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-Corrsol n fnrrstiStc hi. fs<+. II tho t,sa ord
Sounseit 10 MI % ne sfas " ~ cse anu
@estins and g asssaan i ihe siIy q chieaso {,
L nG II Sa,y tnd 10 ' nf
And His Honor; the Mayor, appointed Aldermen
shimp Carter md shackto11 q saen somml:tse-
,AEroNds OF STANDING coAAl1IsEs'
The Committee On Finance submitted the follow
irr preamhle and resolution:
gnrnrAs. Thc Cisy Comptroller is now IN E.st-
crn cjtjes tor the putposc Of selling or city bonds
and whereas he has talcg1aphcd to the 1yor thath
et9o EI9ai1.a ED Ihat TT cdmntrolIer M and he IA
hereby anthorzed to sell, 1t price rot less thsn
bepaied b ,honsand aollan.s :.
, 1865-08-23
CORPORATION NOTICE,

CORPORATION NOTICE.
~ OJYICk OF IUx BoARp or PrnI1c NoHIs
.--.. CHIcAdo, AnE+ Is, 1861. :
Whereas. the Common Council Of The city Of CHI
eago has pIcItd that 1xEalie Btfeet from the south
aide Of atadeon street to the north aldo Of acSseo
street be curbtd, hIed and gruded said work t9 pe
!le Works nd ha; tae M sym 1f ssysn thoass9d % oos
The reai estate deemed benefited by the Improvement
atd according to sne o. d tn9 hgyss
Now therefore, public notice i hereby given TO q
persons interested. that the CotnmtssoueEs ot tne
the Court House, IN said city, on the sth day o. IN
Gust 4. d. lA1 at the hour Of 10 oelcck ~ 10 y.
seNs the aruount directed Aforesaid By the EoMUnn
Corpe 10 be aasessed the real estate deemed be.
~. - j. @. GNDE1E,
FRED. LEEZ,
o. ]. ROSE,
Commissioners Of the Board OF Public Works
, 1865-08-23
Bus Anybody Rhcuuantism .

Because. yum n,ay deTcrd on It, that cxctuc!atnS,
III hss Sse fe2 S ee9f ne II es aess liz
marie; md not onI ,rsn tlsutns 70 ~ n:rises cnts
ssses q taSssaasoiy % ihsnmaa, M Nc hasr Eo.i:lssy
y ss ne 1 Gn s 70 o 1Sa %p 1ss aS I'd ID
- iondi, Is he lad ehieked riih nan hi
Nesay Rtlief aaoss es.e ,ha s csiIe Il Esa1
characteristic. Win etEe ssme.i your rneuIns,sm
ther roweF Ii tteems e 20 fcr N onc7,, a.a tn.n
rnyassy than d,r rafRS sof ye1i
- taxing maltgranI plea oTe In pansh.nE sol foI
darling asssrt e battle sih H n9 i Is mt 70
mstlsin. 1ds foul nHd starls w!;h &iemay Ct oasc.
sas e ssd "
t oe slSxls sas = 1e lo1 sqddss ~ y \
aa nc SG s,t ;eu %
perceive With su.Irtse thai FGn san % assn ~ ycG5
@9s ~ xaaneSs saousS ss 'oa-e tss he nd
ss ss ySs ia: fs
l1s SBSasy sed syb yboi: y Ew.y READY ne,c, viii do
1of the otncal renedee f.r t,ia eou11Au,; I'd yoa
~. @ f ssen nass esel @ hes
letia: written IS the wt1EknaVn cosres}oode9t q u
sss. ksw f. nsie be h9asa o'
VT sidney aisss $;ii. 5s5ss2 sFnA e e.;
@ ss r. i :. sqs from rom, Asa,s =;
ilie: ~ sane9iats aa4ae tlat psiat nsiihg tongas
1eF % asss :sSt
s@ @ h naa f eac q r. nsS' sS nS; .s Al hs 4
NJ e9fe4iaEs, tod ne he lid . iemeay which vnuid
ss 's o ?: % s9 es f1a T r Iii
tkF.ioa1 deriving sny nyaa froIn its uss tha.
" s&S ss ::G :;ss;
s: @ sss Een 81 !s5s!s ss :sstssS:sf
Jon nom ny -, iT your wonderful rrmsd5. Lave
, 1865-08-23
SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
FOR SALE.

