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The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20

A HiGuwAY RoBnElN FBusrRArED.-Mr.
sylvester Spain, who had been to Urbana,
on Monday last, to get $500. which he OBJ
tanned, s3Ce of It being school funds, was
stopped In the road, on his return, about a
mile from home, by a desperate, who
seized his horse with one hand and cut the
rein with the other, at the same time de-
manding Mr.. Spain to deliver" The lat
ter reached for his revolver, aud as the chap
saw the weapon a comm at him he ram to-
ward the fence. Mr.. Spain fired, and as he
did 80 his horse whirlcd around, the robber
Tell, but soon rose and ran into the woods,
and Mr.. Spain got safely home.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20
Il S n r.
Manufactured TOBACCO
md CIGARS.
Trade Salcsrooms. IL l. STREET, near Broad
way, New York.

GENTLEMEN: At the solicitation Of many friends
largely connected in the TOBACCO TRADE, who
have long felt the necessity for regular AUCTION
and COMMISSION TRADE SALES, devoted extensive
ly to the disposal of
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20

LUNCH AT II "AvENUE HoUsE.'-Mr.
William Mckee, who has taken the former
Mile House." which he now calls the
"Arenue House" IN the Springfield pike,
will set out n splendid lunch Tomorrow.
The drive out is pleasant rs reed be.
April 20dlt
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20
Patronage and Confidence

or all " no may favor us with their support
sOne OF cur firm having devoted many years eN-
clusiyely to the growing and manufacture of To
baccO, is thoroughly conyersant with the business
In all its branches, and every endeavor will be
made to realize, for all goods consigned to rs, the
best market rates.
We have taken premises in immediate proNimi-
ty to the largest Tobacco and Cigar Dealers in this
city, so that our salcs-W hich viii he held regular
ly every Tuesday and Friduy--are certain OF being
fully represented and attended by the Trade.
Particular attention giVeH 10 Shipments IN BoHd
All CONSIGNMENT will be OFFERED ON the MIME
DIATELY SUCCEEDING sale day, and prompt returns
made with rcmittances.
All parties favoring us with their consignments,
viii obllge by marking the Cases with their pri-
waite mark, so that the same may be sampled, and
sold IN separate lots, aud forwarding with the let
ter of advice
For which the same may be sold, together wi /
POstOfice address.
Ctonsignees, in shipping to rs, will please marx
all Gases
sd. ID. q. &c Co., 10 Dey ST., N. T."
. NVa aEn nnut1n,,.,,
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20

BRICKLAYERs' BALL.-Thr ~Bricklayers of
Dayton, will give a ball on the evening of
May |, 1867, at Turner's Opera House.
Tickets 81. A general invitation is ex-
tended to all respectable people.
April II, 'G7-ws
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20
LEAF and Manufactured Tobacco,

And Cigars, We have much pleasure in announc-
ing, that having given the matter our careful con
sideration, and being satisfied that the trade re-
quires such an establishment, we have commenced
business at the above address, determined that
nothing shall he wanting On our part to deserve
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20
Agents for tho Empirc.

Mr.. THOMAS SPIELMAN aud CHARLES H..
ROBINSON, are authorized agents for the
DAILY EMrIREiu this City.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20

From the Cincinnati Commercial, April 2Ol
DIS. CoM.--ln your report of the pro-
ceedings of the House o Representatives at
Columbus, April II, find the following cX-
traordinary statement:
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20

gB"Go to Schwarz and you will get the
worth of your money in well made and
beautiful clothing.
April 10
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-04-20

REMovED.-Mrs. NJ. Clark, heretofore
established Mt Wheeler g. Wilson's, takes
plcasurein announcing to her many friends
and the public generally, that she has re-
moved to the spacious s~econd-story rooms
at the southwest corner of Main and Sec
ond streets formerly the Franklin House,,
where she will carry on the most complete
Dress and Cloak-makiug Establishment in
the city. Special attention paid to the
manufacture of Regalias for societies, II
number of samples of which can be seen
at my rooms.
Returning thanks for the liberal patroh-
age extended To me at the old stand. re-
specially solicit and hope for an increase
of the same at my new rooms, corner of
Main and Second streets, entrance No. u
Main street. NJ. CLARK.
%, De-. 80, 81. 40. ma.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12
Latest from the Song Writers.

