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VOL. XXIL.1

Che Examiner

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SOMETHING WORTH READING!

PrP. R. BOWERS,

AT HIS OFFICE, DORCHESTER STREET, A few doors West of the atholic Cathedral.

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American Agriculte ist, te tee ee ‘ Adaatio Msathly, 13° CITY LUMBER DEPOT Harper's Magazine, ; 2s : 2 Salaxy [= ee ALL KINDS Zlack wood's Maga? ne, 23 8 Dublin Unrversity Magazine, 2.0 0} OF LUMBER ! Leadon Review, ; 3 0 Pine and Spruce Boards, ani Plank, Sawn Dublia de : jand Split Shingles (Cedar Pine & Fir), Cecar | =dinburgh do, 1 3 0! Posts and Fence Rails Scentling, Studding Weatminster do, #27 2 and Lathe North Gritiah do, i 3 0 ere North American do 110 0} Enquire at Mr. James Barrett's, Block- very Saturday Illustrated, 1 8 g| Maker, Dorchester Sireet, near the R. C. Appletan’s Journal, do, 1 8 0} Chapel, or cf the Subscriber, Harper's Weekly, i 8 0 Me Harper's Bazzar, : 2.2 ALAY 8 Prank Leslie's [liustrated Newspaper, 1 8 0 TAR’ : We 7 QQ’ a M, We F Reston Pilot, . Os Re ox AG > SS a ORR New York Ledger, I 3 0) ; ; jg eee do Weekly, YS" s FOR SALE AT THY do Herald s 2. r ,> ’ mn do Herald, 13°) LUMBER DEPOT. do World, 1 3 0) BENJAMIN WILLIAMS.

We can suppty any of the English, American er Colouial Publications, at the lowest cash rates,

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Husiness Cards. BENJAMIN WILLIAMS,

Surveyor of Lumber,

Hillsborough Squnre, CHARLUTIETOWN. P. E. ISLLND. Jane 9, i871.

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A WEEKLY JOURNAL OF POLITICS, LITERATURE AND NEWS.

‘*This is true Liberty, ~hen Freeborn Men, having to advise the Public, may speak tree.’---Euripides

Business Cards.

Persons wanting to have old

Giassaliers, Curtain Bands and Rings, Xe., on any kind of BRASS-WORK, made to “look

like NEW would do well to give JOHN H. TORREY a call.

JOHN H. TORREY, Kent Street. (Opposite the Rocklin House, Ch'town, P. E. Lf Ch’town, Sept. Il, 1871

CITY LUMBER DEPOT,

POR SALE AT THE

June 19, i871.

Hil'sboro’ Square Ch'town, p i tf

~ Apothecaries’ Hall, .

The Old Stand, West Corner of Queen)

Square, ESTABLISHED, 1810.

By Steamer City of Cork from ENGLAND Brigantine James from MONTREAL has eompleted his iuiporttions for the winter consisting of

ween |

7 B —Remember I make old work look

and other recent arrivals, the undersigned |

GENUINE DRUGS & CHEMICALS, WILLAM JAMES HENEY. Dye Stuffs, Varnishes, Paints, AUCTIONEER, Vils, Colors, &e. General Broker, Accountant parent MEDICINES, PERFUMERY : AND | TOILET ARTICLES, &.. &e. COMMISSION A GENT: | The whole of whreb will be sold at a suall ad WATER STREET, Ber rte tinee Summerside, - P-E-Isiand. ly.

WILLIAM DODD,

Commission Merchant and AUCTIONEER

UBEN SQUARE, CHARLOTTE!OWN, P. E. ISLAND

oe

COLFORD BROS.,

TOBACCO, GiGAR5,

and Smokers Articles,

eGtPeS. . . ckeidi acatewaen : May i. 1871. ly at the

* Lowest Prices, CARVELL BROTHERS, Pleaee call and got AUCTIONEERS, hea! a Commission Merchants, AND

GENERAL AGENTS, BANK BUILDING, QUEEN STREFT,

the preparation by day and night of Physicians prescriptions and private recipes, T. DESBRISAY,.

Charlottetown, Jan. 2, 1871.

‘Weeks & Co. offer an ATTRACTIVE sTocx

Speeial attention, by an experienced hand, to

Charlottetown, P. E. Island .

