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Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-08-12

RELIEF AND HEALTH TO YOUR INFANTS.
We have put up and sold this article for over
ten years. and CAN SAY. IN CoNFIDE ECE AND
TRUTH OF IL, what weU4 have never been able 70
say of any other medi-t oine-NKVER HAS II
FAILED, IN A SINGLED INSTANCE, TO EF-
Feet CURE, whens,rs timely used. Never did
we know an instance ~ Standardization by any
one who used IL, On thek.a contrary, all are de-
lighted with it's opea-F' tionB. and speak in
terms OF highest oom-LO mendatiOn Of It's magic
al effects and medical" virtues. We speak In
this matter twHAT WE.A DO KNow,n after ten
years. experience, RndeQ PLEDGE our REPUTA-
rIoE FOR THE FULrti-rs mENr OF WHAT WE
uEaE DECLARE. In al-sEl most every instance
where the infant 10 sui- ~ fering from pain and
exhaustion, relief Wills-i be found In fifteen or
twenty minutes attertl the syFupi is administered
This valuable preparas. tiOn Is the prescription
Of one OF the most EAEI Pr RIB ICED and
SKILLFUL NURSES inA New England aud has
been used with NEvERO FAILING SUCCESS IH
THOUsANDSTN OF CASES,
HnOt Only yrelteYes the - childnOm pain, but In
vigoraiee the stomaehJl and bowels, eorTeeta
aoidttyi and giyca tone and energy to The whole
system, II Will almOstK0 instantly relieve GRI.
PING IN THE BOWSA ELS AND WIND coll
&c, and overcome cons. yulsions which, II rot
speedily remedied, endlS in death. We believe II
the BEST and suReHTPI Remedy In the world, in
an cases OF DHsENO Terry AMI DIAR-
RHO, IN CHILDREN,S whether it arises from
teething, or from anytl other cause. We would
say toeYery mother whom has child suffering
nom any Of the fOregoS2 ing complaints - DO
NOT LIT YOUR PRE- JUDGES NOR THE
PREJUDICEs or OrHt-I ERs stand between
yoursuaering child and the relief that viii Be-
suRk YES AbsDkS LUrELY SuRE-to fol-
low the use OF thiHtS medicine, 10 timely used
Full directions for using will accompany
each bottle None gen uine unless the fae-sim-
lie Of CURTIS PER % k1NS, New York, a on
the outside wrapper. ~
sold by Druggistss5 Throughout the world.
Principal oliceIEd No. n Cedar st.,
New York.
Price only rs Cents per Bottle,
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-08-13

DoNT Trust To YoUH DICuoNARY.-A
German whose English education had been
somewhat neglected., obtained an interview
with an English lady, who having recently
lost her husband, must (as he in his unwash.
ed German condition took for grnnted) be
open to new offers, and accordingly opened
his business thus ;-"lIighborn madam, since
your husband have kicked de 6ncket-'
"Sir - interrupted the lady, nstonished and
displeased. "Oh, pardon nine, ten tou-
sand pardon Now t make new beginning
quite oder beginning. Madam, since your
husband have cut his slick" 1t may be
supposed that this did not mend matters and
reading so much in the lady's countenance,
the Ger man drew out an octave dictionary,
and said, perspiring with shame at having
n second time missed fire, MADAM, since
your husband have gone 10 kingdom come
-" This he said heseechipgly but the
lady was past Precipitation this time, and now
moved towards the door. Things had now
reached n crisis, and if something were not
done quickly the game was up. Now, there
fore, taking last hurried look at his diction-
airy, the German flew after the lady, crying
out in n voice Of despair "Madam, since your
husband-your most respected husband
your never-enough worshippcd husband
have hopped de t,cig---" This was his
sheet anchor and as this also came home, Of
course the poor man was totally wrecked. /
1t turned out thatthc dictionary he had used
(Arnod's, we Think was a work of one hun
drcd and fifty years back, and. from mere
German ignorance, giving slang translntions
from Tom brown, LEuraRgl. and other jo-
cular writers-had put down the verb stey-
JeH 10 die) with the following worshipfnl Sc
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-08-13

CAsE OF llvsENS JUSTICE Last December
an officer In the elegant uniform Of the Chc,a,
lier Guards galoped along one of the most
crowded and fashionable streets IN Peters.
