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p f. FOSTER Publither. Demoted to tlie Interest or the Democratic Party, and the Collection orLocal and General Xews. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE. YQL. Y-NO. 2.- EATON, P., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1871. WHOLE NUMBER 229. AN ANCIENT MARINER. Two Hundred and Six Years on Two Hundred and Six Years on the High Seas. : "Did you say you served your appren ticeship ia the Arethusa? "Yes, I served ray time in the Are thusa " " "What age were you,, whciv you went to sea?" " ' , "I was sixteen.".; .- - "Put down sixteen, Bill." " The scene of the present dialogue was the forecastle of a collier brig at anchor in the Thames, the speakers, an old sea man and three others scarcely arrived at middle as-e. one of whom, behind the old mnn. nf(t.od as clerk, with a piece of chalk, using the lid of his chest as a "Put down sixteen, Bill," whispered one, and the number was put down. "Then, how long were you in the Arethusa !" "I served five years," said the old man ; "then I stopped by her another three; I was eight years in her alto gether. I liked the ship very well, but I did not like the owner." Bill, who was all attention, put down an eight below the sixteen. "But you would be a young fellow then ; I should think you would not be long out of a ship." "I got a ship directly, and sailed for North America. Well, as it happened, we were water-logged as we were on our nassage home : all hands took to the rig- cinw. were we remained days without a bite of anything, or as much as a drink. On the fourth day, got hold of a dead bird of some kind that was lloating past ate it feathers and all. WelJ,l have not yet told you, all hands died but my self, and the only way I could keep my self alive was by sucking the grease out of the ropes. I knocked about upon the for a month. A.t last I was picked" up by an American vessel, and taken to America. The Americans used me very well ; so I traded back and for- tvnrfi nmnno- me American ijui avfi ." long time." - "How long do you suppose you were in America altogether ?" - "I was away ten years from leaving "Didn't vou go into the Greenland trade after that V" - "NY? it. was not till some time after. was on board of a man-of-war before I - t was in the Greenland trade. Somehow or other the pressgang cot scent of me; feood run we had ; 1 was nimble on my 5 then; if I had not slipped and fallen . - '.-M into an asb-midden, I believe they "uefBBBWOUld have taken me ; but take me they did. Well, 1 was seven years in ins -- Majesty's service, anu a inteu uie ecrvra " " very well ; but one day the captain and I " had a few words, and said I to myself, 'The sooner we part company the better, old fellow.' Solrau away it was in the West Indies. I knew they would all be after me, so I got myself stowed into a hogshead of sugar, and sent aboard . of a merchantman, and got clear off that way." . Bill, who was listening in silence, put down, "On board man-of-war, seven : years.1' . 1 "Then did you get home all right ?" -. - Yes; and then I went to Greenland. My eyes! what sport wo had there the first ten years I was in the trade ! I was there that year when there wasn't a whale to be seen, and we loaded the ship with seals. A weary job we had ; the ice was short and hummocky, and the seals a3 shy as foxes. Somehow we al ways found one or two fellows,' who'd been fuddled the night belore, that for got the way into the water. When the brutes make a dive, they are out of sight in a minute ?" -. "How long were you in the Greenland trade?" : "I was nineteen years altogether. Then I fancied I would like to be in a warmer climate ; so I got into an East '.', Indiaman, and traded to the East Indies for a long time." : "How long do you suppose ?" : "About thirteen years. At last the ship was taken by pirates, and most of the crew had to walk the plank ; only three of us saved our lives by consenting to, be pirates with the rest. I never liked a pirate's life; so one day, when we were ashore on a large island watch ing, I took leg-bail and ran away. I'd been with them three years, which was quite enough. Well, I got amoDg the natives of the place, who were mighty ; kind in their way; and, as I was a brisk young fellow, I wasn't long in finding a wife among them, so I lived there just like a savage foi sixteen years; for there was no chance of getting away, and it was just as well to make myself happy. But at last an English ship put in tor water, and the longing came over me to fret back to mv native land; so I stnug- o-led mvself on board lust as she was ready for sea, and glad I was that my wife didn't follow mo." "Did you get home all right and tight ?" "All right and tight, boy !" - - "Then I suppose you would not lie up any time at home ?" "I didn't lie up at an. v nen j. got home I found that my brother had gone to America; so nothing would serve me but I would go and seek him, as I had not seen him for a long time. So I got a ship, and off I went; but I never saw him from that day to this, although I wandered through America 'for five years seeking him. I turned, tired of wander ing and got into a little vessel trading between Prince Edward's island and the mainland ; and I traded in her for ten years, I can assure you." 