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iVorld for all I'rivalcl'iseases. Wenkness of the Mack
r l.imlw. Strictures. Afl'ertiuns of the Kidnoysnnd
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'imitlitv. Trcinblinip. liiuinrs of Sight or (iiddincss.
license nf (lie Head. Throat. Nose or skin. Aflections
f the Liver. Lungs. Stomach or llowels those Terri
lo Disorder arising from tho Solitnry Hnbifs of
'until those secret and solitary practices moro fatal
i their victims thnn tho song of Syrens to the Ma
iners of L lysscs, blighting their most brilliant hope
r anticipations, rendering marriage, Ac, iuipossi-
'specially, who have become tho victims of Solitary
ico. that drcndful and destructive habit which
nnunlly sweeps to an untimely grave thousands of
otnig Men of the most exulted talents and brilliant
ltelleel. who might otherwise have entranced listen
iji Senates with the thunders of eloquence or waked
i ecstaly tho living lyre, may call with full con
tlenec. .ti.tisieiM.'i:.
Married Persons, nr Young Men contemplating
larriege. being aware of physical weakness, organic
eliility. deformities. Ac, speedily cured.
He who places himself under the euro of Dr. J.
lay religiously confide in his honor as a gentleman,
l,d confidently rely upon his skill us a Physician.
ltAE' Yt S :.t K l.SS
muiediately Cured, and Full Vigor Hestored.
This Distressing Affection which renders Life
lisernblo and marriage impossible is tho penalty
aid by the victims ol' improper indulgences. Young
ersons art? too apt- to commit excesses from not
eing aware of Ilio dreadful consequences that may
usue Now. who that uudcrstauds the subject will
retend to deny that tho power of procreation is lost
otier by those falling into improper hnliits than by
ic prudent ' Lcsidis being deprived the pleasures
f healthy offspring, the most serious and destructive
.'inptoms to both body and mind arise. The system
eeoines Deranged, tho Physical and Mental Kunti
ons Weakened. Loss of Prorro.Uivc Power. Nervous
riitubility. Dyspepssn. l'ahiilation of the Heart,
udigestion, Constitutional Debility, a Wasting of
ic Frame. Cough, Consumption, Decay and Death,
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nn. .iosiws'B'o.v
I. 'tobcr of the lloyal College of Surgeons. London,
radiiate from one of the most eminent Colleges in
,e I'nitcd States, anil the greater part of whose life
as been "pent in the l.opita1s of London. Paris,
hilndelphia anil elsewhere, ha. effected some of
ic most astonishing cures that were ever known ;
iMiiy troubled with ringing in the head mid ears
ben asleep. grett nervousness, being alarmed at
olden sounds, lcishfiiliicss. with frequent blushing.
:tcuded sometime with derangement of mind, wcru
tired iiuinediatelv.
Miiii IM!31( 1 I.A!! XKS'ICK.
Dr. .1. ud'lri ,"cs all those w ho have injured them
Ives by improper indulgence and solitary habits,
liU h ruin both body and mind, 'unfitting them for
ither business, study, society or marriage.
Tmksk are some of the srid and melaneholv effects
reduced by cirly babiis of youth, viz.: Weakness of
ellack and Limbs. Paii.s in the Head. Dinmees of
V'ht. Loss of Muscular Power. Palpitation of the
'cart. Dy-pcpsy. Nervous Irritability. Derangement
:' I In- Digestive, Functions, licnii.il Debility. Symp
uiis of t-'tin-iiiuplion. .Ve.
MrsT W.I.v. The feurful efTccts on the mind lire
lueh to be dreiidel La- of Mcntory. Confusion of
leas. Depression of Spirits. Ki il-Forebodings. Aver
on to Society. Scl i-Distrust. Love of Solitude,
itniility. Ac are soiueof the evils produced.
Tuorswns of persons of allncs can now judge
hat is the etiuse of their declining health, losing
icir vigor, becoming weak, pale, nervous nnd
uiaciated. having a singular appearance about tho
yes, euuli and svionioins of consumption.
v a . ii i:
.'ho have injured thenisclves by a certain practice
idulgcd in w hen al uc. a habit frequently lenrued
oin evil eompaiii'Ois. or at school, the effects of
hich are nightly t'.'lt. even when asleep, and if not
uretl renders inarihge iuipossilite, and destroys
otli n.ii:d and body, should apply iinineiliately.
hat a :ty iliat u young man. the hope of his
niiilry. the darling of liis parents, should Wstiati bed
oiu all prospc -ts anil enjoyments of life, by the
.uscquci.i'c of del biting from the path of nature
od iiidiilgiugin a eei iaiu tcrel habit. Such persons
t st. bclore eontciir.ila.iisg
.tiAS!s:t.:s:.
.fleet thai a sound mind ami Imdy lire the must
cesary requisiies bprounilr eonnubiiil hapinni'ss.
mleed wilhollt lliesc. the joi.rney through lite bi
onics a weaiy pilgrimage; the prospect hourly
iil'ticliS to the vir; the tiiind bi L-i.mes shudowed
iih de. p.dr ni.d iillc.lwiili the tncliilicholy retlec
ioii ttiat the Lappiin'.- cf iir jilu-r bccoiues bllitcd
,iih our own
nijis:.tsi: of lapiu ss:. i:.
When tlu n i-.;uid"d and iinprndi nt votary of
1-asiire funis thai he has imbibed the seeds nflhis
: infill iliseese, it too often lu.ppcu.- that an ill-iiined
elisc of sb 'll.e, or dread of discovery, deters liira
.oin applying to those who, from education and
cspcctabiii'.y. can alone befriend him. delaying till
he constitutional symptoms of this horrid disease
iiilio their appeal aujo. such as ulcerated sore
'iroat. diseased nose, nocturnal pains in the head
nd limbs, diniiics of.-ighl. defines, uodes ou the
bin b ines and alius, blotches on thu bend, f.iee and
xtremilics. progressing with fiiglitful rapidity, till
t last the palate of the nwuth or the bones of the
...se full in. and the victim of this awful discuss
..emus a horrid object of. commiseration, till death
uts u period to his dreadful sufferings, by sending
t i tn to "Hint riii'iiscovercd Country from whence no
lnvelb-r returns."