A. Uc NEILL, € READING ROOM PROPRIETOR. ’ a COLLLZSLOL MSRELANT A. HERMANS, AUCTIONEER.

CHARLOTTETOWN. March 21, 7 lyr

Dorchesier Steet, (Next to ‘*Examiner’’ Ollice.)

Bell- Hanger, Gun aud Tin-Suith,

H. HASZARD- Commission Merchant, GENERAL AGUNT,

AND : AUCTIONEER Uppe. Queen Street, P.E. T.

Charlottetowa, - - °- ——_—_—_—

N. B.—Orders from abroad, and the country wil! -eceive promp attention.

Apri! 26, 1369

AGENCY OFFICE!

HE SUBSCRIBKE will attend to all or- ders for the Seiliiz, lettinz, purchasing, leasinz &c.,

of Dwelling Houses, Business| g¢jers in THIS

gykes toreturn histhanks to the general public forthe liberal patronage extended to him since his commencement in business, and asks for a continuance of the same. He keepSconstanty on hand

A meat Asortme ut of TINWARE, KITCHEN UTENSILS &e., &€¢., &c.

ALL ORDERS in the above BUSINESS will be punctually attended to. : Having lately made large purchases in the Cheapest Markets,intended fur House Builders, such as . Gas Fitting, Water Closets, Belt Fittings, &.. &c., lam prepared to SELL THEM at RATES AS LOW AS CAN BE HAD IN THE CITY, and will fit them up in a good workmanlike style To a generous public, I would say, that all

BRANCH OF MY BUSI

Establishwente, and lands both in City and) NESS will be attended to with Despateh

Country.

Parties wishin - to dispose of or purchase | hand.

j lease

Property of any description, to let or cc Stores Ge , will please apply by lete ter statins partic alars. ul parr SECREVY, when required, strictly

sdserved. A. McNEILL.

Buildiogs, Ch’town, , Exchange * 15. 1S71, tf

FARM FOR SALE, At St. Peter's.

HE Subseriber offers for Sale a Valuable FARM of 34 Acres, 45 of which are un-

der Cultivation, The rewainder is covered with a good supply of Soft and Hard Wood, ”

There are oo the Farw @ Comfortable Dwelling-house, aad comuedious Baros and

Out -bouses.

aise bt ; ee The Land is io good condition, andis we <« Severed on the Main Road leading to- anor by ag tm The position 1s cen- | Schou |

wards Mr. Peter Sinneti’e tral and is near Grist and Saw Mills,

Houses and Chureh.

This desirable Property will be oot ne wert 7 a ’ vader 16a torm ol years” ‘Wood's Parlor & Vestry Organs:

sonable Price dows, and the remainder 10 3 term of years

For further particulars, enquire at the Ex- |

AMINER Ovior. or of tbe Subscriber JAMES PHELAN. Bt. Peter's, Lat 29, July 3, 1971

A Lotof First Class WATLR COOLERS on

SAYER’S CRYSTAL BLUE, Sold Cheaper than ever Tuly 12, 1869

ROOFING SRAVS4, For Sale! Arent of the best kind of Roofing

Gravel. WM. KOUGHAN

Queen’s Wharf, May 8, 187].

Roseine Dye. pS Ae teres the City DruG STORE, an as- DY

sortment of ANILINE and DOMESTIC ws W. R. WATSUN.

Ger Youg Paiwrixs Done

AT THE Exam WER OFFICE.

October 3, 1870.

THE ARLINGTON PIAND

AND

fHNHE above instruments are a the best manufactured in the Unite

| States. | Piaso or Organ would

tbe subscriber. P. R. BOWERS, St Stephen, tN. B

| Noy: 28, 1870. Woodstock,

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| (~) *) 7 eH ie) a a 4 | Insurance, Xe. Selected Poetry. j Ce ee ®)

SPR IRIR INR RAR IRR IR ARR IRR IRR ERROR

important to the Citizens of FAME. Prinee Edward Island. BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON. | Ah fate! Cannot a man Be wise without a beard? 7

} From East to West, from Beersheba to Dan, Say, was it ever heard,

That wisdom might in yout be gotten, Or wit be ripe before ‘twas rotten 7

} He pays too high a price For knowledge and for fame, Who vives his sinews to be wise, His teeth and bones to buy a name, And crawls through life a paralytic To earn che praise of bard and critic.

