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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JuLY 28, 1869. NO 29.
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1 ANI M E;UN IN CUR2RM1
OS PROVISIONS. .
leEn am ed iavadabNy is advum
"a a Noti E, FMeral Iiltations, Obft
bam, ad Communications sabserving private
iliXS pdvertisements.
Swbdre he'y can't control,
QoeWthe iu a~len soul!
In i sdSke weck ofnature
d4i4 in $he sinner leave,
'-ist inai still regain the stature
It bath fallen from, I believe.
I beeve'in l'aman kidlnes,,
Lrgesid the'tot men,
1t fer btin,igAdaeS
Thisa in eensure's keeisst Ae"
la the geutleneas that slowly
&asiass ,lacwon geve,
ta thatni% , hbtl ,
*belleve in self-denial,
And its secret throb of jay :
" io%idet; de o
Ia those fond and full belieyiags
That, thcigh all the world deceive,
Wilot its dark deceivings
r spimL4ket, I beieve.
I believe in man's affection,
reai n,And sa woman's purity ;
* V~lo fty soul, sustai.iing,
p%dee ;elr
AIN
-es ad pstieuce, I beliee.
Ia self devotion,
otdeep enodoa4 -
e'ldI g, wo-nau. team:
thepore prova ling pasoa
r.man heart' by God conceive,
d de<pse sae wurld cold fAhio,
Live snd die foe, I believe.
I be5en ias ban kindnem
What it woud but could not do "
hmore leave unavailing
AB its efort NeiveI
I bgls e
ARibat s bth swept away,
wer of its retnouzji,
#is ws repre
In the gyie beIsoIalmg
11s perfeede'n, I bielieve.
- ~wi Love Etuipal,
iedIuGdd'i 'Ichanging wfl
Thao
la the heand full assurance
Abelier. -
A i~M intlitsl,Eietreas Sit
Ume Reverend Divine-He Is
31eWhile Uenestly Tolling.
A ~ bQrat amosing. affair, in
volvii4 pztesene of ,a well
kno1i's i~e in a very ludicrous
'ostims;occurred in Cincinnsti, a
tb we 6t~ai. from The
C'inq' m anfm -red i of
the 3th inst., which says:
A 1i days since a well-known
minister, who owns a house in the
West3od which is now vacant,
paid the premises a visit, for the
purpoup inil their condi
.ige a's'if't of
genlle
sonto l.fr isso tbe cisterd,
pediment, old tools, tin pans,
the filthy ns,f*r,some time, tihe
-tglm ifd 6f& kentleman come
to tD%4Eoselision that, in view of
the hard times and high prie' of
jiboi-,,the wisest course. he could
paiidwas-tb clean it h mself, es
hlyas his sermon was wri'tten
o:heweek,an he, in conse
qimeac%,bad plenty of leisure.
in once resolved, the old
lost no time in execut
n-Prooeediung to the house, he
d lsef haimself of every article of
~ hig save his drawers, and
gedHtr, entered the eistern,
w~p~a~illy to work, with
ag4,nd-ehovel, until the whole
som ted his task, he wended bia
way totbe-bouse for the purpose
of Qi-ias costume .of eoher
black, when, oh, horror of horrors,
somr2 gqrmenQt was to be seen
where he had -left them. All were
. ,-. Thieves, it 'appears, who
ad not the fear of the law, or the
reverend cistern cleaner before
tii eyes; had entered the house
a bie the old gentleman was
diggag way to the tune of Old
Urnni6wa an d stolen h is clnthes.
Here was a nice predicament to be
placed in. Not a stitch of cloth
i.ng to hide his nake4ness, save
the sadly damaged. drawers, and
9jo=neans of procRng any save by
aD.appcarance on .the. street, in
hisrather primitiveeostume,which
maodesty forbade,.but the chilling
temperature of the ho.use urged.
