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will, saring Of fuel claimod, of at least thirty
per cent, as compared with any other store.
We noticed nlso an unusual attention paid to,
aud great perfection secured in those minor but
important details OF q cooking stove which
adapt itrcadi'y to the various processes Of cooA
inr otherwise than in the oven. S. Mcars, Esq.,
the agent of the manufacturers p}2ces the stove
in the fair to introduce it 10 the popularity that
seems 10 he awaiting it.
| Among the Chicago mercantile firms who haTc
prepared to invite and secure large fall trade
by an attractive stock, in most attractive line
Of goods, eycu ut low ebb in tue money mar
kct, the we'll known house Of 4. II. MILLER 4
Dao's.No. 12G Lake street, offer really rarc and
sterling inducements in the department Of sils
rcr-warc,plated goods, watches and fine jewelry-
They arc largely, aud in some descriptions Of
articles exclusively thcir own manufacturers,
and rs such can extend to their patrons the I'D
vantage Of manufacturers prices, sariug the
commission AID profits OF intermediate dealers.
very large variety oF presentation goods arc
, made by them, and in style equal to that o!
any house in the United States. The conrcn
ience is thus q substantial one. They offer to
| parties desiring to have their own taste and
, preferences answered in their orders, whether
it be in the shape, material, or finish Of smut
box, or trumpet; service Of silver ware, or
t silrcr tea spoon.
4 Their show cases present rich variety o
q watches in all styles Of cases, Of Jurgensen
= Stoddart, Huddell, johnson, Dcezeley and othe
celebrated manufacture. Also dazzling dis
play Of rich jewelry; in Cameo, Etrusean, Lava
ts Pearl, and Brilliant setts. They hare IN ele
a giant and attractive display on the Fair Ground
H. which VIC saw was attracting much attent'o
,g among visitors yesterday, but the extent nn
or variety Of their business Gun only be best show
" bE m actual visit to their premises and inspe'
be tion Of their stock. Their eastern manufacturin
a. house is that Of L. Il. J. r. Miller, Eewarl
tx y. J., which hns reputation wide as the eou,
I'D | t!Ey itself.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02
The Cholera in Europe.

The cholera is said to be making destruc-
tive progress in Hamburg. TheLondon Ned
zeal Times states that from the Goth to the
3lst of July, there were four hundred and
twenty-four cases in that city, of which three
hundred and thirty-three were fatal. The
European Times, of the 18th of August, says:
The cholera has again appeared in this
country, and it comes to us, as usual, from
Hamburg. We see that during the last week
twenty-four deaths are stated to have occur
red from this cause in London. We seem to
know as little as before about this grim and
mysterious stranger, but we know enough to
avoid his track, and even to defeat him should
he attack us. He fastens for the most part
upon those who can not or will not protect
themselves. Great and beneficial sanitary
changes have taken place in England since
the cholera first invaded this country, nearly
thirty years ago; but we are not yet in state
of complete defense; yet if half as much
money were expended in protecting us from
the cholera as we now see lavished in pro
tecting us from the French, the choleraic
visit of 1859 would be the last.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02
History of Mrs. De Marbais.

The last Lewistown PENN Gazette con-
tains a history of this unfortunate woman,
which is as follows:
Several years ago there resided in Lewis
town woman, noted for her beauty, grace
tul form, end neatness and taste in dress,
together with accomplishments that would
nave rendered her an ornament TO society;
but, unfortunately, in other respects, she
answered too well to the description of the
"Fallen Angel in Lewis Monk. She was
the daughter of a respectable citizen of one
OF the Susquehanna River counties in this
State, named Chambers, and in early life was
married to Mr.. Zerbe, q blacksmith of this
place, who died O number of years since.
From that time her career seems to have
been downward, whether from natural de-
basement or the acts of designing men, we
have no means of knowing. About the time
the Pennsylvania Railroad was located and
constructed, she occasionally resided at Hunt
ington and LewistOwn, and subsequently at
Philadelphia, under the name of Annie Dun
bar, as the mistress OF one or more, who, un-
der an intatuation as strange as that Of De
Marbais, spent thousands in contributing to
her fondness for dress and snowy life. Money
she seemed to regard lightly, except for such
purposes, having frequently given away $40
and 500 at time.
While on visit to LewistOwn, few years
ago, she was indicted for disorderly conduct,
and was released on bail, and forfeited it;
though like most other cases of this kind, we
presume the recognizance was never sued out.
Since then her visits here have been few and
far between, and her name seldom heard. The
tragedy which occurred in Cincinnati last week,
and created so much sympathy for the "beau-
tiful and romantic Blanche" has revealed the
fact that the heroine who was willing to be led
out to die was the Anne Dunbar, of Philadel-
phia, alias Mrs. zerbc, formerly of Lewis
town.
She has no relatives in this part of the coun-
try that we are aware of, as il is stated in the
Philadelphia papers; a younger sister named
Clara resides in that city, with character sim
liar to that Of Mrs. De Marbais, before her
last marriage.
This unfortunate woman is still at st. j ohns
Hospital for Invalids. Showas yesterday quite
easy, and able to converse freely. De Marbais
remains at the Lunatic Asylum, at times a
raving maniac.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

