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JIM WOLF AJ.fD THE TOM CATS.
- Here is one of* Mark Twain's good stories.
He knows how to make the reader i
laugh, and if the following does not pro- i
Yoke a smile, it is because there is no mirth ]
in mankind during the hot weather: i
* I knew by the sympathetic glow upon <
his bald head?I knew by the thoughtful 1
look upon his face?I knew by the emotion- '
al flush upon the strawberry on the end of i
old free liver's nose, that Simon Wheeler's f
memory was busy with the olden time, i
And so I prepared to leave, because all
these were symptoms of a reminiscence? 1
signs that he was going to be delivered of <
another of his tiresome personal experien- i
ces?but I was too slow; he got the start j
of me. As nearly as I can recollect, the i
infliction was couched in the following lan- ;
guage: :
"We were all boys, then, and didn't care
- * w 'wTw t. V A VI
for nothing, and aiont nave no wouuiea,
and didn't worry about nothing only how i
to shirk school and keep up a revi vin' state of ;
devilment all the time. This-yar Jim Wolf 1
I was a talking about, was the 'prentice, <
and he was the best hearted feller, he was, i
and the most forgivin' and onselfish I ever
see?well, there couldn't be a more bullier
boy than what he was, take him how you <
would; and sorry enough I was when I see i
him for the last time.
"Me and Henry was always pesterin him i
and plastering hoss-bills on his back, and <
putting tumble bees in his bed, and so on, i
and sometimes we'd crowd in and bunk with '
him, not'thstanding his growling, and then <
we'd let on to get mad and fight acrost him, ;
so as to keep him stirred up like. He was
nineteen, he was, and long, and lank, and <
bashful, and we was fifteen and sixteen, and I
tolerable lazy and worthless. I
"So, that night, you know, that my sis- <
ter Mary give the candy pullin,' they start- i
jkl us off to bed early, so as the comp'ny i
could have full swing, and we rung in on j
Jim to have some fun. 1
"Our winder looked out on the roof of 1
the ell, and about ten o'clock a couple of 1
old torn cats got to rarin' and chargin' a- ]
round on it and carryin' on like sin. There i
was four inches of snow on the roof, and it j
was frozen so that there was a right smart 1
crust of ice on it, and the moon was Lhining i
bright, and we could see them cats like day- i
light. First, they'd stand off and e-yow- i
yow-yow, just the same as if they was a I
cussin one another, you know, and bow up <
their backs and push up their tails, and f
swell around and spit, and then all of a sudden
the gray cat he'd snatch a handful of fur
out of the yaller cat's ham, and spin her a- I
round, like the button on a barn-door. But ]
the yaller cat was game, and he'd come
and clinch, and the way they'd gouge, and
bite, and howl; and the way they'd make
the fur fly was powerful.
"Well, Jim, he got disgusted with the
row, and 'lowed he'd climb out there and
snake him off n that roof. He hadn't reely
no notion doin' it, likely, but we everlastin'ly
dogged him, and bullyragged him, and
lowed how he'd always bragged how he
wouldn't take a dare, and so on, till bimeby
he high'sted up the window, and lo and behold
you, he went?went exactly as he was
?nothin' on but a shirt and it was short.
But yon ought to seen him ! You ought to
see him cree-pin' over that ice, and diggin' ,
his toe-nails and finger-nails in for to keep j
> from slippin'; and 'bove all, you ought to
seen that shirt flappin' in the wind, and j
them long ridiklous shanks of his'n a glist- ,
enin'in the moonlight.
"Them comp'ny folks was down there un- ^
der the eaves, the whole squad of e'm under (
that onery shed of old Washin'ton Bower ^
vines?all settin' round about two dozen
sassers of hot candy, which they'd sot in the
snow to cool. And they was laughin' j
and talkin' lively; but they didn't know
nothin' 'bout the panarama that was goin' J
on over their heads. Well, Jim, he went j
a-sne-akin and a sneakin up unbeknowns to ,
them tom-cats?they was a swishin' their ,
tails and yow-yowin' and threatening to
clinch, you know, and not payin' any at- J
tention?he went a-sneakin' right up to the
comb of the roof, till he was in a foot 'n' a \
----- * % 11 r i i 1 I
half of em, ana then all 01 a suuuen ne ^
made a grab for the yallar cat! But by t
Gosh he missed fire and slipped his holt,
and his heels flew up and he flopped on his
back, and shot off n th t roof like a dart!
went a smashin' and a-crashin' down thro'
them old rusty vines and landed right in ^
the dead centre of all them comp'ny-people! c
sot down like a earth-quake in them two j
dozen sassers of red-hot candy, and let off
a howl that was hark f m the tomb! Them ,
firls?well they felt, you know. They see .