Is it not better done, To dine and sleep through forty years Be loved by few, be feared by none,

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i. The Continental

LIFE INSURANCE c0,

OF NEW YORK.

Has decided on establishing branches in this piace, thus completing its line of branch es from California to P, E. Island.

Laugh life away, have wine fer tears, And take the mortal leap undaunted, Ccuseut that all we asked wus granted.

But fate will not permit Tie seeds of gods to die, Nor suffer sense to win from wit Iis guerdon in the sky, Nor let as hide whate’er our pleasure, Tne world’s light underneath a measure.

Go then, sad youth, and shine! Go, sacrifice to fame;

Put love, joy, health, upon the shrine, And life to fan the flarae !

Thy hapless self for praise# barter,

| As the reputation of the CONTINENTAL is now Worip-Wips 70 addguce any argue ort of its ability, and of its claims to public confidence, | would be a work of superer- ogation. The sinple fact that it, last year, issued

} | inent in sup

And die to fame an honored martyr.

= dliscellanpy.

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Annexation----A Love Story,

the largest number issued by any company in

| | 12,537 POLUCIES, | |

the world! is the best guaranty that can penton be offered of its ability and populari- In a previous article, we adverted to the ty, and of the public confi- relationship existing between Great Britain dence. ‘and her two Americin offspring, and also following area few ot the advantages between these twoofspring — It was point-

ed cut that the conduct of the elder—the | United States—towards Canada, the young-

| The offered by the Continental ;

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‘Guna —_ URITY :—The assets of the ler, had not been neighbourly, muel less : isisterly, Now, the affeciions of a commu- $5,475,850 Y | nity, or a Qa'ion, toward another, although ispruog from a common parentage, cunnot ibe ex ected to have the strength which UsUe | ally subsists between children of one pa-| rent, In thisrespect the analogy between nations 3nd individua's to a certain extent fails; at least. we find it so in the case un der consideration. In fact. there bas been coutinges to be mantiested another ‘emotion, of a dfferent mature. Uncle dum,

securely invested.

| ONE-THIRD TH PREMIUM may remain

| unpaid, as a loan on the Policy, (withuuy

Note), util caucelled by the dividend or otherwise.

THE COMPANY BEING PURELY MU-

| TUAL all the profits Of the business are |

annually divided amoung the Poliey-bold- |

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| THIRTY DAYS’ GRAVE allowed on the

aod

ers.

‘nized by them that avnexation is impossible, | We are in all respects a different people. As well might it be expected that oil und | water would blend. But more, we hold | that a union betweea the two is not desi-| | rable, even were there any harmony of feel-/ jing. If there was not danger of exposing | jourselves to the charge of boasting, and thereby exhibiting a feature characteristic | _of the Americans, we should say that Ua- nada is the bope of America, The devel- opmeats which take place every day | in the States show bow unsubs‘antial are. the institutions of tbe country, how rotten’ ithe body politic, how frothy this ery of) freedom and liberty, Unquestionably time | will bring changes in the geographical ar-/ rangement of this continent, Searcely half | a century can pass away before several of | the States adjacent to Canada will seck re- lief from the burdeus of the Union by alli-! ane? with Canada, The only hope for the States is rhe fact that the old Yankee ele- meut is fast dying out, and being substituted by a race of Kuropeans less bigored. But +o long as European emigration and capital, and euergy are poured iuto the couutry, the eud is not yet.

A DPUTOCU LOVER,

The following story was told to the writer as a fact:

A young gentleman in Amsterdam bad been, a year or two ago, paying bis ad- dresses, withou' success, to a young lady, | The father of the maiden was altogether | |obdurate. and could not be induced to favor] the suit; but the swain had observed cer-| tain symptoms which ied bim to believe that his attentions were not wholly unac- ceptab'e to the lady When the festival o! St. Nicholas (December 5th) approached, | seme waggish friends proposed a plan of | offering bis hand and heart. the drollery of | which might possibly soften the unwilling |father and assure the lady of the entire | devotion of his person. | | On the eve of St. Nicholas, a long and | jrather narrow box, with some holes in the | \lid, was eonveyed” to the house of'| | Mynheer , addressed to Jufvrouw, with the swain’s compliments, in additicn to} which, without the latter’s knowledge, the} facetious friends had painted, in large let-| ters, “*een dikke vrijer?’—a fat lover, The} box arrived at the usual ner-hour ; and the diughter, seeing the box

