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A Hint on Carpets.

Or all the expensive things in a modern
house of the ordinary class perhaps carpets
are the dearest. In case Of removal, they
become almost useless, and have to be sacri-
feed at any price that can be got for them,
because, having been cut and measured for
one room, perhaps of peculiar shape, they
are useless in any other; for if the pattern
could be matched, which it often can not, a
bit Of bran new carpet sewn on to bit not
so new, would be out OF harmony, and tell a
story which the pride Of poverty would rath-
er were concealed. The Partisan and Turkish
system of carpeting rooms is infinitely better
and prettier than ours The Partisan carpet
especially those from Resht are exquisitely
beautiful Their colors are brighter, the de-
signs prettier, and they are far more durable
than European carpets. They are made in
strips usually between two and three yards
long, and about one yard in breadth, to 60
round the sides OF room. with square car
pet of any size preferred, for the center.
They do not require to be nailed OF fitted
and a sufficient number Of them will ofcourse,
carpet any room, however large or small
They have a very rich and grand appearance,
too. In summer they are easily taken up,
beaten rolled and laid aside by a single ser
want man; and in the hot weather, why
should we not more generally initiate Cont
mental custom, by painting or polishing our
floors? Floors painted or polished look far
prettier in July sunshine than any carpets,
which are then mere fusty traps to catch
dust, harbor insects and retain bad SMELLS
Every thing has its use and its seasons. The
use and season of carpets are not in the sum
ner time. Where it is impossible to paint
Or to polish the floors of house, the employ |
nent of oil cloth will be found good economy !
n summer and far cleaner. Oil cloth, too,
9f charming patterns, may now be bought
very cheap, and it keeps a room delightfully."-
,ool and fresh.-AH the Year Round
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Why Men Marry

Men do not marry for the purpose Of max
ing women happy, but to make themselves
happy. A girl looks forward in her marriage
to what she will do for her husbands happi-
ness. A man, to what he will enjoy through
his wife's ministrations. ''He needs a wife, ="
says the good women who were born and
bred in these opinions and do not suspect
their grossness. at is a grand good match !;
1 don't know anybody that needs a wife
more than he, said one Of these at little
gathering, speaking of a recent marriage
"WhyT' innocenily questioned another wo-
man, who was supposed to have somewhat
peculiar views concerning these things 20,
you don't want anybody to marry" burst
out in chorus of voices-which was surely
a very broad inference from one narrow
monosyIlable. "But why does he need a
wife2" persisted the questioner. r'For sym
pathy and companionship," triumphantly re-
Piled the first woman, knowing that to such
motives her interlocutor could take no ex-
ceptions. But third woman, not knowing
that anything lay behind these questions and
answers, and feeling that the original position
was but feebly maintained by such substan-
tiaI things as sympathy and companionship,
being also a near neighbQr of the person in
question, and acquainted with the facts, pro-
oeeded 10 strengthen the case by adding,
"Well, he was all alone, and he want very
well, and he was taken sick one night and
couldn't get anybody to take care Of him.
But why not hire nurse ?" "Well, he did,
and she was very good; but she wouldn't
do his washing" Only wait long enough,
and you are tolerably sure to get the truth at
last. It was not sympathy and companion
all, that the man wanted it was
his washing-[Gail Hamilton.
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WHOLE NUMBER 149.
Tho Benefits of Advertising.

