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Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
Quit That.

Quit what! Quit telling your innocent.
conhding children about ghosts and hob
COLLINS. You are throwing q sorrow upon
young hearts that will cling there through
lie. How many mothers there are who
will quiet their children By saying the
bug a-boOs will come and take YOU of"
OF come old niger. come and-weIl. will
you hush this very minute?"
The poor child believes all its own moth
er tells it. Why shouldn't it. That is its
flial duty. The sobbing, fiuttering heart
is quieted, but not composed. Those tear
ful eyes close in sleep Of terror; a weary.
broken rest follows. and the child dreams.
but oh who csn tell the sadness Of a child
while IT dreams in a sleep frightened upon
1t by alarnt Of all that is terrible and re-
pulsive.
Such inhuman treatment endances the
intellect. Mothers, beware and see that
the servant or nurse, or older brother or
sister cast not sUrrows OF grief to the very
heart oi your child. A SORROW early plan.
ted and watered by tears will bring forth
a harvest Of bitterness and despair.
How common habit this is to fear I'M
seen dangers at nightfall. The peaceful
night, so full Ct sweetness, and the night
that brings the hoDeyed drops Of dew 70
bless the flowers and refresh the leaves, the
night to the weary rest; this dearest time
Of all is to lie made terrible to CHILDREN
What wickedness! Why, it is blaspbemy
to make the little ones that God forguts
them and sends tornentors to WORRY them
IN the silent watches Of the night.-Rwal
american.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
what Labor is In a Republic

A spicy writer in Life Illustrated saws
:" You are plebian." said an ancient
fnob to Cicero. yes" said the Roman
orator, :. the nobility in my family begins
IN me, that Of yours will end with you."-
Labor is honor and who scorns the laborer
need not envy the donkey its redundancy
OF ear. Let US look at this subject phiIo-
sophically. While it is true that the far
mers are the most independent class of
workers in the world. it is also true that
they work more hours andharder than most
classes of men. They usually rise before
the sun has struck light, and work until
evening lets her curtain down, and pin,
it with a star" Not a few voluntarily
made slaves Of themselves until they en-
ployed machinery, which has no aching
bones, no nervous energy 20 BE exhausted.
and Is never Frustrated by fatigue. Even
now, vast multitudes of farmers work too
much; they do so because there is so much
to be doRe-because so many persons
shrink the yoke of labor, and seek ignoble
ease in kid gloves and silk stockings. and
the task Of toll falls unequally upon the
industrious. II is common saving. crys.
talized into a prOverb, that the work of
woman is never done. Half the women
in the world are household drudges. We
are raradoxical creatures. One class of
men make dolls Of their daughters, and
seem to think the chief object Of life il to
teach them how to make lambs and lions
lie down peacefully in the millennium of
their worsted work. Another class run TO
the opposite extreme, and, to use the mild.
est form of speech. permit them to make
slaves Of themselves. On Monday the
woman must wash and draw the water
from deep well, or distant spring. when
Il few dollars would put pump in the
house. On Tuesday she must iron, on
Wednesday she must churn, on Thursday
she must bake, on Friday she must sew, on
Saturday she must patch, and on SUNDAY
she must stay at home and take care Of the
children. Now. these labors must be per-
formed by somebody, but they can be
lightened, abridged So that labor will be a
pleasure as well as a duty-so that " toll
will evolve happiness, as a flower e1hales
perfume" Let the ornamental and useful
be united in the education of girls. Let
them play on the wash-tub and piano.
thread the meadows and the needle, make
beds of flowers as we'll as beds of feath
ers."
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
The social Horror.

An untidy woman Little soap and
much perfume. Plenty of jewelry, and a
lack of strings and buttons. Silks and
laces and tattered underclotbes. Diamond
rings, and soiled collar. Feathers and
flowers, and battered cap-frill. Silk stock.
ings and shabby boots. Who has not seeu
her? If you are person Of courage, en-
ter her dressing room. Make your way
over the carpet through misn ated slippers,
tippets, belt ribbons, hair pins, EDITORIALS,
magazines, fashion prints and unpaid bills,
and look vainly around for a chair that is
sufficiently free from dust to sit down upon.
Look at the dingy muslin window curtains ::
the questionable bed quilt and pillow cases,
the untreshness of everything your ewes
fall upon. Open the closet door, and see
the piles Of dresses. all wanting the stitch
in time, heaped pell NELL upon the pegs :;
see the bandboxes without covers, and all
the horrible paraphernalia of lazy inefi>
cient. vacant, i6ealess female monstrosity.
who will. no doubt be chosen out of q bery
of practical good common sense girls, by
some man who prides himself on his knowl-
edge of women.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
friends 10 the north, who sYmpathise with