'Haven't you been a long time in the coal trade ?" "I was thirty years in the coal trade before I went to China." "How did you like the China trade?" "I liked It verv well, but was only in it about five years. After that I got into the Baltic trade. I was seven years in t hut I tired of it. so I got a ship and went off to the West Indies, where I was niir. ashore sick, and lay in the hospital tor three years. When I did get better, I was a better man than everso I started negro-driver on a plantation, where I whipped the ooor fellows on for three years, till at last the old fit came on me, and I would be off to see asain." "Was that betore you were captain of llie oiu, vnuKer r -"Yes ; that was just before I got to be captain ot tne cunKer." "Weren't you a long time captain of the Clinker ?" "I was captain of the Clinker for nine - : teen vears. I was captain of her until ' she was lost in the Gun-lleet. Zounds! it was as much a3 we could do to save our lives that time." "What ship was it vou lost in the . . Swinver?" "That was the Peggy. I was along time in her, both mate and master. I was four years mate and eight years master." 1 "How long is it since the Peggy w lost?" "Jet me see : it will be fourteen years this next month; just fourteen exactly." "Then vou must be a good oiu leiiow now?" "Aye; I'm a good age now, you may depend." "See what age he is there, liiu, win you?" Bill, wno nau Deen listening in me background, and taking notes on the lid of his chest, proceeded to read tue ioi- lowing items Years. Hi 8 . ... 10 .. 7 19 13 IB 5 10 3J 5 7 3 9 1!) 12 14 2U6 Went o sea In the Arethusa. when In the Arethusa In America On board man-of-war.. In Greenland trade In cast India trade Among the pirates Anions the savaccs. Traveled In America traded to frince Mwards island In the coal trade In the China trade In the Baltic trade In the hospital Nerro-drlver Captain of the CUnker In uie PeirKy Since the Peggy was lost Total. "Then you"ll be two hundred and six years old !" said Bill, with a chuckle. "Bravo!" said Tom. "There's not a man like him in the fleet !" General Robt. E. Lee. The example of the late General Lee, in refusing all gifts, and declining to re ceive compensation for services not ren dered, is worth more to his country and to all who follow it, than millions in gold. The facts here stated will not be forgotten : In the winter of 1S64 the City Council of Richmond tendered General Lee an elegant mansion as some small token of the high estimation in which he was held by the city which he had so long defend ed. But the grand old man replied : "I do not expect to be in Richmond during the continuance of the war, and my fam ily are as comfortable as they have a right to expect to be in these times. I must, therefore, with my thanks foryour consideration, most respectfully decline your offer. If you have money to give, I hope you will bestow it upon my pri vate soldiers,twho are more in need and more deserving tham myself." At the close of the war offers of pe cuniary assistance poured jn upon him from all sides, but he steadfastly refused to receive them. An English nobleman, thinking he would reioice in some place of retreat from his afflictions, wrote to offer him a splendid country seat and a handsome annuitv. He nobly replied : "I am deep ly grateful, but I. cannot consent to de sert my natiye State in the dark hour of ner adversity, i muse aoiuc ner ioriunc and share her fate." Soon after he took charge of Washing ton College he was visited by the agent of an insurance company, who offered him the presidency at a salary of ten thousand dollars. He told the agent that he could not properly attend to both "But. General," said the agent, "we do not want you to discharge any duties. We simply wish the use ot your name. That will abundantly compensate us." 'Excuse me, sir," was the prompt and decided rejoinder, "I cannot consent to receive pay for services I do not render He received many offers of this sort, and just a short time betore his death, a large manufacturing company in New York offered him a salary of hlty thou sand dollars a year if he would become their president. But to all such offers he had the same reply his duty in the col lege fully occupied his time, and he would not receive pay where he did not render service. He refused to receive from the college anything like so large a salary as they desired to pay him, and when, in 1S69, the trustees decreed to Mrs. Lee a house and annuity of three thousand dollars, the General respectfully declined, on Mrs. Lee's behali, to accept it. He declined all gratuities, and though a loving people, for whom he had toiled so heroically, would most joyously have settled on him a handsome property, he preferred to earn his daily bread by his personal exertions, and to set his people an example ot honest industry. viins lian Observer. How to Become Bankrupt by Manufacturing. Not a few, adopting the maxims we are about to promulgate as rules lor con ducting a manufacturing business, have succeeded in being consoiciously unsuc cessful. If any others wish to follow in their illustrious footsteps, let them ad- here strictly to the advice we shall give, and we will guarautee tne desired re sult. Let them branch off into many kinds of manufacturing, or, if manufacturing any particular class of goods, confine themselves as closely as possible to mak- ins; as many different varieties of wares as the class will permit of. The first is a better and more rapid road" to ruin, but the latter will do, provided that : They so keep their books tnat they can not tell how much or little they are mak ing or losins upon each variety ot arti cles they produce, or whether there is