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Our Storg-T TGIitr.
G8ICLUSiTE EVIDENCE,

AT a very early hour of a fine autumn
nal day, very pretty young lady, expen-
sively attired in a walking dress Of fash
ion that passed for the latest Partisan,
was daiutily picking her way over one Of
the crossings of Broadway, anxious to
preserve the immaeulatencss Of the gai-
ter boats, and perhaps to display an ancle
that might have served as a model to
Canova. Just as she reached the oppo-
pite sidewalk, her foot slipped on the
eurbstOne, moist with Croton, and she
would have fallen had she not been caught
by young man, smartly attired, who
happened to be passing at the time. A
mutual recognition instantly took place.
Why, Mr. Blifin, is that yon?' ez-
claimed the young lady.
Nothing shorter, Jenny, answered
the smart young man. What a coinci-
dence! I was just thinking of you when
you tumbled into my arms
Perhaps you think I slipped on pur-
pose, Mr.. Impudcnce,' retorted the young
lady.
Nothing of the kind said the smart
young man. But what brings you from
Albany2 Have you left your place, as I
have mine?'
Oh, no, indeed, said the girl; Miss
Jefferson is as kind to me as ever, and
so is their good old daddy. Indeed, she
has promised me a thousand dollars on
the day Of her marriage with young Pop
kins.
A thousand dollarsp exclaimed Mr..
Blifin. Oh, Jenny, how I adore you!
When viii you become mine?
Just as soon as ever my young missis
becomes &Ers. Popkins'
But that's settled, isn't it?'
L am afraid not, said Miss Jenny,
shaking her head: You know the old
gentleman's regard for truth, and you
know what habit Popkins has Of ib.
biBg To be sure, he only tells white
lies, but he is a terrible romancer.
Well, what Of that?
Simply this: Old Jefferson, who alb
hOrs. anything like falsehOOd, is determin-
ed to put him to a terrible proof He
swears, that if in the course of to day, he
catches Popkins in a single 6b, he shall
never have his daughter
And Of couree your thousand dollars
is all moonshinel' said Mr.. Blifin.
we must warn the young gentleman
Impossible, and useless if possible,
said the pretty chambermaid. He is
now with Miss Emma and her father at
the American House. Now, I am going
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A Romance of the war.


The Hartford Evening Press narrates the
following curious incident, which it has from
an officer in the Twentieth Connecticut reg
iment:
When the reiment first marched towards
Dum!ries in December, it halted for two or
three hours close by a farm house three miles
south Of the Occoqpan river Corporal Hal
sey J, Tbbals, Of Company D, member of
tie color guard, while gratifying his propen-
'ity for sightseeing with the rest, discovered
what seemed to him familiar localities. He
remembered that he was born in Virginia,
and lived there TIL the age Of eight years, but
had not any definite idea Of the precise local
ity. He was soon satisfied, however, that he
had found his birthplace, and pointed out the
grave Of his grandfather and the path leading
to the spring which supplied the hosse with
waller. Inquiry Of the occupants Of the house
cOrroberated his convictions, and brought
out the fact that he was the sole surviving
heir to the property, which still goes by the
name of the Tibbals farm. The property
consists 7ofover three hlndred acres, and in
New England would make man indepen-
dent, but Mr.. TibbaIs declines to prosecute
his claim, as he has poor estimate of South
ern proparty since the rebellion. He is also
the rightful owner of one thousand acres of
land in Texas, which fell to him by the death
of a relative.
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URBANA, OHIO, WFDNEsDAY1, JANUARY2 -, 1864

His narrow escape taught Mr.. POpkins
the importance of virtue he had never
practiced; the example of his wife com
pleted his cure. Mr.. Blifin was duly
rewarded for his oppOrtune conclusive
evidence, and made happy in the pos
session Of pretty waiting maid; and if
a cloud comes over the felicity of Mir.
Popkins, it is only when his father-in-
law urges him to that promised call on
Mrs. johnson Thompson.
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Treatment of Group.