burgh. Passing mdgdsiH 4c modes, he
saw charming young girl enter. lie fol.
lowed her, and va, struck by her cheerful
bat MODEST grace aud the freshness anil
tenderness which distinguished her, On her
retiring, he learnt that she was the daughter
Of poor ohiHowich, (ci,IilnJ that the shop
people worked for her at a low rate, from
admiration Of her youth and character, and
that she would return at six. That officer,
With two Of his friends, indulgcd in a sump-
tuous dinner, inAaming his passions with
costly champagne. Bot exactly at six, a
large and gorgeous troika "a double seated
slcdgc) stopped near the mogasiH, harncsscd
with three splendid horses, Olga advanced
was instantly half stGcd in fur cloak, lifted
into the hoikd, carried on To Czarsko Iclo.
shef. eeR' eBieHt and ionel, house uF -t,-
niumcnt awaited them, aud was there brutlly
rayishcd, after Indignantly rejecting every
Kind Of bribc. but her resistance was so
violent that she disfgured the faces Of her
assailautG On her return her father appeal
rti-to- tHr- hatrt -T-uiirC, hrr IN vuiu. tt1r
Feiieo g...zys4 tim JilzI IT, &! ..G!A
could not be identified. On this, her broth.
er, an officer in the country regiment was
written to. He was indcfatigahlc in his in.
quirics, discovered that the three officers had
suddenly announced themselves sick To hide
the sears on their faces, wrote petition 10
thc~cmpcror, and succe cdcd in awakening his
sympathy. The police master was summoned
and the Gar charged him instantly to pro.
cure a true report Of what had passsd. Thi,
was done. The criminal was Prince Galzin.
But mark the punishment; The Gar instant
ly compelled him to marry. the sufferer, and
endow her on the spot with half his worldly
goods, making her very rich, and then i'm.
mcdiately issued a ukasc Of divorce, leaving
her entirely free. All the three officers were
transported to n country regiment, deep in
the heart OF Russia, and were refused any
rise in military rank. Never was poeticaP
justice more rapid and more complete. The
sentence does honor TO the emperor, and
almcst makes IN long, in certain cascs, for
an omnipotent dcspoi. But this is not thcl
only instance in which Alexander II. has Civ.
en- proofs of good heart and great ygor.
The circumstance has excited an immense
sensation in the Ruseian c,pital, and will
have good results.
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Pignora Fortunm.

By the Editor Of the Columbia CouTant
I stole into the darkcned room,
Mother aud child were sleeping there
Long siikeu lahhca closed 10 fcst,
- Dear huftru-ttrufr rnrit Hvrtttttr. strnst---
Smile ~ bchming on huh faces TAR
The face that Won NY heart ~ youth,
Aud kept it by her lifelong truth,
And hcrs-that blessing lately given,
In pain and many an anxious doubt
la whusc blue oTbs this, dark world seems
To me ncW.rubcd Ia bcautceua beams
Descending from gracious hcaNcu-
Sweet babc whose smilcs recall again
Each hope that once had bcamcd IA vain
They sleep. nor dream that humid eyes
Are gazing 0u them Ia their hlumbcTsi
The charmed air ts faint ahd rtill,
Save that the muck.bird. loud aud shrill,
pours his swil, varying numbeu-
Delicious silence wraps us round,
Like incense on some h"llo"cd ground
oh lo,ci this iv'thy holicst hour
Oh joy, the cross that crowns thy crown
See like q dove when storm clouds lower
The angel babe doth, ncstliuR. cover
4 WSs tA., sott eatsAAa- datsn,
Aud sleeping Nature knows hN heart
How TO perform that tender part
A sigh-thc tiny cyclids close,
The dainty hands are folded huit-1
Aud all around that snoN-whitf bed,
A halo bright mcSccms TO uprcas,
Such A. "" dream not ait
4 itght. trat tIkc tur F'rtrsf'r, ~ '.,
Shall lead my soul to region higher
Pure regions of the pure IN heart
where love enjoys Tor ayO the bliss
OF wide expansion in the best,
The high employment OF the blcst,
On earth, taught by such scenes as this,
That to our weary hearts hath given
A bright aud glorious view OF heaven
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origin OF tho ilsyonet.

