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BE SAFE FROM THE PANes OF WANT,

Would these chlldren have a comfortable home and
the means OF educatonf Would this wife be indepen.
dent OF the ood charities of the w0Tldl Would this
aged and leeble parent be provided fort Would my
estate pay MY deblsi Would there be no saerihce OF
property by forced sales o administrator TO meet
ene demands of creditors sales made when the market
tsndH DOWNWARD and iair prices cannot he realzedf'
How iew can answer these question 70 their satisec
tOnl Ihey Tear TO ask them, and cherish tbs belief
thal they have long lease On hie This 10 both fool
lsh andco~ardly. The brave man
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Mfnical.

1NHE combination Of ingredients IN these Pills are
IL the result OF long and extensive practice. They
are mild IN Their operation, and certain in &C rrec
AL irregularities, Painful MenstruRtons, reno wing
a obstru tons, whether from cold or otherwise
Headache Pain 10 the Side, Palpitaton of the Heart
Whites all Nervous Affections, Mysteries, Fatigue
Pain IN the Back and Limbs, SC, Disturbed Sleep,
when arise nom interruption Of nature.
DIR, CHEESEMAN'S PILLS
ment OF those irregularities and distractions which
nave consigned so many TO q PREMATURE Grave No
female can ENJOY good health unless she liz regular
and whe ever an obstruction takes place the genera
health begins to declire.
DIR. CHEESEMAN'S FEMALE PILLS
Are he only Medicine that MARRIED AND SINGLE
LADIES have relle on for m9nV years, or can RELY
on now. BEWARE or IMITA TTONSi These Pills
lorm the finest ifsparaon ere put o,0ard tgtth I'M
MEDiAIE and PERSISTENT SUCCESS. DON'T
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Druggist. and tell him that you tOanL fhe BEST and
MOST RDLIABLE FFNALE MEDICINE IN lTEIE
WORLD which IL comprised in
DIR, CHEESEMAN'S PILLS
Are the most efectual remedy ever known Cor ali
complaints peculiar TO FemaleL To all classes they
are Invaluable, inducing iOih cerdnt periodical reJt
tgrify They are known to thousands, who have used
Them at different times, throughout the country hay
ing the sanction ol some Of the most eminent Phys
clans in America. 'S
Explicit directions stating phen Hev should mol beuSsd
with each box-ihe Price One Dollar per Ror contain
ing from fny to sixty Pills
Fils sent bymdI promptly, by remitiing to the Pro
piletor' sold by Druggists generally
HUTOHINGS a HILIYER
PTopnetOrs 81 Cedar street. New YORK
hehton Dnnham, Olev, land, and John d. Park
cincinnati, wholesale agents. Sold in Dayton nv
DiuSks's fo2ldly
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PLANTATION RITTERS

PLANTATION BITTERS
Which are now recommended by the highest medical
authorities, and warranted to produce an immediate
beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable per.
fecty pure, and must supereeue ali other tones where
healthy, gentle stmulant requ red.
They purify, strengthen aud nvlgOrate;
They create healthy appetite;
They are an anhdOte to change Of water and dict;
They overcome ELECTS OF dissipation and late hours;
They strengthen the system and enlyen the mind;
They prevent miasmate and intermittent reyers;
They purify the breath and aeidty OF the stomach
They cure dyspepsia and eonstlpatio
They cure dlarrhea, cholera and cholera morbus;
They cure liver complaint and nervous headaehe;
They make the weak strong the languid brilliant
and ire exhausted natures great restorer They are
composed OF the celebrated ealisaya bark, winter.
green, sassalras, roots and herbs all preserve per.
ieety pure st. OrOx rum.
"'' have given the Plantation Bitters to hund.
reds OF our disabled soldiers with the most astonish
ing effect. CIV. ANDREWS.
Supt Soldiers Home, Cincinnati"
go" The Plantation Bltlers have cured me OF liver
complaint Of which was laid mp prostrate and had
to abandon my business.
H. B. KINGSLEY, Cleveland, ONO"
"s I owe much to you, for verify believe the
Plantation Bilters have saved my life
Rev. W. II. WAGGoNRR, Madrid, N. Y"
80 Thou wilt send me two bottles more of thy
Plantation Bitters, My wife has been greatly benefit
tod by their use. Thy lrisnd
ASA oURRIN, Philadelphia, Pa"
- have been great sufferer from dyspepsia,
aud had to abandon preaching. The P. P.antatlon
itters have cured me.
Rev. J. $. CATH0RN, Rochester, N. Y"
""s Send twenty-four dozen more Of your
Plantation Bitters, the popularity OF which are daily
Increasing with the guests Of our hsuse.
SYKES, OHADWIOK 4 CO.,
ProprietOrs Wizards Hotel, Washington, ID. O."
Such are one in thousands Of certificates daily re-
ceved. They are immensely beneficial to weak per.
sons and delicate females.
Be cautious OF filled bottles, ses our signature
on ine steel plate Label. They are not sold by the
gallon. They are only sold IN our patent log cabin
bottles by respectable druggists, groeers hotels sa
looms, steamboats and country stores.
p. DRAKE co.,
e22dAWsm SO2 Broadway, n. y
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LIFE INSURANCE

