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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER,
.Hevotea to Pjo Interests ol the People of EUt Co.
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."BY .JOHN 1 jUOOltl.2.
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OBBING DEPARTPclNT.
f Having lately added materially to
lirstoclc of Job Type, wo nro prepared to
do all kind.-" of work in a iv.anncr which enn
not be excelled by any establishment be
tween VKiUiauispci-t nd Erie. " ' -Cards,
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COUNTY OFFICERS.
President Judge 11. G. White.
Additional Law JuOt;a Ilcury W.
Williams.
Associate Judges E. C. Sthultzo,
Jcsso Kylcr.
District Atlorncy T,. J. Blakely.
Sheriff Jades A; Maiono.
Prothonotary, &e. G. A. P.athbun.
Treasurer James Coyne.
Co. Superintendent .lames Biakcly.
Commissioners Wiiliaui A. B!y, J.
Y. Taylor, Louts V cUiwr.
Auditors Clark "Wilcox, Byron J.
Jodcs, Jacob McCauley.
TIME OF HOLDING COURT.
Second Monday in January,
Last Monday in Airil.
First Monday in August.
First Monday in November.
USEFUL HECHES.
Wood ashes and common salt wet
with wafer will stop the cracks of a
ptovo, and prevent the smote from es.
oaping.
Stir Toland starch with a common
candle, and it will not slick to thy iron
and it will be much uicei.
Alum or -rinegnr w yoo.l to uci ritiara
of red, green or yellow.
Sal soda will bleach very white ; ono
spoonful is enough for ivkoulo of cloibcrf.
Save your suds for garden plaute, or
for garden yarda, when randy.
Wash yo'ur tea trays with coM sudd,
polish with a littlo flour, and rub with a
dry cloth,
Frozen potatoes will make more eisreu
than those which arj cot ; thc-y al.so
make nica ouko.
A bet Bioyel held ot;v varniwheu
iurniture will take out tl.e wbito f.-.oii.
A bit of glue dissolved in nilk
tttd water will xeatoro eld cir-.ro.
Ribbons of ny kind thould Lo wash
ed in cold Eoap cuds, and uol rin-'ed.
'ff mnr flnt irons are roi ' .1. rub them
with fins flalt, atd it wiil tiate theui
smooth.
Oats strav; U tho beet for (il..nS bcu.i,
nd should be chaugoj ocjc a jc-r.
If you are buying a carj'tt tor dura,
tility choose suiall figures.
A bit cf eoap rubbed on the hins
of dtfors will prevent their cival. io;;.
Scotch Bnuff put in J:o!c.' "'here
crikcts como out will destroy thoi.'i-
A gallon of strong lye put in a barrel
of hard water will make it sa soft as
rain water.
Half a cranbery on a cora will soou
iill it.
Always mend clotb'iDg beforo woshing.
A lion in Hoops. The Verc:enDos
Verrnonter tells tho following !u'.liciou;i
etory : A few days since a lady rckiJin"
in the eastern part of the Stale, having
just returned f rom an evening's enter
tainment, bearing a noise on the back
btoop, a long and very narrow one, she
'eteoped out to ascertain the ciuse. At
the further cud she discovered tho in.
truder iu the shape of a good sized bog.
She at once assumed a belligerent atti.
tude and commenced screaming ' Whco !
wheo ! ' The hog took the alarm aud
made for tho door, and discovering tho
largest space to be between tho lady's
two feet, pitched for that, and sho iu
Btantly assumeda horizontal position
and movement for tho door. I jt to
prevent a permature elopement she
caught hold of a post and liet hoops
caught tho hog. His swineship at onee
lbuud himheU' incarcerated iu hoop.
Then came the strugglo, a womna's de
termination rgtinst a hog's will a cou
tost not unequal, but as pcr.-is!ent as it
was ludicrous. The noiso brought the
lady's good tiiother to tho scene, but
what could sho do ? although the
Sfjuealing of tho pig r.nl tho jioitive
assertion that she ' should be killed,'
was hard for a fond mother to hear
without lending assistance. A com
promise was unavoidable, and to eflect
this, tho hoops were util'i.-U'iied, and
away wont his pig-hip, uvriyt 1 in it:--
new uttiu:, lacking only ouu t li i r.;r to
in'iko hiin resjiuctably drvSicd, viz, u
Mrateiiall.