A. H. BoDAIAN, CIT CLzn5
, 1865-08-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

~ OFFICE OF TIE BoARb OF PCBLIC WoREa
CHIcAGo, August 1s, lst1.
Thestos TIE Common ol 1ae el1y q sMSaSo g. rs;
has ordered that South Water street, from me east INC
Of Wabash avenue The west line OF Michigan avenue
be curbtd with curb-waHs z1d pared Win w0oecn
block Pavement said WORK To be done under the super
Inheritance OF Ucar OF Public Works. md that the
sum OF fortS-nno hundred ihrtyone md Eloo dollars
the Improvement 50 ordered. according 70 tho proy-
lon, he Ytyss9 Charter - amended n such Cases
Now therefore, public notice g hereby glyen to al
81 fTuhllc Works Will meet t Room No. T. In The Court
House, in taIt city, on tho ed day tf August, A. D.
directed ~ Aforesaid by the Common Council to be as
ssssed tp real estate deemed benefited BY said con
tcnplated Improvement. -r -
FRED. LETZ.
@. y. ROSE,
commissioners ofthe Poard Of Public Works.
pnt6hfST4ht
, 1865-08-23
TUatfr JWbrels.

N7ATER WHEELS, Manning,
w tu+sd By AxrKic4d NtrEr EHExL earis., 70 y
EIefnge Rsee Bosom A,.&s I, & 1hs M 0e v sVuersas.
mi ouerstiou III itor.e4 Aourtng 1nlus gIIn
mower with Little Natec 1t tAa No. e4eai z tas
speed, 1t. h0sa'"se
, 1865-08-23
CORPORATION NOTICE.

TORPUI1AIlUN NUT1CE.
OFFICE or BoAKp or FuB1Ic WoExs,
. CI1uAGo, Ausn7t IL 1SS3. )
Whereas, the Commo3 GonneA of the elty of cnicago
Deasb9.n sseet 70 The east Inc ot ci7rk street be
s1pcrntcntcEcc Of thu Board Of Public Works, and
that the SIM Of ntne hundred 4nt se!e9synye 1rluo
died by the tHpfoyeneut oslcret ncccytln to the
provisions OF Revised Charter. as amended, IN such
case u1ade and provided.
Now, therefore, public notice Is hereby gyen to AZ
rerroE5 !ntcfestcG, thnt iha Comlnlfafo1etR OF ts
The Court House. IN sad city, the 18th day ofAu
gust, 4. D. 1a Is The houE u 10 ociock y. 10 NJ
Council be aSse41ed lhe re-. estate decmsd bene-
ntet By said contemplated improvement. ar.,
d. :. FEED LTZ,
...... .. J. ROSE,
ccmmtsslouers OF tho Board ofpub!c WofIa-
anlSh!T1-6S
, 1865-08-23