Young men lust starting in business, whoaa o.i.,
capst ls thelT energy and integrity should insure
~ Ias 70 Wy AIhount OF half their liabilities Sncb 81
~ OF usnierested honesty when known 10 their e M
tors would Justly increase their Confidence 1 ,s
Wonll SHOW that they did wish to leave
'enua exposed To Rny aVoidablecontngency; and ths
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Drnfesslonal.
CINCINNATI vENEREAL HOSPITAL,

CINCINNATI VENEREAL HOSPITAL,
I. EstabIish'd in the Year 1850,
FOR TIE CURE OF PRIVATE DISEASES
And under the control OF two Of the most Eminen 1
Physlcians In the World. n. -sT.-
nR. y, BoNAPARTE, from London and Pans
IL Hospitals, and for the past ten OF the DIN
einnaA Yenereal Hospita and DR.. E. b. RkYNOLIIS
late OF New York THIS Is the only office in Inc civ
where permanent cure OF Private Diseases be
OBTAINED, Without the use OF mercury change Of
diet. Gonorrboa cured IN six 10 forty-two hours
elect cured IN three 70 ten days Structures cured in
one TO three weeRsi Nocturnal Emissions stopned IN
twot Six daysj Seminal Weakness cured in Two to
eight weeks Syphilis in its primary stages cured in
weeks Skin Diseases cured IN one 10 three weeks:
impoteney viRer restored in one to four weebs- All
sesses o. private nature treated with unparalleled
A.. Dr; Bonaparte's great work on private Diseases
and female old and young should read this work Il
@ tsose wh9 gr9Pe In darkness Price
DT' BonspSrte's French Pat Patent Nal. sacat II "a
perfectly saie, and never fails to give satisfaction IL
- the ony safe and sure preventive against disease
Pnee Of the French Patent Male Safe, 81 the single
one, 81 per half dozen, o. per dozen, sent by mail
n17Macame LozIER's Female Monthly Pills is a 3
safe and reliable remedy for suppressionh and ali fe
male diseases. ladies should not use them during
pregnaey, as they will produce miseaFrage. Price 81
per oox--extra fine s5--sent 10 anY addroRs by mail
Drs. B. 4 n, are the men TO consuitj they are IN.
aueshonably acknowledged 10 be the champions and
Heoeiye monthly reports from the Old world; they
have been accustomed from an early age OF youth to
witness the Farions diseases which afhiet mankind;
and 10 watch the progress through long career OF
professional study. In every sphere OF lie, from the
numtle abode Of poverty to the mansion Of the
wealthy, and having ascertained beyond doubt the
vast suherngoi humanity, they detefmnsd to select
the gel eratVe system as their particular study, and
70 devote their whole attention 70 the alienation OF
the diseases ofthese important funetcns No letters
VIII be answered unless they centLn remittance or
\ postage stamp. Call or address F7I =
. Drs. B0NAPARTE a REYNOLDS,
No. 1872 Sycamore street, between Flflh and sixth
east side Cincinnati, ohio.
Ottine hours from A. N. 10 3P. NJ, lslT
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-24

TRESToN, N. j., February 23.lThis morn.
ing, the Judiciary Committee of the House
reported bill TO rAtify the Constitutional
Amendment, with an amendment to submit it
to the vote of the people at the next general
election The minority Of said Committee
reported against submitting it to a vote OF the
people, and in favor of passing resolution
to ratify it without such proviso
Hon James CrowelI, Senator from Cam
den, has been drafted
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-24
PROTECTS HIS AGED PARENTS

Even where he has preceded them into eternity; by
the honest debtor satisfies his eOnhdng creditor when
fate seemed least pTOpltiOus. In moral and worldly
his sting
Let any husband, father, son, ask HIMSELF 'If was
to die to night, would those who are dear to me
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-24
NNUAL PREMIUM

Might iairiy ha regarded as the tVibuts vh,eh an
night heart pays Al the shrine Of Justice = ~
-. JOHN X, BToPPELMAN,
naiS Agent for Dayton and vicinity,
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-24
LOOKS THE DANGER IN THE FACE.