D i a ui rlu ii rli tihj furl that thousands fall victims
o this terrible di ease, owing to the utiskillfuliicss of
gnorant pretenders, who. by the use of that Vralh
''ni urn. Mrrrmi. ruin the constitution and luiiko
lie residue ol lite miserable.
slit ..(;i:i:s
Trust not your lives, or health, to tho care of tho
oany I'nlearncd and Worthless Pretenders, destitute,
f knowledge, naiiio or character, who copy Dr.
loluiston's atlvei'tiscments. or tylo themselv. in
ho newspapers, regularly Kducated Physwlans,
neapable of Cuiing. they 'keep you trilling month
ifter month taking their filthy and poisonus cotu
siunds. nr as long us the smallest fee can he ohtuincd,
md in despair, leave you with ruiued health to sigh
ver your gallitigdisappointment.
IK- Join. 'ton is the only Physician advertising.
His credential or diplomas always hang iubisuOiee.
His rcuiidics or trcatcuteut are unkuuwn to all
dhers. prepared from a life spent in the great hus--itulf
"I Kurupe, the first in the country uul a mora
xtensive I' mule 1'iatlirt tliuu uuy other Physieiaa
u the world,
i:ui:tii:vr ofthe pukss
The many thousands cured at this institution year
ifter vear.' and the iiuinerous iuisirtaut Surgical
'.Iperatioiis perlormed by Dr. Johustou. witnessed by
II, .. rci.ricra ofiha "Sun." "Cliiuier," and many
jtheriupers. notices of which lia e appeared agtiiu
aud aguiu helure the publio, beside bis standing a
ii gentleman of character and responsibility, is
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Thu folUiwing extract from a private
lfttor, datt'tl Yokolintua, June 14, from a
medical naval oHicer now on service in tlie
Japnnese witters, to liis friends in Slnnclicste
England, will be read with interest :
"Nagasaki s beautifully shunted nt the
head of a tleep dny and nt tho foot of green
hills, bucked up by lofty mountains. The
srencry is moist btiautiful, the html is most
fertile and almost every availublc spot is
cultivated w ilh rice, barley, Ac., somewhat
in the terraced muiiner of the Chinese. The
approach and the passage to Yokohama is
among innumerable islands, till clot tied with
cultivation or forests of every shadtt of
green, with the whtto sandstone peeping
out here and there. Kuch island is a gem
iii itself tho brilliant green of the young
rice was beautifully contrasted wilh the
ninny colored forests, and the whole was
set in a broad frame of the purest blue
wuter, dotted in every direction, us far as
the eve could see, wilh islands or rapes.
The whole scene recalled to mo the travels
ol ' yinbiid the sailor, and was more like a
dream from a fairy tale than an actual
reality. The shores were very populous;
we passed numerous large towns with their
toy like temples and sombre-colored low
houses, as cleati and neat as those in China
are dirty nnd untidy ; innumerable junks of
all sizes, whose captains threw up their
.arms its we passed it) token of friendship;
innumerable fishing boats, wilh two men,
or a man, or, perhaps, a single urchin, who
grinned a good humored smile ; innumerable
pretty villages' and houses to the water's
edge one 1 well remember where we passed
within a cablj of a snUut' balcony, which
was crowded with Japatte.-e gills, who
greeted us with waving' their fans mid
chattering in a way lhut women only can.
" The people at Yok'ihttma do not appear
so hostile as at Nagasaki, probably because
there tire lure no Daiinios. The trudyig
classes are, indeed, everyVLere for Us. mid
some of the Diamios, but the majority of
the Diiimios are decidedly against us, and
they hold all the power in their hands.
Due tiling is tpiite certain, if we wish to
extend, or even preserve, our trade with
Jiipnti, the power of the Damios must be
broken, and u war of a very bloody and
expulsive kind ensue sooner or litter. o
one of the fleet wishes war; the coolies and
common classes are so civil and good that
we sliould be sorry to tin: a ningle shot at
theiii, for they, and not the Daiiiiios, would
sillier. All we etui possibly do is to liom
lu.itl their towns, of which, indeed, they
are now so nl'raitl that Jcddo is nearly
deserted. We cannot march into the in
terior, ot force Miakdo, without a very
large army. Tiie.Iap.itu-si; light desperately,
and are in such respects totally unlike the
Chinese, for whom ihey entertain n profound
collteiii;.t.
THE D.UMIOS.
'These Diiimios, or Princes, some of whom,
as Sa'.aitina, tire et o. tnoiis'.y rich ami power
full, with their proud swaggering retainers,
rest m' ile much t lie old feudal barons of the
middle ages. They resemble them, further,
in having continual lends amongst, them
selves, which urc handed down from gen
eration. They are very cruel nnd exacting
in their conduct to the lower classes. A
day or two ago, before we entered Nagasaki,
a Daimio was. passing wilh his suite along
the great road, when two little girls tan
across in front of the procession. Now this,
lo a .lapiiiuM', is the greatest insult jolt
could "oiler; but thest" children were too
young to know it. They were iinineiliately
seized and decapitated, and their bodies
left o.'ithe rout I with the Daiinio's mark.
JAI'AMCSK nurses.
