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The use of bitter substances by the hu-
man family is as universe and as Old as his
tory. Vegetable bitters are among those
natural remedies always popular and very
generally resorted to by all persons who
are, think they are, or are afraid they will
be, sick. There is scarcely an old farmer or
farmers wife in the country that does not
have a particular method of concocting an
unsavory and more or less powerful dose,
which is dcnominated bitterS, and which
some men consider il a sort Of religious duty
to partake of each morning Of their lives.-
There is another class that only resort to the
popular remedy in the spring, a season that
many ignorant persons consider to be par
ticularly unhealthy, al d believe themselves
to be predisposed to the attack of some di-
sease, or others just because old women and
old custom have for many years cons dered
IL the du y of all men 10 feel weakly" and
"poorly" at that season Of the year. whi-h in
reality abcunds in life, health and beauty
1t is said that the purest bitter principle is
yielded by the Quassi tree. This tree was
named, it is said, after one Quassi, a negro,
who used it with great succ, S. in stopping
the ravages Of a malignant fever in Surinam.
The bitter most used in Germany is derived
from wormwood. In England the hop plant
affords the popular bitter. In Scotland they
use the dried roots Of the bitter yctch, mixed
with the famous Mountain Dew" or Scotch
whiSkey. The Italians drink bottled abb
sinthe, most nauseOus substance 20 those
who have not acquired taste for it. In
short, every country has its particular favor
ties, and even the Temperance men 90 in for
bitters as medicine, while quantities are
consumed the world over by those who
would hide the effects Of evil habits or fool
isnly fancy themselves sick. Like every
thing else, they good in their place, and
it is certainly better, if men must drink,
that they should swil lager beer, the now
all popular bitter, than poor whiskey and
thousand other yiainOuS compounds that
a the bane of society and Il curse TO all who
use them. The young, unless the offspring
Of diSsi pa,ed parents, have natural dIstaste
for liquors and tobacco, and he who tempts
them to their first use OF these deleterious
aad poisonous articles, takes upon himself
responsibility that should cause him to
tremble before God and hide in shame from
his fellow man.
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English Dress IN American Eyes.

| The Home Journal has correspondent
who saw the Royal Wedding. She gives
| the 70 lowing among her experiences
! ln the mean time NY eyes were inJustri-
Gus enough, and my tongue, too, as for that
matter but | made so many ,udlcrous mis-.
/ taxes with the latter felicitous astcc, that
gave up IN despair, g,zed, and said no.
thing. Like dame Par,ington, | cou 'dn't
! open my mouth but put my foot it. Twice
only my sebel tongue was too much for me.
Fred" said !, after prolonged 81 ence,
"who is that distinguished nobleman lust
opposite-the one all gold lace and silk
stUckings:"
That" replied Fred, trying to hush
down malicious laugh: ",hat is Lord B. s
.To5tn an :"
go, lord" thought I. "Well, then.
Fred" | ventured again, "whose footmsn
is nat:" and | pointed with my bououet
10 modestly dressed man who was leaning
against pillar beneath us, ard loo king al
everything with pair of cold gray eyes.
Whose footman is thaty'
That" said Fred, is Lord B lin.
self"
After t at kept still, but 7 thought 10
myself, what land is this where the
footmen wear all the good clothes."
What land is ours (may We not add .
where people all, city and country, at home
or travelling, in house and street,-appa.
rently care far more for what is SNOWY or
fashionable, than really serviceable and ap-
proprate. We bespeak an introduction to
the man or woman who, paying a reasona-
bic regard to the words ideas a d to per-
sonal comfort, is not Of necessity, on the
one hand, either stereotyped repetition Of
every other being Of the genius homo in the
same community or, on the other, an oiigi.
nator or follower Of some ism is dress. SO
decidedly and uSeles>ly divergent from all
ordinary modes as to lose its merits in its
oidity or absurdty. Night we not learn
some better lesson. from English examples,
than from French fashion uIuta2
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A curious paper has jnst been commun