JOJJNC. J FALL, Proprietor.
JOUNF. MO OR K, llULn:
l'roVii 1 lie tfnmliiy 5Iiiga.ine.
EOW KIMAEK 6AKO KI3 HYMS.
Jiij f:i'6 of I'l'ClniV'iiJC.
The Thirty Yens' War wan ever, and
Germany rested irom blood. Two years
allcr the peace, George Neuinark, a
young man was liviug in one of the nar
rowest and filthiest lanes ol Hamburg.
No ono visited him, aud all that the
people of the house new of him wa,
that for tho most part of every day he
played nis violoncello wiih such skill
and cxprcibion that they thronged round
hia door to catch the music. Ilia cus.
torn was to go about midday and dino in
a low restaurant, lYcijuciitud by beggars ;
lor tho icst he would go out in tho twi
light with something under his shabby
cloak, and it was always noted that he
paid his bill the day alter such an expe
dition. This had not escaped tho curi
osity of Mistress Johannseu, his land,
lady; and having (juie'ly followed him
one evening, he stopped, to her dismay,
at the shop of a well known pawnbroker,
it was all plain now j and tho good
natured woma:i determined to help him
il she could.
A few d.'.ys after, kIio tapped at his
door, acd was filled with pity to find
nothing in the room but her own Bcanty
furniture. All the rest had been re
moved, save the woll.known violoncello,
which stood iu tho corner of tho window
w hi Lt tho youog man sat iu theopposito
window-corner, his bead buried in his
Lauds.
' Mr. Neumark,' said the landlady,
' dou't take it ill that I make so free as to
visit you, but as you have not left tho J
house lor two days, and wo nave liad no
music, 1 thought you might bo &ick. If
I could do a&y thing '
' Thank you, my good woman,' ho
answered wearily aud with ead gratltudo
in his tone ; ' I am not confined to bed,
aud 1 Lave no fevor; but I am ill very
ill.'
' Purely, then, you ought logo bed?'
' No,' ho replied very quickly, and
blubhed deeply.
' Oh 1 but you must,' cried MiHtroen
t7j"..iiUhi-jii VoUIt. ' Mow, Unur
me. l ia an old woman, old etwngh to
be your moihev, and I will j'ist see if
yonr bed is right.'
4 l'ray don't trouble yourself,' ho re
plied, and sprang up quickly before the
bedroom door.
It was too late, however, for the good
woman had already seen that thero was
nothing but a bag of straw and that
tame bhabby mantle in which ho made
tho evening journeys. Sho left the
room, and in a few minutes returned
laden with dinner.
' You must not tAo it ill,' she began,
when dinner was over 5 ' but you ore
surely not a nativo of our town. Do you
know any ouo hero ?'
' No one ; I am a stranger : but you
are the first person that lias spoken to
me kir.dly. May God bless you ! '
Y.'cll, uow, if it would not be rudo, I
would liko to ask you somo questions.
Whoaieyoa? What is your liaino ?
Where do you come from ? What is your
bunioes? ? .Are you a mu'ician 'I Are
your piicub alive ? What .rc you doing
in Hamburg ? '
IJreathlcirS rather than exhausted, eho
Mopped, and the young wan, fcinil'mir at
hi j yoo.i.n;itu;ed eatechir.t, be;;r.s : ' My
Oiitoe is Geoic'c Neumark. My varenta
were poor townsfolk of Muhlhauscn, and
aro bMih dead. I was born there nine
and twenty years a;o, on tho ciitecnth of
M.'reb, 1021. There have been hard
times' ever since, and I have had to eat,
and often first to seek my daily bread
with U a'rs- Yet I must not be impa.
licnt ttiiu murmur and sin against the
Lord' my God. I know that ho iil
help me at .'ho last.'
JJut how iJid jou think to get your
living ! ' interrued the landlady.