"Yokohama is a considerable town of
eighty thousand inhabitants. The Japanese
houes are rarely more than one story, anil
most consist uf two rooms, a front und a
l uck. l!ui:t of butiiboo and mud, and rare
ly of stone, they ure alw ays painted nicely
outside, or varnished, and generally kept
very clean. All ornamentation is eschewed
e.veept on the roof, which is generally edged
with chctiucred titles. Wherever it can be
uH'ordetl a small garden, with dwarfed trees,
is s lie to be in good condition ; and almost
in every room you see vases with flowers or
dwarfed trees growing in them.
''The floors are carpeted with a Very even
kind of matting, laid in strips a yard w ide
the edges bound ill black, so as to make
an agreeable 'parqueterie,' and it is always
kept very clean, even by the poorest classes.
They take oil' their shoes before entering a
house, leaving them outside the entrance,
and look as jealous at vour boots w hen you
enter as an Kuglisli luv could, proud of a
new drawing room carpet. They never sit
on chairs or stools, but sijuat down on the
floor with their feet underneath, so that they
appear o sit on their heels. And us you
pas through the street thus you see them
round a kind of q .a.e tro.tgh in the front
room, in which tliere is always charcoal
burning. They are either working, eating
or amok ing a very fragrant tobucco out of a
small -Liowled pipe, enjoying it immensely,
and puffing it out slow ly through the nos
trils. Women, even girls, smoke as much
us the men, and with equal pleasure or
they ate chattering with great earnestness
ami volubility iu a language much softer
and more liquid, less twanging aud moro
harmonious, than the Chinese ; or they uro
singing, accompanying themselves ou nn
instrument like the' banjo, which they play
with great dexterity. They enjoy their own
uiusiu immensely, ( (Ull, Uj, nK.,r t.villi
ainl beat lime ami look w isely critical,' ull
Hi the most approved Kyle. I cannot see
much, or rather hear much U'uuty in their
luuaie, though some of the airs are plaintive
but, on the other hand, they can see none
in ours, aud say it is too loud, ami fit only
lor deaf people. Or tliey me wushing them
nelves without any reservation, and appa
rently quite unconx iou of anv harm there
iu. Indeed, in the baths, which they fre
quent very olieu, tho women are always
washed all over by men, smiling iu the mo'.t
innocent manner. This almost total disre
gard of modesty, ns we should ay, is one of
the most curious features in Japan, and does
not appear to hud to any liceuliuiinic.. or
tiny ure busy a: their toilette, which Utoou
accomplished, all but the hair.
JAl'ANKkK WOXU.N.
"A Jaimnesu lady appear to rnentl ull
her tuleiit ou her head. .Her Luir U black,
glo, ihi. !. and long, und is done up iu a
most imposing supt r.it ucture with tint aid
of t uioii, I i!se Intir, comix, and doggers or
eio.s bur. of loiloi.o slo.ll. 1 I'uliiiul tie
kuV.ii' it .isvtly, but llit to upptri U b.
this plan : Brushed bark In two lateral and
ono central mass from the forehead, it meet
with thu back hair brushed stiuight up, nnd
the consequence is a series of rolls inter
twined with gold thread anil silk stuff, and
curiously fastened lip with coral-headed
pills, gilt combs and tortoise-shell bars. It
really has n very pretty effect. The married
ladies further adorn themselves by pulling
out their eyebrows ami blackening their
teeth, though I believe the origin of this
wa9 with the husbands, who, always free
themselves, wished to make their wives
unattractive to others. Any infidelity is
punished by tleath ; but before marriage
women nre perfectly free. Their faces, when
i they don't powder themselves which hey
are very fond of doing, and painting their
', lips with red nre very pretty when you are
j become a little accustomed to tho genuine
i Mongolian type. Their figures are absolute
1 perfection, and their hands and feet smaller
and better shaped than any I ever saw in
, Kttrope. This is owing to theirdress, which
is never tight; ami to their never wearing
hoots, aud only straw sandals, or a kind of
patten iu wet weather.
COSTt'MK.
j "The dress of men nnd women is almost
the same. A long 'keemono,' descending
the uncles in men. and to the grottntl w ith
; woman, though tucked up any height in
walking out, is like a nightgown, open iu
the froid right down, folded over tho breast
ami secured at the waist by a girdle. The
sleeves are very largo and hang down nearly
I to the knee. In addition, the women have
n long piece of figured silk which they wind
twice or thrice round the waist, and then
hang up behind so us lo droop in a kind irf
rectangular festoon down to the back of the
: kntes. Colors arc generally sombre, nnd as
; well as the patterns, which nre commonly
j checks, are regulated by the laws for the
' diifetent classes. No cap is worn, but the
coolie class generally bind round-llicir head
a piece of coarse stuff. Tho Ynkoninf wear
i a closer kind of keemono, und over this a
i hind of mantle, generally of gau.c or crape,
anil marked with the devices of the Datiiio
: to whom they belong. They wear various
shaped hats, anil always carry two swords
' at the left side, one longer than the other,
j and both generally in admirable winking
l order. You must always keep an eye on
these two swordetl men. If they draw, you
! must shoot them '; U rhmiii, for theie is a
law (originally tloiintless with a humane
i object; t hat if they thaw their sword they
' must Use it, otherwise Ihey are either decap
itated, or commit hari kari, that is slit up
their bowels.
j UIKT.
The Japanese eat like the Chinese with
chop-sticks, anil appear to live chiefly on
rice nnd fish, Willi this simple diet, how
ever, they have very robust frames, and
though not tall or lino men, appear able
to endure much fatigue. If you enter a
house, they rise up ami make a tleep salaam,
saying, "O-hoe io," and do the same when
you leave, saying, "Siy-Moor-o" (may you
be happy). They generally bring you some
thing lo sit on, in deference to your Kuro-
I pent customs, ami present you with a cup
of tea. The lady will then take n sweetmeat
1 between her dingers, and you will becxpecl
ed to open your mouth, swallow it, look as
if you liked it, and say "a-ring-atoo"' t thank
yoiil, to which she w ill bow and say "Do-it-ushi-mifti''
(equivalent to, "there is no oc
casion."; l.vliiuiist E Veliiijx iti 1li A rut)'.