Exercise was his only means of
-*eepintgwarm, while racking his
brain,to-decide upoo a method of
relief.' So at it he went, and not
withstanding his conscientious
scrupres on the subject of dancing,
some of the liveliest hoe-downs
ever executed-by a minister at
leaat-in this city, the silent walls
of that deserted dwelling then wit
nessed. The noise of the old gen
tleman's terpsichorean p er f or
mance finally attracted the atten
tion and brought to his aid a num
ber of the neighbors, whose horror
and astonishment can be imagined
at witnessing the performance of
Freakdown by their respected fel
o*citio= en in a costnme almost as
senity at3 "Georgia full dress."
Thinking, of coarse, that the
old gentleman had gone as near
stark mad as he was stark naked,
the neighbors approached him with
great caution, and not for some
time after his discovery was it de
cided to furnish him clothing, in
order that he might go at large.
One of the boldest of the party,
however, finally approached near
enough to hear his explanation of
his strange appearance-which the
appearance of the cistern corrob
orated when a suit of clothes was
procured, the old gentleman-cloth
ed aud wurmed and allowed to de
parb4npeaee, *Mid the-snppressed
titter.angiggles of the specta
to Iehas, w obelieve, sineedo
ei tQ i.up the cistern-clean
iigtnsiness.
BE IN EARNEST.-The grand se
cret .of success, whether .as- a pf
mte:aeber'or a publie speaker,
is to be in-earnest. To an orator,
a good voice is a gift to be com
meuded, and appropriate gestures
are at all times faithful adjuncts.
Pcisihed periods and smooth,
graceful manner please the head ;
but to win the heart, be in earn
est. As a general rule, let one
feel what he says, and he will be
very apt to say it in such a man
ner that. those who hear him will
feel it.: This is what renders him
effective. He carries the impres
sion that be is honest ; realizing
that perishing souls are around
him, he speaks as one who sees,
as one who knows. as one who
feels. This renders many a man
eloquent weo never wvent through
college. To effest -anythimg, re
solve to be in earnest. Then may
you hope that your labor will be
erwned with success ; then may
you hope to see a mighty reforma
tion thropigh the land ; then scores
of sinful trembling so.. Is, through
the influence of the earnest worker,
will be gathered into the kingdom.
[S. S. Times.
G EowLEEs.-There is a classofmen
in every community who go about
with vinegar faces,gowling because
they are not appreciated as they
be, -and w ho have a constant onar
rel with their destiny. These men
usually have made a grave mistake
iB there estimate of tIheir abilities,
or are unmitigated donkeys. In ei
ther case they are unfortunate.
Wherever this fault-finding with
one's condition or position occurs,
there is always a want of self
respect. If people despise you, do
not tell it alltover town. If you
are capable, show it. If(you are a
right.dgwn elever fellow, wash
the wormwood off your face, and
show your ~good-will by your
deeds. Then; if the people feel
above you, go right off and feel
above them. If they swell when
they pass you in the' street, swell
yourseif, and if this does not
"fetch them," conclude very good
naturedly that they are unworthy
of' your acquaintance, and pity
them for missing such a capital
chance to get into good society.
"Can't," is spoken ten times
where "can"~ is once. That is the
proportion and the direction in
which the world drifts.
In Charleston, whenever a man
is proposed as a candidate for two
or more offices, his supporters
say that they are going to "C~or
binize" him.
In the distribution of official fa
ors, Grant always manages to
"push things" right under the
noses of his relatives. This keeps
"peace in the family.
Young men who hang around
the cities for months, looking for
a clerkship, will find a splendid
fiel ofropeations in the country.
Facts for the People.
THE RING THAT RULES AT WASHINGTON.