e warn't dressed for comp'ny and so they
left. All done in a second, it was just one
little war-whoop, and a whish ! of their dresses,
and blame the wench of'm was in sight, i
"Jim he was a sight. He was gormed i
with that bilin* hot molasses candy clean {
down to his heels, and had more busted sas- <
sers hangin' to him than if he was a Injun j
princess?and he come a prancin' up stairs j
just a-whoopin' and a cussin,' and every '
jump he gave he shed some china, and eve- ]
ry squirm he fetched he drippet some can- j
day i i
"And blistered! Why bless your soul, i
that pore cretur couldn't reely set down 1
comfortable for as much as four weeks." 1
g?Josh Billings says there is one cold, i
blue, lean kiss that always makes him shiv- ]
er to see: "Two persons (ov the female j
persuasion) who have witnessed a great <
many more younger and more pulpy daze,
meet in some public place, not having seen i
each other for twenty-four hous, tha kiss i
immegiately. Then they tork about the
weather and the young man who preached
yesterday, and tha kiss immegediately; and i
then tha blush and larf at what tha say to i
each other, and kiss immegiately. This i
kind of kissing olways puts me in mind ov 1
tew ole flints trying to strike fire." ]
?
A man named Walker went to a I
Dutch tailor and had his measure taken for *
a pair "of pantaloons. He gave directions i
to have them made large and full. W alter '
was a heavy man and liked his clothes <
loose, and when he came to try on the new i
unmentionables found that they stuck tight i
to his legs, whereat he thus remonstrated : 1
"I told you to make these pants full."? <
- After some objurgatory expressions of a n
profane nature, the tailor ended the contro- i
versy by declaring : "I dink dese pants is
full enough; if dey was any fuller dey i
would shplit!"
? <
X9* A writer says that he has come
to the conclusion that the term grass widows
arises from the fact that their hus- i
bands are always roving "blades." ?
Agricultural gcpariturut.
IMPROVE THE HOMESTEAD.
The first thing I should press on the farners,
in the way of improvement, would be
vhat we might call roadside improvement.
Keep the cattle off the highways, keep the
veeds cut close, and lines of shade-trees
>n each side?this, with neat fences, will
ae an evidence of civilization to begin with.
Then, I would enjoin the removal from the
roadsides near the dwelling, of all dilapidated
and broken implements, which are apt,
jomehow or other, to accumulate.
The bam and other out-buildings are
very frequently located more on the principle
of convenience than good taste, but we
must take these things as they are, and improve
them with paint or wash of some sort,
and a good thick belt of rapid growing trees
around them, both for shelter and shade,
and to partly conceal their unsightly appearance.
Then, as for the door yard, I would dig
up, root out all the old neglected plum,
peach, cherry and quince trees, that seem
to have sprung up by chance in the fence
corners. All the finer fruits, I would
form into a nice fruit garden of half an acre
to two acres, as might be necessary. There
* '1 ?
1 wouia nave a complete uuiiecuuu ui pcaio,
cherries, apricots, plums, quinces, all the
3mall fruits, systematically planted and
carefully cultivated. This garden might be
made one of the most interesting portions
of the premises, to say nothing of the abun
iant supply of fine fruit and vegetables it
<vou\d yield. Here the family could acquire
a taste for gardening, as well as to
practice it. *
Then the ground about the house, I would f
convert into a smooth lawn, which must be ?
kept cut close all summer. This lawn must *
be suitably embellished with deciduous and t
evergreen trees, flowering shrubs, roses, *
fee. This is the way I preach to the far- s
mers when I vist them, but only once in a 2
great while with any effect. It is a shame 1
for our well-to-do farmers that they are so *
behind in this matter. It makes a farm ?
life so dull and dreary a pursuit, that I am e
aot surprised to see all the brighter boys 1
run away from it, and our rural population c
growing less and less every year. Then i
think how much these impovements would ^
add to the market value of the farms, A t
nice house, some good fences, an orchard, c
increase the value of a farm from $20 to t
$25 per acre, other things being equal; but I
carry out such suggestions as I have made, ^
and what do you suppose it would add to ^
the value of a farm ? Almost double it.?? t
This argument has some weight; it touches c
the pocket; but the moral effect of such im- t
provements would be absolutely incalcu- s
lable.?P. Barry. t
LATE CULTIVATION* OF ORCHARDS. C
The period of the year has arrived when t
cultivation in the orchard should cease. It j
should not be the policy of the owner to q
stimulate his trees, either by manuring or
cultivating in the latter part of the sum- ^
aaer, to make a vigorous late growth. The I
iime for the wood to be formed is in the p
spring and early summer,?then the culti- v
rator should be kept at work and manure ^
applied. But ample time should be allowed \
ifterwards for the trees to ripen their wood r
jo as to endure the winter uninjured.
On rich soils, where the apple is delicate, \
late growth of the wood should be especial- a
ly guarded against. Pear orchards every- a
svherc should not be cultivated and stimu ^
lated after the prime of summer is passed.