The literals of the army are much higher
than many think. There are rough fellows
in plenty, to be sure; swearing ami drink
ing am1, thinking ollicers are to be found
without searching far; but. also, there is no
lack of praying ollicers ami men. 1 know
many colonels, particularly among the New
Kngliind troops, who are as pious as they
tiro brave men w ho never swear at asoidier
and permit no profane language to be used
in their camp. I know brio iilkr and major
generals of the same spirit; and they nre
among the bravest and best soldiers of tho
army.
if you walk through the camp tit night
you may hear soldiers praying, not merely
for themselves or those tit home from whom
they hnvebeen so long absent, but for their
country, for the Union, for that ring which
is so tlear to them. 1 have heard them of
ten. There, is a deep feeling among the
men that the hand of Providence is leading
them on; that Cod h their great General,
und that Ile watches over the country, nnd
means, in His t;ood time, to restore it to a
higher und nobler life, lo a peace w hich shall
bo lasting und honorable.
I heard some time ago a touching story,
which may find a place here. On the night
before the great battle of Chancellorsville, a
general oilier r, who had business with Gen.
Hooker, w as walking through his own camp
on his way to headquarters, when he heard
one of his soldiers, in the darkness, praying
earnestly for tho Cominan .ing General." Ho
prayed that Cod would make Gen. Hooker
circumspect, wise, capable for the great
work he had to do; he asked that the Gene
ral might have power to guide his great
army, to lead them to victory over the ene
mies of tho 1'nion ; then he prayed that God
would give General Hooker command over
himself that he might be a good ami God
fearing man, ami that in all things he
might acknowledge tho will and the power
of God.
Jl itch touched nt thi prayer of the poor
soldier tho general ollieer walked on. In
the course of tho evening he had un oppor
tunity to mention w hat ho han heard to
General Hooker. Hooker is a frank, noble
heat Ud fellow, rusily moved, aud this
touched him to the quick. Ho covered his
face wilh uis hands ami silently wept.
Tho war has not spoiled our soldiers us
citi.ens. They will return lo their home
more devoted than ever before to their
country ; am! their experiences and suffering
will inuke them the titter to settle dow n Ami
discharge their duties in civil life. Thoso
w ho know our soldier mo.t intimutcly have
no fear on t hut score. It is true they will
never like coppesheails, and they w ill never
support for ollice hereafter any man w hose
record during the war show him to have
been a coueiliutionUt, a peace-monger or a
tiiller. Such men a Yalluudighniit or Sey
mour need exiect UO favor from thu bone
ami sinew of the army when that return to
civil life, llut no out) will think burdly of
them for this. They cunnol help but resent
strougly anything which look like fuller
ing, m cuuko lor w ii it n tucy Lave uivcu so
much.
Tul LaMua TiUltM esua lb PtmiiUul of looun
ststaucy. iliJ Vurk Tiuts r. alias thai upou
uu puiut, at least, k ka t.iuiulr Ltu auiisuitiit
! sia never m uc'l ths riM ur ocapwl lb
ilvuuiK'laiiuu" ut It. fcuglub uuluiuutaiy. Nor
limy U b 4.1J. uf lb tounasbMui I4UIV. ut Uu-h
butitry kill rsvurtl lh slisais, Ibw ii Iwiu Ulii trttt
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Important li'oiii flic Nouih wcsit.
Sr. Lot is, Oct 0.
' The Democrat has a dispatch from Leaven
worth, saying intelligence has reached Tort
Scott, of a threatened, attack on Fott Smith,
Gen. Illunt left tho former post for the latter
one on Sunday last.
The rebel Gen. Cobell, with about ten
thousand men, from Gen. Cooper's-'rebel
force crossed tho Arkansas river, east of
Fort Smith, on the 1st inst., nnd joined Gen
Coffee, ut ('rooking I'ruirie, Mo.
Gen. Cobell was determined to make a
raid into Arkansas or Missouri.
On the receipt of this intelligence, nil the
Federal cavalry in the Kansas district, nnd
a battery, were sent to Fort Scott.
A " let ter from Fort Scott, dated on the
7th, says Lieutenant Tappan, of General
Bluiit's staff, has urrived here. He reports
oil Blunt's staff and hotly guard ns having
been captured by tho relwls; also the
command under Lieutenant Pond, nt Bax
ter's Sp tings.
Gen. Blunt had succeeded in getting ten
miles away, but it wus uncertain whether lie
had escaped or not.
The rebels were under (Juontrell, Hunter
and Gordon, anil were moving towards Fort
Scott,
There is no Manger of Fort Scott being
taken, it being abundantly strong enough to
rcsiut any attack.
L A T K II .
Sr. Loins, Oct. 1). Information has been
received at headquarters of the rebel raid
into Central Missouri, from Warsaw.
The rebels moved east with the suspected
design of striking the Pacific railroad at
Lawrio bridge, burning that structure ami
destroying the road.
Gen. Brown, commanding the Central
District, was at Clinton, Henry county yes
terday, in pursuit of the rebels.
There is ulso a force moving up from
Springfield, and another from Lebanon,
which w press the enemy so closely that
they can hardly tlo much mischief.
General Totten left hero last night for
Jefferson City to take command of a por
tion of the force intended to meet thu rebels,.
A EjiiaaIisiO lor IC ( I B:ilcst.