Submitted ordinances for improvement ID Ihe
To9 eidewaIk on he Woet side OF Buzling street,
from Willow street 10 Centre strcot:
For extending alley In n!oeE 2 Johnston n & nobe7s
For planking an allcy In Block 50. woloot's Ad'
''Fo For pl.nling an aucy IN Block IS, Woeoa's Ah
Rops sidewalk oa tho east aide Of sctgv1ek ateet,
tfou White etreet To- oas stresti ,o.,,,,,o
ay1nne: M fEom cns sbesed be aScaus oAay!nu place;
An * which were. referred 10 Committee On
strceta md Alleys n; e ai,o: x.
Submitted ordinance 'ior improvements in the
For For s siaeWslt On lie ton.b side Of Archer Road
fs 2s ns,iss ss,fss hs.s ases s
aisaG paaties @ s sney i Soes i. s 81 is Ad-
- % Eor psuking aiieys II Hooks 1s9 and $50 8. 8.
sa;s!as ming aRa Ra;za gsva st' ~ ea osSss ssts
5t S9iqs's e ,ss tss5 s1si. rom 1o..s ia
sub Block Of Block S, Ass. division Of \. lsac-
fdl s5 sss ss;i1s g e:lhGun r,sce on TO Clark
VIZ %Hod siIsS, S'ois L PReaP Fort Dearborn
A Rcis1ea t. 70 Committee on Streets md Alleys.
s. D. -.,s,' A,so.: - -
ns+s ~ Dn1hrn etrTt from Madison etreet to Lake
Fsissl14c, 10 Committee on Gas Lights.
IN I.aard Of Public WORKS, to whom had been
h snian an 70 9is1eT slone 1cported IN ssoS I
s1a ad. % %sbssiSan intTodueed thc following prelii
| mary ordinance, end moved its psssase:'
a Fh thf9s1ngS II e. Sbssso &c ass nqe St
Bsif Ordolftd b. ne EoHman Council Of the
+ Ufvof C1icat 81;
of he Ehcseo River, generaIiy known as she, Scam
nd known, Il. nalcy's Branch Of the Chicago
! River g., -
! :. STC q This ordinance shall take cdect from and
ai1cr itg passage. !..
the re ana ~
dsts-Ald Gage, KnlekeIboeker Shlnir, Carter,
| Barrett McRoy. II Wflrnatth Sheridan Kann, Wall
work. Uatch. Shtywin, Moore, Rafferty,, Frisbce,
Woodara, Russell, FranzEn, Rah: Moodm@-ao. :.
'Nor-ald. Wicker, Holden, 'Rzbs. HGn,ley,
fo-d. Clatk-l0. -. :: ..,
"a shs,dap then poysa ta I, ss 'hs or!ospse o r.
Tue ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Ay<t=Ald: Gsge, kncksitoesel, Ga1tef, D., ns5-
5s, Wosk, Haiebs sherwin, Moore: Radsrty, Woodnd,
IN Prondfa1t.. Hottintrr. Rah. LaWson, Ensck-
f0I$, Ts,tsosoRs, wosa@sn' cl'Fe77':
10 1tWorf obttrsKticnS and nuisQsce from HIsV
! 8rGrch c} kae CHioogo f5cFr;
WuEKrAf, Haleyb branch pf The Chicago river
wRs formerly . nas1gablc aironm, though now nm
IN Of y h ~
ind whereas, the owners Of ma}ority Of the prop
cry abntt1rg upon Eueh hFn4c ask Tor she Iemo.
vnl Of these ottrueions nom sald branch. 90 tntt
II may be again made available for purposes Of navf-
gallon. Therefore, 81
I -DeH ordained " Lts C0NuH4R CotTlcA or lhs Guy
Of N{edqo :. - ! .......
hr authorized 10 enirr IIaiays branch or The chi.
faeo Hter, 10 ~ 1 ~ tai T1aH ~;
below ow water ind 10 widsh oiseveniy lSol fset
, 1865-08-23

Having ?etu cnrd ef speM1ma,oThsa u " eeleora.
desire to send sufferers ou self abuse the means by
which they can b. per1apcrtly cured. AZ! eoHmuni
LET. r. d. p6aGcs (3aSS. khlcs..o, u. ansskAa.-t
, 1865-08-23
Steamships.

HAVANA AND VERA Cruz.
:. / The American snd Mexican Mall sieatnsnip
LouI Hny Will despatch tAelr new ana slesnnt elne-
Wheel sssmtEe f.sm Gez he5E' ri & t IF 4p''
For ifrtrl, or rns4ate nrply 70 CaAes A. MH!I-
MY. AEt- 70 Irna1w kc% OIL Ln1-.Aa-t-9oasHp
, 1865-08-23