The peach growers of Maryland and Dela- c
ivare have learned better than to cultivate p
their orchards late in the season by noticing t
the tendency of trees thus treated to cast t
their fruit. If a neglected orchard is plow- s
?d late the fruit is sure to fall the next year. c
[n localities where the rot has been preva- v
,ent in vineyards it has been noticed that 8
mcultivated vines escaped while those well g
;aken care of were infected. So it has v
)een thought better by some cultivators to a
iave weeds cover the ground and healthy f)
Vuit the vines, than to take up with the re- fc
rerse, clean ground and rotten fruit. Per- j
laps late cultivation in the vineyard indu- jj
:es the rot when other circumstances also
'avor. But a weedy, apparently uncared g
or orchard or vineyard is an eye-sore to s
he enthusiastic fruit grower, and such an $
tppearance is likely to be assumed when t:
he cultivator and hoe are laid aside at p
nidsummer. To avoid this, to check late a
growth of orchards, and for the purpose of h
mriching the soil at proper time, we sug- ^
jest that some crop, as rye, be sown the t,
ast time of cultivating. This crop would q
dso shield the ground in the winter and jj
urnish a coat of manure to plow under in
he succeeding spring. s
MANGE OR BA*RN ITCII.
f
This is often a troublesome disorder. It
s contagious, and liable to run through the
vhole herd if not arrested. It makes its
ippearance more frequently about the head
>f the animal, but extends to other parts of .
ihe body causing much annoyance to stock, 11
and giving a very unsightly appearance.? D
The disease is very easily cured by ming- ?
ling sulphur with oil or lard, and applying
hhe rqixtnre to tfie diseased parts. Sulphur ?
is a sovereign remedy for many diseases of 41
the skin and is used internally with success v
by many stock-men for promoting the
health and thrift of domestic animals.?
When used for this purpose, it is mixed in *
3mall quantites with salt, and is readily taken
in this way Animals kept upon dry
food for six months of the year are more li- 1
able to contract diseases on such food than
while in pasture, and sulphur fed in the way 11
suggested serves an important purpose in
purifying the blood and in promoting health. ^
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To Cure Weak Eyes in Horses.?A s
aVinrt. tfrriA sinre T nnrehased a valuable I
mare, five years old, for saddle purposes,
and found, unfortunate for me, that her t
[eft eye was very weak, and good judges ^
pronounced that she would loose it. There I
is a Canadian Frenchman residing in my t
family, by the name of Wilson, who affirm- 1
ed that he could cure her. I directed him a
to try his skill, amd he immediately made a
up a wash of alum and water, which he re- t
duced to about blood heat, and would, with c
a quill, blow the liquid into the eye. After c
trying the above preparation three times, t
he took a piece of alum, as large as the end *
of one's finger, and burning it in the fire, '
reduced it to powder, and blew it stoutly by I
the same process, into her eye. So far as
we can judge, she can now see perfectly, }
and the eye is apparently sound and well, g
It is a valuable remedy.?Country Q-entle- e
man. v
?r*?:? 1
A Cork Screw.?Tie a string to an ordinary
screw with which to pull out the cork
after the screw is inserted in it. I
$ot the grow
RED RIDING HOOD.
Long years ago, when bat a child,
By mothers side I've stood,
And listened, weeping, while she^told
Of dear Rea Riding Hood.
And even now, when growing old,
The story I recall,
Of that most kind and loving girl,
Who was beloved by all.
No wonder, when she alwavs was
So diligent and good,
And helped her parents and her friends
In every way she could.
She gladly read unto the blind,
Took food unto the poor,
And by kind actions helped the sick
Their sufferings to endure.
So mother told me years ago
While sitting by nor knee;
I wish my little readers all
Like that good girl would be.
The winter time has now begun,
The cold winds keenly blow,
And drifted on the streets and lanes
We see the sleet and snow.
Alas! how many poor ones now
Crouch round a cheerless hearth;
How many, poorer, shivering go,
Without a home on earth! *
Help them in every way you can:
Remember them in prayer;
And from your plentiful supply
A little portion spare.
Give Momething, though the gift should bo
Small as the widow's mite, ,
'Twill help to All some aching heart
With comfort and delight.
The youngest of you has the power
And means of doing good;
You all can do what once was done
By dear Red Riding Hood.
From the Boyi and Qlrl'e Monthly.
unconscious "influence.
One morning, when engaged in making
some paper lamp-lighters, I received & visit
rom little Lena, a four-year-old friend.?
She wanted to know what I was doing, and,
vhen informed, wished to try her skill at
he same work. I started a lighter for her,
vhen she rolled it partly up, but cotfld not
mcceed in finishing it. I took it, finished
md returned it to her. She seemed much
leased, and said, with a bright smile,
'There now, I made it, didn't If I replied,
"Yes, you made it, 'partly." She seemid
to ponder for some time to this reply,
ooking down at the lighter, and twisting
md turning it meanwhile. At length the
esult of her cogitations became evident,
vhen looking up in my face with the earlestness
of.one who had made an important
liscovery, she exclaimed, "You wouldn't
ell a lie would you ?" Ah! thought I,
iow great an influence we may be exerting
vhen we least expect it; and how careful
ve should be of every word and look a t all
imes, but especially in the presence of
-hildren. We are constantly teaching them
>y our example, more than by direct induction.
They learn in this way either
o deceive or to be truthful; to be Ifonest
>r dishonest; to be kind and gentle, or the
:ontrary. You, boys and girls, who read
his Magazine, are hourly exerting such an
nfluence upon your younger brothers and
isters and playmates.