The following is from a Fourth,
of July oration at Xenia, Ohio, by
Brevet Brigadier General Donn
Piatt :
Last fall a distinguished journal
ist sent me to Washington with
instructions to look impartially at
the transactions there, and write
the truth, regardless of consequen
ces. I did my best to comply with
his request. I strove to lift dny
self above partisan considerations
and feelings, and give to print a
fair statement of all that could be
seen. I say it now, as I wrote it
then, with a sickened heart, that
we have the most corrupt govern
ment in the world. It is run by
rings. There is no moneyed in
terest in the land that is without
its rings in Washington. We have
railroad rings, landjobbing rings,
Indian Bureau rings, whiskey
rings, protection rings, that branch
off in every conceivable direction.
And they were intriguing, caucuss
ing, boring, and, through wine and
women, baiting without cessation.
I do not wish to be understood
as charging that a majority of our
representatives in Congress are
dishonest men. On the contrary,
I was surprised to find that, living
in this atmosphere and under these
influences, there were so .many
pure and upright men. But I will
say, without fear of successful con
tradiction, that adding the incapa
bles to the rogues they are made
the majority.
Not the, least disheartening part
of all this is to be found in the ut
ter indifference with which the
public I%t large regard all this. It
is no longer a shame to stcal. It
has ceased to be a dishonor to de
fraud. I saw senators who came
to Washington with scarcely
money enough to pay boarding
house bills, rolling over the streets
imrsplendid equipages, and enter
taining society in palatial residen
ces. They are now millionaires,
and not only tolerated, but flat
tered, sought and sued by men
and women who would be honest
were it the fashion to affect that
virtue; and if you turn from men
who have made their fortunes out
of their places, it is to stare at men
who bought their way in.
ELEGANCE DOES NOT MAKE A
HoME.-I never saw a garment
too fine for man or maid; there
was never a chair too good for
a cobbler, or cooper, or king, to
sit in ;never a house too fine to
shelter the human head. these
elements about us, the gorgeous
sky, the imperial sun, are not too
good for the human race. Ele
gance fits man. But do we not
value these tools of house-keeping
a little more than they are worth,
and sometimes mortgage a home
for the mahogany we would bring
into it? I had rather eat my dini
ner %ff the head -of a barrel, or
dress after the fashion of John
the Baptist in the wilderness, or
sit on a block all my life, than con -
sume myself before I got to a home.
and take so much pains with the out
side that the inside was as hollow
as an empty nut. .Beauty is a
great thing, but beauty of gar
ments, house and furniture is a
very tawdry ornaments campared
with domestic love. All the ele
gance in the world will not make
a home, and I would give more
for a spoonful of real hearty_ lovo
than for whole shiploads of fur
niture, and all the gorgeousness
that all the upholsterers in the
world could gather together.- The
odore Parker.
A lady correspondent of the
Country Gentleman, gives the follo
wing recipelfor
MAKING SWEET PIcKLEs.-Cut
the tomatoes through, or if large,
slice in three ; let them stand in
weak brine over night. To a
quau't of vinegar three pounds of
sugar; in this vinegar cook the
tomatoes until a fork can easily
be passed thr.ugh them. As fast
as they are cooked, take them
out -.with a fork and lay them
down in a jar--say two or three
layers of tomatoes, sprinkle pul
verized cinnamon and cloves, and
a thin layer of sugar; then al
ternately tomatoes, spices and su
gar, cooking all the tomatoes in
the same vinegar; if neccessary,
add more sugar and vinegar.
When the jar is filled, cover the
tomatoes with good cider vinegar
cold, throwing away the vinegar
in which tomo',oes were cooked.
L~ay some horse radish root over
the top of the pickles, and put a
wait on to keep them covered.
This receipe is, equally good for
cucumbers. I have tested it for
the past two, years, and found no
trouble in 1reening gnned pickles.
The Unsatisfied Wife.
Temple Brent was a -good hus
band. So people said, and so be
thought. He saw carefully that
his house was kept weW repaired,
and well furnished. Everything
for his wife's convenience was t
promptly done, and she never had 1
to tease for money for anything t
she or the children needed. Tem
ple Brent. was not the man to give
his wife, grudgingly. fifty cents
one day, and-ask her for the change
the next. He did not like it, (hear!
hear!) if he found that Mrs. Brent
was hesitating to ask for money
to buy anything she .wanted.