The Emperor Napoleon III said In WI.
proclamation "Ihe new rifle arms are rnly
dangerous az a distance they will not pis-
vent the haypnet from being, Hs heretofore,
the terrible arm ~ the French infantry
The bayOnet IL, IN fact, an arm peculiarly
French, II vas invented, it ID ~ at Bay
nune in l6fi, and employed in lHiO In the
regiment of the Kings mseers, IL srusblJ
modified the system of military art in Europe
us il made cavalry less redoublHble 10 infant
~ and caused the fire of linea Of battles 20
The bayonet has In fel become the decisive
arm of the combat, According 10 local
tradition, ID Was in d small hamlet in the en-
,itons Of bHyonne that this arm was haven't,
cd.
What led 10 the invention of Il was that
in a fierce combat between some Basque
peasants and some Spanish smuggers, the
former having exhausted their ammunition,
and being thereby At disadvantage, hstrn-
cd their long knives 60 their muskels, and
by means of the weapon % formed put their
enemies 10 flight This arm rapidly came ir-
to general use iH Europe, Af,er the kingh
regiment seyefa, others were provided With
the bayonet, aud the dragOons received Il in
1870, ln 1913 At the time of The peace Of
NmrRuen, all the French grenaders had the
bayOnet, but the sGck et " b ch makes the use
ul II ~ easJ, Nas not invented until a later
period, An unsuceessiul experiment with
the socket HAA made before Louis XIV, iu
1888, but the want of uniformity In the mus,
krts was nm obstacle 10 the adoption of this
simple and eiiicacuus piece Of mechanism,
Nay onela at that time we're a sort of dagger,
Of VIII ca the handle was placed in the muzlle
~ the musket and Of course prevented the
muskrt from being fired, The first battle Of
" hioh the hayonet vas seriously employed
vas that Of Turin in 1882 hut il vas not ,ill
the battle of Spires In 1908 that the liN
charge ~ the hnynnct was executed. Ahcr
that epoch up to l702, the bl,onrt vas often
ru plnyrd IN combat, and the Prince de lign,
calls L ~ peculiarly French arm" o~iug a.
The manner Ia which our soldiers used IL, bat
The rral value of IL was not revealed until the
wars nf national Independence Then the
bD, onrt rcally became French arm THE
bullet is Wild" said Snvarow, "but the bayo,
net is prudent aud sure"
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patroniiing fondness, so devoid Of eonjuFal
reverence as 10 excite the continents Of her
friends,
Candaee considered husband as d thing
10 be taken care of-a rather intonsequent
aud somewhat Troublesome species Of pet 70
be humorrd, uuNed, fed, clothed, and gull
ded In the way that be was 20 go-an animal
that was always losing Of buttons, catching
colds, and wearing hIs best coat every day,
and getting on his Sunday hat ~ q surrepli-
lious manner for week day occasions but
she often condeseended 10 express il ~ her
opinion that he was a blessing, and that she
didn't know what she should do, II Il wasn't
for Cato In fact, he seemed 20 supply her
that which We are told II the great want In
womans siIuaIion-an object In lie, She
sometimes was heard expressing herself very
energelieally In disapprobation Of The CON
duct Of one Of her sable friends, named Jimmy
Stiles, who, after being presented with her
own freedom, worked several years TO buy
that Of her husband but became afterwards
80 disgusted with her acquisition that she de-
cared she would "rgher buy anoder Niger"
"Now jimmy don't know Whai she's talk'n
about" she would say, "Suppose he doe,
cough sud keep her awake nighIs, and take a
little too much sometimes ant he boltcr'n
no husband at all A body wouldn't seem
to hab muffin to lib fDr cf dey hadn't On ole
man to look arIer Men is nate1y foolish
about some tings-bu, dey's good deal bet.