Among al the ceehfa.ed remedies for .he euro Of
those Diseases arising from n .I1ruts siAe Of the
Mood nsns seesn 70 r mee1s III we such md
Dr. Easter1yss Iodine and SnrSaparilla.
In the Western stntes ncay thrretoufths Of the IN
.sben!s at @ :Mlsed E r.h to;d% % pr a3sss c2ndl
nj tho Sickness and suffering arise from that Cause,
DR.. Eastcr1y's Iolf1e end Sarsaparillh'
Il tnfal1lble enrc for Liver Complaint. It hAs
cttc action % the Lses, md .eS bottles VIII cust
DR.. Easterly's Iodine and Sarsaparilla
It 2 radscal cure for Chronic cs 1naammasog Hhen.
Ing The bloot, md the cur IL certain and pcrmaoea
DR.. Easterly's Iodine aud Sarsaparilln
1las cu1cd moro casea Of 1cafEcston aud nysEepsia
tea ~ s1s5 es7 invented has ever
Dr. Easterly's Iodine and Sarsaparilla
ss; IS e
cu1el cascs Of over lor1y ysals standing.
Dr. Easterly's Iodine and Sarsaparilln
Is The hest rnety snosn to the civilized world for
!de Mea4 sa!s Ss Dsb fns IN tas S ,se
Facc, md ths yaFsous Et5vo1s AGecsioas to vaieh
bltased state of health. 1tisa nevcfalns cure for
these complaints. .,,,..
DR.. Easferly's Iodine nad Sarsaparilla
Is the best Cosmetic known. Ladies VIM admire =
sss i asss "a ~; =: sSs Ed zSss saiy =
ccuntcr 3ncc 10 tie bloom aDd freshness q youth.
DR.. Easter1y's Iodine aud Sarsaparilla
s@,s su3f1 a r. sde
fpG n.a reaese snd a.s!ssee En nss =. T. f. onss
H. L. saa se :assi d liz
5MsEs seIamessed In such cases n cano' be too re
Dr. Easterly,s iodine md Ssrsanar;]le
, 1865-08-23

ATs-Ftl RaEts chaFnas Henry Clay. Woo!fols Payne
Ho. , An0 = Norton and for seventeen ID Gun uwpic
Ar Of Which can b. ssa, at LOUISVILLE, 6y, IN,
fo5 shs sde-whee1 steamboat D. A. January. regis.
s!dee~heeI Ne2nboat Ohio twreck,.
fng"ooat 7. D. Horuer, rrsi.te9cL iaa
Ana thirteen dD Guaxa1s Rsrees.
AEA33 NTH the day Of sale. A'HH
, 1865-08-23
Claim & 4]ension age,1ts.
IN s. SANITARY CO1lll1S
SION ARMY AND NAVY CLAIM AGESea
,'NO CHANCE FOR sEHVlCKS.

"A. Y. IiSscoTT. Local AGENT = g: Ho1 14St'
q" 80 Ocjcc Ro1n ~ Eeynolls' MocE
rs Sanitary Commission desiring TO relieve
soaic.s saors an their camille. rom e tas en- hesS *
ns estshsSe.i ihis Agency. to collect pensions ar-
a III ns7 bounty and otier claims Agnlnst the Gov
erTn1tnt WITHOUT cnAKGx Oh 1Ifk1sE OF A11 KID
THXJxyX1 TO TIE tIANASfN ..,,.:..x --.
o. Application sent 70 this Agency. staunG The naoe
e1nsny. Tfsaen5 seylee, ard State Of The soldier
on Thosr nccnuut the claim mads date or discharge
posdbie and MrNnrdet to the person applying Tn0e
cso then b executed and returned 70 fhh o11 Nhaen
he csim viii be prosecuted 70 t112 t1s4eT Ia tha
Aaostcst rekhQ urss - Hlads9eSse z-xySEst7
, 1865-08-23
+ ARGE SALE OF GOVERN
II AESr RAnRQAn EGNES AND cARs.

CSHEp STATES MILITARY RAHRoAne%
ofF1Ck OF AsstsrANT QCARIKRAAsrLE.
. WANnExGTpy, D. G. August Il, !Sn.J
Va, On TUESDAY, Cctoher Z.
Twenty-Five f:}tcw ulsF class Locomotive Engines,
ys ts9 fest GTaSe Ers !ees drtyeEa, c5lindess le1
Eve Isl Inst class loconoitTes eet 1a Inch ase-
I've G) feet gnages
Fi!:eeh G0 nov Naaozm ca.s, I've Is, feet guase.,
Ten Qo} Fright CAsss feet IL inches gnnge.
Sale to comm ncnce At II lto'ciock.
~ Terms, cash In Government funds 49,.
II. L. ROBINSON,
au1sh54s.t5t E1ay. Col. and a. O. II.
, 1865-08-23