' I Mudied jurisprudence, but was
unsuccessful. For tn years I Buffered
huntrer and thirst enough tft the Latin
school of Schlousingen, a little towu in
tho neighborhood of my bir'hplacc,
where I learned that the wisdocn o' this
world will not give me bread. Ti';en, at
two and twenty, I went to Kouigsberg
to study law. It was far to journey, but
I lied from the hideous strilo that wast,
cd my fatherland. I avoided the hor
rors of war, but ouly to fall into the
equal horror of fire, cud I soon lost by
the flame ull 1 hud, to the last farthing,
and was a beggar.'
' Why, whal'had you to live on ? '
' The gift oI'Gol. You mu.-ft know
that I am a poet, and you may have
heard that I have home readiness in
playing the violuucello, and by thao 1
iound many friends and benefactor,
who helped mo indeed sparingly
enough.'
' Aud did you rcniaiu in Kouig-berg
till you came here ? '
' No,' ho answered, bighing heavily.
1 After Gvo years I went to Duuzig, in
tlii; hope of earning bread there; and
finding that a false hope went to Thorn,
nu'l 0."?e "'iceeedod beyond my expec
RID G WAY, PENNA.,
tation. God brought to mo many u dear
soul, that took mo for friend and brother.
Lut for nil that I cnuld find no ollioinl
position, and so 1 determined at last to
Beck in my native town what was denied
mo elsewhere. Hamburg lay in my
way, aii'i as i passed tnrougu it a voice
Hcciued to Bay to mo : 4 Abide hero, and
God will supply thee.' J5ut it must
have been the voice of my own will ; for
you know that things are not bright
with me here.'
4 Lut tell me,' said tho landlady, 'what
ofiico do you seek ? '
If it wcro God's will, I could earn
lay bread at writing, at a clerkship of
any sort.'
' Then you arc not a musician ? '
' WTel!, I am, and I am not. I can
play a little, but for ray pleasure, and to
win bread. This violin ia my only
friend in the world.'
4 Kut how do you live f '
' My good woman,' he said with a
faint smile, 4 1 could tell you much of
tho wonderful goodncs and mercy of
God to mo in all my misery. It is true
I havo now nothing left but this dear
old violin. But you know Mr. Seibert?
He has a clerkship vacant, and he is to
answer my application to-day. I be
lieve it is time for me to be with him, so
you must excuse me.'
CHArTER n.
Nathan Ilirsoh, the Jew pawnbroker,
dwelt in a narrow, orooked lane that led
down to tho harbor. Late one evening
a young man in a shabby cloak, entered
the musty shop.
Good evening, Mr. Neumark,' said
the Jew. ' What brings you so late.
Havo yon no patience till tho morning? '
4 No, Nathan ; if I had waited till
tho morning, perhaps I had not come at
all. What will you give me for this
violoncello ? '
4 Now, what am I to do with this
great fiddle ? 'drawled the Jew.
4 That yo know perfoctly well, Na
than, put it in theoorner thero behind
the clothes, where no one will see it.
Now, what will you give me for it J '
Nathan, took it up, examined it on
every side, and said, aa ho laid it down,
4 What, will I give you ? Is it for
two pence worth of wood and a oouplj
with silver and mothor-of-pcarl ; but
there is nothing here but lumber. '
' Hear me,' said Neumark. ' full
five years loug I hoarded, farthing by
farthing, full five years I suffered hun
ger and pain, before I had tho five
pounds that bought this inMtrtment.
Loud mo two on it. You shall havo
three should I ever redeem it. '
The Jow flung up his hands.
Two pounds ! Hear him I Two
pounds for a penny worth of wood !
What am I to do with it if you won't
redeem it ?