tern muffin"
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\ nruhmin In,uitcd nr the Glen House.

The converted Brahmin, J. C. Gongoyly
visited the White Mountains last week. Ia
company with some clerical friends, and after
making the tedious walk FROM the Crawford
House TO the Gleo House, wa- not allowed
to dine there on. account uf his dark color
lie il about ~ dark as Tom Corwin or Sen.
ator IIamhn Of Maine, and was taken for D
mulatto. lie nal'cly describes hi, grievance
in letter 10 the Boston Transcript
Ny Grst Inquiry To the paFiaE u 49,, ,u'l,.t
il your dinner hour, sir?' and being inform
ed one began 20 fix nm ardent gaze upon
the clock and on my own watch. The bell
rang, the ladies and gentlemen, like bees
rushed out of their rrooms FOR the dining hall
My good fricnd,thc clcrglman,was then in the
wash room, and was waiting rlr him lie
came out and We directed our steps 10 the
hail Sad hour Ifhe chief "rIlo.T y bisper,,l
to my brother that he would not admit me-
in the house or course my friend felt had
and appealed n him in the name of ~, Bos.
ton friends, in the name Of humanity in.
formed him who vas, nv country, my worth.
&c, and how vas treated respectfully in
the FIRST class hotels in New York. Philn-
dclphia, Cincinnati. ST. Louis, at Lake George
and Saratoga. In vain he plead. Ills rca.
soniugs ana remonsirauccs effected nothing,
The tyrant knew before who | was ,1hen
wrote my name and placed il in the register
His hard heart did not move. said to my
friend, Sir, does, he want 10 put me in a sep
orate place ? Separate place /" he said. to
no place
The shame and disappointment filed Our
hearts, and |, IN despair, went near the coun-
ter and drank three tumhers of water ns
substitutes for the three different heads in
the dinner, viz the vegetables. pastry and
dcsscH. Upon this,we both camc out to the
piazza, and my friend once more asked them
the ground Of such an unchrisiian act. A
weak tall man, with an apron
round his wni5t, heard all that we said; and
seeing the passengers had got into the stage
took my friend in the parlnr, and said we
might take our dinners then il We choose.
AN aboard the driver cried, and we bale
farewell TO the Glen House forever.
81 would not write any more Of this;
simply, should say that the man who re-
fused admttnncc TO me, for my orcpial color,
ought to know that white complexion is not
the standard in the whole world, nor in
Heaven, his Master and Lord was an Uricn.
tal-the Apostles were so too and finally
he ought to know this, that as far as the
civilization and pre- existence of national
glory is concerned, as there is distance he
tween him and n Negro; so there is the same
distance between him and Brahmin."
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Phunnygraphs.

TIN NTRuMPITINGs-Ib IbScess-A morbid tn
NOR. frequently growing above the shoulders
and swelling to considerable size, when II
comes to a head, with nothing in il. Fools,
fups, and fanatics are very subject 10 II, and
il sometimes attacks old women OF both sex
es. IL wish TO consult you upon a little pro-
iect / have formed said noodle To his
friend. 81 have an idea in my head" "llave
you ?" interposcd the friend, "thcn Keep IL
there lit may be some time before you get
another"
Audience-A crowd of people in large
theatre, so called because they cannot hear.