The New York Sun has the following
items which are worth reading, and consider
lug:
10 properly appreciate the value of adver-
tising, over other methods of making ones
business known to the community, we have
only to instance the many large fortunes that
have been derived from sympathetic course
OF advertising good article in the columns
OF this journal. Benjamin Brandreth. WHO'S
now worth half million of dollars, attributes
his success to advertising, which began with
small notices in the Sun. DR.. Townsend
and many Others are living examples
Shortly after the war commenced, Mr.. Bar
mum concluded that his expenses must be
cur.ailed, and accordingly gave orders to one
oil his agents that his advertisements ia the
Sun must be cut down one-halE This was
accordingly done. A few weeks later. the
great Snowman discovered that his receipts
were growing Smaller by degrees and bean
tifully less" He doubled his attractions. bns
still the receipts were not increased. The
matter became serious, and troubled Mr..
Barnum so much that it disturbed his slim
bers. He gave orders to double the size of
the advertisements. 1t was done, and the
result, as related by Barnum himself was an
increase Of $50 in his receipts the first week,
subsequently,. Since then he has never at
tempted to economic by reducing the
amount paid for his advertisements.
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The steamer beached at a distance Of full
three hundred yards from the shore. The
surf was dreadful, and the undertow nothing
could stand. The foamy tops of the rolIiug
pillows were peopled with human freight,
and there was general wreck Of upper
works and furniture. Nothing daunted, Kin
man fastened one end of the rope he had
brought along around his body, gave the 9TH
er end to his hardy comrades, telling them to
watch him, and, whenever he got hold Of any
person. to haul him back In this manner
he continued TO work until he had succeeded
in drawing out one hundred persons. The
vessel proved to be the Northerner, bound
from San Francisco, California, to Portland,
Oregon. She had run upon sunken rock
off Cape Mendoseno, stove a hole in her bot
tom and commenced filling f0st. While thus
settling, the gallant captain, VIM. NJ. Dali,
made for the coast, and succeeded in reach
ing the beach in front of the residence of the
gallant Klnman. She had on board one hun
dred and forty persons, one hundred ofwhom
were saved, forty passed beyond the shores
of time. The following letter was received
by Kinman.
SAN FRANCTsCo, CAL, Feb. 2, 1860.
Seth Knman, Esq, Humboldt County CaI.,
DEAR SIR: We have heard of your noble
work at the wreck of the Northerner of the
kindness of your good mother and family to
our crew.
We can never forget the debt Of gratitude
we owe you; we hope we may soon see you
here to thank you in person.
You shall always have passage on any Of
our steamers at your disposal, and we hope
you will come down.
May Heaven bless you and yours, and
watch over life so fearlessly risked to save
others.
Faithfully and respectfully, |
FORBES & BABCoCK, Agents.
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Cur Story TrIItr,
A DETECTIVES ANECDOTE,
TIE PAIR OF GLOVES.

"Ir's a singular story, sir, said In
spector Weld, of the Detective Police,
who, in company with Sergeant Dornton
and NTH, paid US another twilight visit,
one July evening, and I've been think
ing you might like to know it."
It's concerning the murder of the
young woman, Eliza Grimwood, some
years ago, over in the Waterloo road
She was commonly called the Countess,
because of her handsome appearance and
the proud way she had of carrying her
self; and when I saw the poor Countess
q had known her to speak to her. lying
dead, with her throat cut. on the floor of
her bedroom, you'll believe me that
variety of reflections, calculated to make
a man rather low in his spirits, came into
my head.
"That's neither here nor there. I
went to the house the morning after the
murder and examined the body, and made
a general observation of the bedroom
where it was lying. Turning down the
pillow of the bed with my hand, I found
underneath it pair of gloves. A pair
of gentleman's dress gloves, they were,
and very dirty; and inside the lining
we're the letters T. B. and a crcss.
"Well, sir, I took them gloves away,
and showed 'em to the magistrate, over
at Union Hall, befor whom the case was.
He says, 'Wield, there's no doubt this is
discovery that may lead to something
very important, and what you have got
to do Weld, is to find out the owner of
these gloves
al was of the same opinion, of course,
and went at it Immediately, I looked at
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8, 1865

Sinners Song" Of Luther's that the peasant
raised before the battle Of Frankenhausen
and brave Earl Oldenburgh triumphed at
Drakenburgh by the song Of Simeon.
So curiously are the lives OF those hymns
interviewer with fercest human struggles and
profoundest human joys, with kings and poll
tics, and famous battles that determined the
fate of kingdoms, with. poor peasants and
lonely and nameless households, with crimes
that leave the reddish stains in history, and
softening ofrugged and wild hearts. And it
is pleasant to take up hymn that has con-
nected itself with past events, and can be
traced into many a house and heart by its
comfortable thoughts Herbert's hymn on
Sunday gains a certain mournlul delicacy,
when we know that he sung it himself upon
his death bed; that
'Like a sweet swan, he warbles, as he dies,
His Makers praise and his own obseQuies.
Gerhardt, himself died repeating one Of his
own hymns, and even with the very words,
"Him no death hath power to kill. "
d And there is touching legend by which
as King Christian of Denmark lay sick at
Christmas time, an angel came to him in
dream and told him he would live but eight
days And on New Years day his chaplain
preached him farewell sermon, but when
his courtiers would not sing death songs
over, he cried, "Then will sing myself, and
you with me, and it shall be said the King Of
Denmark sung himself to the grave" And
lifted up his voice, clear and strong, and they
sang the song of Simeon, but as they sung he
fell asleep in Jesus
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Don't sqeezs.