4 Nathan' and the young man Bpokc
low and strong 4 You don,t know how
my wnole soul is in this violin. It is
my last earthly comfort, my only earthly
friend. I tell theo, I might almost as
well pawn my soul as it. Would st
thou have my soul ? '
4 Why not ? And if you did not ro
deem it, it would be inioe. But what
would a Jew do with your bouI ? '
riu.sh, jew. lot tho fault was my
own. The Savior, whom thy people
cruciucd, lias redeemed my bouI. aud
I am his. I spoke in the lightness of
despair. But I am his, and ho will
never leave mo to want. It is hard
when I must sacrifice tho last and dear
est. But he will help me. Iwil! pay
theo back. '
4 Young man, you will not deceive
me with these vain hopes. The last
time, did yon not tell me that a rich
merchant would help you ? ,
4 Sicbert ? Yes. I went to him at
his own hour, and he said I came too
late ; tho place was given to auother.
Am I to bear the penalty of the conduct
of others ?
4 1 deal with you, aud not with
others,' returned the Jew coldly.
4 Take yonr great fiddle away. '
4 Nathan, you know I am a gtraugor
hero. Iteracmber when you were a
stranger, aud tho Christian helped the
Jew. I know no one but you. Give
mo but thirty ehillihgs.'
4 Thirty shillings ! Have I not said
.ilready that no merchant can give thiyty
sb illingi for a pennyworth of wood f '
4 .Thou art a hard and cruel man ! '
Anu, with theso words, Neumark
snatched up his beloved violoncell aud
rushed out of the shop,
4 Stop, stop, young man,' cried
the
you
Jew :
trade is tiado
I will
one routi;
,i
' Thirty (..hillings, Nathan. To-mor.
row I must pu.y one pound, and how an
I to live i liuve mercy.
4 1 have sworn that I will not give
thirty shillings ; biU out of old friend
ship, I will give you five and twenty ;
that is, (you will note,) with a penuy
intermit on every florin for eight days,
and for the next week two peuee, an 1
if you eauuotpay me then, it is mine.
Now, what am to do with this great
pioco of wood ? '
' It is hard : but I must unl""' M"
APRIL ith, 1867.
God have mercy on mo f '
4 Ho isa good and faithful God, the
God of my fathers, and ho helped me
much, or I could not afford to lose by
such bargains as this. Twelve pence
and four-and.twcnty pence make six-and.
thirty. I may as well tako it off the
five-and-twenty shiilings ! it will save
you bringing it back here.'
Nenma'-k made no answer. He was
gazing at his violoncello, while the tears
rolled silently down his cheek.
4 Nathan, I havo but one request.
You don't know how hard it is to part
from that 'violin. For ten years we
have been together. If I havo nothing
else I have it : at tho worst it spoke to
me, and suug back all my courage and
hopo. Ten times rather wonld I give
my heart's blood than this beloved
comforter. Of all the sad hearts that
havo left your door thero has been nono
so sad as miuc.'
His voice crew thick, and he paused
for a moment.
' Just this one favor you must do mo,
Nathan ; to let me play once more upon
my violin.'
And ho hurried to it without waitiD"
for au a-.iBwer.
4 Hold 1 ' cried tho Jew, in a passion ;
4 the shop should havo been closed an
lour ago but for you and your fiddle,
Come to-morrow, or, not at all.'
4 No to'day, now, returned Neu-
mark. 4 1 must say farewell,' and seiz
ing the instrument, and half embracing
it, ho sat down on an old chest in the
middle of tho shop, and began a tune
so exquisitely soft that the Jew listened
in spue of himself. A tew more stanns,
and he sang to his own melody two stan-
zas of the hymn
"Lifo is weary, Saviour, talco mo."
' Enough, enough,' broke in the Jew.
' What is the uso of all this lamenta.
tion ? You have fivo-and-twenty ehill
ings in your pocket-'
But the musician was deaf. Absor
bed in his own thoughts, he played on.
Suddenly the key changed. A lew
bars, and the melody poured itself out
anew ; but, like a river which runs into
the sunshine out of the shade of sullen
banks, he sang louder, and his face
lighted up- with happy smiles :
"TlitlrnP mm wmm " f"
That's better. Stick by that,'
shouted the Jew. And don't forget
that you hava fivo-and-twenty shillings
in your pocket. Now, theo, in a fort
night tho thing is mine if you havo not
redeemed it." And he turned aside,
muttering mcchanioally, 44 but what am
I to do with a great pioce of lumber
work?"