That he may grapple with It; the wise man that ha
may study ia nature and pallate its threaeniny Th
leAhs OF paaton are at hand, Of easy seeess 20 all
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-24
every MAN SHOULD INSURE MS LIFE.

WE Atna grants policies FOR LIFE, for a term
u OF years, Endowment policies and childlen's EN-.
dowment Also, Non Forieiting Policies. on Witch no
payment is required ater ten years.
rive thousand dollars paid two losses in this city
"ithln the last six months.
among AL the contrivances OF men to protect the
amlly circle from want none can I've faund more aim
pe IA its oharacter noble in its leatures or certain IN
the dying husband caves TO '' ''''@'
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-24

WAHTED-Carriags Wood workInen and Black
w smiths wanted. Piece wor given to Body
Makers Apply at W. W. Phillips old stand
teledlw I'D j. LANGDON A BRO.
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SUPPORT THE WIFE OF HIS BOSOM

tits the unseen hand OF the proydent father reaching
iori nom the grave, and still nourishng his prine
and keeping together the family. by It, the faithful
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-24
DAYTON WESTERN TURNPIKR ROAD

NHE stockholders IN said road are hereby notified
i that dividend Of hhy cents per share wall be
on Saturday, March Attn 1866, and AZ my office thale
alter. ielbW3 o. q. sH1YELEY, Treasurer.
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plantation 4Sittrrs.
s. T.--198O--x.

Persons OF sedentary habits troubled with weakness
lassitude palpitaton Of the heart lack OF appetite
distress after eating, torpid liver, PATTON &C.
deserve to sufier If they will not try the celebrated
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1865-02-24

HAArToRD, January I, 1865.
oTTrCE OF the AvDIroa OF STATE,

1t is heceby certified, thai the foregoing is correct
copy OF the Statement OF the Condition Of the North
American an, FIRE Insurance Company ofHartford made
kSEALsl witness my hand ami seal officially,
lSTAhP'I JAS. H. GOODMAN,
Auditor Of State
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Lore uytd Business.

A rather laughable transaction took
place, a week or two ago, in the town OF
De Witt, Clinton County, Michigan, in
which love and business are SO inter-
mixed that it requires an adept to dis
tinguish between the two. A milk-safe
pedler called at a house to sell safe.-
The woman informed him that she was
a widow, and would much rather have
a man. The pedler informed her that if
she would take safe, he would send her
a man. She took it, and the pedler went
on his way rejoicing, and soon sent her
a man who he ascertained had no bosom
companion, and directed him to the
widow. Going on, the pedler called at
a house to sell safe, and was informed
that the man was widower, and would
prefer wife. He told him if he would
take safe, he would direct him where
he could get woman. He took the
safe, and the pedler directed him to the
same widow. When he reached her, he
was about an hour too late, the first man
having secured the prize. The kind
hearted woman, however, sent him to q
second widow, whom he secured, and
both loving couples were married that
afternoon.
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UOllle3t and Hen.

Very intelligent women, we find by
observation, are seldom beautiful. The
formation of their features, and particu-
larly their forehead, is more or less mas
culine. Miss Lander was rather pretty
and feminine in the face; but Miss
Sedgewick, Miss Pardue, Miss Leslie,
and the late Anna Mariah and Jane Por
ter, the contrary. One of the Misses
Porter had a forehead as high as that of
an intellectual man. We never knew of
any very talented man who was admir-
ed for his personal beauty. Pope was
awful ugly; DR.. johnson was no better:
Mirabeau was the ugliest man in all
France, and yet he was the greatest IA
vorite with the ladies. Women more
frequently prize men for their sterling
qualities of the mind, than men do wo-
men. DIR. johnson chosea woman who
had scarcely an idea above an OYSTER
He thought her the loveliest creature in
existence, if we may judge by the in
scription he left on her tomb.
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Tl'Oilli1s0.