cither profit or loss on tlieif" entire busi ness except when tne annual Daiance sheet is made up. We have known per sons who were so foolish as to employ skilled bookkeepers to keen them in lormed as to the state of tncir liabilities and assets. It is rare that such men tail so conspiciously as to acquire public lame. Their example should be avoided by those ambitious to become noted bankrupts. .Let those who wish to tan, also Hire as much by the day or week as possible, and C3chew the system of "piece work." It is astonisning how much this will grease the wheels ot financial disaster, especial ly if, They leave everything in charge of a salaried superintendent, not above bav ins his favorites among the emploves. who becomes favorites by seeing that he does not want lor a gotd watch at Christ mas, or cigars to regale himself with dur ing the rest ot tne year. Finally, having got things in thi3 way well in trim, be sure and take no care of remnants. JLet them take care ot them selves. To become a bankrupt, one must not re5pect economy. Economy has stood between many a man and the debt or's prison or the alms house. Therefore, have nothing to do with it. Let scraps rot, and material run to waste. Spend as much time as you can with fast horse3 m shooting. Usimig, etc., leaving busi ness to the superintendent. When pinch comes, borrow morrow, having full faith that it will be easy to pay it wnen due. So shall vou find smooth sail ing and fair breezes to waft vou swiftly to a port where you will find no lack of congenial society. f Scientific American, DOMESTIC RECIPES, &C. rV-. T?omwt t -1 t." . z l- Tr i r r 71 An Da Apply a paste of wood ashes ; keep it on several days, and then wash it off. Fruit Jumbi.es. One pound of sugar, one pound of butter, one pound and three-quarters of Hour, six eggs, half pound of currants, a teaspoonful of sale-1 ratus, and spice to taste. Scotch Cake. Take half a pound of butter, one pound of sugar, three quarts of flour, two eggs, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, and as much rose water as will flavor it. Yankee Cake. Two cups of sugar, one cup of butter, one cup of milk, tour eggs, a little lemon, cinnamon, and flour sufficient to malic it the consistency oi poundcake. Custard Cake. Blanch half a pound of almonds and cut them up finely ; whip to a thick mass half a pint ot sour cream ; add fine white sugar to sweeten well, and the well beaten yolk of an egg to gether with the almonds. Just belore using add the white of the egg well beaten. -Sake the cakes very thin, and when all are done begin to spread the cream between them. Enough for two loaves. Bake one day before wanted for use. To Clean Silk or Merinos. Grate two or three large potatoes, add to them a pint of cold water, let them stand a short time, pour off the liquid clear, or strain it through a sieve, wnen it win uc lit for use. Lav the silk on a llatsurtace and apply the liquid with a clean sponge till the dirt is well separated ; dip each piece in a pail of clear water, and nang up to dry without wringing. Iron, while damp, on the wrong side. Pastry. The flour for pastry should be of the whitest and finest quality. It should be mixed with a broad knife, as the moisture and warmth of the hand make it heavy. The butter should be ot the best quality, as if it is a little rancid it will taste. To make puff paste it should have all the salt washed out of it. Iron or block tin plates are the best lor making pastry. Always use cold -water (in summer ice water) to mix pastry, and if it cannot be baked immediately, set it away in a cool place. A Healthy Substitute for Tea. As healthful drink, in place of tea, Dr. Thompson, in a late work of his, recom mends the use of the dried leaves of the red raspberry. They cleanse the sys tem of canker, ana tuns act oenenciaiiy to the health. The leaves should be gathered on a warm day, and may be spread in a good airy chamber, on clean boards or paper to dry. When suffi ciently dry, they may be kept in sacks. A small nandtul is suuicienc ior several persons. This tea does not require the addition of milk and sugar, and is quite as pleasant as other tea, and much cheaper and healthier. Eggs a Year Old. Take three gal lons of pure water add one pint of slacked lime and a half pint of common, salt, filling the vessel, half full: let the eggs down in such a way as not to crack the shell. If this is well done, the egg will keep a year, and at the end of that time will be almost as good as when first put in the mixture : there should be two or three inches of the liquid above the high est layer of eggs so as to keep out the air. It is the passage of air through the shell, which is full of pores, that destroys the egg ; the lime and salt nu up these pores very effectually. To Cure a Felon. As soon as the parts begin to swell get the tincture of lobelia and wrap tue pan auecteu wiiu u cloth thoroughly saturated with the tinc ture, and the felon is dead. An old physician says he has known it to cure scores of cases, and it never fails if ap plied in season. Journal oj Mcaicine. Another. Take common salt, such as is used for salting down pork or beef, dry it in an oven, then pound it fine and mix with spirits ot turpentine in equal parts. Put it in a rag and wrap around the part affected, and as it gets dry put on more, and in twenty-four hours you are cured; the lcion is dead. To Prevent Flies From Injuring Picture Frames, Glasses, etc. Boil three or four onions in one pint of water ; then, with