And how often a single word or look rereals
the character of an individual. That
ittle child very well understood the pur>ort
of that word partly. She knew it
vas placed there to guard the truth. My
roung friend, remember that when you are
east thinking of it, you are unconsciously
evealing your character to those who see
md hear you ; you are telling them what
:ind of a boy or girl you are; whether you
ire dutiful to your parents; whether you
ire kind-hearted and benevolent; in short,
rhether or not you are a youth of principle.
A party of ladies were having a little so:iable
chat, when one who was rather dis>osed
to indulge in a little gossip, related
o the disadvantage of a neighbor some
hings that she had learned from a hired
ervant, in whom it seemed she had great
:onfidence. One of the company, whom
ire will call Miss B., not relishing the gosip,
replied, "I don't believe all servant
;irls say." "0," was the retort, in no
ery amiable tones. "J don't belive all
mybody says." A silence followed this
ling, which was broken by Annie W., a
right, intelligent little girl, some thirteen
rears old. Speaking with deliberation, as
f she had first weighed her words, she said,
'Well, I believe all Miss B. says." A
;eneral laugh followed this, while Miss B.
aid : She had seen much of her for some
ime, and had often gone to her for assisance
in her studies, and for advice in her
erplexities. She had watched her closely
nd with increasing confidence, until she
ad arrived at the conclusion that her friend
ras governed by principle, and would not
dllingly vary from the truth. The conseuence
was, Miss B. exerted a very great
mfluence over her little friend Annie.
My young reader do you wish to bo repected
and influential ? Let your conduct
e always governed by strict, high-toned
Christian principle f
Ellie Eglantine.
IS YOUR HUSBAND LIKE THAT.
There was a poor woman who had fallen
mto a melancholy and murmuring frame of
mind. Her minister tried in vain to reasn
her out of it. She persisted that she
tad nothing to be thankful for. At last he
poke to her of her neighbor's husband., an
atamparata man, who wasted his money
rhen he went out, and ill-treated his wife
rhen he came home.
"Now," he said, "is your husband like
hat?"
"No," was the reluctant answer.
"Well, then, should you not thank God
hat you have a kind husband?"
She was forced to admit this, and promised
that she would thank God every
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Ligiu Jtiiu luuriiiug iui ins luciuy. cuuie
[ays elapsed before her minister revisited
ler dwelling; but when he did so, he was
truck with her bright look, as she greeted
lim.
"Oh, sir," she exclaimed, "I have longed
o see you ; I have so wished to thank you !
?ora morning or two I did as I promised,
>ut I did not rightly feel what I said. But
he next day when I was thanking God that
! had a kind husband, I thought I should
ilso thank him that I had healthy children;
md when I was thanking him for that, I
hought I should thank him that I had
:lothes for them to wear, and a house to
attq?? lion/la <itw? an air wVinn T tthq
'VTV/i DUV/li UVUI\4U j WU\A UWJ Uil f n 11VU A II UO
hanking God for one thing, another*came
nto ray head, and another still; and now I
mow not where to stop, or how to thank
lim enough; and I feel so happy!"
"So will it be with you, my reader, if
rou will only try the experiment. For
gratitude increases with its use. The
aore thankful we are, the more thankful
re shall become, and the more we shall
tave to be thankful for.
It?. One million of the inhabitants of
London, never see the inside of a church.
fPsrdlairMUjs Reading.
CURIOSITIES OF MARRIAGE.
Marriage is the first and most ancient of
all institutions. As the foundation of society
and the family, it is universally observed
throughout the globe, no nation having
been discovered, however barbarous,
which does not celebrate the union of the
sexes by ceremony and rejoicing. The abuses
of the institution, as polygamy, infidelity
and divorce,, have in no manner touched
its existence, however they may have vitiated
its purity.
The condition of women in all countries
has afforded a fruitful, theme for the observation
of the traveler, and the speculations
of the philosoper and the novelist. It has
been uniformly found that the savago is the
tyrant of the female sex, while the position
and consideration given to the woman is
given in proportion to the refinement of social
life. Under the laws of Lycurgus,
Numa, and even later law-givers, the power
of the husband over the wife was absolute,
sometimes even including the power of
life or death. The wife was always defined
and treated as a thing, not as a person?
the absolute property of her lord. In the
earlier ages a man might sell his children
or his wife indifferently, and relics of this
rude custom still survive, even among nations
called civilized and Christian.
In the countries of the East, where po
lygamy is almost universal, marriage is not
the sacred tie which it-is held to be in Christian
countries. In Persia men marry either
for life or for a determinate time.?
Travelers or merchants commonly apply to
the magistrate for a wife during their residence
in any place, and the Cadi produces
a number of girls for a selection, whom he
declares to be honest and healthy. Four
wives are permitted to each husband in
Persia, and the same number is allowed by
the Mohammedan law to the Mussulman.
In Chinese Tartary a kind of male polygamy
is practiced, and a plurality of husbands
is highly respected. In Thibet it is
customary for the brothers of a family to
have a wife in common, and they generally
live in harmony and comfort with her.?
Among*the Calmucks, the ceremony of mar
riage is performed on horseback. The girl
is first mounted, and permitted to ride off
at full speed, when her lover takes a horse
and gallops after her. If he overtakes the
fugitive she becomes his wife, and marriage
is consumated on the spot. It is said that
no instance is known of a Calmuck girl
ever being overtaken unless she is really
fond of her pursuer.