The actors speak to thcm-&i,h their hands
and feet, and the spectators listen to them
with their eyes
Blushing-A sufIusion least seen in those
who have the most occasion for IT,
Bredih-Air recc, into the lungs by
many young men, for the important purpose
Of smoking cigar and whstling.
Challenge Calling upon man who has
hurt your feelings to give you satisfaction
by shooting you through the body
Cous,n-A periodical bore from the coun-
try.
Desfiny-Thc scapcgoat which we make
responsible for all our crimes and follies.
KiteAcn-The burin! place Of the cpicurc's
fortune. "What a small kilchch!" cxciaim
ed Queen Elizabeth, after going over u large
mansion. "lt is by having 50 small klich-
en that am enabled to keep SO large a
house" replied its owner.
Xouth-An instrument, to some people,
of rendering ideas audibcj and Of rendering
Vctuals invisible.
~ A census-tnler once called upon the
mother Of a family in California, aud asked
her how many children she had. The moth
er replied that she really couldn't tell but
/. q "A, l.l,,, g..rtut IN
1.-The measles got among the children once,
but there wasn't enough of measles to gu
round" !"
o. $50 understand, Mr.. Tooke, you
have all the blackguards in London with
vou, said O'Brieu to him on the hustings at
Westminster. 81 am happy to have it, sir,
on such good authority"
ny~ "IfI we're compelled said Lord
Grey somewhere publicly, TO make Il choice
| should not hesitate to prefer despotism to
anarchy" "Ihen YOU would do replied
Tooke, "as your ancestors did at the Reior-
nation. They rejected purgatory and kept
hell" i
A prisoner in the dock, upon one occasion
was observed 10 be in tears. "Why do you
weep ?" inquired the Judge. "Oh my lord,
il was not until heard my eounsefs defence,
that l knew how innocent was.
"Oh, DEAR" blubbered an urchin who had
been suffering from an application OF the
birch "Oh, my they tell me about forty
rods make "a furlong, but can tell bigger
story than that. Let 'um get such a plaguy
Hckin' as I've had and they'll find out Que
rod makes an achcr"
The, young man Who begins life with
taking a drop will be very apt TO end his
IiGo ai,h dup irom-n high platform,
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MARRYING a BRoTHER's WIFE or WIPES
SIsrER.--lt is sometimes interesting to no
tCc the widely different estimates put upon
the same act, by the same people, at different
periods,-the rCVl criminality or innocence
of the act itself remaining the same all the
while. 1t seems to furnish commentary on
the imperfeotion Of human laws. For in
stance, for marrying brothers wife or
wles sister-a thing now generally regarded
as a very innocent affair, if not highly com
mendable-a Massachusetts, law Of 1895, en-
acted that every man and woman so offend
ing should be set upon the galous for the
space of one hour, with a rope about their
neck and the other end cast over the gallows
and in the way thence to the Jail should be
severely whipped, not exceeding forty stripes
And also every person so offending should
forever after "wear capital /, two inehes
long, and Of proportional bigness, cut out in
cloth of a contrary color TO their clothes, and
scwcd upon thrtr upper garments ON the out'
side Of their arm or ON their back, in open
view" And If they Mere found at any time
afterwards without the ~ so worn. during
their abode in the province, they we're to be,
each time. publicly whipped, not exceeding
fifteen stripes,
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JOB PRINTING.

Our Printing establishment h in better ronli-
ton now Than ever before, and Wiih increased ia
cilites, we shall give Increased attention ~ ihls
BRANCH of business, We keep constantly On hand
Papef and Gard hi.,si, aud are now prepared Co
print Posters, liandbills, Programme, Auction
Hills, Bll Heads, labels, CiTcularF, hNslneHs aud
Wedding Cards, &c, Sc, az short notice,
Orders by mail will be- carrhilly attended 20, aud
the work forwarded with despatch.
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THE iluMAN HAsD,- Issuing from the wrist
IL that wonderful organ, the human hand.