ed at once to open it, But her fither, who | perhaps smelt a rat, and knew better than |

although vawilling to recogaize Mss Ma- | ple as sister nation, aud to bestow upou her | | SHOULD ANY PERSON DESIRE to discon. | *i8terly regard, has sot been able to conceal tinue his Policy, after two years, the| % ‘st eaking sort of attachment.’ Being | Company will take it off bis hands, and | an ungainly boy, yet in his hobbledehoy |

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| | payments of premiums, and the Policy holds good during that time.

give @ paid-up Poliey for the enure | years, perhaps some allowance aust be made amount paid.

lic e mé i hieh be let- Miss Mapl |} ALL POLICIES NON-FORFEITING. or the manner in whieh be let- Miss Maple

: a a know tbat he is not indifferent to her Charge for Policy, Medical Examication, | ; : wi : an bishenk. jcharms, It is a way some lovers have of ALL CLAIMS IN PRINCE EDWARD IS | telling the lady-love that she is uot so hand- LAND paid in the Isiand withvut the | some as she might be; that her family and claimant having to go to New York |patrimony and general surroundings are EVERY POLICY-HOLDER is entitled to| jacking in those essentials which ia their vote at the Aunaal Eivetion of Oilicers, | minds constitute true eligibility for marri- andall avn angie 79 See age; and yet. when told they are not want- As the great panteine of Life Insurance | ed, and that their absence ts preferabie to TO ALL, whether rich or poor,is ‘now univer | their company, will not depart, thinking in sally admitted, any argume:ts to point out ite|th2 height of their egotism that it is got sdvantages would besuperfluous Tho patron-| meant. Uncle Sam has tried various me- ave of the Public of P. E. Island is therefore | ;hods of courting; but the lady he loves, respectfally solicited, although desirous of being a good and con- JUSTUS LAWRENCE, President. | sistent neighbor, invariably spurns all his J. P. ROGERS, Secretary. armorcus advances, Miss Maple, no doubt. Wantep.—Competant and reliable gentle-| has a mind f her own, and kaows it. She }men as Agents, at Summerside and George-| hus her senses, by which she can mcasure town.— Also a few jutelligent and _energetic land form a correct opinion of her wooing — . Solicitors in oe eee with whom | neighbor; and ifshe cannot wake up ber pees AAPREEO MIN Ser PY MANN wind to entertain any fecling- stronger thao JAMES MeDONNELL, those of a neighbourly regard, it may be a Manager for P, K. Island. | Source ot dissappointment to the lover, bu: he is himself to blame, There was a time when be might have stood a chance of suc- ? ceeding, had he conducted himself as an as- Ch’town, P E. f., July 31, 1°71.—6i piring young man ought ‘0, But traits of ; : | character have developed themselves which Geto. W. &, Werte BOu for heap Coots ole any unio, aut for busivess, en ores cai tirely out of the question. J. W. BENSON, Among many peculiarities belonging to Waich ard Clock Maker to H. R. H. the\ gi muel is, that he will not take no for an

PRINCE OF WALES. answer. Notwithstanding he bas been re-

PRIZE MEDALS— LONDON, DUBLIN. AND | pestedly told there is vo use trying to win PARIS. Miss Maple, he persists in paying her a suniiatliidusshudltdglleadiaiin lover’s attention, If she happens to look Steam Factory For CLocks axp Watcurea, | in the direction he is walking, his sublime

LUDGATE HILL AND OLD BONO | ge f-esteem lears him to think she is ‘ com-

No

The Manager can, for the present, be found at the office of the Messrs Carvell.

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the dining-room.’ box was removed there by the maids. Din | ner dragged its slow length aling, was artfully pro'racted, and the opening of the box kept in abeyauce until it was almost time to goto bed. Then the hammer was missing — the screw-driver cou'd not be found — and, at last, he opening of the wonderful box put off until next morning. ‘Goede nacht, slaap goed,’ all departed, save Mynheer » the father. With bed- candle in band, be weat to the box, listened | carefully for a moment or two, and then giving the box a slight kick, proceeded to moralize aloud: * What a fool that lit- tle donkey of a fellow is, to suppose [ will ever let him have my daughter! 1 won- der what he has sent her? What can these little holes be for? Ah! here is one of mevrouw’s knitting-needies; let us poke one in and see if we can make out.”