TINTED STATES MILITARY
~ RAILROADS.
" OFFICE OF AssfsrAtT QEAKTTH1kAsTxH.
: MaaenHtoa, b. G, July Is. ED-
AUCTION SALE OF ROLLING STOCK-
VIII 30 sold Ut Public AcctoD, . the highest 3ler,
the 1oLnTlpg rolling stock: ~ :, ~, ,.u.,, c :,
shop, in Portland, Maine SIX % Locomotive En-
On THURSDAY, September f., At Hlnckly 4 FL.
lans' snGr, In Boston. Mass, fbuf locomotive Ed
81 MONDAY, September = At Kenns,t Square, near
Phl,leiphiJ, Penn Firy t-6l En1 FrtAnt Cars, four
feet eight and . half inch Eausf.
Del, EEhfy.forr 81, Boz Freight Cara nve bet
T9e shove stock Is all new and OF the very best
quality.
eylInleTs it1i inchca. They can be changei 10 mar
row guage at sr11iug expense.
Sales 10 commence Mt 1u \. d.
~N"=- HI. ROBINSON.
,sy2eR3rlst prevet Colonel and i. q. II
, 1865-08-23

AT CINCINNATI OHIO. UNTIL MONDAY. Au-:
GE6T y, l. II.
Fer ths stern-vneel steamboat D, c. Horton, regis
tered t1o tnug. .
stezn-uhesl steamboat Gen. Aeigs, registered 5
stssn.vhsel steamboat Gen. Crook, formerly B, c.
Ievtl registeFotltlI to18,,-
and two i9) Wharfppata registered III and t55 ts-a
An Of which can be seen at GALLPoLIs, o. ali
| the day OF xAle. -
One tD WhafEbosE, lying at PARKEEsECRG, va.
One ~ WhaEfhoat lying ut CATLETTSnURG. Ky.
ma the model Haes, Ho-ncc ana Cnpltola, lying ae
~ Of which can be seen at those paccs Until the day
OF E1le- aulYkk!10t
, 1865-08-23

Nigbt Srahenger,
IT. spAvESGER-

CHARLES RCN2
VIII ai.sod 70 e.en'ns Fasy vaults. teupv1ax s,se,o
manure and oGezxiyp matter OF e%eIy deacIinTim
Andses el1az to CHARLES KuSZ. 70. BOZ ai41.
ttieaxo IL NsAss'-set'sdp
, 1865-08-23
r ARGE GOVERNMENT SALE
- OF
Steamboats,, Wharf Boats, Barges
and other Property.

. ----- QcAErEKaAsrzR GKNEnAl's oFT1cE,I
WAsNEy0TpT, D. C.. July -, Es60.
Et4lcd rrcroFas are Invited and viii bo received AZ
Inc rneet rnu uttH the dates hereinafter namcd, ff
WhNrI boats, BarEes, and othes PrureEty-
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-11
The silent Tongue.

The art of silence, if it be not one of the
fine, is certainly one of the useful arts. 1t
is an art attained by few. How seldom do
we meet with a man who speaks only when
he ought to speak, and says only what he
ought to say That the Bible enjoins its
attainment is most manifest. 1t commands
US to make door and bar for the mouth.
Declares that if man bridleth not his
tongue, his religion is vain. The attain
ment of this art will euable US to avoid say
ing foolish things. We often speak without
reflection, and Of consequence, foolish
thoughts, or expressions destitute ofthought'
are uttered. Possessed of the art of silence
we shall not speak that which, ought not to-
be spoken, Again, it will enable US to avoid
saving hurtful things. Since we are placed
in the world to do good, and since the en-
dowment Of speech is one of our greatest
means of influence, it is most unseemly for
us to utter that which shall do injury. He
whose business it is to root out the tares
should not scatter their seed. 1t will en-
able US to govern our feelings and direct
our, train of thought. He who gives ex-
preston, to his feelings increases their
strength. He who gives expression to an
ger, for example. increases its power over
him. He who gives utterance to improper
thoughts, will increase their number. 1t
will increase our influence with our fellow
men. "A fool uttereth all his mind, but
wise man keepeth it untifafterward." GRAY
ity and reserve are associated with wisdom.
Even an affected gravity is sometimes ef-
fective--the true art Of silence, ever. We
can be useful only as we are influential. ya.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-11
The Efect of Getting Married.