HALLS Journal Of Health says:
Group is an inflammation Of the inner
surface of the windpipe. inflammation
implies heat, and that heat must be sub
dued, or the patient will inevitably die.
If prompt efforts are made to cool the
parts in case of an attack of Group, relief
will be as prompt as 1t is surprising and
delightful. All know that cold, applied
to a hot skin, cools it, but all do not as
well know and understand that hot water
applied to an infamed skin, will as Ger
tainly cool it off. Hence the application
of ice cold water with linen cloths, or Of
almost boiling water with wooden flannel,
is very efficient in the cure Of Group.
Take two or three pieces of wolleu
flannel Of two folds, large enough to Gov
er the whole throat and upper part Of the
chest; put these in a pan Of water as hot
as the hand can bear, and keep it thus
hot, by adding water from boiling tea
kettle at hand; let two or three fannels
be in the water all the time, With dry
flannel covering the wet one, SO as to
keep the steam in, to some extent; keep
the clothing as dry as possible, ond con-
tiuue this process until the doctor comes,
or until the Phlegm is loose, and the
child begins to fall asleepi then wrap a
dry flannel over the wet one which is on,
covering it up entirely, and the child is
saved. When it wakes up, both Aannels
will be dry.
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SPANISH PRovERBs.-Time cures the sick
man-and the doctor says, you're we'll
The friend that viii no. lend is the knife
that viii not cut.
A river that makes no noise is either very
full or very empty.
Every pot has its lid
On every days journey, there are three
leagues OF heart breaking.
The scalded cat breads cold water
Truth is COTS eldest daughter.
Leaving the tavern is half the journey
The Jew whipped his son for drinking the
first time.
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THERE Is a thief that walks the world
In the quick MONDAY and the starless dark
Protean-like, now ringed and curled,
And be plies his trade with a ceaseless skill,
Dehsntly, warily, working ILL.,
But troll the charm
Win keep you from harm,
If stored in your memory ever;
Who walks in the streets Of By-and-by, will stop
IN the house Of Never
He steals your sense, and he steals your time,
The golden grain Of deed
From the chaff of purpose he ilches oft,
With the subtle hand Of greed;
He filings the umbered rust on mind
Aud it sinks his captive, chained and blind:
But this is the charm
VIII keep you from harm,
Ifstored in your memory ever;
WHO walks in the streets Of By-and-by, will stop
in the house of Never
Hopes which should blossom into joys,
As the blushing rose uncurls:
Tears which wisdom should alchemize
Toa glorious rain of pearls:
Soft gems whence loves goodly fruit should rise
He wiihcrs and changes and pctriiies.
But here is the charm
VIII keep you from harm,
Ifborne in your mind for eyer:
Who walks in thestreets Of By-and by, will stop
in the house Of Never
Like the mighty Nemesis Of old
His sandals of wool are made,
And swift will he ghde, and still to your side
With light touch ON your shoulder laid
And Wait; there is time, are the drugged words
As be stesls from your soul its last chance of
heaven.
But this plyluctcr bind
On The brow your mind,
Firm and forever:
Who walks in the streets Of By-and-by, will stop
in the house Of Never
As the stony seeds in the olden time
SPraug up into armed men,
So thought-secds sown in the AcId Of life,
Raise goodIiar ranks sgain
Those-lnailed hosts in carth-strifcs known;
TLcse - angels to stand by the Great White
Throne;
Then the wisdom deep
Ofthesc old words keep
Your guide forever;
Who walks in tire streets of By-and-by, will stop
in the house of Never
ASIA.
-Enieksr5ocEer .Nga=ins
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M ID HEWSPAPERsi