‘For God’s sake don’t!’ sad a stifled voice from the box. ‘or you will puke my eye out,’

* Biess me! who's this? be ??

‘i am Mynheer F ,’ said the voice. ‘For heaven’s sake Jet me out — 1 can’: stand it much longer.’’

* Will you promise never to speak to my daughter again, if | do?

* No, L won’t—V1i die first {”

‘Very well, then; yood-night.’

* Don’t be so inbuman; | shall be dead in another hour’

« Will you promise ?’

‘No,’ said the voice in the box, more faintly, *‘ never!’

‘ Well, you are a brave little soul; [ti let you out,’

Sly father took out serew-driver and | hammer from his own pocket, where they ‘had been lost, and let out the poor lover's | \very cramped, but plump and comely aid 809.

What can it

five o’cloek dio-| ve and durable,

uschase a first Clase, Frese sbout.to-P do well to address |

STREET, LONDOG.

EsTABLIsH®’D 1749.

MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, AND

WHOLESALE BUYERS, Are specially invited to obtain from the Manufactory the ILLUSTRATED CATA- LOGUE of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEW- ELLERY &e., before sending their orders elsewhere, as not only are the discounts liber- al, out a selection can be made from the largest stock in the world.

Orders can be sent direct to the Manufac- tory (Ludgate Hill), or through Merchants or Shippers in England.

W ATCHES—To suit al] climates, all coun- tries all tastes, and the occupa- tions of every one, 200,000 baye already been sold, and are in al] parts of the world, at prices from 2 to 200 Guineas.

WATCHES —Chronometera, Chronographs, Keyless, Repeaters, Levers, Hori- zontals, for Ladies and Gentlemen.

CLOCKS—For Dining and Drawing Rooms,

Carriages, ee Hall or Shop, Perpetual Calendars, Wind Dails, &e.

JEWELLERY—Speeialities in Monograms, Diamonds, Crystals, and Fine Gold, for Bridal aud other Pre- sents.

SILVER AND ELECTRO PLATE—For Presentation Racing, Diners a le Russe, or Tea Table &c., &e.

ee Watches sent safe by post to all parts of the world,

| August 28, 1871. ly cae

OUR JOB PRINTING DONE Pau +s EXAMINER” OFFICE.

ing round’ He sends agents very fre- quently, who are loud in praises of their muster, and declare him to be the best fel- lowin the world. He isthe mightiest. the biggest, the freest. purest, and the grand- est; with a constitution the strongest, the

‘Now [am a free man,’ sad the latter, | in a somewhat weak voice (end no wonder), | ‘[ give my free promise, as you have saved | my life, not tospeak to your daughter again | without pour permission,’ most vigorous, aod the most universally| ‘ Well,’ rejoined the father, kicking the | | admired individual in the universe He is,00x ‘if you have not done for her more} ' governed by].ws which are at once the ade | than most weecthonrts would, you bave | miration and envy of the whole world The | cer'ainly got into less ; , S, /worn out and dyivg nations of Europe, Swa!! wit on ‘he one side, and diplornatic | | Asia and Africa are trying to pattern after |gratitude on the other, made them so well | ‘him, He is, in fact, the hope of the world, | pleased that they shook hands, and paried |The downetrodden lock at him as the only | Such good friends that F, soon after O7aes | Such is the aecount|come Mynheer——’s repugnance to the| ‘match, aud, before the next*S:. Nicholas, |