The Arabs divide their affections between
their horses and their wives, and regard the
purity of blood in the former quite as much
as in their offspring. Polygamy is practiced
only by the rich, and divorces are rare. In
Ceylon the marriage proposal is brought
about by the man first sending to her whom
he wishes to become his wife, to purchase
her clothes. These she sells for a stipulated
sum, generally asking as much as she
thinks requisite for them to begin the world
with. In the evening he calls on her, with
the wardrobe, at her father's house, and
they pass the night in each other's company.
Next morning, if mutually satisfied,
they appoint the day of marriage. They
are permitted to separate whenever they
please, and so frequently avail themselves
of this privilege that they sometimes change
a dozen times before their inclinations are
wholly suited.
In Hindostan the women have a peculiar
veneration for marriage, as it is a popular
creed that those females who die virgins
are excluded from the joys of paradise.?
In that precocious country the women begin
to bear children at about the age of
twelve, some even at eleven. The proximity
of the natives of India, to the burning
sun, which ripens men, as well as plants, at
the earliest period in these tropical latitudes,
is assigned as the cause. The distinguished
mark of the Hindoo wife is the
most profound fidelity, submission and attachment
to her husband.
On the banks of the Senegal and among
many African tribes, the matrimonial prize
most sought after is abundance of flesh.?
To obtain corpulence is regarded as the only
real comeliness. A female who can
move with the aid of two men, is but a moderate
beauty, while the lady who cannot
stir, and is only to be moved on a camel, is
esteemed a perfect paragon. Nor is this
queer fancy for obesity in women confined
to the savages in the torrid zone, since we
read in Waxall's Travels in Russia that
'iin order to possess any pre-eminent degree
of loveliness, a woman must weigh at
least two hundred weight." The Empress
Elizabeth, and Catharine II, both accounted
very fine women, were of this massive
kind.
In Italy, matches are made with proverbial
levity, and marriage vows, if report
speaks truly, are easily broken. Young
?' oTrofAVMofinolltr o r? rl anlH
VirglllO Ol C OJf ou\/iuciiWiv/Uiii^ cai ivi yu uiuu uv?v? i
by their parents, and young people are
married every day who never saw one another
before. Concubinage is a constant
remedy for the these ill-advised and deceitful
marriages, and the peculiarly Italian
term, cwisbio, indicates the indemnity which
custom prescribes for the fair sex fettered
to husbands unloved.
In France, as has often been remarked,
women monopolize all the society and a
large share of the business of life. The
coffee house, the theatres, the shops, the
cabarets, or drinking shops, are filled with
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WOmeD. women luru it ai an usBeinuiiea,
and are better informed and more capable
managers than men. Marriage is looked
upon not so much as a matter of affection
as of interest, and the sacredness of the
tie is proportionately slender.
Marriage in Sweden is commonly governed
wholly by the will of the parents,
and is founded upon interest. A stolen
match is almost unheard of, and persons of
either sex seldom marry before the age of
twenty-five or thirty. Divorces are very
rare.
Russia appears to be the most preposterous
country in Europe in its treatment of
women. The nuptial jeremonies, all singular,
are based upon the degradation of
the female. When the parents have agreed
upon the match, the bride is examined J>y a
number of women to see if she has any
bodily defect. On her wedding day she is
i t t* j
crowned with a gariana 01 wormwoou, io
denote the bitterness of the marriage state.
She is exhorted to be obedient to her husband,
and it is a custom in some districts
for the newly married wife to present the
bridegroom with a whip, in token of submission,
and with this he seldom fails to
show his authority. In this cold and cruel
country, husbands are sometimes known to
torture their wives to death without any
punishment for the murder. I?a woman
prove barren, the husband generally prevails
on her to retire into a convent and
leave him at liberty. If he fails in persuasion,
he is permitted to whip her into condescension.
Such is the slavery in which the Muscovites
are kept by their parents and guardians,
that they are not allowed to dispute
any union agreed upon by their elders,
however odious or incompatible it may be.
This extends so far, that officers in the army
are not permitted to marry without the
consent of the sovereign, and wives whom
they do not want are even sometimes forced
upon them.
Whether it be the result of this system of
oppression, or of their savage climate, or of
the unnatural hot air of the stove-heated
apartments, it is certain that a more unlovely
race of women than the Russian would
be difficult to find. "They want," says an
English traveler, "the genuine flavor which
only nature can give. That charming firmness
and elasticity of flesh, so indispensably
requisite to constitute beauty, and so
delicious to the touch, exists not among the
Russian females, or in very few of them."
We are told of the Aleutian Islanders
who form a part of our new Russian Ameri- J
can acquisition, that they marry one, two i
or three wives, as they have the means of
supporting them. The bridegroom takes ]
the bride upon trial, and may return her to ,
her parents, should he not be satisfied, but" i
cannot demand his presents back again.
No man is -allowed to sell his wife without
her consent; but he may (and often does)
assign her over to another. This custom,
it is said, is availed of by the Russian hunters,
who take Aleutian women or girls to
wife for a time, for a trifling compensation.