/. Subscribers who do not give express notice
O the contrary, arc considered as wishing to con-
inue their subscriptions 70 the paper.
2. II subscribers order the dscOntinuanee OF
heir periodicals, the publisher may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid
3. Ifsubseribcrs neglect or refuse TO take their
periodicals from the Office 10 which they we're d.
rectcd they are held responsible till they have set
tied the bin and ordered them discontinued.
4. II subscribers remove 10 other places With
cut informing the publisher, and the papers are
sent to theformer direction they are held respOn-
sible.
;. The Courts have decided that refusing TO take
periodicals from the Office, or removing and leav-
Big them uncalled for. is prind facie evidence Of
Intentional fraud.
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A Coon SroRr.-A good story is told Of
one Of our country cOnstabes, who was di-
rected to serve an execution. He was told
that the property to be levied upon consisted
Of three hieiers, and after taking charge OF
them he must endorse u return describing the
property. With view to be entirely cor
rect and not finding aul he1ers' he specified
as follows: I went to level on heGers,
but they wont anl helers, ownly wun wars
she he1er, the other wun wars moody bull,
and the other wars bully mule.-Du5uquo
Herald.
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SHrNrLAsTER.-This word, applied to paper
currency Of small denomination, which is now
in vogue, is said to have its origin ID the fact
that wounded Revolutionary soldier having
a number Of Continental notes, which he
could not pass, very phiIosopmcally made
plasters Of them for his wounded leg
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&C. &C. &c. &c. &c.
Delicate females requiring a gentle stimu-
lent, and elergymen, lawyers and students ex-
Aausted BY mental labor, viii find the Plan
tation Bitters a most beneficial tonic.
Every bottle has the fac siali'e Of our sigma
ture on a steel plate engraving, or 1t is not
genuine.
Sold by all Druggists, GrOcers, and Coun-
try Stores P H. DRAKE & Co.
2O2 Broadway, n. 7.
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As the strength of the affections be-
come feeble, the craving for intellectual
enjOymeuts become more engroasing IA
mily duties become more irksOme and are
disposed of more suinmariily,, and finally
are looked upon as a tax to which none
but simple minded, common place people,
whose time is Of little or no value, can
afford to submit. Thus the monument of
earthly fame is raised, until gradually its
summit is buried in everlasting SHOWS,
which no ray Of human sympathy ever
warns, and where nothing grows but
ice.
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A young lady-a sensible girl-gives the
following cata,ouge Of different kinds Of love
The sweetest, a mothers love; the long
est, brothers love: the strongest, woman's
love; the dearest mans love; and the
sweetest, longest, strongest and dearest love
"a love Of new bonnet
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Ara puplic sail Of books the aucdoneer put
up 'Drew's Essays on Souls, which was
knocked down to shoemaker, who to the
great amusement Of the crowded room asked
the auctioneer if 'he had any more works on
shoemakiug to sell
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CAT House, Louisville, Ky. Dec. q, 1ssl

NEssRs. p H. DRAKE & Co. We arr cam-
pelled to order u dozen Plantation BitterS tr
supply friends who have no other way 81 pro
curing this admirable article.
Respectfully yours
SILAs r MlLLER & Co. PrOprietOrs.
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DR.. W. A. Childs, surgeon Of ihe Tenth
Vermont Regiment, writes; " wish every
soldier had a bottle of Plantation Bittrrs.
They are the most effective, perfect, and
karir less tonic ever used
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s-r-1eso-x.
pnAKns PrANrATIoN n1TTnRg.

They purify. strengthen and vgOrate.
They create healthy appetite.
They are an antidote to change Of water and diet
They overcome effects Of dissipation and late hours
TheT strengthen the system and enllvcn the mind
Thoy prevent niasmatie and intermittent ievcrs.
TheT purity the breath and acidity Of the stOmEch
They cure Dyspepsia and COHatipatiOn.
They eure Diarrhea, Cholera and tholera MuFnus.
They cure Liver Complaint and Nervous HeadAche
They are the best Biiiers in the world.
They make the weak maH strong. aud are
exhausted natures great res'orer. They are
composed Of tie celebrated Calisaya Bark,
CsscsriIla Bark. Daudelon, Chamomile Flow
ers. Lavender Flowers Wintergreen, ARiSe,
Cover-buds. OrsnEr Pryl Saalse-root, Cara
way, Coriander, Burdoek, S-T-lS6o-A.
&c.
The following is a sample Of tie testimony
daily resolved.
Soldiers Home, Superintendent O1lce, !
Cincinnati, o. january Is, 1so3. s
Ihave given yqur Plantation BuerS 70 liun-
slrvds OF our noble Sohliers who stop here,
fzors or less disabled from vNrioas causes. and
the effect is mosi marvrI'us aud gratifying
Such preparation as this is heartily wish
q srcry iaunly, in every hospital and at hand
on e err bstIle field.
G. ". D. AS9REws, Superintendent
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A TExT FOR HoNE TRAToRs.-And who
soever will not do the law Of thy God, and
the law of the King, let Judgment be ezecu-
ted speedily upon him, whether it be unto
death, or to banishment or to coyiscatiou Of
goods, or to Imprisonment Ezra ;26.
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Witnesses Three.

Shortly before he died, Patrick Hen
ry, laying his hand on the Bible, said
Here is a Book worth more than all
others, yet it is my sad misfortune Lever
to have read it, until lately, with proper
attention.
With voice and gesture, pertinent, and
all his own, John Randolph said
A terrible proof Of our deep deprayi-
ty is, that we can relish and remember
anything better than THE Book"
When the shades Of death were gath
ering around Sir Walter Stott, he said to
the watcher, Bring the Book
What book?' asked Lockkart, his
son-in-law.
There is but ONE book, said the dy-
ing man.
With such testimony as to the value Of
the Sacred Scriptures, reiterated by the
great and good, in all ages, it is a sealed
book to many.
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Rochester. NJ Dec. 81.