A curious paper has jnst been communi-
Gated to the Academy of Sciences, Paris,
by NJ. Jobart, touching sound exactly cor,
responding to the note 'la," which is heard
by some persons in shaking their heads ra-
tber smartly from right to left. In shaking
the head, the malleus may easy touch the
hone of the incus, producing slight metal
lie sound, which all those who have heard
it acknowledge to agree with the note Ia in
music Those that hear the same note in
both ears, are endowed with perfect sense
of hearing, and are musicians born. Those
who hear the note in one ear only possess
the sense in an imperfect degree. NJ. JOB
art deduces a consequence, in selecting a
profession for a child, viz: that the capacity
for music may be tested at an early age, by
ascertaining whether the subject hears the
note equally in both ears or not.
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lNPogTASr RAMgoAD CAsE.-We find in
some of our exchanges notice Of an im-
portont case which was argued before the
Supreme Court at Springfield at is late
term, and held under aiviserient by that
tribunal. 1t is added that the conductor
who Eas implicated was promptly discharg-
eT by the company. The report is as FOL-
lows:
THE case as it stood in the Supreme
Court was. the 81. Louis, Alton and Chica 20
Railroad Company vs.. Joseph \. Daily
Error to Logan County. The facts of the
case are about as follows: Dalby applied
to an agent at 4 station north of here fer
Ii, ket To travel on the road The agent in
formed him that the tickets were all out and
that he had none, gave Dalby a certificate
TO that ohcct. " hen the conductor came
around, Daley presented him the certificate
of the agent, and teutercd him the amount
that he would have had to pay for ticket,
which was three cents a mile; this the con-
ductor refused to receive dut demanded four
cents per mile, according to 4 regulation Of
the company that four cents would be char
ged uuess tickets were purchased. Dalby
refused to pay the amount, and the conduc-
tor and his brakemen, in attempting to put
him of, injured him considerably y-the brake
man having struck him in the face several
times. Dalby-getting the worst of the
fight-concuded to pay the extra price, but
when he got to Lincoln, the county seat of
Logan county, he brought suit against the
company for domagcs, in an action of tres
pass, and recovered verdict of $1,000
The company sued out writ of error to this
court. The ground assumed by the compa
ny was, that the company were not liable
for the wrongful and unlawful acts Of their
employees"
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New INSTRUMENT FOR SURvEYISG.-An in

