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Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-18

sented the receipts of James W. Brown for all
monies that came to his hands while acting as
Trustee.
A bill for $50 was allowed tbs Gas Company
for gas furnished the county Offices and jail. for
the last quarter.
MAD SrosE-The Terre Hsuie Journal says
of the mad stone in the possession OF Mrs. Mary
J. Taylor, of that city:
There is 10 doubt abou, the efficacy of this
singular and valuable stone. Hundreds OF
persons afflicted by dog aud snake bites by
timely using it have preserved their lives. and
there is no necessity for any to die from the
effects of bydrophobs if they within any
reasonable distance OF this city. The tact Of its
existence aud wonderful curative powers shodld
be spread far and vide for the benefit OF the un-
fortunate sufferers from rabid bites"
Ii there is any curative power in this stone 1t
should be sent to this city, a. there are a number
of persons here that have been bitten.
TRIAL Foa AsoRIIoS-Dr. Joseph Fell 10
CHARGED trith procuring abortion on his trife.
Mary Fell On FRIDAY preliminary examIua-
ton was commenced in the Mayors Court. in
which DR.. Joseph Fell Is charged With procuring
An abortion on his wife. Mary Fell. The follow
ing is the affidavit on which the trial IA base5:
State Of Indiana. MarioR Co. SIS:
BE IL remembered. that on this day, before me.
Jonn Oafen, mayor OF the Clty OF Indianapolis.
personally came John PayEter. who being by me
duly sworn, upon his oath says that Joseph
Fell. as said afiant veIily believes. late of said
county. on or about the LIT day of july in the
wear lc65. at the city OF and county aforesaid.
did then and there wilfuiy administer to Mar,
Fell a pregnant woman, az said Joseph Fell then
and there we'll knew. noIious drug with in.
tsst thereby to procure the miscarriage OF said
Msrv Fell, and the same not being then and
there accessory TO preserve her lie, contrary TO
the form Of the statute ia such N abe aud
provided, and against The peace and dignity OF
the State Of Indiana.
f,ssu-al JOHN PASsTsE
Subscribed and sworn 10 before me- THIS 3lsI
day OF August. 1855. J. CAvrs, Mayer
warrant issued on the above affidavit.
AM the Doctor arrested. when he deposited with
the Mayor $500 security for his appearance AZ
ths 4 me set for hearing the case
On Friday the case came up. y. h. Elliott
appearing .s counsel for the defense and W
lie lthers for the prosecution. The iolowing are
the witnesses sun monei 10 the case John Pawn.
ter. DR. Dozan. Session Mary Psynter
MARY Bsoomstock and DIR W. { Cole
A partial examination OF the Witnesses was
had on Friday. when the continued
until this afternoon, at two o'clock
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or INDIANA
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-18

setence In both rexes the effects Of these diseases
tho body and mind, and the Authors New Treatment
all these in fall, the sny saecessful method
cure, with exposition of ousckey.
This ork 10 not quack advertisement, but warnin,
and guide Tor married aud single Il is the only bool
that gives the treatment 81 all the above diseases in plan
English with full directions for setrestnent, and
tains much valuable information not proper 10 mention
In public notice The work contains3 $50 pages, and 10
plates and cravings Of the above diseases. Sent 10 an,
address In . sealed Wrapper, or receipt OF one dclD
Those afflicted with any Of The above diseases, befor,
placing themselves under the ;rcstmsnt OF any one
should first cad this work.
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Xidneys, Bladder, PROSTATE Gland,
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fENALE DISEASES. with sb-
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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11
WOnlan's Hand.