~" Major John BiddIe, brother of the
late Nicholas Biddle, died suddenly of apoplexy
at the White Sulphur Springs, Va, on Thurs.
day, the 25th inst. Hewas advanced in years
and had been for some time in delicate health
He was born and educated in Philadelphia,
and in the year 1872 entered the U. S. Army
in which he established a high reputation as
an officer during the war with Great Britain
At its close be was retained on the peace es-
tablishment. After many years service upon
our Western frontier, he retired from the army
and fixed his residence at Detroit, Michigan
There he held several positions, among others
those of Delegate to Congress, Indian Agent,
and Register of the Land Office, and in the
discharge of his various functions, strict in
tegrity and superior intelligence were uniformly
shown. In his character, courage and capacity
united with most amiable social qualities, and
he was as much beloved in private as he was
respected in public life.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02
STRANGERS GUIDE.

ARTIST.
G.. w. Phillips, No. Bacon's Building, corner
Sixth and Walnut.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT rs & SEEDS.
Wilder, Robinson & Co., 23O Walnut street.
BOOKS AND STATIONERY.
Anderson, Gates 81 Wright, 1 IL Main st.
CABINET MAKERS HARDWARE.
McAlpin, Hinmnn IL Co., 1913 Walnut st.
.. CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
Kennel, Dudley & Co., agents, IL Main st.
FLUID INK MANUFACTURER.
j. j Butler, 30 Vine st.
LOCK AND KEY MANUFACTORY.
Geo. Greg0r, 1873 West Fifth street.
MEDICINES.
DIR. @. w. ROback's scandinavian Blood Pills
and Blood Purifier, No. d East Fourth street, Sec
0ndbuildiDg from Main.
PAPER MANUFACTURERS.
Pollock 81 Mccall, 232 Walnut st.
~a- PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS.
Drs. Malone & Beck, 50 Broadway.
SEWING MACHINES.
Geo. B. SJoat SS Co., 81 West Fourth street.
SUGAR-CANE AND GRAIN MILLS.
Hedges, Free & Co., o Main st, ..t.
TRUNK MANUFACTURERS.
G. w. ShoIl, 50 Walnut street.
VETERINARY SURGEON.
J. C. Meyer, Southeast corner Pike and Pearl sts
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
A. A. Eystcr, Nos. BAL & 27I, Western Row.
Beags a. smith, q West Fourth st.
WINDOW SHADES AND OIL CLOTHS.
Snowden 4 Ottc, 2l West Fourth st.
WIRE CLOTH AND PRODUCTS.
8. G.. Burnett g. Co.,2 % WalnutHt.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02
A Speck of Difficulty.