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THE BEST TONIC IN USE.
MANUFACTURED BY
Dr, O. F. Panbnin,
CHARLESTON* S. C.
1 January 24 39 s ly* I
REGISTRATION.
Head Quarters Second Military Dist., \
Charleston, S. C., Aug. 1,1867. j
General Ordcrt, No. 65.
1 Registration shall commence immediately up>a
the promulgation of this order.'
IL Post Commanders will be superintendents
>f registration within their respective commands,
ixercising, in addition to the functions hereinafter
tpecially conferred, a general supervisory authority,
ooking to the faithful execution of the several Kesonstruction
Acts, the maintenance of order and
he protection of political rights. They will suspend
registrars for malfeasance in office, neglect of
luty, or incompetence, promptly reporting their
iction, with the reasons therefor, to these headquarters.
HI. Boards of Registration are empowered and
equircd to suppress aD disorders interfering with the
execution of their duties, to cause the arrest and
onfinement of all persons falsely taking the oath
prescribed, all persons committing any breach of
he peace or conducting themselves in a manner
sending thereto, and all peisons who shall threaten
>r otherwise attempt to intimidate, or corruptly or
mproperly influence any citizen offering to regiso
ter; and for this purpose they may apply for aid the
Post Commander, and may require the attendance
and services of sheriffs, their deputies, constables,
policemen, and also of any citizen; and all
3tate, district, county and town officers charged
with the preservation of the public peace, as well
is all citizens, are required to obev the ordersof
said Boards, given in pursuance of the authority
aforesaid, ana to perform all such acts and duties
is may be requisite therefor.
A11 unll ko
nil arrrsu) uisuc ao ucicui piunucu w
promptly reported to the Post Commander, to
whom also the prisoners will he turned over with
charges for trial by a Post Court, to be organized
as provided in Circular of May 15, 1867, from
these headquarters, and any civil officer or citizen
failing to respond to the call of the Board for assistance
will be dealt with in like manner.
IV. Whenever any citizen shaU suffer injury in
person, family or property, while exercising or
seeking to exercise the right of registration, in addition
to any penalty prescribed by law for the offence,
damages shall he awarded to the injured
party against the perpetrator, upon his conviction;
and m case of default in payment of the same, or
of the escape of the offender, if it shall appear
that the wrong was countenanced, or the offender
harboured or ooncealed by the neighborhood, or
that the civil authorities failed to employ proper
measures to preserve the peace, the damages shall
be assessed against and paid h? the town, county
or district
V. Offences perpetrated by white persons disguised
as blacks, being of frequent occurrence, the
attention oftll authorities, civil and miHtuy, Js
directed to the device, as one adopted to escape
detection, and to cast unmerited obloquy upon tne
colored people. In all cases, when resort thereto
shall be shown, the fact will be taken into consideration
as aggravating the offence.
VI. Depriving a citizen of any right, benefit or
advantage of hire or employment, to discourage
him from registering, or on account of his having
registered, or haying sought to register, shall be
deemed an offence punishable by the Post Court,
and shall entitle the injured party to damages against
the offender, any clause in any contract or
agreement to the contrary notwithstanding.
- VIL The Act of Congress entitled "An Act fbr
the more efficient government of the rebel States,"
and tbe several acts supplementary thereto, will
be carefully observed by all Boards of Registration.
VIII. Each Board shall, after having taken the
oath prescribed by tbe act of Congress of July 2d,
1862, entitled "An Act to prescribe an oath of office
(see Appendix^ form 1), choose one of its members
as chairman, who shall preside at all sessions
of the Board, preserve order at its meetings for
registration, and represent the Board, and announce
its action in all matters coining before it
IX The places of session of the Boards shall
be tbe voting places established by law or custom
in each election precinct, unless for good cause
otherwise directed by the Post Commander.
X Each Board snail determine the order in
which the registration shall take place in the several
election precincts that may be assigned to it
by the Post Commanderj and the time which shall
be allotted to each?bearing in mind that the whole
work is to be finished before the first day of October.
XL Each Board shall, forthwith upon notice of
Enblication of this order, and at least five days
ofnro nnmmonmnir rooiatrntmn. irivA nntiAA t.hprft
liA^iVl WUJIMVKVIU^ A v^swvawnvuj Q V ?w .??w ? - . ^
of to the Post Commander^ and the sheriff, and the
mayor of the city or the intendant of the town,
and shall cause written or printed notices to be
posted in five of the most public places in each
election precinct, announcing tl!e time when and the
place where its sessions will be held, the number
of days (in no case less than two^ and the hours
of the day the Board will remain in session at each
place for the purpose of registration: and'inviting
all persons oualified to vote under the provisions
of the act or Congress passed March 2d, 1867, entitled
"An Act }/> provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States," and the several
acts supplementary theret ' to appear before the
Board for registration.