AVe are beginning to take pity on- the '
band of official fugitives at the South, who j
like the first born Cain after he had raised '
his hand against the life of his brother, have '.
heroine wanderers on the face of the earth, j
It is remarkable that from Jeff. Davis down !
to George Sanders there is scarcely one of
them w ho has a home to go to, or the means j
of getting there if he bail. Davis's own :
home is near Yicksburg, when n small army !
of Unionists is encamped ; Judali P. licnja- i
mill would find an ill-reception in New j
Orleans, just as Mallory would in Florida ; '
while Bengali can t get to Texas ami Mctn
minger tloes not want to get to Charleston.
Slidell und Mason, the rebel ambassadors
abroad, should thcv be recalled bv their
government, ns it threatens, would find no j
roof of their ow n to shelter their heads,
Mason's house being in a part of Virginia
where loyal troops congregate' nnd SlidcH's i
having been confiscated some months ago. I
At the same time many of the lesser lights1
of rcbeldoin, such as the governors of the
states of Louisiana, Missouri and Arkansas, '
driven away from their capitals, are herding
together like frightened tleiy; iu some covert
ol Texas. T. O. Moore, Thomas C. Bey nobis I
and Harris Flannigau, who by u pleasant :
fiction dub themselves Governors respective- j
ly of these states, were at the last reports j
the guests of Governor Lubbock, whose own I
trunks were packed ready for flight, anil j
waiting only for the tap of one of Banks's I
drums to be oil' in a jiffy'
it may seem luniiy to some people that
so many oliicials should bo destitute of
house am! home, and issue their decrees
over territories to which they can never
return; but for our parts it excites a deep
feeling of commiseration. We think it a
hard rase indeed for those fugacious chiels
to be left mere vagrants or vagabonds on
the face of the earth, and our bowels uro
moved to provide a retreat which shall bo
meet for them, in every way adapted to
their habits and tastes, ami promising a
pleasant ami thrifty future.
In Australia it is summer in January and
winter in July, it is noon there when it is
midnight in Knnipe. The longest day is
in December. Tho heat comes from tho
north, the coltl from the south, and it is
hottest on the mountain-tups. The. swans
arc black, the eagles are white; the I ices do
not sting and the birds do not sing. 1 lie
cherries have no stones; the trees give no
shadow, for their leaves turn edgeways to
the sun, ami some ot its quadrupeds have n
beak und lay eggs ! ,
In a speech at Kockville. Maryland, some
days since, ex-Governor Thomas saitl that
slavery is effectually dead in that state. No
lot ol one hundred slaves in t lie state will
sell on the block for one thousand dollars.
No slave iu the state can bo made to render
to his "owner" more of his labor than he
elects to render, or to remain under his
jurisdiction a mouth after ho elects to flee
from it. Such aru tho results of the war
for tho benefit of slavery made upon the
legal and constitutional rights of white
labor throughout the Union.
The Oswego Times wants' to kjiow if a
man has tortsccilis anchylosis of the radius,
paralyzalion of the layer labli superiosis uli
quinasi, anil In-side don't feel very will
himself, whether ho would be exempt from
tho draft. Will somebody tell f
A fellow was kicked out of an editorial
room tho other day for impudently staling,
that in Germany ho hail seen a fithllu so
largo that it required two horses to drag the
bow across tho strings, which would con
tinue tu sound six weeks.
The hello of the British Court is admitted
to be Lady Constance Grosvettor, born iu
1834, married iu 1833 to Furl Grosvenor,
prospectively the riehrst man ill Kngland.
The published portrait of tho lady scarcely
tlo her justice.
To I'soTKcr HaiauKai it rno Wo. It U !,
dial tlritxl fruit put away wilh a lulls sassafras umtk
(wj larx bauillull Iu a bushel.) soil savalur jrvara,
UUUiole.teJ by UltM truuhleoUi litll ilweut ubieb
suoiuMi ilvairtJT buu4reti of buiel la a ini uu.
'1'Uu remedy ietie auil sluipl.
Tag liusast Ib.aaoa ! Tb Ilostou Cvauluf
Uuoilcar ot lb eMUl duttiaur.iu.ul uf lb se
: "li la p!ny li ualrtuo4 Ibsl IbsT Kill b
Uiliitr ; Ibal ibai ill b Ihi aarliui la lb
IiihiI seuop, Li. b U .till rlaiusi ; dial rvu ill
kwsUiOiilo '! euriaiu. luiiusr. t'ulut, Uu, 111 ts
pUla, auj bigb H 'UUli poiuilllwl "
... ...., . .
W bal i lb Jifief.iM.- UtlHIl luJKbMsiMia
An I'ftly lltmsler,
' A Iloosier, nn awful ugly man, relating
his travels in Missouri, said ho arrived in
Chickcnville in the forenoon, nnd just a few
days after there had been ft steamboat ex
plosion, anil a number of persons were scald
ed anil killed, one way ami another.
At last ho went into n grocery store, and
n squad of people followed him in, nnd one
bowetl and remarked :
"This is one of tho unfortunate individu
als who suffered by the bustiu' of the Frank
lin." Upon that he axed me to drink with him,
nnd us I put, tho tumbler to my mouth, he
stopped me of a sudden, saying :
"I beg your pardon, stranger ; but "
"But what J" sez I.
"Jist fix your mouth that way agin," sez
he.
I done it jist as if I was gwino to drink ;
anil I'll bo hanged if I didn't think they'd
all go in fits. They yelled nnd hooped like
a gang of wolves. Finally, one of the gang
saitl to his compainions :
"Don't make fun of the poor unfortunnte ;
he's hardly got over being blowed up yet.
Let's make up a purse."
They all throwed in, nnd made up five
dollars. As the spokesmen handed inc the
change, ho axed me :
"Where did you Und yourself after the
explosion
"In a flatbont," sez I.
"How far from Franklin ?" sez he.
"Why," sez I, "us near ns I can guess,
about three hundred nnd seventy-live miles."
You'tl oughter seen that gang scatter. It
was the only time my ugliness stood me a
gooel turn.
A (in eat Link of Tici.KoitArii. Mr.