Neumark laid his violin gently back
in the corner, and murmured, 4 Ut fiat
divina voluntas As God will I am
still ; " and without a word of adieu lelt
tho shop.
As he rushed out into the night, he
stumbled against a man who seemed to
havo becu listening to the musio at the
door.
4 Pardon me, sir, but may I ask if it
was you who played and sang so beauti
fully just now ? '
4 Yes,' said Neumark hurriedly, and
pushed on.
The stranuer seised hold of his oloak
4 Pardon me, I am but a poor man, but
that hymn you sung has gone through
my very soul. Could you tell ma, per
haps, whore I might got a copjr ?
am only a servant, but 1 would give a
florin to get this hymn that was just
written, I do believe, tor myself.
4 My good friend,' replied Neumark
cently, 4 will willingly fulfil your wish
without tho florin. May I ask who you
aro?'
1 John Gutig, at your service, and in
tho house of the Swedish Ambassador,
Baron von Bosenkrant.'
4 Well, como early to-morrow morning.
My name is George Neumark ; and you
will fiud me at Mistress Johannscn's, in
the Crooked lane. Good night.'
OflAPTEH in.
Ouo morning, about a week after this,
Gutig paid a second visit to Mistress Jo
hannsen's. Neumark rsccivod him
kindly.
4 Perhaps, sir, you will think what I
am going to say foolish, but I have
prayed o?er it the whole night, and I
hopo I may mako so bold.'
'What ? Is it a second copy of the
hymn ; of course you may havo it with
pleasure. '
4 No, no, sir, it is not that. I have
tho copy you gave mo in my Biblo, to
keep it better ; though if it were lost, I
think I havo it as well off as the Lord's
Prayer and the Creed. But yesterday
you won't take it ill ? '
4 Never mind ; go on. '
4 Well, sir, tho Ambassador had a seo.
retary that wrote all his letter?. Yester
day he suddenly left the house; why, no
one knew ;but we believe that the mas
ter found him in default aud let him
easily off. Yesterday evening, as I saw
my lord to bed, he said to me ; 4 Now
that Mr. Secretary is gone, 1 know not
where to look for as clever a one. '
Somehow your name came iutomy iniud;
fc, .v... ,u house, and1
-se
VOLUME SEVEN NUMBER 4.
TERMS I 50 272 ANNUM.
is entertained at tho table, and has a
hundred crowns a year paid down. So
I said ; 4 My lord, I know some one '
lou I ' he cried, and laughed ; have
you a secretary among your friends r
4 No, my lord, ' said I though I know
him, 1 am much to humble to have him
for a friend oi acquaintance.' ' .
Ilio result was, that Neumark ob
tained the situation. On an interview
with the Ambassador, that functionary
asked him if he could sift papers that
required a knowledgo of jurisprudence
and politics r
4 It your grace would try mo, I would
attempt it .
Well, then, take these papers, and
read them through. '1 hey contain in
quiries from Chancellor Oxensticrn, and
the answers I have been unable to pro
cure. Bring me a mgest of the whole1
You may take your owu time, and when
you are ready knock at the next door.'
CHAPTER IY.
Neumark left tho hotel of the Am
bas.sador that evening with a radiant face,
and as he walked quickly through the
streets, talked with himself, whilo
smile stole across his lips : 4 Yes, see
leave God to order all thy ways.'
It was to Jew Nathan s that ho took
his way.
' Give mo my violoncello, ' ho cried.
1 Here arc tho five-and-twenty shil
lings, and a half crown more. You need
not be bo amazed. I know you well.
You took advantage of my poverty, and
bad 1 been an hour beyond the tort-
night you would have pocketed the five
pounds. Still, 1 thank you for the fivo
and-twenty shillings ; but for them
must have lelt Hamburg a beggar,
Nor cn I feel that you did anything
yourself, but wore simply an instrument
in tho hand of God. You know nothing
of the joy that a Christian has in saving
another, so I pay you in what coin you
liko best, an extra half-orown. Here
aro the one bound seven and sixpence in
bard money. . Only remember this :
" Who trusts in God's unchanging love
Builds on the rock that naught can move.