a gilding brush do over your glass and frames.and the flies will not alight on the articles so wnsiiea. lius may be used without apprehension ; and it will not do the least lrnury to the frames. Receipt for Sweet Pickles. For the benefit of your readers 1 send a recipe lor making sweet pickles ot peaches, to matoes, apples, etc. To each nine pounds of fruit, take three pounds ot sugar, one pint of vinegar, and. one half ounce of cloves. Put the sugar ana vinegar to gether in a preserving kettle, let them come to a boil, then put in cloves, grouud it tor apples: 11 tor peaclies or tomatoes, put two whole cloves in each, or more, as you like. 1'ut your iruit into the syrup, let it boil until it cracks open, then, lilt it out carefufly, boil down the juice, and pour it over them. As the juice gets thinner by standing, drain it on, ana boil it down as much as you can con veniently, pouring it over the fruit again. s. a., Woodhull, 111: Western Mural Green Varnish. There is a most beautiful transparent green varnish em ployed to give a fiiie glittering color to gilt or other uecorateu worKs. as tne preparation of this varnish is very little known, an account of it may in all prob ability prove of interest to many ot our readers. The process is as follows Grind a small quantity of a peculiar pig ment, called "Chinese blue," along with about double the quantity of finely pow dered chromate of potash, and a sufficient quantity ot copaf varnish thinned with turpentine. The mixture requires the most elaborate grinding or incorporating of its ingredients, otherwise it will not be transparent, and therefore useless for the purpose for which it is intended. The "tone" of color may be varied by an al teration in the proportion of the ingre dients: A preponderance of chromate of potash causes a yellowish shade in the green, as might have been expected, and vice versa with the blue under the same circumstances. This colored varnish wilt produce a very striking euect in japanned goods, paper-hangings, etc. and can be made at a very cheap rate vaoinci AiaKer. To Clean the Faoe of Soft Mahog ANY OR OTHER POROUS WOOD. After scraping and sand-papering m the usual manner, take a sponge and well wet the surface to raise the grain ; then with piece of fine pumice stone, free from stony particles, and cut the way of the fibres, rub the wood in the direction i ' ' the grain, keeping it moist with water ; let the work dry; then, if you wet it again, you will find the surface perfectly smooth, and the texture of the wood much hardened : by this means, common soft Honduras mahogany will have a face equal to fine Hispaniola. If this does not succeed to your satislaetion, you may improve the surface by using the pumice stone with cold drawn linseed oil, in the same manner as you proceeded with water; this will be found to put a most beautiful, as well as durable i'ace to your work, which may then be polished or varnished. Cabinet Maker. Cleansing Stone Fronts. It is usual to perform this operation by ihe erection of a scaffold, and the rubbing-down of the face by hand-labor 'with sand and water, it has been found, non'ever, that this course was open to' the objection that it removed what masons called the weather "skin" of the stone the thin, indurated surface produced bj'the action of rainwater with the soot upon the cal careous matter which euteEj into the composition of some of the London building-stones, Portland more especial ly. It has been ascertained that the jet of wa ter thrown from a steam fire-engine has the power of removing the discolora tion produced by the smoke, without in juring the lace ot the stone; anoaccord- mgly, arrangements have boeiimade lor the cleansing, in this way, ot three well known buildings in the city. "The work is done -from the ground, .thor force of the stream thrown by the steaftt -fire-engine being sufficient to effect the neces sary cleansing. To give an idea of its power, we may say that it is no uncom mon experience for a man to be knocked down by the blow of the wfiter, if he happens to be in its way. 'We? may add, that the approximate cost ot cleansing the fronts of all three buildings will not probably exceed $500 ; whereas, under the old system, the outlay for each separate building would probably exceed that sum. Broken Hearts. The series of acts of self-destruction still runs on with pitiless iteration. Our exchanges explain the recent suicide of Miss laura shanks at bouth W ashington, D. C, by the statement that she had been apparently engaged to a young man of the neighborhood who nau broKen laitn with her. It is not without a bearing on the facts that, in the same paragraph, in the mention of her relations, it is indi rectly hinted that the girl, though amia ble and beautiful, was probably ot ob scure station and presumably of limited or deficient education. It is a noticeable fact in the sadly mo notonous details of such cases of self slaughter from disappointed affection that the victim is usually of the lower, or at most the middle class, in social station. While liosalind's malicious epigram that Men have d'e 1 and worms have eaten tiiciu, tut not for love. is clearly untrue of women, it might not be so unfair if predicated of the upper classes. The reason is not far to seek. Looking only to the lower and more selfish elements in matters matrimonial; it is plain that tbcbrilliant woman in society, in the average case, has a far better chance to till the vacant place in her facile affections