The last advices from California brought in
telligence Of the seizure, by the United States
Government, of the Island of San Juan, off
the entrance Of Frazer River, on the Pacific.
Tho following is the nature of the controversy
which has occasioned the seizure, and which
calls for settlement between the British Gov
ernment and our own:
The treaty of 1916 provided that the line
separating the British and American Terri.
tories should commence at the summit of the
Rocky Mountains, in latitude 40 degrees, to
which point it had previously been brought
from the East, thence run westward with the
49th parallel to the middle of the Gulf Of
Georgia, thence southwark with the main chan
mel to the Straits of Fuca, and through the
| middle of those straits to the ocean. Now
it SO happens that between the point
where the line leaves the 49th parallel
and the point where it enters the Straits
of Fuca, there is the Archipelago do Haro
through which several large channels run
tho two main ones being the Rosario Strait
and the Canal dc Haro. The former il
the one most used by vessels going from the
ocean to the mouth of Frazer River, but the
latter is the wider, though obstructed by some
small islets. Both are wide channels, deep
enough for the largest ships. Between them
lie dozen islands, the chief of which are San
Juan, Lopez and 0rcas Islands, and altogether
they may include about two hundred square
miles of land, or one hundred and twenty eight
thousand acres. San Juan Island is the most
valuable, and has about seventy thousand
acres, much of it is good soil, covered with
fine grass. The British assert that the Rosario
Strait is the "main channel" meant by the
treaty; and the Americans say the Canal de
Haro is meant; and the settlement of that dis
pute will determine who is to be the owner OF
the islands. Some British subjects already
occupy San Juan Island as sheep pasture.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

CEuELrY ON THE PLAINs.-It is reported to
rs. on what we deem reliable authority, that
wagon masters on the Plains are apt to indulge
in the severest cruelty towards those in
their en- bloy as subordinates. G. Piner, from
Newport, Kentucky, and D. Ritchie, from
Ohio, we are told, died recently from the
savage trea tment they received at the hands Of
man known as Buck Bowman, who is n
wagan- -master employed by Majors & Russell.
The facts connected with these revolving TRACE
dies have been given to ns in detail, and we
only refrain from publishing them in the hope
that Majors & Russell will probe the matter
to the bottom, as it is something in which they
have q vital interest.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02
Treatment of the Piano.

A sensible article on the piano in the HON C
Journal has suggested to me that further in
struction from q practical tuner and repairer
would be of service to the large class who
have these instruments.
The piano is now very common, but its in
ternal economy is little understood, and, of
consequence, it is abused from ignorance of the
natural laws which govern it.
The piano should be placed against inner
rather than outer walls, in a room of even
temperature. Extreme artificial heat is very
injurious, and alternate heat and dampness
are nearly ruinous to the piano. Dampness is
the greatest enemy; in fact so injurious is il
that in those tropics where winter is the "rainy
season." tho piano is so swollen and racked
that it can never be brought into general use
To keep out damp and dust, close and cover
the piano when not in use. If the treat
ment is not in frequent use, occasionally open
it, in dry weather, to air. Avoid laying pins,
scissors and other hard substances on or in
tho piano, as they are apt to fall upon the
sound board and jar Shockingly, and to jar
even upon the outside; also, to scratch the
varnish.
1t is generally thought that the "drum-
ming" of children untunes the piano more
than the playing of adults. This is simply
absurd. The playing of Thalberg untunes the
strings in proportion as his playing is louder
and more brilliant than that of the child.
Many people think that an untuned piano
is good enough for children to practice upon;
but this is vitiating, nay, ruinous to the musi-
cal sense, to be constantly playing tuneless
instrument, and such practice is worse than
lost; skill thus acquired is simply mechanical
-, - 4.
use of the piano puts it out of tune. The re-
verse is the fact. Use tends to climber" the
action, but untunes the strings. Tuning
should be done as often as necessary-say
frou once month to once year. A piano
much used should never go untuned more than
three months. If never played, once year
will preserve it from injury, but if played, it is
an abuse to let it get SO shockingly out of tune
as it must in a year. If people cannot afford
to tune their pianos, they had better dispose
of them.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

SCHILLER FESTIVAL IN BOsTON.-The one
hundredth anniversary Of the great German
poets birth falls on the 11th of November,
and the Germans, in New York especially,
and other cities of the United States, are
making enthusiastic preparations to celebrate
the day. They will, of course, have the
sympathy of thousands Of students and ad-
mirers of German literature, and especially
of Schiller, among our own countrymen.
The Germans here in Boston are determined
not to remain passive while their brethren in
other cities are engaged in this inspiring
patriotic act; and a movement has COM
menced already in the Orpheus Glee Club,
that genial circle Of the sons of harmony, to
I. p.repare worthy festival in Boston, Travel-
IL.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02
PRICE ONE CENT.
Peculiar Customs of the Japanese.