XII. On the day and at the hour designated in
the notices, for commencing registration, the Board
shall, at the place announced, convene and enter
upon its duties, and shall then and there also post
notices of the time of final sessions provided for in
Paragraph XIX
XILL The room used for registration, which
the chairman shall have previously provided for
the purpose, shall be so arranged tnat the Board
shall be separated by a bar from all other persons
who may be assembled, and those to be registered
shall be admitted within the bar, one by one, and
I?n?Aflo ftn/1 nnrracc OA io fn QVni/)
llieu lligiroo UUU 0V MllKUQVX ?W W
confusion.
XTV. Twojpitizens shall be admitted within the
bar as challengers, whosainiily. it shall be to challenge
the right of any^H&en offering to register,
upon any of the grounds of disqualification enumerated
in the Acts of Congress before cited: but the
general right of challenge shall be conceded to all
citizens present
XV. If any challenge be made, the Board shall,
before final decision, examine the person presenting
himself for registration, in reference to the
cause of disqualification alleged, and shall hear any
evidence that may be offered, to substantiate or
disprove the cause of challenge, and shall have
power to summon and compel the attendance of
witnesses and administer oaths in any case of registration.
XVI. In registering, the names of white and
colored citizens shall be entered alphabetically, in
w?narflte columns of the list
!XViL The following shall be the process of registering:
First. Eveiy citizen presenting himself for registry
shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by
law (see Appendix form 2), which shall be administered
by a member of the Board, and such oath
shall be preserved with the lists.
Second. His name shall then be entered in the
proper column of the list, and called out hy the
jhairman.
Third. Any challenge made shall be noted in
the proper column, opposite the name, with the
jause thereof.
Fourth. It is recommended to boards to defer
;he hearing and decision of contested cases until
:he session for revision provided for in Paragraph
XIX. '
Fifth. Whether or not there be any ohaDenge,
;he Board must ascertain upon such facts or irilor
nation as can be obtained, tbat tbe applicant ib
entitled to be registered before marking his name
is "accepted,"?the oath not being conclusive.
Sixth. Section 7 of the Act of July 19th, 1867,
leclares that no citizen shall be entitled to be regstered
by reason of any executive pardon or amlesty
for any act or thing which, without such
pardon or imnesty, would disqualify *him from regstration.
Seventh. Boards will take notice that it is enaced
by Section G of the Act of July 19th, 1867,
:hat the true intent and meaning of the oath preicribed
in said Supplementary Act is (among oth;r
things), that no person who has been a member
if the Legislature of any State, or who has held
iny executive or judicial office in any State, whe:her
he has taken an oath to support the Constituion
of the United States or not, and whether he
vas holding such office at the commencement of
he rebellion, or had held it before, and who has
ifterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion ajainst
the United States, or given aid and comfort
o the enemies thereof, is entitled to be registered
>r to vote; and the words "executive or judicial
iffice in any State" in said oath mentioned, shall
ie construed to include all civil offices created by
aw for the administration of any general law of a
State, or for the administration of justice.
Eighth. If there be no challenge, or if the chalenge
be finally overruled, and theBoard determine
-hat the applicant is entitled to be registered, the
Board shall mark opposite the name of the applijant,
in the proper column, "Acceptedand he
shall thereupon be deemed legally registered.
Ninth. If the final decision of the Board be
ffiat the applicant is not entitled to be registered,
the Bond shell mark in the proper column, opposite
his name, "Rotated." -wr**
"lenth. In every case of a raection, the Board
shall make a note or memorandum, setting forth
the ground of such rejection, and return it, with
the registration list, mentioned in Paragraph XX.
XvIIL The registration, eondncted as provided
in Paragraph XVII, shall be" made in triplicate
lists, two of which shall, after the oooclosion of
the first session, be exposed for public inspection
at convenient places, tor five days; and the third
shall be retained in possession of the Boprd till
after the completion or registration at the meeting
provided for in Paragraph XEX, when the three
having been oompared, and veri&d, shall be certified
in the form prescribed and printed at the end
of the blank registration list
XTX. Sessions for revising the lists shall be
heldjh each election precinct, after said five days
exposure of the lists, upon notice as provided m
raragrapn All, ana toe uoaras or itegBtntttoo
shallnave power,-and it shall be their duty, to revise
the same for a period of two days: and upoa being
satisfied that any peftpn not entitled (hereto
has been registered, to strike the nadfc of such
person from the fist And the Boards shall also,
daring the same pflriod, add to sueh Registry the
names of all persons who at that time, possess the
qualifications required by said Act- who have not
been already registered and who shall then apply
to be registered. +
XX. One of the said lists shall thcuribe immediately
delivered to the Post Commander, who will
forward the same to these headquarters.
x XT. Each Board shall, at or before the conclusion
of Registration, forward through the Post
Commander, to these headquarters, a recommendation
of three suitable persons for Inspectors of
Elections in each election precinct, stating the
name, occupation and post-office address of each
person recommended.
XXTT. It is eqjoined upon all Boards of Registration
to explain, carefully, to all citizens who
have not hitherto eryoyed the right of suffirage,
the nature of the privileges which hive been extended
to them, arid the importance of exercising
with intelligence the new and honorable frarichiae
with which theyhave been invested by the Cctogress
of the United States.