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| chance of salvation, his messengers give of him apd such com-| pose mainly the love-letters he sends by | ¥08 the lady, too. means of the prees. If these highfalutin| accounts are listened to without contradic-| A [errer ws Poxtreness. — A friend | tion, which Miss Maple has little patience | of Dean Swift's ove day scent him a turbot to do, it is aceepted as a proof of admira lag a present, by a servant lad who had fre-: tion, aod Samuel is told he may prepare for quently been on similar errands but bad | matrimonial annexation, never received anything from the dean for | If we become serious, and look at the/| his trouble, Having gained admission he | question of avnexation in a thoughtful opened the study-door, and puiting down | mood, the question arises— What is it that |the fish on the floor, eried out rudely, «Mas- | makes the Americans so feverishly aaxious | ter has sent you a turbot ? et for Canada to unite ber destiny with theirs?) ‘Young mun,’ said the dean, rising Is it a want of trast in their institutions? from his easy-chair, ‘is that the way you Do they fear that @ refusal to cme under deliver a message? Le: me teach you ber the Siars and Stripes will lead the werld|ter manners, Sit down io my chair, we to think their pation is pot so perfect as will change places aad I will show you bow they bave teken pains to dec'are# The fact to behave in future.’ f that their nearest neighbors canoot be per- | The boy sat down, and the dean going | suaded to admire their Government aud in- out, came up '0 the door, and mak ng a low | stitutions is no doubt a humiliating reflec- bow, said, ‘Sir, master presents bis kind | tion on them. ‘compliments, hopes you are well, and re- It may seem uvnecessary with some per- quests your acceptance of a smell present,’ sons°to be thus casting aupleasaot words at) * Does he# replied the boy, Return our neighboas; but the American press will him ay best thanks, and there's halfa crown not be quiet upon the subject, and xotil for voursel!,’ At they learn not to be offending to as, and The dean, thug eaught ia his owo trap, disgust us by continued tale about our laughed heartily, and gave the boy a crowa manifest destiny. we gust continue to ridi- for bis ready wit, cule the ideas A thousand times made The teacher as we'l as the scholar re- declaration by Canadians is uot heeled; | ceived a lesson at that time, The boy cer-

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1871,

but it was about time the fact was recog- tainly knew enough to make his way thro’

the world. Thedean was very fond of fun, and we have ao doubt enjoyed the boys coolness.

The Householt.

To Remove Greese rrom Fioors.—Ap- ply a paste of wood ashes; keep it on se- veral days, and then wash off.

To Ciran Lamp-Saaves.—Lamp-shades may be cleansed with soap or pearlash ; these will not injure or disorder them.

Rep Inx,—Carmine (Nakarat) 2 grains, rain water half an ounce, water ammonia 20 drops. This is fiae for raling and bank purposes.

GotoW A. Weeks & So. for Cheap Goods.

To Keer Knives rrom Rustine,—Scour them on a board, crosswise, with some dry brich, afier having wiped them perfeetly dry; aod put them away without wipivg off the brick dust,

Risaows Renewev,—Wash in cool suds made of soap, audiroa when damp. Cover | the ribbon w.th a clean cloth, acd pass the iron over that, L[tyou wieh to stiffen the | 1ivbon, dip it, while drying, into gum ara- bie water.

To CLeanse Tae Instpgp op Jars.—Fill them with hot water and stic in a spo-ufal or more of pearlash ; empty them in an hour, avd if not perieoily clean, fil again and le: them stand a few bours, For large vessels | lyemay be used,

To Meyp Cracks im Sroves —Take wood asses and salt, equal proportion in buik of each, little less of salt; reduce to a. soft paste with cold water, and fill cracks when the stove or range is cool, The ce- ment will so.n become perfectly hard.

Su ky Lamps.—Coal oil lamps that are subject tosmoking may beimproved by put- ting from (wo or three table-spoons of coarse saitintnem. Lt will muke the light more brilliant and clear, and keep the wick ciean, besides the prevention of smoke,

To Presexve Ciroraes,, Pins. —Clothes pins boiled a few minutes ekly dried onee or twice a mouth, beeome more flexi- Clothes lines will last longer and keep ie beter order for qagh-

in the hall, and, reading the address, wish- | day service, if occassionally treated in the

same Way.

Proverss Concerning Wives,—Beauty

his daughter the possible humors of the jin 9° womsn is like the flowers in spring; day, said: *No; let us have dinner first, but virtue is like ihe stars of heaven A jand meanwhile have the box brought into! wife ig better chosen by the ear thas by the With some trouble the | eve. A good wile is the gift of a husband.

Miny blame the wile for their own shift- iess life.

Anotuer Core vor Conns.—Take a jit- tle sweet oil, or getting up in the morning aod before retireing at night, and rub it on the corn with the tip of the finger, keeping the corn well pared dowo, ‘his relieves the friction, which causes corns, and will cure them in a short time.

