever notes circulated at that time did not find a very permanent lodgment among the people, for the reason that they were called in and exchanged for the note of June 25, 1862, which exempted the le gal tender qualify from duties on impoits and interest on the public debt. The greater part of that portion of the issue set apart for notes never saw the treasury again, and it is confidently believed that nearly all the smaller de nominations and much of the larger were utilized by tho "boys in blue' in lighting their cigars during periods of festivity, after hearing "good news from the front." The gentleman who held this patri otic emblem declined to hoar any offer to purchase, for he doubtless contem plates handing it down to his progeny, even though they live in a seceding state. There is one incontrovertible fact in connection with the life of the stalwart pioneer in American finance that it lias never been counterfeited, and we" re joice at that fact, for such a friend as it proved to be in the time of our coun try's need should be permitted to re tire with all its laurels, and without the blemish of a false personation hang ing about its sacred memory. Printing the Great Civilizer. Printer's Circular. Until printing was very generally spread, civilization advanced by slow and languid steps. Since the art has become cheap its advances have become unparalleled, and its race of progress vastly accelerated. It has been stated by some that the civilization of the Western world lias resulted from its be ing the seat of the Christian religion. However much tho mild tenor of its doctrines is calculated to assist in pro ducing such an effect, that religion can but be injured by an unfounded state ment. It is by the ease and cheap methods of communicating thought from man to man which enable a coun try to sift, as it were, its whole people, and to produce, in its science, its litera ture, and its arts, not the brightest ef forts of a limited class, but tho highest exertions of tho most powerful minds among a whole community. It is this which has given birth to the wide spreading civilization of tho present day, and which promises a futuro yet more prolific. Whoever is. acquainted with the present state of science and tlit mechanical arts, and looks back over inventions and tho civilization which the fourteen centuries subse quent to Christianity have produced, and compares them with the advances made during tho succeeding fourcontu ries following tho invention of print ing, will have no doubt to the effective cause. It is during these last three r four centuries that man, considered as a species, has commenced the develop ment of his intellectual faculties; that ho has emerged from a position in which ho was almost the creature of instinct to a state in which every stop in advance facilitates tho progress of his successors. In tho first poriods arts woro discovered by individuals, and lost to tho race; in the latter, tho dif fusion of ideas onabled tho reasoning of ono class to unlto with tho observa tions ol! another, and tho most ad vanced point of one generation became the starting point of the next. ,. i How to Salt Pork. A Missouri fanner writes: Kill a-.id dress the hog neatly in the morn ing. Let them i.ang all day to drain out the blood and water used in dress ing. At night remove them to a table or bench in tho smoke house, in order that they may thoroughly cool but not freeze. "Xexi morning cut off the head removing tho cheeks for pickling, and turning the remainder of the head over to the cook to make "head-cheese," or any other little delicacy. Complete the cut ting of the hog in halves, lengthwise: take out the ribs and backbone, includ ing the lean meat and the "tenderloin," cutout the shoulders and hams, trim ming them neatly, cutting the leg off jut above the second joint. Then cut the fat pork in strips not more than four inches wide, and as nearly of a widtli as possible, cutting the strips in to pieces about six inches long; mak ing convenient pieces for famly use, so as not to disturb any more than is necessary in tho barrel. The barrel should be a new one if possible, to begin with, which will last several yea re. A tight whisky or mo lasses barrel will do, but in any case if should be thoroughly scalded, as good housewives will know how. Place the barrel in the cellar, on a brick or stone floor, or on a board, level ; cover the bottom of the barrel evenly, one-fourth or three eighths of an inch thick with good common salt. Place the pieces of pork in the barrel, with the skin or rind next the barrel, continuing until the layer is pressed down evenly. Cov er and fill in all interstices with salt, then press in another layer in the same way, and salt as before, until all the fat pork is salted. I f there is room in the barrel, and you desire to do so, place the hams and shoulders in the barrel in the same way. filling in the inequal ities in thickness with the cheeks and odd pieces, and salt again. Make a "follower" of pine or cotton wood boards in. two pieces; place them on the top of the pork and weight them down with a stone, taking care to thoroughly scald both "followers" and weight, make a commonsized kettleful of brine, adding salt as long as it will dissolve, boil, and skim. Let it get cold, and pour it over the meat until it is