There is scarcely in the whole scope
of our enjoyment-it is q bold, bold
assertion, but, oh, how true!-a SEN
sation more delightful than that
arising from the warm touch Of n
woman's hand Its very delicacy and
weakness, as it glides into more
strong and manly grasp, is a fit en-
blem of the just confidence the heart
is desirous to bestow upon its destin-
ed protector. And whilst the nerves
thrill over the soft fingers and the
electricity of passion is firing every
vein-whilst spirit richer and more
refined than thought itself, flutters in
the bosom-how the heart seems
striving to expand itself into that un-
utterable ecstacy of being, so seldom
felt-so impossible to describe.
Reader, if like myself, thou hast
slipt over the mature age Of thirty,
invoke, pray thee, the aid of memo
ry, and let her recall in moonlight
fitfulness, the scenes of thy courtship
thy April mornings of hope and
fear-of love, joy and passion. Let
those visions of bliss again rise in
sbadowy review, like the springing
afresh of rainbow fountain-thOu
wilt own that whether amidst the
luxuries of art, screened by friendly
shade from the too strict scrutiny Of
the brilliant chandelier, or in the sol
itude of natures untimed magnifi-
cence-whether lulled by the subdu-
ing serenity of a summers eve, or
reveling in the babel voices of the
merry sleigh-bells-if thou couldst
but win the confidence of her thou
lowest, so seemingly unconscious it
had escaped her maidenly keeping,
she would trust her timid hand in
thine, thy thoughts were flooded
with delight-thy very bosom glowed
with a generous rapture. OH how
you then swore to thy heart of hearts
"a more holy, more pure, than that
of the altar to protect, to comfort
her-to minister to her joys, to be
her guard, her guide, her all in all ?
If thou didst not, thou vert no lover.
Perchance with the soft reminis-
cence of stolen glances, (the soft eff
forts of unpledged love) timld speech
es ardent vows, comes the whitening
thought of faith broken, looks es-
tranged, and VOWS forgotten-the
cold countenance, the naughty an
swer, the disdaintul smile Alas
memory is to faithful a witness; and
when called to bear testimony to the
dearest pleasures of "Lang Syne,"
dare even there be cross examin ed.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11
The Beauty of the SKY.

1t is q strange thing how little, in gen
eral, people know about the sky. 1t Is
the part of creation in which nature has
done more for the sake of pleasing man,
more for the sole purpose of talking to
him and teaching him, than IN any OF
her works in which some more material
or essential purpose than the mere pleas
ing of man is not answered in every part
of her organization, but every essential
purpose of the sky might, as far as we
know, be answered if once in three days,
or there abouts, great, black, ugly rain
cloud were broken up over the blue, and
everything well watered and all left blue
again until the next time, with perhaps
a film of morning and evening mist for
dew. But instead of this there is not a
moment in any day of our lives when
nature is not producing scene after scene,
picture after picture, glory after glory,
and working still upon such exquisite
and constant principles of the most per
feet beauty, that it is quite certain it Is
all done for us, intended for our perpet-
ual pleasure, by the Great Being who
made all worlds.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11

SOME SNAKE.-The Allegan mich }
Journal says We are informed that
on Sunday week, q snake of onor-
nous dimensions was seen in the ad-
joining town of Clyde. The facts, as
near as we can learn, are as follows {:
On the morning in question, Mr.
John Archer started from the hotel
Kept by a Mr.. B. F. Minier, in the
township, on a hunting excursion, and
on arriving at large swamp in the
vicinity, and hearing a strange noise
in some tall brake in the swamp, he
threw q stick in the direction of the
sound, whereupon, he says, a snake
with a head as large as his two hands,
suddenly rose up two feet above the
brake. Mr.. Archer raised his gun and
was preparing to "draw bead" on
the reptile, when his snakeship disap-
peared as suddenly as it came. The
hunter then threw another stick,
when the monster darted forth in all
its magnificent proportions. Mr.. Arch
er for a moment was paralyzed with
terror, and on recovering his pres
ence of mind started on a run from
the place, and looked not behind until
he had gone a mile. On arriving at
the hotel he stated the above facts to
Mr.. MINER, and said that the snake
was at least thirty feet long and six
inches in diameter And what would
further seem to confirm the above
statement, Mr.. MINER and his son, Il
small boy, the next day went fishing
in a boat on a lake near the swamp,
and Mr.. Miner having occasion to
send the boy on shore into the swamp
for something, the boy soon came
running back half dead with fright,
exclaiming that he, too, had seen the
"big snake" Several other persons
within the last two years have report
ed having seen the "sarpient," but
until recently it has been sup
posed a myth. This is rare chance
for Barnum-could this snake be
caught and placed in his museum, it
would outrival the celebrated anacon-
das and boa constructors of CeylOn
and South Ameri ca.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11
The Beggar Roy and Flowers.