Take note, her wants weire always
reasonable ones. WitE such a
husband as this, how came it that
Mrs. Brent's face was a sad, un
satisfied one? Surely she must
have had a very unhappy disposi
tion. Wait a minute. Mr. Brent
was one of those cold, .calm, stern
-yes, grim, righteous sours who
regard all affection ateness of word t
and act as foolish and unbecom- ]
ing; except. in and toward chil
dren.
He would take his babe and hug
and kiss it, and talk a few words
of "love nonsense," which, if sin
cere, is the dearest, sweetest sense
in all the world-to it ; but to its
mother, though perhaps he did
love her, (he used to look as though
he did before he married her, and
sometimes she would see.the same
expression in his clear grey eyes,
even years afterwards,) never had
he uttered, "I love you," in his life. 1
Scarcely did he ever kiss her, un
less going from or returning home.
There was seldom any tenderness
in his voice, unless when he was
sick in bed. Poor soul ! s e would
have been willing to be all her
days to have him as he ,as one
day when he thought shewas go
ing to die. Onee from clear starv
ation of spirit, aggravat4 too,.by
having heard -a happy neighbor t
express her wifely satisflction and
delight in her husband's tender
ness both of heart and manner,
she plucked up courage and com
plained to Mr. Brent of what was
a heavy sorrow to her, and bow
ing lowv beside him, she took his
hand and kissed it, and begged of
him to love her and to tell her
that he did so. Astounded Tem
ple Brent ! for a moment, while he
stared in amazement, his power of
speech forsook him. Then in
tones almost of anger he said :
"Are you craiy ? What do you
suppose I married you for, if I did
not like you ! Let's have no more
of such twaddlesome nonsense."
Poor little Mrs. Brent; she
blushed painfully and crept away
and cried herself into a headache;
then took her babe from its cra
dle and fondled that, and it re
turned all her caresses. But was
her heart satisfied? Well, she has
gone now where such rebuffs are
never known. She died one day, I
at evening, and over her still, cold.
form, Mr-. Brent was heard to say
-(didshe hear him even then? per
haps so,)-"O Nary ! Mary ! true
and tender wife ! I love you, love
you." Whether she heard or not,
she now looks sad no more, her
soul at last is satisfied.-Augusta
Moore.
When To Manure Orchards. I
Inquiry is often made as to the
frequency and amount of manu- t
ring or cultivation for fruit - trees.i
The answer must be: Act ac- e
cording to circumstances. The s
question again recurs : How shall a
we know what our soils need ? t
The answer is: Observe the re- j
sulIs of growth. An examinina
tion or analysis of the soil will be E
of little use. But the trees will e
tell their own story. If the soil d
is so rich that they make annual ]
shoots of two or three feet or i
more in length withbout any culti- e
vation or manuring at all (which, ,
however, is rarely the case,) then
it will be needless to give adi- a
tional care. The annual growth
is the best guide to treatment. i
There are very few apple or other i
orchards which, after reaching1y
a good bearing state, throw outt
annually shoots more than a foot c
or a foot and a half long, and
many not half this length. The]
owner may lay it down as an un-i
alterable rule, that when his trees
do- not grow one foot annually
they need more manuring or culti
vation or both. By observing the
growth he can answer all questions
of the kind referred to without
dificulty.-American Fruit Cultu.
rits.
'-A woman in Americus, Geor
gia, has married two brothers andi
is now betrothed to the third."
Grant ought to give that woman 1
an officee, as an appreciation of her i;
derntion to his policy.e
A Crazy Creed.
'WOMEN'S RIGHTS" CARRIED TO
EXTREMES-REV. MRS. BUFFUM'S
"NEW AMERICAN CHURCH."