friends 10 the north, who sympathise with
US. ano won't mingle with this fight"
y. Davis. there's you CRATE mistaik
Many OF us was your sincere friends, and
Thought certin parties among us was fussin
about you and meddlin with your consarns
too much. Butt. Davis, the mint you fire
q gun at the piece of dry-goods called the
Star Spangled Banner, the North gifts up
and en- massey, in defence of that banner.
Not egin you as individooals-not agin the
South even-but to save the flag. We
shruid indeed be weak in the knees, un-
sound in the hart. milk-wbite in the liver,
ana soft IN the he'd. il we stood quietly BY
ana saw this glorious government smashed
70 pieces, eithersby Turin or q intestine
Toe. The gentle mother bastes to take her
naughty boy across her knee, but she
knows it's her dooty to do it. SO we shall
bate to whip the naughty South, but we
must do it if you don't make back tracks
at onct, and We shall wollup you out of
your boots! j. Davis, it is my decided
opinion that the Sonny South is making a
egreius mutton-iied Of herself I"
Go on, sir. you're safe enuf. You're
too small powder for me-" said the Presi-
dent of the Southern Conthieveracy.
wait till 90 home and start out the
Baldinsvil Mounted Hoss Cavalary! I'm
Capting Of tina, Corpse, | am, and j Da-
Wis. beware! Jefferson D., now leave YOU.
Farewell. my gay Saler Boy! Good bye,
my bold buccaneer! Pirut of the deep
blue sea, adoo adoo!"
My tower threw the Southern Conthiev
eracy on my way home was thrillin enuff
for yellow ,vers. 1t will for the subieck
of my next. Betsey Jane and the progeny
are VOL!
Yours respectively, A. WARD.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
How Different Nations EAT.

Tho Maldavian islanders eat alone
They retire into the most hinder parts Of
their houses, and they draw down the
CLOTHS 'hat serve as blinds to their wind
ows that they may eat unobseryed. On the
contrary. the islanders Of the Philippines
are remarkably sociabIe Whenever one
OF them finds himself without q compan.
ION to I'artake Of his meal, be rune TIL he
meets one, and however keen his appetite
may be, be ventures not 10 satisfy IL vi,b-
out guest. The tables Of the rich Chi
nese shine With a beautiful varnish. snd
are covered with silk carpets very elegantly
worked They do not make use Of plates,
knives and forks; every guest has two 1T
tie ivory or ebony sticks, whibh be handles
very adroitly. A Kamschatan kneels be-,
lure his guest; he cuts an enormous alice
from O sea calf he Grams il entire into
the mouth Of his friend, furiOusly crying
out Iana!" there! and cutting away
what hangs about his lips, snatches and
devOurs it with avidity.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
Your Fellow Soldier,
QUINTILLIOUS.

b~ The Charlestonians tell good sto-
~ at their own expense, which well illus
trates the want Of discipline. A company
was keeping guard at the arsenal. The
Colonel Of the regiment passing BY, saw
the sentinel inattentive TO his duty. He
took away his gun, then entered the arse
nal. A subordinate officer was concoctipe
q cocktail.
Where is the Captain :" the Colonel
asked.
up stairs"
Please say to him that / want 10 sss
him."
well, after take a drink said the
subaltern. After swallowing his toddy, be
went up TO the Captain.
Tho Colonel is down stairs and wishes
to see you. Captain"
Well, II he wants to see me more than
do him, just tell him to walk up,n aid
the captain, who was lying on a bed.
The Colonel went up stairs and found
the Captain taking things easy. "Sir,
you ought to be drilling your company
Your sentinel don't know how 20 do bis
duty, and took his gun away from him.
We'll dare say be will much Obliged
to you, j reckon be was tired Of carry
ing it
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
The Gospel Copyrighted.