Cassins M. Clay, United States Minister in
lliissin, writes to n friend in Washington :
"They have gi anted mo a telegraph line
charter, the line to run from the mouth of
the Amour river to America. It will unite
nil the continents aud bo the great work of
the age. It will illustrate my mission to
this country."
A Fkw Kcitor-KAX Statistics. The Bri
tish Government has just published a "Blue
Book" with the title "Statistical Tables Bo
htting to Foreign Countries." from which
some interesting figures may be gleaned. It
appears that Belgium has the densest popu
lation, o!K5 persons to the square mile. Eng
land w ithout Wales has U77 ; Wttrtem
Iterg, 37:1 ; Holland 'JSO ; Bussiii has but 10
persons to the square mile, and stands nt
the bottom of the list. If we follow up the
list we find that Norway has 12 persons to
tho square mile ; Swccden, 2'2 ; Greece, 50 ;
Spain, 80; Poland, 1)1; Moldavia, 10(1;
Portugal, 101; Denmark, 1 10 ; Switzerland,
101; Prussia, 103 ; France, 170, and Bruns
wick, 104.
Tiik Kkoki'k to hk Haisko. Mr, C. W.
Whitney, the designer and builder of the
Keokuk, associated with persons in Wash
ington, lias entered into a contract with the
government to raise the above vessel, now
lying sunk off Morris Island.
Large quantities of rebel cotton nre coming
into Natchez, Mississippi, and thousands of
bales still remain withn a few miles of the
city. Cotton is also coming into Yicksburg
iu considerable quantities.
1Uii.wav ix thk On. lliiinoxs. Tho leg
islature of Ohio granted a charter last win
ter empowering a company to build a rail
road from Tltusvillo to Oil City, along Oil
Creek. The stock has been subscribed, anil
the company is ready to commence the
work.
7(J lUlTu LT U R A 17."
Old 'i-n lor UoR-I Vrllii'.
, One of our leading agricultural journals
says of feeding hogs, "begin with refuse
grain, bran, and unsound corn, and a finish
off with old cm n, if tliere be uny on hand."
Now this "old corn" is tho subject of our
story. Why should wo finish off with, old
corn and not with new ? What virtue is in
old corn that is wanting to the new ? Is this
grain like wine, that improvas with age ?
Wo do not mean to ridicule the idea. AVe
have great respect for old notions, prinm
furif, ami will not treat them with disre
spect, unless we can prove them (-respcct-tible
; uid we confess, ns rega-tls this, we
want the direct proof. It is a very well-settled
fact that good, firm pork cannot lie
made of such ordinary slops ns are fed to
hogs, nor of pumpkins, turnips, cabbages,
tVc, tinil that corn is tho best food for the
purpose. 'But it is the quality of hardness
in tho corn that makes the meat firm, and
therefore the harder the better, and therefore
old corn is better than new t Suppose we
grind tho old corn, how then f or suppose
we soak it ? 4
Tho dryness nnd hardness of old corn is a
serious objection of itself, and it Ik-Iioovcs
thoso who maintain the superiority of old
over new, to show in what it consists; or, if
that cannot be done, to satisfy us by careful
experiment that the fact is as they say. Do
not let us hold ou to this old notion because
it is old.
There is another little matter we should i
','ike to have' settled in this pork business'
Will pork, killed in tho wrong time of the j
moon, "shrink in the pot." That is. if you
kill on tho decrease, will a big piece of meat
put in the pot, come out a small piece, ami
cice rfi A grout many people practice
upon this notion, who will not own that
they believe it 1 Thu writer engaged to sell
a lot of pork, ou one occasion, to a very in
telligent gentleman, w ho rcqtionlcd that it
might be killed when tho moon was all
right, remarking w ith a smile, that the ladies
thought it ofsoniu iinjioi lance.
Whether swine's ticsh is subject to this
sort uf lunacy we will no determine, hut
suggest thut iho matter bo set at rct by a
fuil trial.
IIIimrltluH' iVIrr.v.
We copy the following from the Garden
er' Chronicle, thut our reader may give it a
trial during tho coming autumn, und like
wUe for tho purpose of suggesting another
kuUlaneu for packing celery in during whi
ter, which' wo have found very urceful
when used for Im-i-Is, parsnip, turnip, Ac.
W allude to Hue luo, pulvnized if luce
kury, such nurd vmen umi for pucklug
plant. It I lighter, cleaner, ami more vi
ly handled thuii awdii.t ;
lUvlng had sottie truublu iu keeping lulu
celery 1 1 tint rolling iuaimw kilcluu garden,
hIu iu thu md u wry iktciitivD and damp,
and Ihu plant mllhcd up hi thu u.ual man
lier, 1 haVt) since Um-.I kawiliul fur thu pur
pott;, aud Hud tht ll an.wuns perfectly.
I.aal tainur all the Into cilery wm earthed
up in sawdust, and it kept quite sound till
April, iMitl no Blugs or insects uttacked it
tinder ground, the bonds being very solid,
clear and crisp, and well flavored. I had
some doubts that tho sawdust from the resi
nous trees might give tho celery a disagreea
ble flavor, but on trial, I loti.nl this not to
be tho case, and tho sawdust is now taken
indiscriminately from the sawpits where
different kinds of trees are sawn up. Be
fore the Into severe frost, occurred in Octo
ber, I hail just finished the earthing up of
nil tho Into celery with sawdust, and I find
it is now wonderfully fresh, tho frost not
having penetrated far through tho surface to
the hearts.
A I 'net for ,;irlcult uriti.
Mit. Fueas It is not perhaps so gene
rally known as its deserves to be, that
chloride of lime is one of tho most valuable
articles available for top-dressing grasslands.
This substance is commonly purchased nt
the shops, nnd often nt a much greater cost
than tho cheapness of the materials entering
into its composition, legitimately sanction.