The vagaries of the human F
nind in respect to religious mat- I
,ers, are sometimes past ordinary
)elief, but the strangest combina- t
,ion of folly, blasphemy and cred
ility which has come to light of
ate is that embodied in what is t
:alled "theNewAmericanCburch,"
>f which one Mrs. Buffum, of New r
Iork claims to be the "President,
md which she says, in a note,
'is regularly formed and contains
Lbout 300 members." This de- .
uded woman transmits, to the I
Day's Doings, with a request for
)ullication, the following notice:
"Rev. Mrs. Buffum preaches the
ospel of Lord the Mother, God t
:he Father, Christ the Son, and
3oul the Daughter, sustaining her
elf by the Holy Bible, at the New I
kmerican Church, every day in
he week, Sunday excepted, at
L94 South Clark-st., Room 11."
She also sends her "little book,"
illed with insufferable nonsence
mn the subject of "the new Church,
vith. women at the head,' and the
bllowing "prayer," which is al
nost too mocking to print:
'Let us pray to the Divine Family:
-Lord the Mother, God the Fa
her, Christ the Son, and Soul the
)aughter, h a l1 o w e d be your
ames; may your Queendom and
ingdom come and be with us as
t is with you. We render thanks,
bat the Trinity or triangle has
heen s'uperceded by the square,
ipon which the Daughter is rep
esented, as well as the Son. The
t'rinity-Father, Son and Holy
xhost, denies the Pope, Christ's
icegerent, a wife and family. But
he Square, Fathet, Mother, Son
,nd Daughter, grants him a coi
0auion, and lets him stand an
oaored father-iii -the- ehurch. On
he Square all live in the holy
lual marriage relation. On the
rrinitv all live in free lust, (see
atholies, Protestants, convents
nd houses of ill-fame). Pope, e
3ishop and Priest ignore the
narriage relation. Is it any
conder, their followers do like
ise? Then away with the
rinity and up with the Square.
)nc man and one woman, every
vhere, in the Capitol at Washing
on, in the Vatican at Rome. -
.way with the old three-cornered
heavens, and let the North, South,
.ast and West be responded to.
et the Daughter's voice, Christ's
ister, come out from the fourth
orner of heaven, and resound
brough the earth, then will the
wiman race be redeemed, and not
ill then --A women [not A men.]"
The doctrine of 'w o ma n 's
ights" is set forth in this crazy
erbiage with suflicient distinct
ess to please the most ardent
aitator." -It is needless to say,
owever, that "Rev. Mrs. Buffum"
s not a fair representative of the
female suffrage" cause.
Spiritual Testimony. <
In a case in New York the
ther day, Judge Edmunds testi
ed under oath as follows:
"I believe those pictures are
hotographs of spirits; I believe
hat foe camera can take a photo
~raph of a spirit, I believe also
hat spirits are not immaterial; 1
n my opinion everything has
aateriality ; they are sufficiently
o to be visible to the human eye;
,nd, therefore, I do not see why 1
ey cannot be taken by a camera.
believe that the camera can take
hotographs of spirits which 1 canr
ee. The other day I[ was in a
ourt in Brooklyn, when an acci
lent insurance ease was on trial.
saw the spirit of the man who
ad been insured ; that spirit told
ne the circumstances connected
ith the death ; he told me that
ie had committed suicide; I drew
,diagram of the place at which
is death occurred, and on show
g it to the counsel, was told that
t was exact; I had never seen the
lace nor the mani, and no one in
he court-room saw the spirit ex
ept myself; the appearance of the
piit was shadowy, transparent ;
could see material objects through
t. The first spirit, that I ever
aw was that of Judge Talmage,
who was leaning against a window
asement, which was plainly to be
een through his body. I have
en spirits clothed in their every
lay dress as well as in grave
lothes, but never saw one with
>ut clothing."
The laziest man-the printer, he
s al ways setting. His case is hard,
oor fellow, but he makes it a rule
o stick to it till a period closes his
aragraph, when he gives up the
bas and yield to the devil. I
Bachelors and Flirts.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
Some old bachelors git after a
lirt, and don't travel as fast as
he doz. and then concludes all
he fetale group are hard to
cetch, and good for nothing when
hey are ketched.
