, 1865-05-12
NUMBER 22.

NUMBER 22.
| Use AND ABUSE OF Ion-The drinking Of
iced liquids in considerable quantity is highly
injurious, and in some cases their use has been
attended with inflammation of the stomach and
bowels, and even sudden death-not always ac-.
counted for at the time being in heat. Ice OF
iced water retards digestion, chills the body
and often produces most dangerous congestions
On the other hand, ice water applied to IN
hammations Group etc, has been productive OF
the best effects; it diminishes the quantity OF
blood in the vessels, and carries OIL the excess
of heat A piece of ice laid on the wrist Will, IN
many cases stop bleeding of the nose. II milk.
or butter is cooled with ice, it must be used at
once, otherwise it will lose its freshness.
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PR1xTERs-An address recently delivered be.
fore the Typographical Society at Washington
stated these facts about honors to printers
The United States has chosen printer for
Sergeant-at-arms, while printer occupies the
Vice Presidents chair. In the House, printer
has been elected Clerk, a printer Postmasteri
and on the first Monday of December, 1868, the
House of Representatives chose printer for
their foreman, or Speaker; and also Of the four
teen gentlemen VINO have filed the othce OF
Mayor of Washington, six were printers, name
ly, Rapine, Gales, Seaton, Weightman, Force
and Towers.
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OK Born SIDEs-A correspondent on his way
to Wilmington writes: An incident, Illustrating
the peculiarty of our struggle, occurred In our
march Yesterday. Passing house by the road7
side, corporal of one of the regiments asked
permission to enter it, alleging as the reason for
bis request that it was the residence of his par
ents and the home Of his youth. His requestWa
granted He entered the house, and was soon
casped in the arms of his overjoyed mother
"John' said She sfyour brother was here yes
terdaY; he stopped as the Confederates marched
past here" That mother has son in each ar
my
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THE Supreme Court of Michigan decided, some
time ago, that the soldiers voting law Of that
State was unconstitutional Under that law,
says the Cincinnati Enquirer. nine Republican
members of the Legislature were chosen, being
beaten at the election by the home vote, but
counted in by the soldiers vote. After the de-
cision to the surprise Of everybody the Repub-
lican majority in the Legislature deliberately
nullifed the law as expounded by the Court, and
retained in their seats, against the protest OF
the contesting members, the nine sitting men-
bers above alluded to.
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! Poverty IN FRANoE.--It is computed that
there are million beggars and vagabonds IN
France. In recent work, Victor Hugo says
there are thirteen hundred thousand peasants
! cottages that have but three openings; eighteen
hundred and seventeen thousand that have two
the door and one window and finally, three
hundred and forty-six thousand cabins with only
| one opening-the door. And this in consequence
of what is called the excise upon doors and
windows.
1 WHAT's IN A KIss.-There's formal kiss Of
! fashion and burning kiss Of passion q fathers
] mothers a o
there's a traitors kiss for gold like a serpents
clammy fold first kissj a stolen kiss, and
thrilling kiss Of love; a meeting kiss maiden
kiss, a kiss when fond hearts sever; But the sad
dest kiss earth is this-a kiss to part forever.
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The Cincinnati Times learns that the expert
ment now being made at the Clinton paper mills,
Steubenville, to manufacture printing paper
from corn husks, blythe Austrian patent, is pro-,
crossing favorably The pulp produced from
the husks is as white as the driven snow, and
said to equal in appearance the pulp made from
cotton or linen rags.
THE DOUGLAS FAmL9.-Ths story that Mrs.
Stephen A. Douglas ws engaged to be married
to Mr.. Speaker Colfax, turns out to be hoax
or SANDER, it is said. The sons of Mr.. Douglas
by his first wife now at Georgetown Catho-
lie College Stephen A. Douglas, the Oldest, is
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very popular with his fellow students, but not
so apt scholar as his younger brother, Robert
who unfortunately, has an impedment in his
speech.
A singular case has just come to light in Bos-
ton. One Johnson; a staff officer in the United
States service stole $4,000 in Government
bonds and forwarded them to- his mother at
South Boston for safe keeping. A daughter
in-law got wind of the money, and stole ii from
the old lady, who had placed it between the bed
and mattress on which she slept. Officers of
the law here stepped in, and the money was
found at last in the breast pads of the last thief
Qnite number of this interesting family have
been arrested.
In Polk county, Oregon, minister Of the
gospel was heard to say, says the Oregon States
man, ''that he was sorry that Lincoln was killed,
as he had died with his soul stained with the
blood Of thousands of women and children"
A member of the same church endeavored to
make the minister retract what he had said, but
no retraction was made.
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THE STANDARD OF JUDGMENT.-Judge a man
by his actions; poet by his eye; a lawyer by
his leer; player by his strut an Trshman by
his swagger; an Englshman by his rotundity;
| a Scotchman by his shrug; a Justice by his
his agility; and woman by her neatness.
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Among the prominent names mentioned with
the Democratic nomination for Governor Of
Ohio, are those of Hon. Geo. H. Pendleton,
Hon. William Allen, and Gen. G. W Morgan.
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The New York Post puts the currency, State
and National, now out, at nine hundred mil
lionsl The National Banks, it argues, have
failed in their original purpose, which was to
dispose Of Government bonds. This, it says, is
now mainly done by private banks.
The oldest man in the United States is Joseph
Crele, of Detroit, Michigan. He is l39 years of
age, and an inveterate smoker