Seizing his violoncello in triumph,
Neumark swept homeward with hasty
steps, never pausing till he reached his
room, sat down, and began to play with
m.tnYt hna.Anl- " I
J (than nHtui niflhan ia nrm him wirh
storm of questions, all of which ho bore
unheeding, and played and sang until
his landlady scarce knew if ttho was in
heaven or earth.
4 Are you there, good Mistress Jo
hannsen ? be said, whon he had finished
' Well, perhaps you will do me the
kindness to call in as many people as
thero are in the house und in the street
Bring them all in. I will sing you
hymn that you nover heard before, for
I am the happiest man in Hamburg,
Go, dear, good woman ; ro bring mo
congregation, aud I will preach them
a sermon on my violoncello.'
Ia a few minute the room was full-
Then Neumark seized bis bow, played
bar or two, opened his mouth and sang
44 Lcavo God to order all thy ways,
And bope in him, whate'er betide;
Thou'lt find him in the evil dnyi
An all sulfioient strength to gnido.
Who trusts iu God's unchanging Ioto,
Bui'ds on the rock that naught can mere.
14 What can these anxious cares il,
These nerer ceasing moans and sighs ?
What can it help us to bewail
ach painful moment as it flies T
Our cross and trials do but press
The heavier for our bitterness.
" Only your restloss heart keep still,
And wait ia cheerful hope, oonteat
To lake whate'er his graciuus will,
His all-discerning love hath sent ;
Rat doubt onr inmost wants are known
To him who chose us for his own."
Here the singer stopped, for his voice
trembled, aud the tears ran down bis
cheeks. The littlo aulieuco stood fixed
in silent sympathy ; but at last Mistress
Johanusen could contain herself no
longer.
4 Bear, dear sir,' sho began, drying
her eyes with her apron, for there was
not a dry oheek iu the crowd, ' that is
all like aa if I Bit iu ohuroh, aud for.
got all my care, and thought of God in
heaven and Christ upon the cross. How
haa it all come about ? You wcro so
downcast this morning, and now you
make my heart leap with joy. Has God
Doen helping you f '
1 Yes that he has, my dear, gracious.
God and Father ! All my need is over,
Unly think ; I am secretary to the
Swedish Ambassador here in Hamburg ;
have a hundred crowns a year. Aud to
complete my happiness, ho gave mo five,
aud. twenty crowns in hand, so that 1
have redeemed my poor violin. Is not
the Lord our God a wonderful and gra
cious God ? Yes, yes, my good people
be suro of this :
4 Who trusts in God's unchanging love
Builds ou tho rock l)it naught can move.' '
4 And this beautiful hymu, where did
you find it, sir, if I may make so bold.
For I know all tho hymn-book by heart,
but not this. Bid you make i. your
self?'
4 Well, yes, I am tho instrument
tho harp , but God swept the stri igs
AH I knew ws th' 4 Who trust
God's unchanging We ; these words lj .
like a soft burden on my heart. 1 w;u', .
over them again aud again, and so they
siinpeu uiciii.'JciYcs iu ui;s song, now,
I cannot tell. I began to sing and to
pray for joy, and my soul blcsccd the
jord, and word followed word like water
from a fountain, fjton,' ho cried.
listen once more :
' Nor in the heat of pain nnd strife,
Think God lint li cant Dice otf unhenid .
Nor that the man whose prosperous life
Thou cnvlcst, Is of him preferred :
Time pr'sseth, and much cl.ange doth bring,
And sets a hound to everything.
"All arc alike before his face !
Tis easy to our God Most hiph
To niuko the rich mnn poor and base,
To give the poor man wealth and joy.
True wonders still of him are wrought.
Who settcth rrp and brings to naught.