The man who 'Dreamt | Dwelt IN
Marble Halls has opened a marble
quarry there aud is doing a thriving bu-
siness u getting out grave stones.
The author Of Garry me back to Old
Virginia has opened livery stable,
and is carried back in his own convey
ance whenever he wants to be.
The man who sang L am lonely
since my Mother Died. isn't quite so
lonely now. The old man married
again, and his step.mother makes it
lively enough for him.
The author of Life on the Ocean
Wave is gratifying his taste for the
sea by tending a saw mill. He will be
on the water now.
The one who gave the 'Old Folks at
Home to the world has recently taken
them to the poor house, as they were
scttnJs tF9nRlGSPmse 81 msehclls III the ocean
is in the clam business.
The man who wanted to kiss him
for his mother attempted to kiss his
mother for him the other day, and he
gave him wallopinS for his mother
The one who walled so plaintively
Do they miss me at Home?' was mis-.
sed the other day, together with q
neIghbor's wife He was missed by a
wife and seven children.
The author of 'Three blind Mice
has started menagerie with them.
The man who wrote Five o'clock in
the Morning. found that no saloons
were open at that early hour where he
could get his bitters so he lies a bed
rather late now.
Give me cot in the valley l love,
has got a cot in the infrmary Meiu
Colt
The man who sighed, take me home
to die took DR.. Keer's system Renova~
tor, and is now a Fine old Irish gintlc-
man.
Meet me alone by Moonlight has
left off meat, and taken to drink
The author of Roll on, Silver Moon
has opened . ball alley. Silves Moon
can't rol on his alley without paying
for it.
The disconsolate one who sings,
Have you seen my MaggieG' has
heard Of her. Another feller informs
him through the music store, that Mag.
gics by my side
'I'd offer thee this hand of mine
has been sued for breach of promise
'Ohl Susonna,' has settled with her
at .ength, and don't owe Susanna any
more.
The author of the Old Arm Chair
is still in the furniture business.
The one who pleaded Rock me to
sleep mother, Rock me to sleep has at
length been gratifed. His mother yield
ing to his repeated solicitations, picked
up rock and rocked him to sleep. He
hasn't woke up yet.
The one who asked fWho will care
for Mother now has finally concluded
to take care of the old woman himself
as no one else seems inclined to.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12
POiseF Of ECn .AEe.

The other day I was holding q man
by the hand "a hand as frIn in its tex
ture as leather, ana his sunburnt face
was as infezible as parchment-he was
pouring forth trade of contempt on
those who complain that they get noth-
ing to do, as an excuse for becoming
idle loafcrs.
Said I, JEFF what do you work at ?"
Why" said he, "I bought an axe
three years ago that cost me two dol
lars. That was all the money | had.
| went to chopping wood by the cord,
| have done nothing else, and have
earned mole than 5000, drank no grog
paid no doctor, and have bought me a
little farm in the Hoosier State and
shall be married next week to girl who
has earned 5000 since she was eighteen.
My old axe I shall keep in the drawer,
and buy me new one to cut wood
with"
After / left him / thought to myself,
i" that axe and no grog?" These are
the things that make a man in the
world. How small a capital that axe
-how sure of success with the motto,
No grog" And then q farm and a
wife the best of all.
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dreadful world all alone--all alone !
moane1 Bessie Keep.

dreadi iul world all alone--all alone
moano1 Bessie Keep.
the dying man lifted his head
There is nobody to whom 1 cap give
the child, Benjamine. Promise me
that you will not leave her here to
perish, that you will take her away
with you, and place her in some or
phan asylum-promise me quick be-
fore | de-
And BeniamiIe May looked at the
small, thin figure, at the sallow face
within its cloud of bright, brown hair,
and the awful anguish stamped upon
it moved his soul to its depths.
His sons had grown to be men, his
one little daughter had followed her
mother home, leaving him memory
Of soft blue eyes, and sweet smiles
dawning and fitting among dimples, to
haunt all his after life.
A great pity and tenderness for this
child, orphaned, friendIcss, beggared,
came over MIN. lie put out his arm
and drew her to his breast-he laid his
hand on the bright, floating hair.
JOSIAH he said. Il will take the
child to my homc--to my heart. She
shall be to me in place of the daughter
that has gone, and L will be to her in
all things in the stead of her father
A smile crept over the ghastly face
sinking into death, Now l can believe
that God will have mercy upon me. Now
after this I can believe it, murn ured
Josiah Keep and they were the last
words he ever spoke.
And sobbing and clinging to her new
father, with her face hidden away close
to the heart that would never fail her in
love and care, Bessie Keep had ret 3Sr- 3ST
ed to look upon the face of the dead.
But Benjamine May had and seeing
his ancient enemy lying low before him
and remembering the forgiveness
which he had carried out as precious
freight from the coasts of time to the
shores of eternity the man murmured to
himself, Except ye have the spirit of
Christ ye are none Of His
And it was this spirit which Benja.
min May had shown to his ancient
eDemy
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12
EUiES OfGOSSip.