A flirt is a rough thing to over
iaul unless the right dog gets af
er her, and then they are the
asiest of all t: ketch, and often
nake the very best of wives.
When a flirt is really in love
he is as powerless as a mown
laisy.
Her impudence then changes
nto modesty, her cunning into
'ear, her spurs into a halter, and
ier pruning-hook into a cradle.
The best way to catch a flirt is
,ew travel the other way, from
vhich she is going. or sit down
mn the ground and whistle some
ively tune till the flirt comes
ound.
Old bachelors make the flirts,
Lnd then the flirts get more than
ven by making the old bache
ors.
A majority of flirts get married
inally, for they hev a great quan
ity of the most dainty tit-bits of
voman's nature, and alwus have
hrewdness to back up their sweet
less.
Flirts don't deal in poetry and
rater grewel; they hey got to
iev brains, or else somebody
could trade them out of their cap
til at the first sweep.
Disappointed luv must uv course
e all on one side. This aint any
nore excuse for being an old
>achelor than it iz fur a man to
luit all kinds of manual labor jist
ut uv spite,'and jine a poor-house
>ekase he can't lift a ton at one
)op.
An old bachelor will brag about
iiz freedom to you, hiz relief from
mxiety, hiz indipendence. This iz.
dead beat past resurrection, for
verybody knows there ain't a
nore anxious dupe than he iz.
Uh hizdreams are charcoal sketch
s of boarding-school misses. He
Iresses, greases hiz hair, paints
is grizzly mustache, cultivates
unyons and corns, tew please
iz captains (the wimmen,) and
nly gets laffed at fur hiz pains.
I tried being an old bachelor
ill I wuz about twenty years old,
mnd came very near dicing a dozen
imes. I had more sharp pain in
me year, than I hev had since,
)t it all irr a heap. I was in a
ively fever all the time.
Fearful Discovery.
Mr. A. Rabb, a farmer who re
ides about three miles west of
he city, brought a strange story
n on Saturday. Mr. Rabb has a
on-in-law living on a farm about
our miles from Lafayette, named
illar. Mr. Miller has a German
aborer, who, in plowing over a
:orn-tie'ld, struck the upper crust
>f somthing very much like the
nfrnal regions. A suffocating
idor was first emitted, foldlowed
ya dense volume of smoke. Ac
ording to the German's state
nnt, the stench was several de
rrees above the flavor of the Illi
ois street gutter. A sheet of flame
oon burst from this terrible vol
~ano, and a great conflagration
vas imminent for a time, but the
lames were finally subdued by a
bw~ shovelfulls of earth tossed in
he mouth of the crater. The
ava thrown out looked very much
ike Castile soap, only it was not
o highly perfumed. On the con
rary, it was exceedingly offen
ive. It ignites easily, and burns
s5 freely as brimstone. The Ger
nan was very badly frightened,
nfd after viewing the scene in ut
er bewilderment for a time, ejae
ated, "Yell, dat ish hell !" We
nderstand that Prof. Cox will
xamine the ground, and if it
hould prove an entrance into the
nfernel regions, he will send for
?arson Brownlow to look further
nto it. The people of Lafayette
Lre greatly alarmed, and already
t is said that a roaring noise can
e heard underneath that doomed
ity. We await further develop
nents with intense anxiety.
Iany persons may think this a
0ax, but it is not. Mr. Rabb
loesn't look like a man who would
leceive a whole community about
L trifling a thing as the discovery
f hell in Indiana.
(Indianapolis Sentinel.
Words are little things, but the3
ometimes strike hard. We wield
hem so easily that we are apt to
orget their hidden power. Fitly
poken, they fall like su ishine,
;he dew, and the fertilizing rain ;
ut when unfitly, like the frost,
,he hail, and desolating_tempest.