Goto W, A, Weeks & Co, for Cheap Goods.

A Canpiz to Burn att Nient.—When, as in case of sickness, a dull light is wished, or when matches are wislaid, put powder ed salt on the wick of the candle till it reaches the black part of the wick, Ino this way a wild and s'eady light may be kept through the night by a saall piece of eandie,

Poisontne By Coronado Bue,—The Eik- hora Independent gives an account of a se- vere case of poivoniog of the right arm of a young gir! woo was picking Colorado po- tato beetles, Sbe hada slight sere on het finger, and it is thought quite “conclusive that the poisoaing was caused oy the beetles; but we doubt it-—Ez,

Vixegar in Torge Werss.— Molasses, 1 quart; yeast, J pint; put in a jug or keg containing 3 gallous soli water: tie a thin piece of gauze over the wovth of the buag- hole, and sei it in the sun, Set wt ipa wam place in wioter, Ln three weeks you will find good vinegar. More molasses and yeast will make strong vinegar.

Higu-Heeven Sucks —The Philadelphia surgeons, like other wise people, are op- posed to bigh-heelei shoes, Dr. Wm. Paa- coast remarked the other day, after per- forming a painful Operation oa an interest- ing iittle gir) whose ives had been ruined by wearing wrongly constructed shoes, ‘* This is the beginuig of a large harvest ot such cases,’”

Prirasayt Surep anD Heatta, — Let paren's make every possible effort to have their children to go to sleep iu a pleasant humor, Never scold or give lectures, or

jim any way wound a ehild’s feelings as 1

goes to bed. Let aii banish. business aud worldly care at bed-time, and let sleep come toa mind at peace with God and all the world,

To Keep Botrer Two Yrars,—Take i | ounce each of saitpetre and white sugar and mix them thoroughly, 2 ounces of the best Dpanish great salt, all in fine powder ; then add ] ounce of the mixture to each pound of butter, and incorporate them thoroughly together, The butter is tben to be tightly pressed into clean glazed earthen ware ves- sels, 82 a3 to leave ne vacuum.

How to Treat Baooms —Brooms are 80 generally used and abused tbat, their fresh- ness worn of, they are soon discarded When a broom begins tosuccum) to wear end tear, place it in a pan of boiling water for a few -econds, shaking it well, and dry-

_ing it quickly in the sun or sear the fire

If the bottom edge is wearing unevenly, tie s string around it until itisdry, end trim

off the unewen edge carefully. Wisk brooms

shculd be treated in the same way,

A Cuaiovs Mevicat Experiment.—Io Bussia, not long since, some murderers were placed, without knowing it, ie four beds were four persons kad died of the cholera’ They did not take the disease, They were then told thatthey were to sleep in beds were some persona had died of maligoant cholera; but the bede were, in fact, new, and had not ‘been used at a’l.

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Teuren axp Hearty. —Good tempx

with many people is dependent upon healt! good health upon good digestion; good d gestion upon wholesome, well-prepared foor eaten in peace and pleasantness. I |!-so0k ed, untidy meals are as great a cause ¢ bad temper as many a moral wrong; and person of sensitive physique may be ourse into settled bypocondria by living in clos rooms, where the eweet fresh ar and sur | shine are determinedly shut in.—Froz | ‘* John Halifax.”

Boys anp Smogz —A French physicia has iuvest gated the effect of smoking o | thirty-eight boys, between the of nin and fifteen, addveted to the habit, Twenty seven preseated distinct symptoms of nice tine poison, In twenty-two there wer serious disorders of the circulation, indige: , tion, dulness of the intellect, and e marke appetite for strong drinks; in three ther was heart affection; in eight devided dc terioratios of biood; in twelve there wa frequent epis-taxis; ten had disturbe |. sleep, and four bad ulceration of the wucou membrane of the mouth,

Home Manner?,—Gool manaers are nc learned frot arbitrary teaching so much 8 acquired from babit. They grow upon uv by use. We must be courteous, agreeable civil, kind, gentlmanly and womanly @ home, aod then it will soon boecome a kin of second nature to be so everywhere. course rough natare at home begets a habi of roughness which we cannot lay off, if w try, when we go among strangers. Th) most egreeable people we have ever met ii company are those who are perteetly agree abie at home. Home is the school for al the best things, especially good mwanuers.