than her humble. less beautiful or less wealthy sister. The cynical old proverb about "as good fish in the sea as ever yet was caught," has especial application to those wrho might, by an easy figure, be said to live on the sea-coast and own the best of nets and lines. But a deeper influence is that of culti vation. Without assuming, what no one has a right to claim, that the wealthy and well-born have any superiority in moral and religious principles, it is plain that in the majority of cases the woman of the upper class will be likely to have an intellectual and aesthetic training which, while it enlarges her views and confirms her will, supplies a mental stimulus and consolation which the girl of less eulture must bitterly need. The woman ol the lower classes, wlien en dowed by nature by a strong nature and warm leeling; is too likely, it we may so express it, to run to heart in default of that restraining counterpoise winch only the enlightened brain can supply. To such a nature a wound to the affections may often Drove fatal. That narrowness of view which heightens the intensity of its one concentrated attachment maiccs the world but one hopeless and helpless blank when its object Is removed. It is not the least blessing ot high culture tor women that it may, without destroying the original richness and depth of their nature, lilt them above tins limitation, and even amid the ruin of their tender- est hopes, enable them still to see in hu manity its wide relations and boundless possibilities. Facts about Life. It is singular how much method has been discovered in the seeming irregu larities of life. Things that appear the most casual occur with wonderful order when the aggregate is taken into ac count. Take, for instance, the height of man. What influence has it on longevi ty ? How can we know whether we are fortunate or unfortunate in this respect? Facts show that one's height does afl'ect one's days, and tall men live longer than short ones. Marriage, too, affects longevity. Fa vorably ? Yes ; married men live longer than single men. One's profession has an important relation to life. Thus, out of one hundred of each of the following professions, the number of those who at tain their seventieth year is : among cler gymen, 42; farmers, 40; traders and manufacturers, 33; soldiers and clerks 32 ; lawyers, 29 : artists, 28 ; professors 27; physicians, 24. Thus it appears that those who heal us kill themselves more rapidly than others. The average duration of life is 3d years. One-fourth of the born die before they reach the age of 7 years, and the half before the 17th year. Out 100 persons only C reach the age of years, and only 1 in 1,000 reaches the age of 100 years. Out of 500 onlv 1 at tains SO years. Out of 1,000,000,000 liv ing persons, 330,000,000 die annually. 01,000 daily, 3,730 every hour, and CO ev ery minute ; and still the population the earth increases. The known tongues which men speak amount to 3, 0G4. It seems from these facts that the two great events of life are being born and dying. After the turmoil, rest. of To Drive Away Bedi-.ugs. Take green tomato vines, put them into a basin or tray, pound them to pieces as line possible; then stain the bedstead they inhabit with the juice, fill the crevices with the pieces of the vine, lay leaves under the ends of the slats. If tliis practiced twice a year, not a bug will re main ia the bedstead. Condensed History of Steam. , ! About 230 years B. C. niero, of Alexandria, formed a toy, which exhib ited some of the powers of steam, and was moved by its power. A. D. 450, Anthemius, an architect, ar ranged several cauldrons of water, each covered with the wide bottom of a leather tube, which rose to a narrow top, with pipes extended to the rafters of the ad joining building. A fire was kindled be neath the cauldrons, and the house was shaken by efforts of the steam ascending the tubes. This is the first notice of the power of steam recorded. In 1543, June 17, Blasco D. Garriy tried a steamboat with tolerable success at Barcelona, Spain. It consisted of a caul dron of boiling water, and a movable wheel on each side of the ship. It was laid aside as impracticable. A present, however, was made to Garoy. In 1650 the first railroad was construct ed at Xewcastle-on-Tync. The first idea of a steam engine in England was in the famous Marquis of Worcester's "History of Inventions," A. D. 1GG3. In 1710," Newcomer made the first steam engine in England. In 1718, patents were granted to Sav ory for the first application ot the steam engine. . - Jn 1774, James Watt made the first per fect steam engine in England. - " In 173G, Jonathan Hulls set forth the idea ot steam navigation. ' - In 1778, Thomas Paine first proposed this application in America. In 1781, Marquis Jouffr03- constructed one in Saone. In 1785, two Americans published a work on it. In 1770, William Tymingtou made a voyage in one on the Forth and Clyde Canal. In 1S02, this experiment was repeated. In 1782, Bamsey propel'ed a boat bv steam to New York. In 1788, John Fitch, of Philadelphia, navigated a boat by a steam engine on the Delaware. In 1793, Bobert Fulton first began to apply his attention to steam. In 1793, Oliver Evans, a native of Phil adelphia, constructed a locomotive steam engine to travel on a turn-pike road. The lirst steam vessel that crossed the Atlantic was the Savannah, in the month of June, 1S19, from Charleston to Liver pool. ' Relative Rank of Cities. The cities of New . York Philadelphia and