"In a French biloxi Intended" says Sir
Charles lrll, "lo teach ,oung people philoso-
ply, the pupil asks Why the fingers are not
Of the same lenglh' The master makes the
scholar grasp ball Of ivory, to show him
that the points Of lhe fingers are then equal :
Il would have been hotter had he closed the
fingers upon the palm, and then have asked
whether or not they rouesponded. This
difference In the length Of the fingers serves
thousand purposes, as in holding rod, %
switch, o sword, hammer pen, o pencil,
or engra'iug tool, In al of which, O secure
hold and freedom Of motion are ndmrabl,
combined" On ihe length, strength, and
perfectly free movements uf the thumb, de-,
ponds, moreover, the power of the human
hand. 10 the thumb, indeed has been given
special same (poieI" from Latin verb
meaning,'to be- able, strong, mighiyJ because
offs strength--a strength that IL necessary 10
the power Of the hand, being equal 10 that OF
all the fingers, WuhduI the tcshy ball of the
thumb, the power Of the fngca would be- Of
no avail, and accordingly the large bail form.
ed by the muscles Of the thumb Is the special
work Of the human hand, aud particularly
that Of a clever workman. The luhs Of the
thumb almo,t amounts 90 the loss OF tho
hand. Couscup,', unwilling 90 serve in the
army OF Francs, have been, known to disable
Ihcm'cl'cs cd,etually by cutting OF the
thumb Of the right hand. The loss of both
thumbs would reduce man 10 miserable
dependence N6rlhouj We overlook another
pecdIiauly Were the tips Of the fingers aud
the tAuIuhA- -huny instead aGbeiag- covered
With flesh, many thing, We readily do would
be absolutely impossible, We nov can take
up what is small, soit aud round, n, a millct
seed, or even a particle of human hair. So
eNquisilcly prhrrsc are the human Gr-
gcrs The uafs are often Of special ,c, ice
perhaps always ia the works nl art which
require niccty of execution. Their substance
is just what i, needed they are easily kept
at the precise length which answers ctcr,
purpose, had they been placed on the tip.
Of the finger, they would have been a loss
Of power, but their position cu.ucs their
highest efficiency An interchange Of power
for velocity which t-kpG place ia he arm
adapis the hand aud finger, 10 thousand
arts requiring quick or lively motions. In
setting up the type Of his page, there have
bccamo'mcut, on the part of the tompo,,.
tor Of surprising rapidity 10 an ordiuar, ob.
-.s1.'v-....! t-,-4-rr,r--r- m
,l, i'i-,,,, '.sll - go, ,-.., -ei,,l rr.
among many instances Of the advantage
gained bN Ills sacrifice Of force for ,clucit,
VI movcmcnL-C CasscHs Poyuiar Natural
History.
The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1859-08-13

WHERE THE LAUGH CAME IN.-Bunce's
and Sizer's farms adjoined each other. ST.
zer had an. unr0Iy sheep which. was in the
habit Of getting into Bunccs field. Buncc
expostuIated With Sizer several times and
then told him If he did not keep his sheep ut
home, he would fix him so he wouldn't lump
any more fences. But Bunce Soon found the
sheep back again so he caught him, and
with a knife severed the cuticle or skin, just
beyond the gambril joint, and between the
main cord and bone, then thrust the other
bind leg through the aperture, and then put
the sheep back otsr the fence, which went
off hobbing on three legs. Si1cr soon after
discovered the sad plight his sheep was in,
and he knew very well who was the cause Of
it, but he concluded to take things coolly,
and await some suitable opportunity 10 re-
yenge himself Presently. Bunce's old SOW
broke into Sizer's ieih, when he caught her,
and with n sharp knife cut her mouth almost
from ear 10 tnti and turned her back When
Bunce discovered this. he went 10 Sizcr's in
a great rage, and demanded Of him what he
did that for, Sizer snid, Upon my word
neighbor Bunce, did not do any sdch thing
Your old soD sJiH her mouth idpghng at
my sheep through The fence Syracuse
Standard,
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