The New York independent has secured
by copyright the sermons of Henry Ward
Beecher, published in that paper So
that now we have the Gospel not 5nly "ac
corGing to" Matthew, Luke or John. but
according to the Act of Congress !" The
old injunctien-" Go ye into the world and
preach the Gospel to every creature -
requires amendment by adding, "Who can
find seat in Plymouth Church, or who
will buy the New York Independent"
Had the editor os the Jerusalem Ex-
press" or "Judea Observer" only nos.
sessed the enterprise of our modern reli-
gions, he would have made a fine thing"
by copyrighting the Sermon on the Mount!
The truth is, probably Jesus was not at
that time preaching on salary of &, 600
year. with fifty dollars more each week
from the Jerusalem Express" for re
ports of his sermons; aud therefore no
one considered it necessary to have that
celebrated discourse "entered according to
governmental decree in the Scribe's Office
OF the Southern province of Palestine"
People then preferred to have it said,
The poor have the Gospel preached to
them, to securing the Gospel of Jesus by
copyright. But times have wonderfully
changed. Now no stray. contraband sin.
ner, may steal crumbs of grace that fall
from the Plymouth Church table, but rath
er must pick them from the Independent
platter, at five cents a crumb
We have already plenty Of toli-gates
(church doors) on the various heavenly
highways, but this is the first instance. we
believe, of copyrighting a guide-boad i
Who will take out patent for the plan of
salvation IN !. Herald of Proqress.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
Feeling on the Battle Field.

The following is the experience of n
wounded Frenchman, in the Criniean war.
in regard to the feelings Of a soldier in
conflict:
Before the battle begins il is usual to
feel no little tremor, and many cheeks,
which are known to be in communication
with strut hearts blanch visibly. AS the
conflict becomes imminent, courage reeurns,
and with the first flow of blood an enthusi
asm lie raised which constantly increases,
and very seldom flags in the least until the
last shot is fired. The effect of seeing n
comrade shot down is generally TO excite
an indispensable thirst for vengeance
against the foe, though in the end one
"gets used to it,"
When wounded, less than mortally, it
Is not usual for tie soldier to be immedi-
ately aware Of the fact unless some bones
are broken. A sabre may be run through
any feshy part of the body. and even a
bullet lodge in dangerous proximity to the
vitals. and he for come time be totally un-
concious Of ever scratch. When life is
taken by single blow the effect is varied
with the nature of the wound, as well as
with the temperament of the man. Some
times the poor fellow will leap high in the
ar giving piercing scream, ard again he
VIII lie down quietly. Oftener however,
ne simply falls dead without a struggle
In most cases the features of the killed
remain unchanged for long time after
death-eyes open and brilliant, and per-
chance. a smile illuminating the face To
see such one it is difficult indeed to
realize the presence OF the grim monster
Death"
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
A True Irish Soldier.

The following dialogue really took place
between Lieu. A. G. Cd, late of the
United States Texas army, and Pat Fetch
er, one of the privates of the second cav
airy, now at Carlisle, then near Fort Bliss /:
Oficer-Weil Pat. are you going to fol
low the General? (Twiggs).
Pat-If General Scott others US to follow
him, begar Toby, pats horsej can gallon
as well as the best of 'em.
Ohcer-l mean won't you leave the abo.
litIOn army and join the free South.
Pat-Begar i never enlisted in she abo-
litiOn army and never will. | agreed 10
sarve Uncle Sam for FIVE year, and the div.
il pin mark was made in the contract.
with my consint, ever since. When nv
time is up, if the army isn't the same as il
now, | won't join it again.
Ofhcsr-Pat, the Second" (Cayalry)
was eighteen months old when YOU and
joined. The man who raised our gallant
regiment is now the Southern President
The man who so lately commanded il. is
now Southern General. Can you remain
in it when they are gomez
Pat--Well, you see, the fact of the mat.
ter Is, Lieut.. C., l amt much of a scholar:
l can't argue the question with you, but
what would my mother say if desarted
my colors? Oh, the divil a give in I'll
give in now, and that's the ind Of it. l
tried to run away once. few weeks after
enlistin', but a man wouldn't be missed
thin: It's quite different now, Lieutenant,
and Pm not going to disgrace either iv my
countries.
Oficer--Do you know that you will have
to fire on green Irish colors in the Southern
ranks?
Pat--And won't you have to fire on
them cOlors pointing to the flag of Bliss I
that yourself and five of us licked nine.
teen rangers under? Sure it isn't great
er sbameifor ar Irishman to fire on Irish
colurs, than for an American to fire on
American colors. And TIL oath'H be OF
my side. you know, Lieutenant.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
A Vivid Descrinlian