"Sing, pray, and nwcrvo not from his ways,
Hut do thine own part faithfully ;
Trust his rich promises of graco',
So shah it be fulfilled in tlico j
God nevet yet forsook at need
The soul that trusted him indeed.' "
When he ceased for the second time.
he was to much moved that he put away
uiu vioionceno in me coi ner, and the
little audience quitely dispersed.
buch is tho story of ono of tho most
beautiful of all the German hymns, ono
of those which has preached tho truest
sermon to troubled and fretted and das-
pairing hearts. After two years, Baron
vwi Itosenkranit procured bis- secretary
tho post of Librarian of tho Archives at
eimar, and there he peacefully died
in hia sixty-first year. He wrote much,,
verses indood almost innumerable.
But tho legacy ho left to the Church was
the hymn that the sirtlple-hearted man
played when God gave him back hi
beloved 4 viola di Gamba.'
Saltino Bdttkr. A. Bavmoml. a
New Hampshire correspondent of The
Rural New Yorker, gives tho following
recoipo for salting buttet : Take two
quarts of good salt, one ounce of sugar,
one ounce of saltpetre, Use ono ounce of
the composition for one pound ol butter.
It should bo stamped and left to cool
before putting in jars Butter prepared
in this way phould not be used for two
or three days. You will find that your
butter will be very hue, as it will have
no brittle or salty look or taste. By fol
lowing this course your butter will keep
the year through, in warm as well as
cold weather.
How it Works. Tho National In
teligcncer remarks upon tho striking
violation of the American sense of justice
displayed in the matter of extradition"
of offenders between Northern and
Southern States. Governor Fenton, of
New York, made a requisition on the
authoritcs of North Carolina for an in
dividual charged with fraud, It was
honored, and the alleged culprit handed
over. Gov. Pieipont of Virgina, made,
a requisition on Gov. Fenton lor an al.
leged criminal now in the Empire State.
It was not honored on tho plea that
Virgina is not a State in this Union, It
suits a parTizan uoveruoi. to eonsta
iNorth Carolina u
to his own citizens, but to deny that
Virgina is a State to prevent all efforts
to do justice to citizens of Virgina. Tho
fact tells its own story. Wo forbear
comment, simply oaying that the na
tional love for fair play will no longer
stand such transparent double-dcaliugk
They have an old Free Mason
ninety-eight years old in Haverhill.
They have a big lump of Colotado
silver ou exhibition in Boston.
The death in an
English poor-
house of a woman 108
years old is re.
posted.
The poor Canadians aro rollicking
and hurrahing over the new colonial
arrangements.
A man weighing one hundred aud
fifty pounds contaius only two and a half
; psuuds of peifectly dry residuum.
t A young lady, just married, iu
New York, had tweuty.four pairs of
shoes to match twenty-four dresses.
Sho was a whole soled inaideu.
There is talk of a movement to im
pose a national tax of fifteen dollars on
every dog. They cost us thut much'
now in sheep and wool.
'A Chicago sportsman recently shot
a penguin in a luko near Milwaukee,
Wis. The bird ha.s never before been
seen in that vicinity.
This time tho tables ero turned.
A coquette in Ashland, Ohio,-Was mado
to return 2,300 worth of presents and
pay six cents damages to tho blighted,
object that sho had jilted.
A Missouri blacksmith has prepared
a horse-shoo for the Paris Exposition,
made of rawore from the Iron Mountain.
Half the shoe is finished, and the other
half shows the ore as it is dug from the
mine.
In lliohuoml, Va., lately, Richard
Milburn ate, upon a wager, four dozen
and seven raw Oggs, and when ho had
fiuished did tot'seem to be BUTfeited
the glutton. A few days beforo he
drauk a gallon and a half ol water at ono
time. Bichard must be making up for
short commons during tho war.
A horrible murder o;curcd receutly
in Kingi-ton, Wiscouson. The victim
was a widow lady, the mother of seven
children, and tho murderer a .'riant of
hers, who, having beeu thro" j wiih
projocutioti for stealing he- in keys,
crept up behind her as bhc n. smu g
tt a window and blew out hi r brau.a
with a gun. His foot ' " b-;tiaed
him, and lie was arrest ..
If you would look
'11 age, don't 4'piue"
- -
&Subsoribo for :
4-pruoc in your
in vtji youth.