Any farmer may make it. To do this it is
only necessary to slack one bnrrel of good
lime with water, allowing a little mote water
than will dry-slack it, and reduce it to a
thick paste. Then dissolve one bti'ht',1 of
common salt, using no more water for tho
purpose than will just take up the mineral.
This may bo either used in slacking tho
lime, or applied after the water is used in
affecting thut process, has been evaporated
by exposure. Chloride of lime is a pcrfuct
deodoriser, and should always be kept on
hand for use, when wanted. Made in this
way, it will bo found to possess nil tho vir
tues of the best article from the labnrifiory
of the chemist, ami cost less than one-twentieth
the price. After being made, it sliould
bo kept moist. Grass lands, top-dressed
with chloride of lime, take a much earlier
start, anil retain their greenness much longer
than those manured with other nrticles. It
produces, also, a very favorable 'effect upon
cereals wheat, rye, oats, barley and buck
wheat nnd has been used w ilh success ou
corn, millet and various pivoting crops.
Gtrmitittuitii Tcletfrtijih. u. ll.
m m
Caiuiaor Plants. A farmer near Chica
go, adopts w hat to us is a novel way of
laising early cabbage plants. He takes nn
obi hog trough in tho fall and fills it with
soil, and puts oil" tho top of a fence, or any
place that will lie five or six feet from the
ground. Here it remains all winter. Tho
frost mellows the soil, and in the spring it
will bo fit to "work" much earlier than tho
soil in tho garden. Ho sows the seetl in tho
trough, nnd has all tho plants he wants, and
some of his neighbors, and earlier, we nro
told, than they can bo raised in any other
way. A frost which will kill tender plants
on tho surface of tho ground does not
trouble thoso on the fence in the hog
trough.
Foou Fott Fattkniso Poin.TiiY. The
cheapest und most advantageous, food to
use for fattening every description of poul
try is ground oats. These must not be con
founded with oat meal, or with ordinary
ground oats. Tho whole of tho grain is
ground to a fine powder; nothing of any
kind is taken from it. AVhen properly
grottntl, one bushel of the mead will more
effectually fatten poultry than a bushel and
a half of any other meal. Tho greatest
point in fattening poultry is to feed ut day
break. Women is the Fields. A correspondent
of the Cleveland Herald, w ho has been trav
eling in the West, says :
It is a very common affair to see a bright
eyed, young woman seated on tho reaper,
driving a four-horse team. But not only
thus are women useful, for I have frequently
seen them using tho hoe. But what I saw
a couple of weeks ago in the south part of
Madison, Lake county, cups nil the scenes iu
this lino within my knowledge. To appear
ances n ruin storm was coming up, nnd there
was one woman in tho field dextrously ra
king up the hay, whilst the double team and
liny wagon was being driven into the field
by two other women. Baker, pitcher and
loader were all women.
RECIPE S.
'liuiiiug'i!e ('later.
We annex, from u very respectable source
tho following on the Bubject of Champagne
Ciller. Tho process of making a good ar
ticle of cider, as free as possible from alco,
holic influences, is so simple that any one
who has the apples can have it iu his f.uni
ly: "After tho apples are crushed, press out
tho juice, put in a clean cask and leave out
tho bung. It will work without anything
being put in ; in four or five duys draw off',
and put into another clean cask. Do this
three or four times, allowing ns many days
between each changing. It tloes not work
well in cloudy weather, ami so must be left
longer. If it does not lino well it will not
keep sweet. To assist the fining, dissolve
six ounces of gelatine for each hogshead and
mix ; tlo this previous to tho last change of
cask.
The quality of cider depends upon the
sort of tipple-, used. Two parts sour apples
ami ouo pr.rt sweet will inako good fi
ller. Now o'isrrve, let there be no time lost
in tho w lmlc process, but ullow sullicicut
time to -lo it well. It is particles of pulp
left in the cider that causes it lo turn sour.
To effect the proper clarifvimr and working,
it will rvquirv four change of ca-k, that is
i if you w ant llivtrute cider. Do not put
any water in any part ol the process hav
ing all juice.
After the last change, thu cider in.iy re
main in the ask, bunged up two or llircu
mouths. Von can tneii bottle off lay the
Uil Ile down ina tolil, dark cellar some
will burst, but then you must put up with
it. It will bo (it Iu use during the summer,
when all part of thu work have been well
douo. Tho bottled cider will lie equal to
champagne, and will keep cvt. Sune
put brandy, rum, gin or other good spirit
in it doc not preserve it, but only make
intoxication.
If you ran get pine apple very cheap,
Iwo ur l lire crushed up iu ahoghd ol
Julie will I a tjreal Improvement. If -m
keep Iho rider in rak, la) uru that ihey
are uud and air-liuht, aud ury clcan.-4
Wah out with cold wa'i-r, and null oul
your rak -fumigate with rag or ulpher
mt ll the sulphur and I lieu dip the rug iu, a
piece aUiui oiu fol quur will l mill
ei.ul for hog.htad -light Iho rag and
thru put iu III liogU.l Ut oul thu
pita iM g ouly. Thia ill destroy all inul
uf mildew, or any other bd UI iu Iho
ck."
Food IlilIoMopli)- It .-eiul
There is no kind of vegetable food more
palatable, healthy, or nutritious than good
bread made of fermented w heat flour. And
although it is not tho most common bread
used in every country, yet we believe it is
the most highly esteemed by nil. Where, or
by whom leavened bread was first discover
ed, is unknown. Tho .earliest history in
forms us thut the most uncient matrons of
Israel were acquainted with it, but tho
namo of the good housewife who made tho
first fermented wheatcn loaf has not been
handed down in the olden chronicles. If
her namo were known she certainly would
deserve tho first toast ut ull public dinners,
(and private ones, too,) but since this is
unknown, we conjecture tho discovery was
made by accident ; undoubtedly it never
resulted from reasoning priori, as no one,
nuturrlly, would suppose, thut tho fermenta
tion of flour was anything but a rotting
process, rendering it not only useless, but
positively injurious for human food in any
form.