An eyewitness gives the following des-
cription of the burning Of Gosport Navy
Yard:
need not try to picture the scene OF
the grand confiagration that now burst.
like the day OF judgment, on the startled
citizens Of Norfolk, Portsmouth and all the
surrounding country. Any one who has
seen ship burn, and know how like fiery
serpent the fame leaps from pitchy deck
to smoking shrouds, and writhes to their
very tip around the stand like martyrs
doomed, can form some idea Of the wonder
full display that followed. 1t was not tbir.
minutes from the time the trains were fred
till the confagratiOn roared like a hurri-
cane, and the flames from land and water
swayed, and met, and mingled together.
and leaped up again, and by their very mo
ton showed their sympathy with the
cracking crashing roar of destruction be-
meath. But in all this magnificent scene
the old ship Fennsytr0nia was the center
piece. She was very giant in death as
she had been IN life. She was q sea of
flame, and when "the iron had entered in
to her soul" and her bowels we're consul
ming, then did she spout from every port
hole of every deck, torrents and cataracts
eft fire that TO the mind of Milton would
have represented her frigate of hell
pouring out unremitting broadsidee of in
fernal fire. Several of her guns we're left
loaded. but not shotted, and as the fire
reached them she sent out on the startled
and morning air minute guns of fearful
peal, that added greatly to the alarm that
the light of the conHagration bad spread
throughout the surrounding country. The
Pennsylvania burnt like a volcano for five
hours and e half before her mainmast fell.
l stood watching the proud but perishing
old leviatban as this sign Of her manhood
was about to come down. At precisely
half past nine O'Clock, by my watch, the
tall tree that stood in her center tot:ered
and fell, and crushed deep into her burns
ing sides, while storm Of sparks flooded
the sky"
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
A Good Country for the Ladies'.

The time for marriage in Sparta was
fixed by statute-that of the men at
about shirty or thirty FIVE years, and that
Of the women at about twenty or little
younger. All men who continued unmar
ried after the appointed time were liable
to prosecution and old bachelors were
prohibited from being present a: the pub
lie exercise Of the Spartan maidens, and
were denied the usual respect and honors
paid to the aged. why should j give
you place." cried young man to an un
married general, when you have no child
to give place to me when am old ?" No
marriage portions were given with any of
the maideDs, 80 that neither poy erty should
prevent gallant, nor riches tempt him to
marry contrary to his inclinations. The
parents VI three children enjoyed consider
sble immunities, and those with four chill
dren paid no taxes whateyer-a regulation
which all married men with large familie.
will readily admit to be most wise and
equitable. 1t was customary for the
bridesmaid to cut of all the brides hair
on the wedding day, so that for some time,
at least. her personal attractions should in
crease with years.-7rarels of Herodotus
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

A BREAxFAsT-TABLE ExcHAScE.-A
boy went from the ''hearty victuals" of
bis country home to Boston, and there
boarded with a widow, who was a model Of
department, and who lavished compliments
upon bOarders without stirt-but whose
table was Of the meanest kind and meagre
in the substantials.
Alter enduring the "short commons" for
a time, one morning, after an unusual pro-
fusion Of compliments at the breakfast ta-
BILE, which was also unusually lean and
" lantern" the country boy yentured to
free his mind by remarking:
think, nam, il you would exchange
some of your politeness for little more
country produce, it would suit us boarders
great deal better"
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
Protection OF Furs I'm summer

Here Is something about furs which will
interest our lady readers: A few dav,
more and furs will be superfuous. Then
comes the process Of 30 putting them avsy
that moths shall not invade them. The
same thing Is necessary TO protect wooIens.
the moth ceing no respector of anything
IN the line. The best way to insure immu.
nifty from destruction, 10 70 pack ali In a
trunk or box lined With brown holland
first sprinkling them with brown pepner'
This is better even than camphor. As deal.
ers are often victimised by etomoloeic.I
pests, though their goods be saturated 1;,b
this powerful odor. Before packing avay
furs, they should be well beaten. 10 di.'
lodge any larvae that. despite the most scru.
pulous care, may be deposited in them. The
superiority OF pepper over camphor a. a
preservatiVs Of furs. consists 10 The fact TIA,
while larvae will incubate among campbor
there 10 something in the aroma Of pepper
which destroys them in embryo. Another
way OF guarding against the destruction of
iors Dy moth, is to put them into Q good
hneR pillow case, free from holes, which
should be tied up tight and hung up in
some dark closet.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