WmLE we are growing very sensible, IN
deed, in the matter of dress as far as boots,
BalnOral skirts, warm stockings, and high
necks, we are degenerating in some other
matters quite as important. TIE corset Is
now a necessary part of a woman's ward
robe, and. alas when woman does begin
to wear corsets, she viii wear them too small,
and viii tug at the laces until her breath be-
comes short, and she feels it necessary to re-
frain from anything like comfortable meal.
We say nothing against weIl-shaped corset
worn loose, but there lies the difficulty. A
loose corset Injuries the appearance Of the fig
ure instead Of improving it, and people wear
corsets that they may have small waists.-
All we can say is, don't squeeze, whatever
you do; you may have small waists, butyou
are exposing yourself to dozen misfoTtunes
which are as bad as large waist. First,
you'll sure have dyspepsia, and grow yellow,
and cross, and unhappy; secondly, your
hands will grow red; thirdly, your nose;
fourthly, you will be unable to walk a mile
at once; filthy, dinner will be a misery;
sixthly, your shoulder blades will increase in
size and altitude; seventhly, your eyes viii
grow weak; eighty, you viii break doRnst
thirty or thereabouts, and be a sickly old
woman from that time forth. Il these truths
do not frighten women from tight corsets,
perhaps the information that gentlemen gen
orally do not admire what dressmakers call a
pretty fgnre" so much as a natural one,
nay have so much influence.
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Money and Hatrimony.

A PooR man or an obscure man proposes to
a young woman whose father is rich and is re-
fused, The poor and obscure man becomes
presently great banker, a governor, presi-
dent Of a college, or RECEIVERS lost counties or
dukedoms in Europe. have even heard the
story reported Of the Emperor of the French
and a New York young woman. Moral: Is
not the woman sorry now that she did not
marry that poor man2 Probably not. Ger
taiuly not if she belongs to the true type
What have all these changes to do with the
matter? Is be any more comfortable to live
with because he is a governor2 Is he any
more adapted to her because he is duke p
It is barely possible that she was mistaken;
but if She were, she is probably ignorant Of
it herself. His present state does not indi-
cate a mistake. Only a close companionship
would be likely to discover it. The qualities
which make domestic content are not usually
revealed by ever 50 brilliant public Success
II they originally existed they are little like
ly to have been developed As business af-
fairs are usually conducted, they are more
likely to crown out home happiness than to
create it. But all this is irrelevant. Moth
ing is really meant to which this is an an
swer. It is only the manifestation of a blind
ness to what constitutes attraction. The
man has discovered outside advantages and it
is assumed.that that's enough She ofcourse
refused him because she had not sagacity
enough to discern the shadow Of his coming
greatness. It does not seem to be suspected
that she could have refused him because he
did not suit her What differenc. does it
make whether man is a clown or king, if
you do not like him? Is a great Judge nee
esSary as an agreeable person to think Of? Is
a world renowned fnarcier necessarily the
person who will have most power to draw
out what is good and gracious in a woman ?
Girls naturally give their loyalty to men, not
to crowns, to ermine. The lovely Forina
was as fond of King Charming. when he came
TO her in the shape of a Blue-bird, as when
he appeared at court in royal majesty
Wicked outside opinion, tits true, warps their
in very great degree, and de-
stroys their freedom; but of their own ma
ture, in their inmost heart, they are true
and when they have independence enough to
manifest their truth in these palpable acts
they may be safely set down as true. They
acted from sincerity and dignity, not from
short-sightedness They acted |
from the most simple and natural causes, and
what have they got to regret2 1t is muah
better to be the wife OF an honorable and re-
,pectable American citizen than to be en-
Dress Of the French-even looking at it in
solely worldly point Of view. When weadd
o this that one loves the American citizen,
md does not love the French emperor. the
,ase may as well be ruled out Of court at
,nce. There IS no ground for any further
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gil Sorts Of G5uu9 8fa0ing.
The Story Of Certain Hymns.
"That's the story, Sir"