A certain quantity of flour is put into a
vessel and mixed with a certain quantity of
milk-wnrm water and a little yeast, then
kneaded to proper consistency, exposed to
a heat of about 05 degrees Fahrenln.it for a
few hours, when it riV, ns it is termed, and
is afterward kneaded again with some fresh
Hour, then put into an oven and baked ; it
is then taken out in the form of loaves, cull
ed "baked vhcaten bread." This is about
all that is known, generally, of the philoso
phy of bread-baking.
Chemists differ in opiniou regarding tho
primary cause of fermentation ; but it is
known that leaven induce this action in
dough, and that alcohol and carbonic acid
are formed thereby, and flour being decom
posed and passing off in the form of these
substances. This is the reason why some
have decried the use of leavened bread, be
cause, they said, it was formed by wasting
"some of tho nutriment of the flour." But
as none of the nutritious part of the flour
is driven off in fermentation, only carbon
and hydrogen respiratory substances be
ing dispersed, their loss is compensated by
the improved healthful quality and pleasant
taste of such bread.
liaised bread made of effervescing salts,
such ns saleratus, is not so palatable, so
lit althy, nor will it keep so long, ns bread
raised by fermentation. Tho public has
oftentimes been cajoled by persins pretend
ing to make bread which contained ull tho
aliment of the flour thut passes oft' ns spirit
in fermented bread. A moments reflection
will convince any person that, weight for
weight, fermented bread must contain the
greatest amount of nutriment, because un
fermeutod bread contains a greater amount
of respiratory substances and as a conse
quence, less of the nutritious.
One part of tho philosophy of bread mak
ing and it is to this feature we wish more
particularly to invite general attention is
the maintaining of the heat constantly above
the boiling point of water. The starch of
Hour is insoluble in water at a tent) eraluro
kelow 212 degrees ; it has to be well boiled
before it becomes soluble, but when moist
ened with wider nnd exposed for a short
time in an oven to n heat of about o00 de
grees Fahrenheit, (never below 212 deg ees
ut least,) its nature is changed ; it becomes
dextrine, w hich is soluble iu cold wuter.
The heat of every loaf of bread placed in
an oven must bo exposed to 212 degrees
Fahrenheit at last, or it will not be proper
ly baked,, and cannot be so easily digested,
heavy, imperfectly baked bread is there
fore not only unpalatable, but also unheal
thy. The bakers of Paris have a world-wide
celebrity for making beautiful fermented
bread. Their skill and science are mostly
tlisplavcd in managing the temperature of
their ovens ; they employ thermometers to
indicate their heat, and watch them with
unceasing attention ; their baking heat is
maintained from 212 to 400 degrees Fahren
heit. l'hiUtildpltiii. E.
Making Soap. Have tho lye strong
enough to bear up nn egg nnd put' it in your
soap barrel. Put a little in your kettle, und
put in your grease and melt it. Have a tin
pan with holes punched in the bottom, ami
strain the grease through this to get out all
the lumps, then turn it in the barrel with,
tho lye. It wants about three pails of lyo
to one of grease. Stir it up once or twice a
day for a few days, ami you will have a fine
barrel of soap. If there is too much lyo it
will settle to the bottom, und if not enough
tho greuso will rise, and moro must bo
added.
The Qi'EK.s of ProniNos. One pint of
nice, fine bread crumbs to one quart of milk ;
ono cup of sugar, tho yolks of four, eggs
beaten, tho grated rind of a lemon, and a
piece of butter the size of on egg. Baku,
until done, but not watery'. Whip the
whites of the eggs stiff, and lieat in ateucup
ful of sugar in which has been stirred tho
juice of the lemon. Spread over tho pud
ding a layer ot jelly, or any sweetmeats you
prefer. Pour tho whites of the eggs over
this, nnd replace iu tho oven uud bake
lightlv. To be eateu cold will) cream.
Bi'ckw iikat Cakks. To three pints warm
water add a tlessert-spoonful of salt, threo
tablespoonsl'uls of good yeast, and stir in
middlings (course flour) to tho consistency
of thick batter; let it stand over night, and
if a little sour in tho morning, add a little
sodu dissolved in warm water, ami bake aa
voii would any other pancukes. They are a
"nice, healthy alit.lt for breakfast, nnd uot 0
injurious u bur k wheat.
Chicken Sot f wrnioi T Cuu kkx. Take
one d.-ert spoonful of flour and rubsmootli
iu one gill ol milk ; put ono ounce of but
ter, nntl P''PI f and salt to suit the taste;
pour iu half I''"! of boiling water, boil
ten miuute. and pour over tousled bread.
Thyme or pursley, a i linot agroeublo, may
be added.
CilllKES DllKSEi A TKKR4I'IS. Boil
a line, large, tender chicken; when done,
and while yet warm, rut It from the bone
into .mall piece, u for chicken aM ; put
it into a fctewpnir wilh "no K" f hoilinu;
utter; th.u lir together, until pcrteclly
smooth, ouo quurtiir of a pound of bullor,
lone lea-pooufid "I U"iir, "d the yolk of ono
rgg, wbl. h a l l lo ka chit ken, which add
Uilht) i tin ken, half at a time, ttirriug all
well together; lUeit 'iii williaaU and
iM-piwr. Alter letting it aimmur about Uu
uiiuulM, add hall a gill of MUt m send
to labia- hot. W bu irtud tul ami kuow
it I Is ict.llul-a littij UUt wuld
it than lU Utrupiu lUvlf.
U"i.r.i-i.ii.