M Girls. says Quilp. have the gift of
merrlment on all occasions, far beyond
boys. Look at youSg people on the street;
the lads are mainly Of sober eountenauce,
while the lasses are all a>giggle with jslli
tty. To be sure, the damsels cry oftencst !;
but that, you know, is really valuable
watsr-priviiege."
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

h@" Doctor" said a man to Aberne
thy, my daughter had ct, and continued
for half an hour without sense or knowl>
edge"
"Oh," replied the doctor, "never mind
that; many people continue so all their
lives.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
THE HAPPY MAN,


The laborer Is happy
Contented with his fate,
Who dwells within cottage.
Where smiling children are;
All, when his task il over
And he returns at night,
To meet his smiling loved ones,
How great is his delight!
His sleep IL sweet and halmy,
Just like that Of child;
His dreams are always pleasing,
His visions always mild.
No monster e'er him standing,
Can terrify by night,
Or bring the sweat fast rolling
From him c'ercUme by fright.
Nor is hiscaIm mind tortured
BY quarrels and disputes,
For by his claims and MONEYS,
Which sleepless he computes.
His conscience e'e= is quiet,
For he has learned to say,
UpOI. / is knees each morning:
Gods will be done to day.
lfany man quiet happy,
Upen this earth can lie
COntented with his calling.
The LabOrer Is he.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

b6r A maiden lady in Boston, on read
ing the account of the marriage of Mis-
Georgiana, at Chicago, to young Bently.
who saved her from drowning at the sink
ing Of the steamer Lady Elgin, said:
It's very romantic affair no doubt.
but would rather be drowned, any time.
than to sit half the night with q Young
man. on piece Of wreck. in my night
gown"
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

BARON Observation-Disclosures was O
man OF imaginative positiveness. lie fUre-
saw that the fate of Europe hung upon the
battle Of Waterloo, and took his measures
to have intelligence Of the result twenty.
four hours in advance Of the British ma
ton. A carrier pigeon brough. him the
eventful CIPHER. He united the minute
legend hid beneath its wing. He fastened
to the stock exchange and boldly purchas
ed consols when the people thought him
drunk or crazy, and bagged" million
sterling on the morrow.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
SHOW RESPECT TO THE DEAD.
CITY MARBLE FACTORY

LENNON, Manufacturer in every variety of
tnrble Monuments, Head stones, & c.
Jefferson Street, north of County Jail
4oLlET, ILLINOIS
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

k~ Well, Cuff, what's de matters
Nothing. Sambo. only South Carolina
gone to seed.
What for Cuff!
Don't know-somebody said, cause,
Massa>choose il.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

b@ Initiate the example Of the loco
motive. He runs along, whistles over bis
work, and yet never takes anything but
water, when be wants to wet his wbis.
tie !"
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

S~ A Western paper speaks Of a msa
who died without the aid Of physician. -
Such instances Of death are very rare.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
The New York HeraId,s Map.

The New York Herald gives a map Of
the theatre of war, and shows the location
and number of the secession forces in Vir.
ginia. 1t gives the following figures: At
Lynchburg, 25.000; Burksville, 1000;
Petersburg, 5000 on James river, l 900 !;
Richmond, 5000; Lexington, LOU !;
StauntoD, 1900; Charlottesville, 1000 /;
Gordonsyille, 1000 on York river, I, 900 !;
fredericksburg. 5000; Dumfries, 1000 !;
Leesburg. 5000; Harper's Ferry, 5000 !;
Point Of Rocks, 5000, AID Williamsburg,
LOCO. The troops at Norfolk are not in
cluded. but from other sources we learn
there are from ten to fifteen thousand
These figures would place the secession
forces At about one hundred thousand men.
who are scattered over the entire Tidewater.
Piedmont and Virginia. The estimate is
probably not much, if any, above the mark.
and shows that the forces Of the enemy
in Virginia have hitherto been under
rate.
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11

Al work warranted to give entire satisfaction and
= prices to suit the times. Orders by mail will
'e.sife prompt attention. (n2ly)
Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1861-06-11
PAINTING AND PAPERINC.

citizens of Joliet and vicinity .are respectively
4 informed, that we the subscribers continue the
ming business in all its branches.
eAoP ON JOLIET ST, Opposite the Joliet Heuse.)
Toilet, Sept. 30, 1859. nii.f