Doubtless you have remarked with satis-
faction, how the little oddities of men who
marry rather late in life are pruned away
found a man with o hinge shirt collar frayed
at the edges, and la glaring silk pockethand-
kerchief, broken of these things, and be-
come a pattern of neatness. You have
seen man whose hair and wbiskers were
ridiculously cut speedily become like other
human beings. You have seems clergyman
who wore a long beard, in alittle while ap-
pear without one on have seen man
who took snuff copionsly, and who general
ly had his breast covered with snuff aban-
don the vile habit. dy 6a-aart a+,w rear,gs
A, wife is the grand wielder of the moral
pruning knife. If Johnson's wife had lived,
there would have been no boarding up of
bits of orange peel; no touching all the
posts in walking along the street no eat
ing and drinking with a disgusting veracity
If Oliver Goldsmith had been married, he
would never have worn that memorable and
ridiculous coat. Whenever you find aman
whom you know little about, oddly dressed
or talking ridiculouslys or exhibiting any
eccentricity of manner, you may be telera-
bly, sure that he is not married man. The
little corners are rounded of, and the little
shoots are pruned away in married men,.
Wives generally have much more sense
than their husbands, especially when the
husbands are clever men. The wife's' adj
vices are like ballast that keeps the ship
steady. They are like the wholesome though
painful shears, shipping off little growths
of selfcOnceit and folly. e eea.t aaT
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-11
phvsiological Phenomena..

An army correspondent, writes; " In the
army and among returned soldiers, | have
noted one fact, in particular, somewhat at
variance with the usual theories. 1t is that
light haired men. of the9nervous, sanguine'
type, stand campaigning better than the
dark haired men. of bilious temperament!
Look through raw regiment onits way to
the 6eld, fully one, half its, members seem
to be of the black.haired, dark-skinned,
large boned, bilious type, See that same
regiment ON itsreturn for muster-out, and
you will find that the black-haired element
has melted away, leaving at least two'thirdsg
perhaps three-fourths, of the regiment to
be represented By, red, brown and haxen
hair. It. is also noticed that men from the
cities, slighter in, physique and apparently
at the outset unable to endure fatigue and
privation, stand severe campaign much
better than men from 1.-THE agricultural dis
tricts. A thin, pale-looking dry goods clerk
will do more marching and starving. than
macy brawpy plow-boy who looks muscu;
lar enough to take a bull by the tail and
throw him over staked-and-ridered fence
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-11
mime for Matrimonv.

Among the ancient Germans, than whom
finer race never existed, it was death for
any woman to marry before she was twenty
years old. LII this country very few women
are fit, either physically or mentally. to be,
come mothers before they reach the age of
twenty. The unsoand condition and con-
stitution of the parent is usually transmit
ten with increased intensity to the offspring.
BY the laws of Lycurgus. the most especlal
attention was paid to the physical educa-
ton of woman and no delicate or sickly
we're, on any account, allowed to marry
Dir. Johnson, in his work on the Economy
Of Health, says that matrimony should not
be contracted before the first year of the
fourth septennial on the part OF the lady,
nor before the last year of the same in case
Of the gentleman in other words, the fe-
male should at least be twenty one years of
age and the male twenty eight years The
doctor says there should be difference OF
several years between the sexes, at whatev-
er period of life the connection is formed.
There is difference of seven years, not III
the actual duration of life, in the two sexes,
but in the stamina of the constitution, the
symmetry of the form and the lineaments
of the face, In respect to early marriages,
so far as it concerns the softer sex, for ev-
cry year at which marriage is entered upon
before the age of twenty-one, there will be,
on an average, three years OF premature de-
cay, more or less apparent, Of the corporeal
fabric. t~"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-11
The Lost Arts.