NEW INSTRUMENT FOR SURvEYISG.-An in
geniously constructed instrument has ju {
been invented, which materially lessons tho
labor Of land surveying. Its operation is
based on the trigonometrcal principle that
the length of ihe base of right augle form
ed by the hypothenuse serves to determine
the length of the perpendicular. The in
struments comprise two telescopes separa-
ted at specific distance on table, one sta
tionery relatively to the table, the other
moveabie on pivot in a line which forms
a right angle to the stationery one, so that
it may be brought to bear upon the same
point. Here, then, is the value OF the apar-
atus-the movable telescope has attached
to it an index moving over graduated scale
of distance on the table, which. upon being
brought to the same point as the stationary
glass, indicates on the scale the distance OF
he point
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The Everybody has read
how Queen Victoria, sojourning at Balmoral
and previously impeded in her mountain
wUlks over the dewey heath and grass by
the tapping OF a bundle of wet skirts at her
heels. was struck by the advantage which
the short petticoat of the Highland girls
gaze them over the fashiona bes of the
court; how she instantly resolved to bor-
row the convenient article of raiment; how
Prince Albert, who, in the intervals of the
severe labors which are know to enrross his
time, had once or twice, if not oftener no.
tced the petticoatS of the aforesaid High
land CjIlS, declared that the attire was good,
not only in shape bnt in color; hUw the
Queen ordered half dozen red petticsats
with stripes how everybody in England
flew into red skirts directly; how the Frer ch
took it up with the ardor and vivacity of
their character; and finally, how Lady Gore
0uSeev. as the lawful representative Of her
majesty in the United States, formally in
trCducec the garment al Washing on, an /
our ladies' straigntway pronounced the ver
diet that it would do people NAV not
know, however, that W thin the past few
weeks over ten thousand Of the e scall.t
pctticoatS have been made here and else
where. The finest are Of an all-wool mate
rial, considerably thicker than flannel; the
color is generally dark crimson, with black,
green or purple stripes; they are usually
embroidered al the bottom. Others agsin
of cheaper material. 81 ith bayadcre stripes,
and sometimes stamped with a border OF
palm leaves round the lower edge. The
price varies from three to twelve dollars
apiece.
Every one who has watched the miseries
of our New York ladies on muddy day
will wish well to the scarlet petcicoat IL
seems to be the only CO. triya3ce by which
dirt and decency can both be regulated
Uarper's Weekly.
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Az IGNORANT MAYoR.-The Philadelphia
Press is responsible for the following, rela-
tive to the chief officer OF a century ago
He was so Ignorant that the wags sent q
book peiler to him with English grammars
Immediately after his election; and when
he declared be had no use for the book, the
peder said
Everybody tells me you mast have il
and study it, too"
lie came into effice, and took his chair
in stately dignity. In few minutes the
clerk laid before him paper, which the
Mayor was requested to indorse as one that
had passed under his eye. The clerk re-
mark cd:
at is only necessary that you write your
initials upon it."
"My nshuls," said the Mayor, what's
my nishu's:"
Now it happened that P. was the first let
ter Of both the Mayors names, and the clerk
very innocently replied "Oh, sir, merely
write two P's upon the back Of this paper"
His Honor, the Mayor. took quill in his
trembling hands with the perspiration on
his brow, wrote " too pe-e," and his docu-
ment is on file in the Office unto this day.
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SPURGEoN's Sun AND SUBSTANCE OF THE
GosPRI.-Spurgeon the popular pulpit ora
tor, who, on the occasion of the recent ma
tional fast, preached to congregation OF
q, 600 persons in the Crystal Palace, Lon
don. thus defines the Gospel:
If any man here should be in doubt on
account Of ignorance, let me plainly as |
can, state the Gospel. l believe it to be
wrapped up il one word-Substitution |
have always considered, with Luther and
Calvin, that the sum ard substance of the
Gospel lies in that word Substitution-Christ
standing in the stead Of men. If unnder-
stand the Gospel, it is this: | deserve to
be lost and ruined; the only reason why |
should not be damned is this: that Christ
was punished in my stead, and there is no
need to execute sentence twice for sin
Christ took the cup in both his hands, and
"At one tremendous draught of love
H. dram Il nm uaiio dry
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A MAGNIFICENT SIGHT.-An illumination
at the Church OF St. Peters, Rome, is said
to be most magnificent sight. There are
three of these spectacles annually-on the
eve of St Peters on .he eve of Easter Sun
cav and on the evening succeeding.
At the Silver Illumination, which COM
mences at dusk, the Church is lighted up
by five thousand nine hundred lanterns.
At the Golden Illumination, nine hundred
are lighted, making six thousand eighi hun
dred lamps in all. These latter which are
iron plates filed with tallow and turpentine
have the effect of torches.-These nine
Thes nine hundred fires are lighted with
a rapidty seems magical. When the first
stroke of the hour is heard, there has not
been one lighted; when the last stroke falls
the entire building is all in blaze. The pro-
cess occupies about eight seconds The fire
commences on the cross and sweeps down
with a swiftness and grandeur that defies
description. Three hundred and eighty
two men are employed in lighting these
lamps, clinging to the cross three hundred
and lorty-t feet from the ground, suspen-
ded by ropes over the dome, along the IA
| cades and pillars of the colonades, their
position is one of imminent danger, and ex.
| treeme JUNCTION is administered before they
ascend so that in case any accident should
happen, it may not find them unprepared.
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EFFECTS Oh RAILRoAos.-Gov. Wise states
that the additional revenue in Virginia from
the new assessments of lands, will be the
current year not far short Of 400, 600 dollars
showing that the real estate has been i'm
mensely enhanced in value by the progress
of public works already made. The Cover
nor dredicts that it will be enhanced incal.
cula more when main works are completed
and begin to yield profit which he adds
cannot be long hence, If the will patiently
endure the present rate Of taxes.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
WAGON ManufactOrV,

TENIIE subscriber respectfully returns his thanks the
public FOR their past very liberal patronage and now
takes occasion to say, that he has enlarged and newly
fitted up his Wagon shop. at his old stand Columbus
ST. and j. prepared make and finish the most
iete and durable Farm Wagon offered in this market.
IL guarantees that sensible person shall be troubled
with any .6mbGryds3WDnt' in deciding upon the supe
rioriiy nf lis Wagons lie imports material from
New Jersey Missouri with which misead the pub
lie but relies upon the native timber OF the great north
Having taken the Diploma at the County Fair
TO the best Farm Wagon in respect, he is pre-
pared to make of the quality If desired.
WN. PALMER.
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SUSrLowEgs. crop Of four acres of sun
flowers has been gathered at Firth, South
Carolina. The seed will be used for oil and
to feed cattle and poultry, as in the south of
France; but the chief object is to obtain the
fibre of the stalks for paper-making.
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An Authors Views on L" the IDEAL"