Men pray for graces. Praying is right;
but do you think a man ever prayed for
the ability to lift five hundred pounds,
and got it? Men pray for graces but
clio you think a man ever hung up his
sword in his room, and prayed God to
make him a good fencer, and went to it
after few days, and tried it to see if he
had skill, and, finding that he had not,
prayed, ooh, Lord, thou knowest that
thy servant longs to be a good fencer !;
grant that he may have skill % and,
finding that he had made no progress,
in my life, which hinders God from an
swering my prayer; but God is sover-
eign, and he gives to whom he pleases,
and perhaps, if l persevere in prayer,
he will mt my request" and prayed
again, ing of every argument, and
earnest1 pploring the divine mind :?
How dodallhe master train a boy in the
art of fencing? He says, "My son, take
that foil, and l will take this, and we
will practice for an hour" And they
meet and practice for an hour a day for
weeks or months. And what says the
praying man: 81 will give up pray
ing" Oh no; pray as much as you
wish; but you must practice too. And
so, after while, by praying and prac-
ticing, you will become skillful and
adroit in every maneuver of the hand.
And everybody will say-what? 1t
is marvellous that, by training, he should
have come to that?" No, but this, i" It
is marvellous that he did not know in
the beginning that training was indis-
pensable. "-He1vy Ward Beecher.
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ter the 18th day of July next, the flag of
the United States be thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternate red and white: that
the Union be twenty stars, white, in a
blue field.
"And be Hftrther enacted, That on the
admission of a new State into the Union,
one star be added to the union of the
flag; and that such addition shall take
effect on the 4th day of July next sue
ceeding such admission"
The return to the thirteen stripes was
by reason of the anticipation that the adj
dlt!on OF stripe on the admission OF
each State would make the flag too I'M
Wieldy. The old number OF stripes also
perpetuated the original number of
States of the Union, while the addition
of the stars showed the Union in it's eX-
listing state.
The flag planted by our troops in the
CITY of Mexico, at the conclusion of the
Mexican war, bore thirty stars.
The size of the flag for the army is six
feet six inches in length by four feet four
inches in width, with seven red and six
white stripes. The first seven stripes
-four red and three white) bound the
square of the blue field for the stars ex-
tending from the extremity of the field
to the end of the flag. The eigth stripe
is white, extending partly at the base of
the field.
Success to the Flag Of our Nation!
Its folds all around us be spread
1t is blazoned with deeds of the valiant,
And sacred with names of the dead
The stars are the symbol of Union
In union they ever must wave!
The white is the emblem of honor,
The red is the blood of the brave
Success to the Flag of our Nation!
Let it sweep DER the land and the sea
The shades of our heroes are round it,
Beneath it the ranks of the Free
We will keep its young glory unsullied,
In the ages to come as the past;
Uprear it a beacon of freedom,
Unbowed, through all storms tothe last.
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FANNY FERN.

An amusing story is told ola lady who
tried to smuggle clock across the Can
ada border. She gave the bookseller
particular directions to fix the alarm APP
paratus so it would not strike, but the
Cannock being somewhat of a Wag, set
the alarm so that it would strike at the
moment he knew she would arrive at
the Custom House. The lady (?) fasten-
ed the time-piece securely to her hoops,
and started on her homeward journey.
Arriving at the Custom-House, the Off
Ger found nothing contraband among
her effects, and was passing to the next
traveller, when a loud wh-r-r! was heard
under the lady's skirts. The strange
noise was kept up for the full space of a
minute; but to the lady it seemed an
hour, and she became tremulous and ex-
cited. The Custom-House officer not
daring to lay hands on a woman, "save
in the way of Kindness" obtained an
iron rod with which he felt around the
crinoline for the concealed clock, and f.
nally succeeded in bringing it down.
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KINGwooD, PRESTON Co.,
October z. 1868.


4 AS the fame Of your valuable and
popular Journal has reached this county,
send you, for insertion in it, the follow
Ing interesting information:
4 At the late session of the Circuit Court
bf Preston county, West Virginia, Judge
Harrison, of Clarksburg, presiding, a
fecision of general interest to Confede
fate soldiers, especially in the border
counties, was made by the Court. \
large number of suits had been insti-
4uted there against soldiers and citizens
33bf the counties of Hampshire, Hardy,
and Pendleton, by virtue of statute of
#Nrst Virginia, passed in 1864, giving
Jurisdiction to that Court, Of all causes,
(which under Chapter 169 of the Code of
Virginia, second edition, might have
been brought in the three counties above
named, for alleged trespass upon real
and personal property, and for arrests
made by the army of the Confederate
States. Some were for injuries to real
Estate, arising from the Confederate army
camping thereon, others for corn, forage,
Re-; and others for cattle and horses,
taken for the use of the Confederate
lrmy-and others, again, for the arrest
bf persons alleged to be deserters from
the Confederate army, or passing through
The linesto hold communication with the
Federal army, or suspected of giving in
formation thereto.
The defendants rendered pleas SUBJ
tantially ayowing that civil war ex-
listed between the United States and the
Confederate States, that all the rights of
belligerents attached to both the hostile
parties, and that the acts complained Of
by the several plaintiffs in said suits,
kvere done and committed in the exer-
rise of those belligerent rights, and
therefore, that the defendants are justi-
lied therein, and could not be held anne
3nable therefor, in the civil tribunals of
3the land.
4 Objection was made by the plaintiffs
ITO the filing of these pleas, but, after full
argument it was held by the Court that
they constituted proper and legitimate
defence, and permission to file them was
given.
This decision indicates that justice and
law are to be fairly administered, and
that passion and prejudice are not to
sway in the temples of justice, at least.
JACK DOWNING.
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History Of the Stars and Stripes.
KY ALFRED b. STREET.