I have known a,country society to with
er away al to nothing under the dry-rot
of gossip only. Friendship, once as firm
as granite, dissolved to jelly, and then
run to water, only because of this love,
that promised future as enduring as
heaven and as staple as truth, evaporat-
ed into a morning mist, turned to day s
tears only because Of this father and
son were set foot to loot with the fiery
breath Of anger that would never cool
again between them, only because of
this, and husband and his young wife,
each straining at the fatal lash, which
in the beginning had been the golden
bondage of a God blessed love, sat
mourfully by the side of the grave
where all their love and joy lay buried,
and only because of this. I have seen
faith transformed to mean doubt, hope
to give place to grim despair, and chari-
ty take on itself the features of black
malevolence, all because of the spell
words Of scandal, and the magic NUT
teriugs Of gossip.
Great crimes were great wrongs, and
deeper tragedies Of human life spring
from its larggcc passions but woeful and
most melancholy are the uncatalogued
tragedies that issue from gossip and de-
traction most mourntul the sh;pwreck
often made of noble natures and lovely
lives by the bitter words of elauder. So
easy to say yet so hard to disprove-
throwing on the Innocent and furnishing
as guilty if unable to pluck out the
stings they never see, and to silence
words they never hear. Gossip ard
slanGer are the deadliest and cruelcst
weapons man has for his brothers hurt
All the Yer Round,
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12
RC q Women.

Oft I've heard gentle mother,
AS the Twilight hours begin,
Pleading with son on duty,
Urging him to be a man.
But unto her blue-oycd daughther,
Though with loves words quite rs read
Points she out the other day
"Strive, my dear, to be a lady"
What's lady ? II is something
Made of hoops, and silks, and airs;
Used to decorate the parlor.
Like the fancy rings and chairs!
Is it one that wastes on ov-'s
Every feeling that is human?
If It's this TO be q lady,
'Tis not this TO be a woman.
Mother, then, unto your daughter
Speak of something higher far,
Than to be mere fashions lady
"Woman is the brightest star.
If ye, in your strong sFection,
Urge your son to be true man,
Urge your daughter no less strongly
To arise and be woman.
Yes, q woman brightest model
OF that high and perfect beauty,
Where the mind, and soul, and body,
Blend to work out life's great duty.
Be woman; naught its higher
On the gilded list of fame
On the catalogue of virtue
There's no brighter, holier name.
Be u woman ! on to duty;
Raise the world from all that's low,
Place high in the social heaven
Virtues bright and radient bow.
Lend thy influence to each effort
That shall raise our nature human;
BE not fashions gilded lady
Be o brave, whole .souled, true woman.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

"A man had received large lot OF
Holsters, fresh and lively, when a boy
stood looking at the critters, accompan-
led by his dog.
"Suppose you put your dogs tail be-
tween the lobster's claws" said the
man.
A." Agreed" said the boy.
The peg was extracted from the claws
and the dogs tail inserted. Away went
the dog off home, bowling at the squeeze
bis tail got from the lobster.
Whistle your dog back, you young
scamp" said the man.
Whistle your lobster back" cried
the boy, and absquatulated. The boy
had lobster supper that night.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

DYING,-There is dignity about
that going away alone, we call dying
that wrapping the mantle of immortali-
ty about us that putting aside with q
pale hand the azure that are drawn
around this cradle OF a world. that ven
turing away from home for the FIRST
time in our lives; for we are not dead
there is nothing dead to speak of,
and we only 60 off seeing foreign coun.
tries not laid down on the map we know
about.
There must be lovely londs somo.
where starward, for none return that
go thithcr, aud we very much doubt if
any wonld if they could.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

COLD IN THE HEAD.-When a per.
son takes cold it will settle in the
head, throat, chest bowels or joints,
according to circumstances if in the
head, inducing unpleasant " stufing up "
aud an interruption Of the sense of
smell. An immediate aud grateful re.
lief is experienced sometimes by apply.
ing q smelling bottle (hartshorn) to the
nose and keeping it there until it begins
to be felt, then remove the bottle for a
moment aid reapply as before this is
repeated seven OF eight times in the
course of few moments-the nostrils
are freed and the sense Of smell restor.
ed. This same hartshorn gives almost
instant relief from the effects OF the
poisinous bites Of all insects, vermin and
reptiles by bathing the parts bitten,
very frcely.-HlEs Journal Of Health.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