Bayard Taylor thinks that, like other EN-
ir ent authors, he is bored by too many in
trusive correspondents, as well as misrepre
sented by too many meddiing newspapers
He writes:
| There is scarcely an American adthor o
/ any reputrtion who is not subjected to thi!
private annoyance, in addition to published
mistatements of his life, plans, finances, po
| litical and religious creed, etc. Two year:
| ago, the newspapers insisted on marrying
me to somebody in Ohio-I never could dis
| cover precisely to whom-and the result
was a shower of anonymous letters, some
| OF which were positively insulting. | have
since learned that English authors are sub
jected to the same annoyance, though in a
less degree. In Germany there is not much
of it-whch is rather to be wondered at
have read lately, in American papers, state
ments that Tennyson was running himself
by opium eating, and that Thackery former.
ly made living by shaving, at an enormou:
| usury, the bills Of young heirs. Knowing
both the men, as do-and they are two o.
Gods own noblemen-I pronounce these
stories outrageous lies. There is not the
shadow of foundation for either of them
If these things are the inevitable shadow o
an authors fame then, as Tennyson sings
s'Better the life Of bush and brer
The bird that pipes his desire
And dies unheayd within his tree.
Than his who warfles long and loud
And falls at Glery's temple gates
For whom the carron vulture waits,
To tear his heart before the crowd!"
asl; pardon for this depression, which Il
not wholly personal, since the annoyance is
so general. Perhaps this protest, which
al, fnr no 4-c, o,I iau.
me future lamentations over "lost ideal -
| wirh it 20 be understood that never set
up for an ideal. Quite the contrary. My
tastes are really Of the realcst kind, includ-
Ing rocking-chairs, oysters, fast horses,
Christy's Minstrcls, lager beer, macaroni,
Havana cigars. Flemish artists, sausages.
salt bathing, picked herrings, the raising OF
vegetables, New Foundland dogs, amp-fires,
sailors, lumbermen, uneducated men, and
sinners generally. If your ideal embraces
all these, ye anonymice Che plural, sup
pose, Of anonymous,) hold on to it. and ma ;
il comfort you.
| know an american author who was
once bored for long time by a female ac-
quaintance for sympathy aud tender apure-
citation Of her ideas of spiritual duty
" Mr.. Plu.arch," she would say, ''is there 4
more serene and sublime satisfaction i'm life
than that of discovering your spiritual duty,
and then conscienaously performing it:
Have you not often in your own soul, felt
this tranquil bliss:" The author bore this
for a time. but human patience has its
limits. No" he answered at last; have
to DO my spiritual duty. II know what it
is, won't do it; but, Madam, there is one
thing which doe, fill me with a serene and
sublime satisfaction, and reconciles me 70
the hollowness Of life pray, pray,
what is it: ?" she asked eagerly. Madam,
it is a pigs nose boiled with cabbage" was
his quie, answer. He Was never forgiven
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Carriage Repository,


- Y1NHE ALyORD CARRIAGE MANU-
c--G Il FEATURING COMPANY, thankful
CSSE<<Ts<S for the patronage bestowed upon them
A-Z-2- the past year. would announce that they
have hand and receiving from their mandatory
in Connecticut good assortment Of CARRIAGES con-
ssting in part OF Barrouches, Rockaways, Sliding Seat
top and top Bugyics Of various patterns Light Spring
Wagons, with two Concord Buggies Sc all made OF
Connecticut LuJeT, and in the most durable manner.
Having had a long experience in the manufacture OF
CARRIAGES, we feel confident that give entire
satisfaction in durability, workmanship, quality, and
price. We invite all wishing to purchase to call and
examine stock. hH trGrrdHtad-
We have also Shop connected with our Repository,
for doing all kinds of Carriage repairing AZ short notice.
and in the best Store Main Street.
sep26-Gm* IL W. JONES, Agent.
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Punch asserts that it requires an early
start now a-days for man TO get around
his wife,.
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ElsckskilsS
OTTAWA MARBLE YaRD