XXIH Boards will take notice that according
to Section 10, of the Act-of July 19, 1867, they
are not to be bound in their action by any opinion
of any civil officer of the United States. '
XXIV. Boards are instructed ihat -all the provisions
of the several Acts of Congress eked, are
to be liberally construed, to the end that all the
intents thereof be fully and perfectly carried out
XXV. The attention of all oonoerned is directed
to the requirements of Section 4 of the said Act
of July 19,1667, bv which it is made the duty of
the Commanding General to remove from office afi
persons who are disloyal to the Government of the
United States, or who use their official influence in
any manner to hinder, delay, prevent or obstruct
the due and perfect administration of the Reconstruction
acts. The names of all such' offenders
will be reported through the Poet Commander*;
and all persons in this Military District are oiled
upon to aid and facilitate the execution in good
faith of the said Acts and die orders issued in pursuance
thereof :.;,i ^-'r
XXVL The Mfgor-General Commanding; in
the exercise ot an ultimate revisory authority, will,
in doe season, before the holding of any election,
entertain and determine questions assigning errors
in the> registry, and wiH, upon inspection of the
completed lists, cause corrections of the same, that
the true design and purpose of the laws lie faithfully
answered, and that all the rights thereby
guaranteed be fully and fairly enjoyed
By command of Major-GenCTmT)^E^^OTCVE8.
Capt 38th U. S. Inft, A. D. C. & A. A. A. G.
Official : J. W. Cloiib, Capt 38th Infkntry,
A. D. C. & A. A. A. G. ' <''
appendix.
^pobx l)
Oath prescribed for Members of Boards of
Registration. ?
I, ??of County of and State of r,
do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never
voluntarily borne arms against the United States
since I have been a citizen thereof; that! nave
voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or
encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility
thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted,
nor attempted to exercise the functions of
any office whatever under any authority orpretended
authorityin hostility to the United States; that
I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended
government, authority, power, or constitution
within the United States, hostile or inimical
thereto. And I do further swear (Or affirm) that,
to the best of my knowledge and ability, I will support
and defend the Constitution of the United
States, against all enemies,' foreign or domestic;
that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the .
same; that I take this obligation freely2 without
mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and
that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties
of the office on which lam about to enter. So
help me God."
Carolina,
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a ,
this day of ? , one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven. ? .
Note.?Registrars will be required to take the
oath prescribed by the Act of Congress approved
2d July, 1862. Blank forms of this oath will be
furnished to Poet Commanders, and when dtfly
subscribed and sworn, will he returned to the Post
Commander, who will forward them to. District
| Headquarters. And if any person shall fidaelv
! take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, such
person, so offending and being duly convicted thereof,
shall be subject to the pains, penalties and disabilities
which, by law. are provided for the punishment
of the crime of wilful and corrupt pequry.
[form 2.]
Oath prescribed for Yotera*
I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm): in the
presence of Almighty God, that I am a of
the State of ; that I hare resided in said
1 State for months next preceding this day,
and now reside in the oounty of , or the parish
of , in said State (as the case may be]; that I
am twento-one pears old j that I have not been disfranchised
for participation in any rebellion or civil
war against the United States, nor for felony
committed against the laws of any State or of the
United States; that I have never been a member
of any State Legislature, nor held any executive or
judicial office in any State, and afterwards engaged
in insurrection or rebellion against the United
States, or given aid or oomfort to the enemies thereof;
that i have never taken an oath as a member
, of Congress of the United States, or as an officer
of the United States, or as a member of any 8tate
Legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer
of any State, to support the Constitution of the
United States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against the United States or given
aid or comfort to the enemies thereof*, that I
will faithfully support the Constitution ana ohttL
the laws of the United States, and wiH, toflflfc.
best of my ability, encourage others so to doMMf
help me God. ;?.
Sworn to and subscribed before 1
me, this ? day of?, 1867. J
VAiiUJS Uif UUJI .FEDERATE CURRENCY.
A NNEXEDisatableshowingthevalueof'Conj\_
federate eurrrency" In United States currency
for the last four years?deputed from the average
monthly rates of the respective currencies, in gold,
at New York, Richmond and Augusta.
As the rate of stamp duty upon documents executed
during the late warjs based upon the value
of theconsiaerationin United States currency, this
table will be found very convenient in fixing that
value.
TABLE SHOWING THE BELATTVE VALUE OV "CONFEDERATE"
AXDU. S. CURRENCY FOBfQURYEARS.
MONTH. 1862. 1868. 1884. | 1965.
Value In Value in Value in Value in
Average for Concur- Con.cur- Con.cur-jCoaeurmonth
of
cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'cy. cur'ey.
January $2.00 $13.50 $2*90
February..- 2.19 13.79 25.20
March -. 2.93 1A3T 84.90
April 3.23 12.38
May .... 3.87 10.65 .........
June ......... 4.85 8.12 .........
July .... 6.89 7.79 August...
10.53 8.85 ?
September- $2.19 9.71 10.56 -
October...... 1.95 9.70 12.80
November- 2.29 9.90 12.56
December... 2.28 12.60 18.26
To ascertain the value of a given amount of Con- j
federate currency, divide the number of dollars by i
the figures in the column opposite the date sought 1
for, and the quotient will be the amount in United I
States currency.
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