HylMs have sometimes been curiously,
used in stirring times, especially about the
Reform ion period. More than once the
Romish preachers have been compelled to
abandon the pulpit by the vigorous singing
of one of the Luther's. They have played
their part in battle. At the famous Battle Of
Lutzer, one Of Herman's hymns was raised by
a regiment before going into the fight and
one after another took it up until all the col
umn were singing as they advanced, "ShalI
l silence them?" the General asked, as he
rode up to stern, tobacco-loving, heroic King
Fritz. NO; with such soldiers God will
give me the victory" and leaping down
among the ranks and crying, Now, child
ren, in Gods nameI" he led them into bat
tie. ............
When the battle was won, the field was
strewn with the dead and wounded; it was
night and the soldiers were weary. Then
one. began to sing a hymn of Thanksgiving,
the bands Joined in, ond presently it rose
from the army in full and mighty chorus that
reached and greatly moved the king, who
turned round, exclainsing: What a power
there is in reIigionT 1t was at the great
battle of Leipzig, that Gustavus AdOlphus
sang, with his army, Larmen Heroicum, and
after that he thanked God for the victory in
a stanza of the same hymn. The TIE Deum
won the fight in Liebuitz; it was ''POor
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CONE, let us drink the applejOckl
Cut the tough lemon with the blade;
Hot let the water then be made;
There gently pour the liquor; there
Sift the white sugar in with care,
And mix them all as giDgerly
As poets mingle rhythmic feet
Toprint in some aesthetic sheet:
So mix we the appleiack.
What drink We in the apple7jack?
Buds, which the sprees of nights and days
Shall swell TO blossoms all ablaze;
Spots, where the rash a crimson guest
Shall put our good looks to the test
We drink from the distillery,
A balm for each i'll omene hour,
A pleasant alcoholic shower,
When we drink the apple jack.
What drink we in the applejack2
Sweets from that Jersey farm of Springs,
That load the wagons, carts and things,
When from the Orchard-row he pours
His fruit to the distillery doors;
And toddy blossoms, red that be;
Drinks for the sick mans silent room,
For the bon yi0aHt, rosy bloom,
We brew, with the applejack.
What drink We in the applejack?
Heads that shall swell in sunny June,
To ache like fun in the August moon,
And droop as sober folks come by,
Under the blue September sky;
And fellows, wild with noisy glee,
Shall breathe strong fragrance as they pass,
And tumble on the tufted grass
The effect of the applejack,
And when above this appiejack
The silver spoons are quivering bright,
And songs 90 howling through the night,
We, whose young ewes o'erilow with nlirth,
shaD quaff or punch by cottage-hearth,
And guests in prouder homes shuu see,
Beside the red blood of the grape,
A bottle of a different shape
The bottle Of the applc.jack.
The glory of this oppIe.jack,
Winds and our flag Of stripe and star
Shall bear to coasts that lie alar,
Where men shall drink till all is blue,
The apple jack Of Sandynew
And they who roam upon the sea,
Shall mourn the past but happy day
When grog made labor seem like play,
The day Of the applcjack.
Each year shall give this aHPlc-iack
4 melIoWer taste, warmer bloom,
A potency gainst mopes aud gloom,
Ana make it when the frost clouds lower,
\ thing for punch Of wondrous power;
The years shall come and pass, but We
Shall grow no better where We lie,
While Summers songs and Autumn's sigh
Shall ripen the appIejack
And time shall waste this applejack,
Oh, when its aged barrels grow
Light, as the rare old juice runs low,
Shall fraud and force ard iron will
Cypress Us with a Maine-law bill!
What shall the tasks of mercy be,
Amid the tOdless tOper's tears,
If this should come, when length Of years
Is wasting this applejack?
''WhO barreled this old applejack:
The bibbers of that distant day
Thus to some aged Sport shall say:
And lingering his goblet's stem,
The gray haired cuss shall answer them:
"a poet ofJcrsey fame was he,
Born in the heavy drinking times;
Tis said he made some quaint old rhymes
On drinking the applejaek"
" Y Leader.
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a little more talk with him and his son
over glass, and we parted excellen
friends.
"This was late on a Saturday night
First thing on Monday morning, 1 wen
to the haberdasher's shop, opposite Mr.
Trinkle's the great upholster's in Cheap
side. {" Mr.. Phibbs in the way?" "My
name is Phibbs." ooh believe you
sent this pair of gloves to be cleaned ?''
eyes, I did, for young Mr.. Trinkle over
the way. There he is, in the shop p
"Oh! that's him in the shop, isit2 Him
in the great coat2" "The same indi-
vidual." "WoI, Mr.. Phibbs, this is an
unpleasant affair; but the fact is I am
Inspector Weld of the Detective Police,
and I found these gloves under the pillow
Of the young women, that was murdered
the other day, oyerin the Waterloo Roadl'
" Good Heaven" !" says he. "He's a
most respectable young man, and if his
father was to hear of it, it would be the
ruin Of him' "I'm very sorry for it,
but I must take him into custody
" Coed Heaven p says Mr.. Phibbs, again;
"can nothing be dOne?" ''Nothing says
L" Will you allow me to call him over
here, says he, " that his father may not
see it done ?" q don't object to that,
says J; but unfortunately, Mr.. Phibbs,
I cant allow of any communication be-
tween you. If any was attempted, I
should have to interfere directly. Per-
haps you'll beckon him over here?" Mr..
Phibbs went to the door and beckoned,
and the young fellow came across the
street directly; smart, brisk young iel-
low.
"Good-morniug Sir" says I. Good
morning, Sir, says he. Would you al
low me to inquire, Sir, says I, eff you.
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dreadful st,,en "3Tr Weld " bo saws
% unop NV soIumn oath Tnaver was there
I never SO much as saw her TO nv kp, WI
edge, in my life" Gam very sorry"
saws I. "To tell Won the truth 7 don't
think YOU are the murderer Bnt I must
take YOU to Union Hall in A cab How
ever. l think it's ruse of that sort that
at present, at all events, the magistrate
will hear it in private.
4 private examination took nIace
and then it came out that this Young
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Law W0E HEWsPApERs,