People who always keep their
rerd-mntes
Repelling Flies from Horses.
It is an act of humanity to come
to the aid of the horse, powerful
as he is, against his nimble assails
ant, the fly. Here is a recipe
which is said to be an excellent de
fence against it; at all events a
trial of it will not involve much
expense, nor will it do harm should
it prove unavailing as a defence t10
the horse:
Take two or three small hand
fuls of walnut leaves, upon which
pour two or three quarts of cold
water; let it infuse one night, and
pour the whole next morning into
a kettle and let it boil for a quar
ter of an hour; when cold it will
be fit for use. No more is reqgtired
than to moisten a sponge, and be
fore the horse goes out of the sta
ble, let those parts which are most
irritable be smeared over with the
liquor, namely, between and upon
the ears, the neck, flank, ttc. Not
only the lady or gentleman who
rides out for pleasure will derive
the benefit from walnut leaves
thus prepared, but the coachman,
the wagoner and all others who
use horses during the hot months.
The fly, insignificant as it is in
size, and devoid of the power of
doing any great harm, is one of
the most annoying of the insect
tribe. A nuisance to man, the fly
is at error of the horse whose flesh
is made to quiver, whenever the
foot of one touches him.
Cheap Wash for Bulldlits.
Take a clean water-tight cask
and put into it one-half bushel of
lime. Slack it by pouring water
o'er it boiling hot,., and in suffi
cient quantity to cover it five
inches deep, and stir it briskly,
till thoroughly slackened, dissolve
it in water, and add two pounds of
sulphate of zinc and one of com
mon salt. These will cause the
wall to harden and prevent its
cracking, which gives an unseemly
appearance to the work. A beau
tiful cream color may be given to
the wash by adding three pounds
of yellow ochre; or a good pearl
or lead color, by the addition of a
lump of iron black. For fawn
color add four pounds umber, one
pound ofIndian red, and one pound
common lampblack. For stone
color add two pounds lampblack.
When applied to the outside of
houses and fences, it is rendered
more durable by adding about a
pint of sweet milk to a gallon of
wash.
A CURE FOR Low SPIRITS.-Ex
ercise for the body, occupation
for the mind : these are the grand
constituents of health and happi
ness, the cardinal points upon
which everything turns. Motion
seems to be a great preserving
principle of nature, to wvhich even
inanimate things are subject ; for
the winds, wvaves, the earth itself,
are restless, and the waving of
trees, shrubs, and flowers is known
to be an eseential part of their
economy. A fixed rule of taking
several hours' exercise every day,
if possible in the open air, if not,
under cover, will be almost cer
tain to secure one exemption from
disease, as well as from attacks of
low spirits, ennui-that monster
who is ever way-laying 'the rich
indolent.
A WOMAN's SMIL.-A woman
who lived very unhappily with
her husband, came to a great di
vine to ask his counsel. "Always,
meet your husband with a smile,"
said the wise man. She followed
his advice, and very soon return'ed
to thank him for the blessing of a
happy home. Whenever t homae
landseape is dreaiy and its hori
zon clouded, we believe th*t it
proceeds not so much from the
storms of man's petulance and un
reasonableness, as because woman
has forgotten to draw a sunbeam
from the Sun of Righteousness,
A certain queer genius, whose
prominent specialty was an aver
sion to water, happened home late
one night, with that peculiar,
furry sensation about his tongue
and tonsils which gentlemen who
rejoice in Clubs will remember as
part of their experience. His
wife had left standing upon the
bureau a tumbler, in which-for
some purpose known to house
wives-she had put a small ball of
silken thread to soak. Without
observing this fact, Bibulous
seized the tumbler, and swollowed
its contents. Feeling a thread in
his mouth, he began pulling upon
it. To his horror, yard after yard
came stringing forth, until, in ani
agony of excitement, he cried out:
"Lucy, for God's sake come here I
I'm unravelin'."
The wheels of time-tbose of a