Brooklyn maintain the same relative rank as to population tluat they did in I860. There has been considerable shitt ing of places, however, among those that now constitute the remainder of the twenty foremost cities of the Union : During the last decade bt. .Louis has ascended the scale from the eighth to the fourth. Chicago, in a similar proportion, changes from the ninth to the fifth. Baltimore, which in-.18G0.. was the fourth, retrogrades to the-, sixth. -- Boston pursues the same direction, from the tutn to the seventh. Cincinnati retires a step from the sev enth to the eighth. New Orleans falls back from the sixth to the ninth. San Francisco, taking a noble forward leap, vaults from the fifteenth to the tenth. Buffalo lags behind from the tenth to the eleventh. Washington makes a stride from the fourteenth to the twelfth. Newark, New Jersey's thriving me tropolis, drops, nevertheless, from the eleventh to the thirteenth. I-iOiusviUe, twelfth in rank in 1SG0, is now assigned to the fourteenth. Cleveland, four steps forward, mounts from the nineteenth to the fifteenth. Pittsburgh alone retaius the same rela tive rank now hs then, the sixteenth. Jersey City rises lrom the twentieth to the importance of the seventeenth. Detroit recedes from the seventeenth to the eighteenth. Milwaukee from the eighteenth to the nineteenth. Albany, which was, ten years ago, the thirteenth, now takes the old place of Jersey City, as tue twentieth. . Be Manly. Never try to keep out of a man's way when you are owing him any thing, un less it is a thrashing. It is bad enough in all conscience, to be in debt, but do not make your condition worse by grow ing meaner under its pressure. When you absolutely cannot pay up at the ap pointed time, don't make him believe you are sick ; don't skulk aboutin any of the way-streets to avow meeting-your credi tors; don't sneakvaround the first jcorner when you catch sight of-lum ; before he has seen you. AH such conduct is un manly. No doubt you're averse to stand fece to face with a man to whom-you are debtor, pay-day past and you debtor still it is mortifying, very, but it is only one of the natural consequences ot borrowing : and as you iiave incurred the penalty, why meet it like a man Face your creditor, let him know you neither forget the debt nor underrate his patience to you. Say frankly that you are very sorry to keep him so long out of his money, and that you will pay up as fast and as soon as you can. This is the only way to conduct your self in the caso. There is no respect due to men or women who, failing to be able to meet their payments at the proper time, instead of going at once and ex plaining the reason why they fail, and be and say all they can to assure their creditors that they mean no dishonesty, just sneak about carefully, anxiously, only to shun the creditor's sight. Be manly. Girls Wanted. of of as is The San Francisco Labor Exchange notifies "the world and the rest of man kind," that "California wants 5,000 girls to do general housework girls-who will work in country towns. Thousands Chinamen are doing the work of women in hotels and private houses, simply be cause white help cannot be procured." It adds, however, that the stories about the opportunities for husband-getting on the Pacific slope are very much exaggerated. "Occasionally bachelors are captured, but these instances are becoming rare. Cali fornia is not a wilderness. In some of the mining camps men predominate, but. to quote an apropos expression, while 'There is as good lish in the sea as ever swam, they don't bite as well as they used to.' " This is not encouraging for the husband-seeking class, but it is well that they should know the truth, before brav ing the perils of the American Desert and the alkali plague of the plains. For Job Printing call at this office. ALL SORTS. Served Him Eight. Andrew Jack son, ol St. Louis, applied to a justice the other day for the arrest of Brownlow Johnson. He said he "done went on de uff of Johnson's house, list to frow some bricks down de chimbly to scare a cullud gal dat slept in de house, and Johnson done locked de scuttle, and make him stay up dar till eight o'clock de next moriiin." He didn't get the warrant. Scratches. A farmer and cxperien ed horseman JWirites the Itural New Yorker from Canandaigua, N. Y., that the following is recommended for the worst cases : One pint currier's oil two ounces oil of vitriol. Put it in a bottle md shake well together ; bathe well the iiffeeted part or parts with it once a day. It will effect a cure in the course of three r lour days. If the parts are covered with a rough scab, soften it by rubbing hog's lard upon it every day until the scab slips off. It will soon slip off and eave the legs smooth as ever. The Nicknames of the States. Ala bama, Lizards; Arkansas, Toothpicks; California, Gold-hunters; Colorado, Ko- vcrs; Connecticut, Wooden Nutmegs; Delaware, Muskrats; Florida, Fly-up-the-creeks; Georgia, Buzzards; Illinois, Suckers; Indiana, lloosiers; Iowa, Hawkeyes; Kansas, Jay hawkers ; Ken tucky, Corn-crackers; .Louisiana, Cre oles; Maine. Foxes; Maryland, Craw- thumuers; Michigan, Wolverines; Min nesota, Gophers ; Mississippi, Tadpoles; xUissouri, JL'ukes ; ."Nebraska, Sug-eaters ; JNevada, huge liens; New Hampshire. Granite Boys; New Jersey, Blues or Clam-catchers; New York, Knicker bockers ; North Carolina, Tar-boilers and Tuckoes ; Ohio, Buckeyes ; Oregon, Web- leet and nara .cases; Pennsylvania, Pennanitcs and Lcatherheads ; Rhode