!. Subscribers who do not give express notice
o the contrary, are considered as wishingte con
Eunetheir subscriptions to the paper.
2. If subscribers order the discontinuance Of
heirp periodicals, the publisher may continue to
send them until all arrearages are paid.
IS Ifsubsefibers neglect or refuse to take their
periodicals from the Office to which thev were d.
sected, they are held responsible tlthey have set
lied the bill and ordered them discontinued.
&. If subscribers remove to other places with
sutlnforming the publisher, and the papers are
sible.
8. The Courts shaved decided dthatrefusingtotake
periodicals from the Office, or removing and leav-
thg them unealled for, is prila facie evidence Of
lntentionalfraud.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1865-02-08

! DLARRHGA AND DYsENTERY-We have ex-
amined a great number of letters from some
Of the most citizens Of Cincinnati and COvinc-7
ton ETC., speaking in the highest terms Of
DR.. Suickland's Ant-CholeTa Mixture for the
cure of diarrhoea and dySentery. The letters
are too long to publish. Mr.. Woods, ofCov-
ington, says he was pronounced incurable by
the best doctors in Cincinnati, and one bottle
of DR.. Strickand's Anti-Cholera Mixture eff
ected a permanent cure after suffering for
months with the worst form OF diarrhCea aud
dysentery. ..-.-. o.
Another says he was discharged from the
limited States service after suffering in the
hospital for s months as incurabIe, and as
1oet resource tried Strickland'S Anti-Cholera
Mixture he got well directly and has now en-
tered the army again in good health. One
man writes he has cured seven or eight very
bad cases of diarrhOea and dysentery in the
barracks he was in with one bottle of this
valuable medicine In fact we could Gil half
our paper with similar items from these let
ters. Why does not our Government secure
this valuable preparation. Our army ought
to be supplied with it. 1t Is but a short time
since one of our men laid in a very low con-
dition at one of our Cincinnati Hospitals, his
vile was sent Tor, ms doctors considered his
a hopeless case. She, however, gave him
Auti-Cholera Mixture, and in
three weeks he was able TO return home with
his wife to New Richmond, 0. All these
cases right at home speak for themselves.-
We hope all the soldiers viii put bottle Of
it in their krapsackS it may save them or
some Of their comrades Ii is for sale by all
druggists.