A letter from Japan gives some particulars
Of the manners and customs Of that peculiar
people. In some respects they appear to be
more virtuOus than people boasting of higher
civilization. MalversatiOn by functionary,
bribery of officials, coming of false money,
murder and robbery, are punished with death,
and not only of the guilty person, but Of his
father, children, and even all his male rela-
tives, who are executed at the same moment,
however distant they may be one from another.
This system, which is repuguant to European
notions, and to sound principles of justice, ap-
pears to be adopted by the japanese from the
belief that crime is owing to bad education.
The modes Of punishment adopted in Japan
are of different sorts, but all are horrible The
principal is crucifxion, and is reserved for
traitors, murderers, and incendiaries. The
culprit is fastened on the cross head down
ward, and is left to die, unless he obtains the
favor of being dispatched by stabs from a
poignard. For parricade and adultery, cul-
prits are plunged into boiling oil. Petty rob-
berries, insults, calumny, fraud, even at play,
and false testimony before magistrates are pun
ished by hanging or beheading. If the Of
Tenders be gentlemen or soldiers, their bowels
are opened-they have even the privilege OF
performing the operation themselves. Pecu-
mary fines are almost unknown. The corporal
punishment Of the whip and bastinado are re-
served for slaves and servants, and are in
ficted by their masters, not by public execu-
tioners. The Japanese consider corporal pun
ishment so degrading that mothers never strike
their offspring.
Although the climate is enervating, yet chill
drcn are brought up hardly. They are made
to bear hunger, thirst, cold, pain, excessive
labor, and the rigor Of the seasons. Horror Of
falsehood and fraud, and love of modesty, JUS
tice, and virtue, are diligently incucated. One
of the results of this system of education is to
inspire the Japanese with a passion for books,
which causes surprise in European visitors.
The bookselling trade in Japan is subjected
to no restriction, and there are everywhere
even in towns Of small population, numerous
book shops. Great part Of the literature of the
Japanese is Chinese and their knowledge OF
arts and agriculture is derived from the same
people. The language commonly employed is
every year becoming more Chinese in charac-
ter. And yet the Japanese despise tho Chi
nese; they do so because from their early ege
they have been taught that the Chinese are not
soldiers; that in ancient times Japanese army
defeated an immense Chinese army in the Co.
rea; and that Coxinga himself, who was the
scourge Of the sea, and the terror of the Chi.
nese Empire, was Japanese--as were also the
greater part of his companions.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02
Operating Under Water without COm-
municatiOn with the Upper Air.

The Philadelphia Ledger of August 26, says:
Yesterday afternoon an interesting experiment
took place at New Castle, Delaware, with a sub
marine salvage boat, invented by Mr.. Villeroi,
who descends to the bottom Of the river with
out any arrangement for receiving supply Of
fresh air from above, the boat being intended
to supply itself with the quantity of air needed
while under water, enabling 1t to remain sub
merged any length of time required. AS sin
gular as this may seem, the experiment yes
tcrday showed that it was perfectly practicable,
for eight men went down in the boat, and re-
mained there an hour and three quarters with
out any communication from above. The mode
of generating air to supply the boat is yet a
secret, but it is belived to be by some chemical
arrangement. The boat is made of boiler iron,
and is perfectly round, and shaped somewhat
like fish. 1t is thirty.fve feet long, forty
four inches in diameter, and propelled by q
screw three feet in diameter. II has two rows
of bulls eyes on the top for the purpose Of
giving light to the interior. On each side, near
the bow or head, are placed pieces of iron
about eighteen inches square, which are moved
like the fins of u fish, and arc intended to di-
rect the boat up or down when under the wa
ter. The only place of ingress or egress in
this singular boat, is through trap-door on
the top, and when her crew Of twelve men en-
ter, 1t is covered with heavy iron cap and
fastened on the inside, thus shutting out all
communication from the outside preventing the
admission of air. To sink the vessel, after
everything has been prepared for submarine
voyage, water is pumped by machine into
large gutta-percha bags, within the boat, until
sufficient quantity has been obtained to sink
her, and as soon as this takes place, the screw
is set in motion, by means of straps worked by
six men, and at the same timeth inventor sits
near the head, to give it direction by the fms
before mentioned. After the boat reaches the
spot where it is intended to operate upon tho
bottom of the river, trap door is opened in
tho bottom Of the boat, and the workmen get
out, taking with them the means of obtaining
full supply of fresh air from the boat, which
is kept stationary by means Of piece of iron
in the shape of cone, which is lot down from
the bottom.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