The following story, the origin of
which we cannot trace, beautifully
illustrates the power of kindness:
ago away from here, you old beg
gar boy? You've no right to be look
ing at our flowers" shouted little
fellow from the garden where he was
standing. The poor boy, who was
pale, dirty and ragged, was leaning
against the fence, admiring the splen-
did show Of roses and tulips within.
His face Redeemed with anger at the
rude language, and he was about to
answer defantly, when q little girl
spralg ont fri an arbor near, and
f6tking at rEsn, sate 20 har brother,
elbow could you speak so, Herbert !!
Pam sure his looking at the flowers
don't hurt US" And then to smooth
the wounded feelings of the stranger,
sbe added: Little boy, I'll pick you
some flowers if you wait moment,
and she Immediately gathered bo-
qUet and handed it through the fence
His face brightened with surprise
and pleasure, and he earnestly thank
ed her. Twelve years after this oc-
currence, the girl had grown to be
woman. One bright afternoon she
was walking with her husband in the
garden, when she observed a young
man in workman's dress, leaning
over the fence, looking attentively at
her and the flowers. Turning to her
husband she said: at does me good
to see the people admiring the gar
den;" and approaching him she said:
care you fond of flowers, sir? it will
give me great pleasure to gather you
some" The young workman looked
a moment into her face, and then
said in a voice tremulous with feeling:
"Twelve years ago, I stood here a
ragged beggar boy, and you showed
me the same kindness The bright
flowers and your pleasant words made
a new boy of me; aye, and they made
a man of me too"
"Your face, madam, has been a
light 70 me in many dark hours Of
life, and now, thank God, though that
boy is still an humble, hard working
man, he is an honest and a grateful
one" Tears stood in the eyes of the
lady as, turning to her husband, she
said: "God put it into my young
heart to do that little act of kindness,
and see what a great reward it has
brought"
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11

HUMoR.-Tha Chicago Journal COM
menced a lengthy ''plea for good hu-
NOR" as follows:
Our readers have remarked that we
sprinkle our columns with things hu-
morOus as we'll as things grave and
substantial We do this on purpose,
and with a purpose. We believe in
running" the cheerful as well as the
cloudy side of human affairs. Life is
sober, the times are stern, people are
grave or mad There is little iollity
in America. It's the all-work-and-no-
play that makes Jack a dull boy,
which predominates in the American
disposition. Leisure is rare, sport is
rarer, and laughter rarest of all.
Gravity beclouds the countenance of
the street. Men look sober and wo-
men sad. Business, business! There
is no end to business. The social cir
Gle is broken up, home is a remember
ed dream. Men and women meet oc-
casionally, and but to bow and say
good bye
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11

Major General Sickles, in a letter to
General Fitzpatrick, of New Jersey, com
ments upon the New Jersey Democratic
platform, and in referring to the plank
which declares that "the credit of the
victories won by the Union armies are
due alone to the white officers and sol
diers,' says:
This quotation from the seventh resolu-
ton is as generous as it is grammatical
You and know, as well as our comrades
know, that the exclusion of the black
troops from fair share of praise, is as
unjust as it is mean. They performed
their duty with courage and fidelity and
zeal. They have proved their fitness to
enjoy the freedom which their valor help
ed to win. If, as the copperheads say,
the war was waged for emancipation, was
it not right that the race which was to be
enfranchised should share the perils of
the conflict? If, as we say, the war was
prosecuted to defend the Union and Con
stitution of our fathers, need the copper
heads complain that negroes took their
places in the ranks? Let them grumble;
no one else is hurt.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11
THE ROOM WHERE WAS BORN.