Core or Stammugine,—The effectus cure muioly depends upon the determina — tion of the sufferer 10 eavry out the follow - ing rule: —Keep the teeth close together aud before attempting to speak, inspir deeply ; then give time for quiet utterance aod afier very slight practice the hesitate | tion will be relieved. No spasmodic actio of the lower jaw must be permitted to seg! erate the teech wheo speaking. Tais pla regulary carried out for six months, cure me when tweaty years old. I was painfull, bad, bath to myself and others, Without detirmination to follow out the plan, it i | nO use attempting it.—Ez,

S:enivicant Fact.— During these time of scepticism as to the protective virtue c | vaccination, says the Lancet, it may be o sume interest to learn a little fact that ba — lately come to our knowledge, on the ac _ curacy of wheh perfect relianee car b placed. A military surgeon, baving re cently had occasion to examine a large pum ber of English recruits, found that 60 pe cent, of lads unprotected by vaccination ha — been the subjects of small pox, es egaine 1.0 per ceat, of protected recraits wh bore traces of stall pox. Rememberip that these are men who bave escaped an permanent demage from the disease, wha | must be the perecntage of attacks in unpre . tected cases generally.

Borrer anp Wonms.—There is no doub that the larvae of the various worms whic | infest the alimentary canal of children, an. frequently, too. of adults, are taken jo wit. the food. Greasy substances are apt t abound with them, Jn the late Germa’ medical jourcal, « Dr. Huber relates man)’ experiments be bas made on this subject apd he cowes to the conelustus that oo a1 ticle used by man ae food, especially durin childhood, is so projec a cause of investing — worms as butier. The use of butter serve | a so for the introduction of insects, as we as worms; and, as American children se dom eat bread without a thick coating ¢ butter, the general presence of intestine — worm need not be wondered at, 11

Cotps.—When wesee a man sniffin with a cold, all stopped up in the nose an | lungs, we are apt to say: * He was unfo, tanate bereditarily, or be bas been exposin | himself ;?? but more likely then either b! has been over-ied or uuder-exercised. Mor colds are from over-eating or eating grote food,—~Strong persons with large lungs wh’, excercise a great deal aud breathe wut | can dispose of a large quantity of food, bu the feeble and sendentarg must eat moderé te'y, or break down early.

Many of our ills are from an over-bu:— dend stomach, resulting in a elogged liver impure blood, and fina'ly, perhaps, engorg , ed lungs in form of colds or consumption Une single remedy wou!d cure a large clas,

of diseases ; via, cut off the supplies, ,

- A Twy Houss.—Ase genera! rule fc living neatly aud saving time, it is bette, to keep clean than to make clean. If yo are careful nof to drop crumbs of bread ¢ cake on the carpet, you will escape an ut tidy room, and save the trouble of cleanin, it. Io working, if you make a practice «, putting all the ends of your thread into 3! division of the work-bos kept for the pur? pose, and never let one fall on the floor, th room will look very differently at the en, of the morving from what it does when thi ig pot attended to, A house is kept far cleaner when all th»! mewbers of the family are taught to wip!, their feet thoroughly on coming in from 0 . ot doors, than it can be done where this , neglected. There area thousand ways: keeping clean and saving labor and tim: which are well worth while to learn an*/ practice, and though they may seem to er”; tail trouble, it is not so with any one of r fioed feelings, who regards all labor to #7) cure eleanliaess * labor of duty aod love. °

Lone vs. Suont Wioas—A correspon |: ent of the Scientific American says. “Ay low me to give your numerous readers tl” benefit of my experience with long wick [ cram ali the wiek that I possibly can in ’ to the lamp, fi)! up the interstices wi: , sponge, aud saturate the whole thorough” with kerosene. | have always found th j supply sufficient for the longest winter , night; as loug as acy oi] remains in tl * wick, the lamp keeps burving. 1 have a this fairly tested. One of my little oa:!. —atwo year old—oontrived to upset | small table supporting a lamp. With tb. exception of breaking the giase, no furth | damage was done, not even soiling the ¢: 4 pet. Io fact my plan was brough« abo? from a similar eccident,and @ narrow e

Nevertheless, three of them died of the disease withia four hours.

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