II gA great deal of nonsense has been utter
ed by sensation lecturers and magazine wri.
i ters about wonderful arts which perished
| with the ancients. To trust in the lamen
tations of these wiseacres over the +" lost
arts" one would think we had fallen upon
very degenerate times indeed But none oi
the dOleful stories are true. Cleopatra, no
doubt, was avery fine woman /; but she new
er dissolved pearls in wine. Archimedes
! was a great man in his day, bat he never
lset fire to the Roman ships with burning
| glasses as the fable relates. ~ ..3r:.ns,.I
| The ancients had no useful arts which We
| do not understand better and practice more
skillfully than they did, The humblest
| American mechanic could teach the polish.
ed Greek Il the cunning Egyptian sciences,
and arts of which they never dreamed. The
ancients indeed, did many wonderful things
which have not been since repeated but
they were only such things as are not worth
doing over again. If we had occasion to
build such foolish things as pyramid, We
would improve upon our modeIin every re-
spect; and instead of keeping hundred
| thousand halfstarved slaves at the work for
twenty years, we would turn it out flushed
in few months. George Law and hun
dred others would be willing to take the
contract at days notice.
If any people, nowadays, lived in a con-
dition like the ancients, they would be OBJ
jects for sincere pity. and it would be our
duty speedily to send missionaries among
them. What lamentable sight would be
nation of great mental vigor, half clothed
and poorly fed, tilling the earth with wood
en- plows; without soap, pins, friction match
es or India rubber? How queenly would
one of our factory girls appear to them r.
How magical the art of Yankee clockma-
ker. Beggars, nowadays, with regard to
the substantial comforts Of life, fare better
than ancient kings. al
Our modern civilization is surely just what
is suited for the welfare of humanity. The
steam engine, politics, electricity, morality
and every good thing move on harmonious
". We look back into the past, to note,
as warnings, the paths of error which our
predecessors trod, and we push on cheer
fully and confidently, feeling that the pres
ent and the future are of the utmost impor-
tance to us.-Scientifc american. ;a,. 81. 5.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-11-11
MYou,.nug America" /"

Ifthere is any one thing more ominous
of evil to our country than another, it is
that oftobacco smoking on the part of the
young men. This habit has long been on
the increase, and is now, probably. more
rapidly extending than ever before. Go
where you will, on steamers, ferry boats.
stages or railroad cars ; stop where you
must, III hotels. depOts, public halls, ETC.,
in all snch places and on alloccasions where
crowd of people assemble, there the to-
bacco smokers will be also. Nor does the
common notice. mo smoking allowed,".
prevent their intrusion iuto parlors, pri
vate rooms and other places where decency
is a commandment And who are those
persons, so bold in r6lthiness ; so lost to
shame |: so unconscious of their own imper-
tinence and offensiveness; so reckless Of
the feelings and opinions and rights of 9TH
ers. and so seemingly destitute Of all sense
of purity or propriety They are mostly
young men many of them are mere boys.
hree-quarters, if not nine-tenths. of all the
tobacco smokers who obtrude themselves
into crowds, and puff their foulness into ev.
cry body's face, with no respect to persons
and no regard TO notices to the contrary,
are young men. Their fathers and grand
fathers, if they smoke at all, usually have
some sense Of proprety left They smoke
in private, in their own places. They
seem TO know that others have rights and
noses as well as themselves But with
Young Ame rica" this is very different
Our young men seem'to prefer to do their
smoking in the most offensive manner pos
sible. and where they can render themselves
as disgusting as possible. They seek the
crowd. They smoke while walking with
lady in the streets. They stride into pub.
lie rooms, private houses, and parade them
selves, with a lighted cigar or burning
pipe in their mouths, alternately eject:ng
suffocating smoke and nauseous spittle, as
unconcernedly about the wishes or opinions
Of others, and with as much self-complacen-
cy and moral obliviousness as might be ex-
pected from donkey or u goat. Can moth
ing be done to prevent these caricatures of
humanity from becoming the fathers of
race of degenerate pigmies, whose existence
can only be disgrace to human nature and
a curse to the world ?-Herald Of Health.