The most interesting incident connect
ed with the battle of Saratoga, was the
unfurling for the first time the Stars and
Stripes at the surrender of Burgoyne.
Bunker Hill was fought under a red
flag bearing the motto, "Come if you
dare" but on the 18th of June, 1777, the
Continental Congress resolved, "Ihat the
flag of the thirteen United States be thir-
teen stripes, alternate red and white, and
that the Union.be thirteen stars, white on
a blue field, representing new constel-
lation." This was made public on the
I'd of September following. Previous to
this our national banner was the Union
Flag, combining the crosses of St George
and st. Andrew taken from the English
banner) with thirteen stripes alternate
red and white. The banner of st. Pat
rick (Ireland's emblem) was not COM
bined with the crosses of st. George and
st. Andrew in the standard Of Great
Britain until 1901, the year of the union
with Ireland.
The stars of the new flag represented
the new constellation of States, the idea
taken from the constellation Lyra, which
signifies harmony. The blue of the field
was taken from the edges of the Cove
nanters' banner in Scotland, likewise
significant of the league and covenant of
the United Colonies against oppression
and incidentally involving vigilance,
perseverance and justice. The stars
were disposed in a circle, symbolizing
the perpetuity of the Union-the circle
being the sign of eternity. The thirteen
stripes showed, with the stars, the num-
Der of the United Colonies, and denoted
the subordination Of the States to, and
their dependence upon, the Union, as
well as equality among themselves. The
whole was blending Of the various
flags previous to the Union Flag, viz:
the red flags of the army, and white ones
Of the floating batteries-the germ of our
Navy. The red color also, which in Ro-
man days, was the signal of defiance;
denoted daring; and the white purity.
What eloquence do the Stars and
Stripes breathe when their full signifi-
canoe is known. A new Constellation;
Union; Perpetuity; Covenant against
Oppression Justice !; Equality; Subor-
dination; Courage; Purity.
BY the United States law OF January
Ii, 1893, it was enacted "that from and
after the LIST of May, 1895, the flag of the
United States be fifteen stripes alternate
red and white" and "that the Union be
fifteen stars, white in blue field.o This
was our National Flag during the war Of
1872.
On the 4th of April, 1918, Congress al
tered the flag by directi;.g a return to the
thirteen stripes, as follows:
"Be IL enacted, DC, That from and at
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Canes.

Why should a young man carry a cane:
Does the charm consist in it's self-plant-
ing property to stick fast in some hole
Or crevice Of the sidewalk, jerking the
owner up short at some unexpected mo-
ment? Or is it because it is considered
good for the head and back to stoop oft
en- to pick it up, when jostled from the
hand by some hurried pedestrian? Or
is it considered a clever trick to stick it
under the arm, and then wheel suddenly
into bevy of astonished ladies, who
have their hands full to keep their eyes
from immediate extinction? Or is it
that a vigorous bang on the sidewalk
with this utensil gives force to male ar
gument; or that describing a circle in
the air with it; is considered 10 finish a
sentence more gracefully than words
could do? Or is it because most young
men are at 4 dead loss what to do with
their hands: That's It.!
FANNY FERN
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KIssING.-The editress of the Ladies'
Repository, talking about kissing, says:
Kisses, like faces Of philosophers, vary.
Some are as hot as fire, some as sweet as
honey, some as mild as milk, some as
taste1ess as long-drawn soda. Stolen
ones have more nutmeg and cream than
other sorts. AS to proposed kisses, they
are not liked at all. A stolen kiss is the
most agreeable. We have been kissed
a few times, and as we are not very Old,
we hope to receive many more"
At what hour may the lady be found
at her office?