Island. Gun-flints; South Carolina, Wea sels; Tennessee, Whelps; Texas, Beef heads; Vermont, Green-mountain Boys; Virginia, Beadles ; Wisconsin, Badgers There are 434 cities and incorporated villages in Ohio. Three of these Cin cinnati, Cleveland and Toledo are cities of the first class. Twenty-nine are cities ol tne second class, others are incorpora ted villages. Stark county has within her limits two cities of the second class Hamilton county has seventeen incorpor ated towns being a larger number than any other couuiy. The counties of Coshocton, Defiance,' Geauga, Hocking, Holmes, Jackson, Lawrence, Paulding. Scioto and Vinton, have but one each, Middlebury, Noble county, is the small est incorporated village, having only 11G inhabitants. The census returns report 954 cities and towns in Ohio. Tuscarawas county has 20 towns the greatest number in iiny one county. Ashtabula county has 23 townships, and Lake county has but eight. Y'ocng Men. You arc the architects of your own fortunes. Iiely upon your own strength of body and soul. Take for your motto, sell-reliance, honesty and industry ; lor your star, laitn, persever ance and pluck ; and inscribe on your banner, "ie just and lear not." JJon't take loo much advice ; keep at the helm and steer your own ship. Strike out. Think well of yourself. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Assume your position, uon t practice excessive Hu mility; you can't get above your level; water don t run up lull; put potatoes in a cart, over a rough road, and the small ones will go to the bottom. Energy, in vincible determination, with a right mo tive, are the levers that rule the world The great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Civility costs nothing and buys everything. Don't drmk; don't smoke; don't swear; don't steal; don't gamble; don't deceive; don't tattle. Be polite; be generous ; be kind. Study hard; play hard. Be in earnest ; be - self-reliant. Bead good bonks. Love your lef low-men ; love your God; love your country and obey the laws love truth love virtue. Manufacturing Industries. Statis tics of Fall Kiver manufacturing inter ests show, some .surprising results of the increase ot cotton spinning during the last decade. Ill 1800 Jb all Kiver con tained 192,020 spindles, representing capital of $2,2G0,000, and manufactured 45,225,000 yards of- cloth per annum.' It then had a population of 13,200. Now it has 652,237 spindles, representing capital of $G,740,000. There arc manu factured annually 135,805,000 yards of cloth. The population, according to the census just taken, is 27,191. .. In this manufacture are consumed, yearly, 25, 253,000 pounds of cotton, 30,000 tons of coal,-52,000 gallons of oil, and. 733,500 pounds of starch. Beside the mills en gaged in the above named special branch of manufacture, there are the American Print -Works, which print annually about 75,000,000 yards of calico; the Fall Ri ver Iron" Worts, a large and wealthy cor poration, devoted to the manufacture iron ; a wooden mill, and several estab lishments where machinery is made. To meet the financial wants of the commun ity are seven national banks, with a com bined capital of if 2,250,000, and four sav ing banks, the largest of which has deposits amounting to nearly $5,000,-000- Willow Leaf Tea and the "Heathen Chinee." The Celestials are learning some of the tricks of trade, since more frequent communication with the Cau casian has been established, and, as we adulterate whisky and other things they like, they conclude to mix teas on us. The importers have found in some of the cargoes lately received something that was not all tea. The British consul Shanghai explains it as willow leaf, which giows abundantly iu some parts of China, wild. The natives, by mixing a little real tea with this, get the odor, and a box would hot be detected unless carefully scrutinized. The willow leaf has no taste or effect in common with nnro ton ir. its ctiiil ti l.r li.'irmlfs4 in ii lengthy fight on the tea question, we think this hemisphere is entitled to the pure article, and respectfully suggest that shoiildjthe land of teas persist in this adulteration, they will create a necessity for securing this article from some other source, and the fertility of American brai l may devise some substitute or dis cover some other soil where it will grow, and thus become rivals of the Great Em pire in that of which they now have monopoly, and which makes so impor tant a part of their commerce. It is estimated that the people of the l meed states pay siuo,000,UUO a vear for medicines and medical services, ex clusive of $25,000,000 for patent medi cines. . ODDS AND ENDS. a Whatever you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself. A Christian pound weighs sixteen ounces, and is at least evenly balanced. A meeting of delegates from agricul tural societies, embracing every section of the United States, will take place in Nashville on the 30th of next October, the object being the organization of an agricultural congress. The Tennessee State Fair commences the same day. Be more prudent for your children than, perhaps, you have been for your self. When they, too, arc parents, they will imitate you, and such of you will have prepared happy generations, who will transmit, together with your me mory, the worship of your wisdom. In the mountains of Kentucky the thieves who run illicit stills hid in out-of-the-way places are called "moon shiners." A gang of these fellows, in Josh Bell County, got