THE undersigned having purchased the shop and stock
Of Gewe Finley, where he intends to carry on the
business on a extensive scale He has hand and
is always in receipt of the best quality OF American
an and Egyptian Marble, for Head Stones, Tomb Stones,
Monuments Nantes, Furniture, &C. As he has some of
the best workmen in the western country, he feels
sured that he up anything in his line in superb
STYLE together with low prices, he feels assured that
he will give all those who favor him with their support
entire satisfaction.
n. B. Orders from distance earnestly solicited, and
proml :y attended TO. JAMES WILLS.
Ottawa, March 8, 1856.
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May that man never grow fat
Who wears two faces under one hat.
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e., City Market, "a
Mfdis6p st,.. ,io,tt o, tie -sss=ssaz1s
3SS-,-TS[S.r5e tO1trt HDnse. Ottaaod, H., by
Is0GD Il Des1EEsX.
gyyIle above market after having been greatly enlarged
Il and thoroughly repaired, i open and ready for
the accommodation Of the public No has been
spased furniture and fixtures, to make il place
thy City and both pleasant, hope gill be
profitable visit We propose keep on hand, and TO
customers in style of superior neatess, all
kinds Of meats, such
BeeE in steaks, roasts, dried, corned, &c. Mutton,
TedI. HIirs. Shoulders, Pork, fresh and salt, Yankee
Sausage- &c., sc.
Also, all kinds oi game in its season.
Fresh Trout and White Fish from the Lakes.
In short. everything appertaning well regulated
City Market
At the proper stand will also bee kept for the
al kinds Of fresh vegetables, supplied from tie
best garden IN the vicinity Of the City.
tS NeGt Jriit be deiirered an any DGrf ef n" TF.
ap2G-iy WOOD 4 DONLENi-
On and after January lst. ISIS, Meat will be sold at
this Establishment exclusively FOR CASH.
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RrsrIrrrIoyIsM.- The Worcester Mass.
Tsapscriyt gives the following account o
ia i'm called Rxsttutionisu,' which has
lately sprung upin Worcester and some otn,
er places:
The Resti,uti0nis;s believe that what
man lost IN the tail is now beginning to be
restored, ana tina, the germ, now confined to
their own small number, i yet 10 bud and
flourish till il cover the earth. They are
all RestitutionistS in one sense-they believe
that everything IS to come back to its erigi-
nal form and purity. Their Sabbath there
fore occurs on Saturday, as the original da =
of worship: and their meetings are held
Friday evening because it is Sabbath eve. =
They only use the Lords Prayer, as that
alone can have efficacy with the Father. To
them-or three OF them at least-!s cymmit
ted the apostolic gift of tongues. This gift
appears to be rather use esS, as the words
spoken are not only unintelIigibe to by
standers, bat to the others who have a like
gift, til the inward manifestation Of the
spirit makes it known, They are Gods
chosen aud willing instruments, in whom
the Holy Spirit now develops himself par
TALLY, but through whose instruments the
world is soon to be entirely restored.
This sect small in numbers, is strong
in the faith and working activity of its mem
bers There are others ola like faith in A
thol. N.wBraintree, Springfield, and other
places.
"As we said before one Of them was ar
rested yesterday, for an assault and battery
on his wife. 1t appeared in evidence that
his wife, who was once believer, had now
fallen from grace, and therefore must be con-
verted This for tlree months he had at
tempted to do chiefly by threatening, sha-
king, and tickling her; tickling was his
most potent weapon, and even employed it
till she swooned under his pointed argu
nents. On Saturday he informed her that
unless she was rccoaverted and believed, she
would die within three months. On the
next day, being in great fear, she attempted
to open the windows to summon the neigh
borS, when he jerked her back SO violently
chat she swooned. When the door was
burst open she was in u corner, insensible,
and moaning, and he was quietly seated in
his chair, holding the child and reading the
Hib,e. He was found not guilty, there be-
ing no evidence of any attempt Oh his part
to iniure her. He made flaming speech
to the Court on his prophetical powers and
gift oftongue."
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Bread. Cakes, and Crackers
ZIHERlFi1 IL COLES.

NlNCFlTTTHIEs AND WH0LI-NLE rEIlEEs
8 y e II Z z e IS
n al d---riptious at the FACTORY. near tie ile-cu
att. $50 Dr.aw4. 30. ucIU
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Another New Lumber Yard

"a
on the .Sde 1tft anil Nan, Sreef, mar UOss0cE sf
E;,kdrds0ftS HdreADUse
: AVE now OF hand and offer at prices which they
think will be- found tempting very large lot Of
Pine Lumber. Shingles La &C, &c. As most Of ;heir
lumber received direct from the pineres, they sell
at a very slight advance Chicago prices Please call
and see before purchasing elsewhere. fce2l-I