covered, say half an inch deep over the "follower." If the hams and shoulders are put in let them lay ten days. Take them out, wash thoroughly, dry, and smoke them, being careful not to disturb the pork below. If it is not desirable to smoke the shoulders, cut them up in about the same sized pieces as the fat pork, at the same time, and salt them near the top of the barrel, so that the bony and lean pieces can be used first. When warm weather comes, if it should be necessary, pour off the brine and make new, or boil and skim the old. Never allow the brine to lea e the top layer of pork dry. Ln this way I have nev er failed to have good pickled pork all the year round. Incurables not Takon. ftcuhenrille Herald. ".Mrs. Topnoody," said Mr. T. the oth or morning at breakfast, "if you don't stop your everlasting wrangle I'll go to tho lunatic asylum." "Oh, you will, will you?" replied Airs. Topnoody. Yas 1 will, and that gladly." "13 ut you won't all tho same." "Why, won't IV" "Why?" "Yes, I say why?" "Well, because they don't take incur ables, that's why." Topnoody wont down town without finishing his breakfast, and wrolo a lot tor to tho authorities for information respecting qualifications for admission to tho asylum. A Strong Conqueror, According to an Illinois oxohange, our days of 'Rheumatism aro well nigh numbered. St. Jacobs Oil enters a rheumatic territory, and conquers every subject. That's right. Wo believe in It. Milwaukee Mveniny Wisconsin, One Man's Progeny. Hemtlng Kflg1i "Yes, it's so," s.'iid the man. ",;, John, you must be mistaken," replied his third wife. "Well, I toll you it's so, 1 ought to know!" was the emphatic reply of John Ileffner, who lives on Maple street, between Chostnut and spruce, i this city. ! A reporter for The Eagle had called i upon ilr. IfelTner to leain the correct history of his much-talked-about great brood of forty-one children. I Ileffner is sparingly built, smokes a jshoit pipe, and makes a living in the rag business, lis is 65 years old, and ' has a pleasant smile and a cheerful greeting for all friends. The story of j the man's married life as related by I himself is probably the most remark ; able one on record, lie was born in j (lermany in 1815. When 25 years old i in 1810 he married his first wife, who lived eight years. She became ! the mother of seventeen children in 'that lime, having twins the first year 1 of their marriage. The next year an- other pair of twins were born. Each succeeding year for four years there after Mrs. IfelTner became the mother ! of triplets. The seventh year was sig i nalized by the birth of only one child. Mrs. J refiner died, and was laid away I in the village church-yard in Germany. j The widower had now a family of sev- eiitcen children, me oldest only t years of age. Three months thereafter a young lady took charge of the children, and in course of time she became the second Mrs. Ileffner. The first wife had died in February, 1848. In Feb ruary, 18-19, this second wife presented Mr. Ileffner with a boy. On Christ mas day of the same year the nine teenth child was added to the Ileffner flock. The family now was larger than any other in that part of the country, Five years passed on and Mr. Jleffner's household was increased by the addi tion of ten more children, a pair of twins being born every year. There was now a lull, and for three years thereafter only ono child was born un to them. In 1851 he came to this country with his family, and the last three children were born in America. ln 1857 his wife died, having been mar ried nine years, lie was now the fath er pf thirty-two children, twelve of whom had died, leaving twenty to be taken in charge by a widow, whom he married in 1858. .Mrs. Ileffner number three had one child by a previous mar riage. She became the mother of nine more children in ten years by single births. I lis last, or third wife, is still living. None of the first set cf seven teen children survive. Two of the fifteen of the second wife's children still live, and three of the third wife's. In a period of twenty-eight years from 1810, when he first married, to 1SG8, the date of the birth of his last child --he became the father of fort v one children. The five who are still living are girls. With the step-child that the last marriage added to the list, forty-two children have wiled John JlefTner "father." Tho old man has long since forgotten the names of his numerous progeny, and can only recall those born in later years. Music Hath Charms, etc. One of tho great man factoring in terests of Huston, is tho Emei'son Piano Company, whose pianos are used with high appreciation and satisfaction throghout tho world. 1 n a recent conver sation with iMr. Jos. (Iramer, one of tho proprietors, that gentleman remarked: I have used that splendid remedy St. Jacobs Oil in my family and found it to bo so beneficial that" I will never be without it. It has cured me of a severe case of rheumatism, after other reme dies had failed.. Louis Western Watchman. Tho stntoof .Now Jersey offers SUO to every frou public school in tho state with which to start u library, upon condition that the district raises as much more. And 310 a added yearly upon tho same condi tion. Kvery aian is honest if you take his word fur it; but it is Just as well tu Uko a. nolo ior uurrowed money. IS 3K?55!!5!i