The WHALING INTEREST OF New ENGLAND.
New England possesses five hundred sail of
whaling vessels, employing sixteen thousand
seamen; one hundred and twenty three vessels
were recently in port, and three hun ired and
forty-six at sea. The Old World and her col
onies have only two hundred sail of whaling
vessels. England once had one hundred
sperm whalers, but has now abandoned the
trade. The sperm whale is nearly extermin-
ated. The right whale will be exterminated
in another century.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

UNPREcEDENTED DROUGHT IN MATNE.--Our
Machias correspondent writes that the drought
in Maine is very severe. In many towns the
wells are died up, brooks that never were
known to be dry are now entirely dry, and
people find it difficult to get water for family
purposes. Fires are raging in the woods, and
the atmosphere is thick with smoke in many
of the towns in Washington County. Vessels
that arrive in port report very thick smoke
along the coast; at two miles distance from
land the smoke is thick as sea fog. The rivers
are very low, and no lumber can be sawed
until the fall rains Boston Advertiser, Aug. 20.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CLEVELAND AND
PITTsBURa RAILRoAD.--As the train on the
Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad was passing
the village of Sewickleyville, on the Ohio
River, about three o'clock on Monday after
noon, running at the usual rate Of speed, Mr..
William A. Ellis, the Postmaster at that place,
attempted to cross the track in advance of the
train, when his foot slipped and he fell on the
track. In an instant the train was upon and
passing over him; his body was literally mashed
and cut in pieces Cleveland Democrat, 3lst uh.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

A Poor WAY TO BUILD UP NEW COUNTRY.
At the time of the Frazer River excitement,
thousands of American citizens rushed into the
British territory to get share of the filthy
lucre. Tho British Government, beginning to
fear for the loyalty of the inhabitants, or, for
some other reason, manifested much jealousy
of the Foreigners" and placed them under
many needless restrictions. In consequence,
large numbers were driven away, SO that out of
the sixty thousand emigrants said to have been
in Vancouver's Island and British Columbia last
year, about five thousand only remained-in-
cluding three thousand now at Victoria.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

CHINESE CHRIsTIANs.-T The North China Her.
aid notices the marriage of couple of Chi
nese Christians, by the Rev. X. c. Wong, a
Chinese minister, as the first instance in
which all the parties concerned were at once
Chinese, Christian and Protestant. The bride
was entirely hidden under the red robes
shaped head-dress, and red Grape veil
of the Ming dynasty, a costume which the
Tartar conquerors have never succeeded in
changing. There was music, and profusion
of garlands and flowers.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

Gsf' Tradition insists that corsets were first
invented by brutal butcher Of the thirteenth
century, as punishment for his wife. She
was very loquacious, and, finding nothing
would cure her, he put pair of stays on her
in order to take away her breath, and so pre-
vent her, as he thought. from talking. This
cruel punishment was inflicted by other heart
less husbands, till at last there was scarcely a
wife in all London who was not condemned to
the like afiiiction. The punishment became SO
universal at last that the ladies, in their de-
fense, made fashion of it, and so it has con-
tinued to the present day.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

The WEBSTER SrATUE.-The foundation for
the Webster statue, at Boston, has been COM
pleted, and the workmen are now proceeding
to erect seats capable of accommodating
$500 spectators Of the Inauguration cere-
monies ON the 9th of September. The seats
will be erected near the portico, on both
sides Of the steps. 1t is proposed to make
the stand for the orator flush with the portico
floor, and midway between the seats.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-09-02

ELOPEMENT or A CIRCUS ACTREss.--Miss
Carroll, connected with Davis X Crosbie's Cir
Gus, eloped from Bloomington, few days
ago, with one Of the "showmen." W. B.
Carroll, cher father, We presume,) offers re-
ward Of fifty dollars for the delivery of Maria
Carroll at tho Pike House, and fifty more for
the incarceration of John j. Brand and one
Mahoney in any Jail, wherever taken:
Miss Carroll is about fifteen years of age,
and said to be very beautiful and attractive as
circus performer. Chicaqo Herald.