ItOcltfltI, N = DC n lolI.
The Plantation Bitters
have cured me Of the worst kind Of dyspepsia
Of near four years standing. 1 have recon-
hended them to others, and as far as know
with signal success. am. &c
REv. J. S. CATHoRS.
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VOLUME II. NO. "A.
D. ". HoUE, 100.

OFFICE:-Coulson's Building, second fcor,
Vest side North Main-street, near the Square.
TERMs;-SI per annum, Invariably in advance
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Burnett House, Cincinnati, o. Dec. 90, 1852.
MHssRs. Drake &, Co.:-The Plantation
Bitters appear to be very popular here. Send
uI twenty cases more, and oblige,
Yours truly,
T. P. SAUNDERS & Co.
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John, why don't you stop crying and go
to sleep? What do you want? I've got
the tooth-ache- that's what 1 want
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seIrrt gurtrg.
REPRESENTATION.

For Ia cane de despues sc va Ia casa-de nunca
Spanish PrOCer5.
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wsshington, d. c. Jan %, is5s !
GzvrIEvES We require another supply
OF your Plan Aiinp Bitiers. the poli!lmi,y oI
vrlief daily increases with tlie gacsIs nl onf
louse. Respectfully.
SrkEs, CABwICE Is Coz
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COLONEL DAVENPORT was a Virginian
by birth, and while he was boy going
to school his mother fell into such i'll
health that she was unable to attend to
the affairs of the household, and female
relative of hers from the North, was sent
for to relieve her. This lady upon being
established as housekeeper, commenced a
general cleaning up and setting to rights,
and finding among other rubbish which
had accumulated under the rather free
and easy system of domestic economy
prevalent in Virginia, a quantity of rags,
which she wanted to get rid of, she had
them done up and sent to a village store
for sale-as she would have done at her
Northern home. Col. Davenport, then a
small boy, was told when he went to town
to school, to go with the servant who
carried the rags, and see that he was
paid rightly. While they were in the
store poor white man of the neighbor-
hood named Green came in. When the
rags were duly paid for-for they were
in demand, and commanded a good price,
the storekeeper asked the negro whose
man he was.
'Massa Green's sab, said he in a low
voice, pointing to the poor white man.
As they passed out, young Davenport
said,
'Bill, what made you tell M you
belonged TO old Green?
Pshaw! Massa, think was goin' to let
EN- know that Massa Dayenport's family
was sell;n' rags?'
Could anything picture more complete
ly the difference between Southern and
New England habits of thought, and the
pride of the negro in the family to which
he belongs.
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WHOLE NUMBER 96.
The Beloved vie

ONLY let a woman be sure that she is
precious to her husband-not useful, not
valuable, not convenient simply, butlovs-
| " and beloved; let her be the recipient
Of his polite and hearty attentions; let
her feel that her love and care are notic-
ed, appreciated, apd returned; let her
opinion be asked, her approval sought,
and her Judgment respected in matters Of
which she is cognizant; ID short, let her
only be loved, BonOTsd, and cherished in
fulfllment Of the marriage vow, ard she
will be to her husband, and her children,
and society, a well-spriug Of pleasure.
She win bear pain, ana toll, and anxiety /
for her husbands love IS to her tower
and fortress. Shielded and sheltered
therein, adversely viii have lost its sting
She may suffer, bat sympathy may 61ll
the edge Of her sorrow. A house with
love in it--and by love, I mean love sz-
pressed in words, ard looks, and deeds,
for I have not one spark Of faith in the
love that never crops OUTS to a house
without love as a person to a machine;
the one life, the other mechanism.
The unlo7sd #oHiah may have bread
just as light, and a house Just as tidy as
the 0thef, but the latter has q spring of
beauty about her, a j8yous6ess, an ag-
gressiye, ana penetrating, ana Per7ading
brightness, to which the former IS
stranger. The happiness III her heart
shines out IN her face. She is a ray Of
sunlight in the house. She CLEANS ali
over it. It is airy; and gay, and grace
ful, and warm; and welcoming with her
presence. She is full Of devices, and
plots, and sweet surprises k5f her hds-
band and family. She has never done
with the romance and poetry of life. She
lis herself lyric poem, setting herself 10
all pure and gracious melodies. Humble
household ways and duties has6 for Eer
a golden significance. The prize makes
the calling higher, and the end dignifes
the means Her home Is a paradise, not
sinless, not painless, but still paradise /;
for love is heaven, and heaven is love-
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Vicious: To persist in kissing a pretty
black eyed girl when she resolutely declares
she don't want You to. Tt looks as though
you wouldn't take her word.
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8aioa0a i1 he 0oloE of Tarnitars..