From a visions sweet delirum 1 awOke at break of
day,
To inhaie the breath of morning. scented by the
mOWn hay:
To behold the dewy meadows and the billowy fields
Sitting by. the eastern window in the room whereI
was born.
Then heard the lowing cattle on the western pas
ture land
And the bleating fOeks replying from the hills on
either side:
1 beheld the stars of morning growing DINNER. as
of old.
Till the tides of morn o'erwhemed itin their pur-
pie and their gold.
Then adown the western faces of the eastward
mountain range
Glide spectral train of shadows. forms of beauty
weird and strange;
And across bridge of rainbOWs. arch on arch and
Streamed the floods that like the Iightnings on the
western summit ran.
Down the eastward sloping meadows 'whelming
all the wooded tracts,
Rolled the fossy mists of morning. grand. but ST.
Downward. ,till the foamy biIlOws filed the valley
And beneath the murmuring river sang its ever
Sweeping, up the sunless gOrges. drifting up the
Went the tidal waves of vapOr. till the mornings
golden rays
Leavened them with an aural splendOr. like that
sea the seer deseries,
Bearing fleets of pilgrim shallOps to the gates Of
Paradise.
oh. ye sinless dreams OfchildhOod! purer than the
driven snoWl
Clearer than the crystal waters. sweeter in your
rhythmic fowl
Still the eastern eapes of shadow with your chas-
tened splendOrs glow!
Still your gories are reflected on the path of life
below
Blessed monitors of bOyhOod. leading upward to
the skies;
Pointing like flaming pillar where the patb Of
duty lies;
Could we feel your purer presence at.life's noon,
and at its even,
Never should our feet be tempted from the starry
way to Heaven.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11
Educated Farmers.

There is no reason why men of the
very highest education should not 90
to the farm for their living. Jfa son
of mine were brought up on purpos to
be farmer, if that was the calling
which he preferred, still would edu-
cate him, if he had common sense to
begin with. He would be as much
better for it as O farmer as he would
be as a lawyer. There is no reason
why thoroughly scientific education
should not be given to every farmer
and to every mechanic. A beginning
must be made at the common school.
Every neighborhood ought to have
one. But they do not grow of them
selves like toad-stools. And no de-
cent man would teach school on wa
ges that conal-boy or hostler would
turn up his nose at. You may as well
put your money in the fire as to send
it to q "make believe" teacher-a
great noodle head who teaches school
because he is fit for nothing else :
Lay out to get a good teacher. Be
willing to pay enough to make it
worth while for smart men to become
your teachers. And when your boys
show an awaknening taste for books,
see that they have histories, travels,
and scientific tracts and treatise
Above all do not let the boy get q
notion that if he is educated, he must
of course quit the farm. Let him get
an education that he may make a
better farmer. do not despair of yet
seeing a generation Of honest politi-
clans. Educated farmers and mechan-
les, who are in good circumstances,
and do not need Office for support, nor
make politics trade, will stand the
best chance for honesty, But the
Lord deliver US from tenth-rate law
yers, vagabond doctors, brawling
preachers, bankrupt clerks turned in
to patriotic politicians Il Henry
Ward Beecher.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11

The SIAMEsE TwINs.-The Siamese
twins are living in North Carolina,
where they farm plantation. They
married two sisters, and while they
had five children each, the sisters lived
happily. When one of them, howev-
er, had a sixth child, they quarreled
and would not live under the same
roof. The twins are now fifty years
old. One of them is dropping, and
experiments have been made to find
out if the ligature that binds them
were cut, whether they could survive.
On the ligiture being tied so as to
prevent the circulation of the blood,
the twins tainted. it is evident, there
fore, that when one dies they cannot
be separated, and both must pepish.
Their respiration is synchronous
when they are calm; their hours OF
sleeping and waking, and their Joys
and sorrows, and desires are the same.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11

A SINGULAR MoNoMANIA.-A man
in Darlington, who has for some time
been suffering strange alteration of
mind, few days since tried to force
n stone down his throat, using q stick
for the purpose, and the result was
that he forced a frightful hole through
to the external surface of his neck,
causing death. A post mortem exam
inatiOn of the unfortunate man de-
velOped the astonishing fact that his
stomach and intestines contained enc
stone ?! inches long, weighing Il
ounces; another stone of irregular
shape, I inches in diamiter, of the
same weight; q peice of corn-cOb p
inches in length; wooden handle such
as is used to spin tops, t inches long
and half an inch square at the end;
another sticK p inches long and over
half au inch wide; and corn-husk
IA inches long, which had been thrust
down his throat without chewing
The case was very remarkable =
Providence Journal.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11

