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-lip TH DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. [INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JuLY 28, 1869. NO 29. IS PV7BLISED. 3P1M? WEDNESDAY MORlING, magigeiete 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