NoTnISG contributes 50 much to en-.
hance the beauty Of a stuff intended ffqf
chairs, sofas, &c., as the selection Of the
wood to which it is attached; and, reeip-
rOcally, nothing so much to increase the
beauty Of the wood as the stuff in juxta-
position with it. We should assOrt VIC. To-
let with yellOw-Woods, &c. Green stuifs
with rose or red-eolOred woods, as ma
hogahy Violet or blus-grays are equal
y good with yellow woods, as green
graJs are With red woods. But IN all
these assortments, to obtain the best pos
sible effect it is necessary to take into
consideration the contrast resulting from
height of tone; for a dark-bld5 Of violet
stuff will not accord SO well with a yel-
low wood as a light tone Of the same col
orr; and It is for this reason that yellow
does not assort so Well with mahogany as
with a wood Of the same color, but not
SO deep. Among the hali1lhhonies Of con
trast of tone, ebony or rosewood permits
its employment with light stuFs to pro
duee contrasts of color It can also be
employed with very brilliant, intense
colors; as scarlet, aurora, fame color,
green, &c.
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had been - i'll with I.iv-
er Complaint aud Dyspepsia that ! was con-
PEELED 20 abandon nay business, used three
bottles Of the Planiayion Btters, aud to my
hslonishment am entirely cure,L They are
the brEi melicinr l ever Used, and shall en-
drarnr 10 make them knowH. Please inform
mo " hat S-T-l96J-E. means.
Yours truly, II. B. kINGsLET.
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tRoBERT. can you describe a bat2
Yes, sir, he's a flying insect, about the
size of a stopple, has India rubber wings, and
shoe-string tail; he flies with eyes shut,
and bites ike the devil.
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TIE tuxom, bright-eyed, full breasted,
bouncing lass-who can darn stocking.
mend trousers, make her own shirt com
mand regiment Of pots and Kettles feed the
pigs, milk the cows, and bea lady withal in
cOmpany-ijust the sort Of a girl for a young
man to marry; but You, ye Pining, jOlling
screwed up, wasp-waisted, doll dressed,
putty faced, consumption-mortgaged, music
numbering, novelderouring daughters of "a
slion and idleness-you are no more fit for
matrimony than a pellet is to look after a
family Of fourteen chickens.
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FIRsT IovE.-And yet the sxestest
things Of life are its might ha7s beens.'
Willis says There is nothing more
touching than the happiness which IS
approached without being reached. Love
itself is ike the humming bird wing.
ed gem; meteor Of this lower atmos.
phere; blazing, darling, Grazing thing;
which caught, Gagged, eargssed, drols
down duh and cold, the grey of death
upon its pIunes Ike ashes on the ember.
All! FIRST love is true love, because it is
pursuit, not victory.
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'Napoleone di mezza calzetta,
Ia l'apore a Giacominetta.'

4 a ! d4l-uAS u Ntt~O4ilil4NtAAs
(Napoleon with his stockings off, is
making love to Giacominetta.)
This was the signal for instant battle.
With sticks, stones, or whatever came in
his way, he invaded the little throng
then, as afterwards, prompt in his attacks
and fearless of numbers.
When he was somewhat older, his mo-
ther forbade the children climbing the
| fg-trecs in the vineyard Atlength Ma
poleon took it into his head to long for
some of the figs They were ripe and
tempting, the opportunity seemed good,
and he embraced it. Having satisfied
his appetite, he was filling his pockets,
when the keeper Of the vineyard came
upon him. Pe;rifed with terror, he
clung helpless to a branch of the tree.
The keeper threatened to tic him, and
conduct him to his mother. He begged
for mercy; fear made him eloquent, and
the keeper appeared to relent. The next
day, how ever, his mother expressed an
OminOus wish to gather some of these
figs. They we're all gone; and the kee-
per being summoned, the culprit was ex-
posed and chastised. How difficult to
conceive the twice-crowned conqueror,
whose frown darkened the face of Eu-
rope, trembling in fg-tree at the threat
of peasant!-Lse's Life Of Napoleon