SUICIDE IN CHAGRIN FALLs.-Last
night, Mrs Caleb Ayres, of Russell,
Geauga county, formerly of Chagrin
Falls, hung herself A hired man at
their house had been sick for some
time, and their little boy had also
recently been taken sick, she and Mr..
A. had been up nights considerable,
and were well worn out. Mrs. A. had
some symptoms of a fever, and had
sent for her mother, and was quite
anxious to see her, telling her that
it was hard one could not die when
they wanted to, and that she was GO
ing to kill herself; she also told other
members of the family the same. She
went to bed late in the evening and
received the attentions of her mother.
Mr.. A. retiring about twelve, suppos-
ed she was asleep, occupied the same
bed, her mother being in the room
adjoining and close to the door. Mr..
A. soon fell asleep, aud on awakening
about halfpast one he found his wife
gone and soon discovered her dead.
She had quietly arisen, passed out
through the room her mother was
asleep in, took a rope previously pre-.
pared and a light ladder, carried it to
tree, assembled the same, fastened
the rope to the tree and around her
neck, swung off, and so put an end to
her life.-Clsv. Herald.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-10-11

of this generation not yet reached by di-
rect Christian labor, using for this pur-
pose the press, public meetings, local or
CARNATIONS and other suitable means
| Resolved, That it shall be the duty of
tie Commission to collect and diffuse in
formation adapted to stir up the hearts of
Christians everywhere to increased ac-
tivity in the relief, rescue and salvation
of men; to suggest methods which ex-
tended observation, comparison and ex-
perience have proved best adapted to
these various ends; as far as possible to
call forth and increase the voluntary,
and unpaid services of individuals in the
Masters vineyard; to devise plans for the
training and employment of women's
talent in the various spheres of Chris
tian labor; to be a medium between
Christian laborers and those who desire
their services whether churches, public
institutions, societies or individuals; to
reinforce, in every appropriate way, all
forms of Christian effort and charitable
work, and extend the blessings of the
gospel to all men, even the most aban-
doned.
The name of the proposed organization,
in the next to the last resolution, pro-
voked a discussion which occupied all
the forenoon. The upshot of it all was,
that the name was changed to the Amer
lean Christian Commission"
The resolutions were then adopted, and
the Convention named the Commission.
We have not room this week for the
entire list. 1t contains names distin-
guished for piety and influence, and
spreads over twenty one States and Ter
ritories. Every Evangelical Church par
ticiping in the Convention, we believe
had its representation in the Commission.
The temporary organization of the
Commission is as follows:
President-ChiefJ Justice Chase,
Vice President-Dr. Drubin,
Secretary-Rev. W. E. Boardman.
The Sessions of the Convention were in
tensely interesting. On Wednesday eve
ming able addresses were delivered in the
Churches, in various parts of the city,
which were numerously attended.
A strong religious influence pervaded
the Convention and seemed to permea te
all who came within its influence, and
great good, it is earnestly hoped, will be
the result of its deliberations.
A DELEGATE.
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Fartb hos soroe scored snots vbare

Earth has some sacred spots where
we feel ike losing the shoes from our
feet and treading with holy reverence
where common words of pleasure
are uniting; places where friend
ships hands have fingered in each,
vows have been plighted, prayers
offered, and tears shed How the
thoughts hover around such places,
and travel through immeasurable
space to visit them! But of all spots
on earth none is so sacred as that
where rest, awaiting the resurrection,
those we once loved and cherished
Hence, in all ages, the better portion
of mankind have chosen the spots
where they have loved to wander at
eventide, and alone. But among the
charnel-houses of the dead, it is a
mothers grave. There sleeps the
mother of our infancy; the one whose
heart was q stranger to every feeling
but love, and who could find excuses
when we could find none for ourselves.
There she sleeps, and we love the
very earth for her sake.