so dangerous that the county court officers could do noth ing with them. So a Deputy U. S. Mar shal from Louisville went down and brought nine of them up to headquar ters. According to the Turf, Field and Farm, there are over 11,000,000 horses in the L mted States. Illinois contains the lar gest number, 1,346,330 ; and Ohio comes next. JSew York has 703,120, and stands filth on the list, being exceded by Illi nois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana, llhode Island contains the smallest num ber, 9.120. The Canadian Board of Trade has sig nified its intention to accept an invita tion to send delegates to the annual meet ing in Baltimore of the Council of the National Board of Trade of the United States. The relations which should exist between the two countries, lor trade and for the common use of their natural and artificial highways, are subjects to be discussed. The father of Lieutenant McKee, who tell at the assault in Corea, was killed at the battle of Buena Vista, at the head of his regiment, the first Kentucky vol unteers. It appears from the official returns of commerce to the Treasury Department, that the value of domestic exports at the ten principal ports ot the United States, during the fiscal year 1870, was as fol lows: New York, $209,972,491; New Orleans, $107,658,042 ; San Francisco, $32,186,021 ; Savannah, $29,749,058; Mo bile, $22,422,031; Philadelphia, $16,903,- 072; Galveston, $14,8G9,G01; Baltimore, $14,3S0,248 ; Boston, $12,251,267; Char leston, $10,772,071. Some idea of the amount expended for tobacco may be formed f rom the fact that in New York city, during 1870, nearly 30,000,000 pounds of tobacco were sold, and more than 6,000,000 besides were shipped to foreign ports making a total of nearly. 36,000,000 pounds as the trans action of one year in New York alone. In Great Britain it is estimated that 41, ooo,ooQ pouads - of -tobacco were con sumed in 1869, the latest year for which there are official returns. . Seven miles from Lexington, Virginia, on the road to Staunton, stands an old and venerable edifice known as "The Timber Kidge Church." It was built in the year 1750, nineteen years before the revolutionary war. It is built of rough stone, and has a double arched entrance. The sand which was used in its construc tion was carried by women, on pack mules, from South river, six miles dis tant, the men being constantly occupied fighting the Indians. - The Darwinian Dogma. The Dar winian dogma, which affirms that life is but a struggle between the strong and the weak, wherein the strong alone de fend themselves, is illustrated by the con test going on between the safe makers and the burglars. The Scientific Ameri can says it is now impossible to con struct a burglar proof sale for the thief with his clyinders of compressed hydro gen and oxygen can, in a few seconds, burn holes of any size in the hardest metal, his fire-drill, enabling him to work his way into the strongest sale that ever was constructed." A similar strug gle exists between the ordinance and en gineer corps of the army. The latter try to build shields, ports, aDd vessels which may not be pierced by any shot. The former labor to form guns which shall -penetrate any armor or fortifica tion. At the latest advices the ordinance were ahead. Some Interesting Facts and an Alarming Statement. at a The Sun gives a history, obtained from an authentic source, of the boiler of the ferry boat Westfield, which ex ploded and caused such fearful havoc at New York some time since. : It was made in 1861, of the best Pennsylvania iron, for Commodore Vanderbildt, at a cost of $10,000 to $12,000. It was twelve feet front, ten feet in diameter, twenty five feet long, with two furnaces, weighed thirty-five tons, and was made to stand a pressure of forty pounds. One of the mechanics engaged in its con struction," from whom the information given was obtained, being asked his opinion as to the cause of the explosion, said the boiler was worn out; ne had handled hundreds of the same kiud, and never knew one to last over seven years, with the greatest care ; ordinary usage would unfit them for service inside of live years. He said further, that the place at which the boiler gave way had not been repaired in ten years, and must have been worn as thin as a wafer. Giving the whole storr "in a nutshell," the Sun informant said : "It would cost about ten to liltcen thousand dollars to purchase a new boiler, and about five thousand more to put it in and take the old one out." The whole thing may be summed up in one sentence "grasping capital." Another boiler-maker, with much experience in the business, ex pressed his belief that the Westfield boiler was made of common Philadelphia puddled iron. He could buy iron at four cents a pound and he could also buy it at ten, and it would cost $2,000 more to build a boiler that would stand 300 pounds pressure than one which would stand 40 pounds, the difference being in the material and the bracing. This gen tleman made the rather frightening statement that he was pretty well ac quainted with the boilers in the ferry boats runuing around New York, and he knew of but one that was safe. That one was made to stand a pressure of 300 pounds. He added : "They are all float ing magazines, every one of them, liable to burst at any moment. Whenever I have occasion to cross on the ferry boats, I always stand at the point which is farthest away from the boiler. I tell you I know the danger, and I'm afraid of my life ."