GA-An Irish counsellor having lost
his cause, which had been tried by three
judges, one of whom was esteemed a
very able lawyer though the other two
was Indifferent, some of the orher barr:s.
ters were merry on the occasion.
4" Well now" said he, "who could
help it, when there are hundred judg,
es on the bench 2"
"A hundred !" said a bystanler /;
" there were but three"
4" "Byst. Patrick !" replied he, "there
were one and two ciphers."
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

THE END OF THE WoRLD-Dr. Cum.
mings has several times predicted the
end of the world and fixed the day for
it to come off, but his predictions al
ways are falsified-the world would, in
spite of him, roll on its accustomed
course. The doctor now, however, is
determined to atone for the past, and
acknowledge that in his predictions he
was mistaken. He says in revising the
calculations on which he based the an.
nouncement OF the worlds end in 1867,
he discovered that he had overlook ed
figures which add something like quin.
tillion of years to the race which this
mundane sphere has to run. This will
be gratifying information to those ofthe
doctors deciples who have been setting
their houses in order as a mark of prep
aration for the great event. A "quin.
tillion of years is a comfortably remote
prospect, according to present reckon.
ing, and as distance lends enohant.
meut to the view" everybody can enjoy
the soothing rehectian.
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

A sure cure for stammering, if you
say it fast :
"Theopolis Thistle the thistle sitter
sitted a sitter full of unsifted thistles,
and if Theopolis Thistle the thistle sift,
er sifted sitter full of unsiftod thistles
where's the sitter full of sifted thistles
that ThOpohs Thistle the thistle sitter
slfted."
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

The woman who undertook to
scour the woods, has Abandoned the job,
owing to the high price Of soap. The
last that was heard Of her she was skim,
ming the seas
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

"Sam, are you one Of the southern
ehivalry" "No, massa, Is one of the
southern shovelry. shoyeled dirt at
the Dutch Gap Canal"
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

AN exchange describes bachelor as
" i Sild goose in the air, much abused
and as much envied by tame geese in
the barn yard"
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

- Gen. Gilmore post master at Chi
caeo was drowned on the 9th inst, in
Lake Michigan,
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

-" Millions for de fence," as the mig
ger said when a wrathy steer chased
him across the field
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

BLIND Ton has returned to New York
from Europe, and will soon begin musi-
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

RIP.-When l used to keep store in
Syracuse, said Tom, the old man came
around one day, and he said
Boys, the one that sells most 'twixt
now and Christmas gets vest pattern
for present.
Maybe we didn't work for that vest
[ tell you there were somo tall stories
told in praise of goods about that time.
n;it oat tue taiicsI ;;aa",nes, and the one that
had more check than any one of us, was
a certain Jonah Squires, who roomed
with me. He could talk dollar out
of mans pocket when the man intend
ed to spend only sixpence. And the
women bless you they just handed
over their pocket books and let him
take out as much as he wanted
One night, Jonah woke me up with
" 1 tell you, old fellow, if you think
tn@S CT any snyeP sottteR t Rag i cit it from ATnd ana
make him swear to his own wool
'Twon't wear out, either; I wore a
pair of pants of that stuff for five years,
and they're as good now as when l first
put 'em on. Take it at thirty cents, and
III say you owe me nothing. Eh? too
dear Well, call it twenty eight. What
dye say? Shall l tear itH All right ;
it's bargain"
Jonah was talking in his sleep.
could hear his hand playing about the
bed clothes for an instant, and then
rip went something, and I had my
head under the blankets perfectly con
vuisad with laughter, and sure that Jo
nah had torn the sheet from top to bot
tom. When 1 woke up in the morning
alas unkindest cut of ALL found
thai the back Of my night~shirt was
split from tail to collar band !
The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-09-12

D@- Dew is an invisible yapor, which
chilled by the cool surfeces Of flowers
bursts into tears over beauty that fades.
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.sdrawkcad baer OF yaw eht 81 shit
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-11-01
SALTINo BUrrEn.-Tho Irish Farmers

Sailing BUTrER. Irish farmers
Gazette, Dublin, states tha. Dr.. Cameron
examined sample Of cask butter, and found
it to contain eigla per cent of salt That
paper justly adds: at is penny wise aud
pound foolish consideration which induces
so many farmers to incorporate excessive a.
mounts of salt with their butter. This prac-
tice increases TIE weight Of the butter, the
gain is moro than neutralized by the dcte-
rioration of the article which ensues."
Where butter il designed for immediate
consumption, it does not require more than
a quarter Of an ounce to the pound, but if
intended for keeping or shipment, double
this amount will be about right The salt
should be pure and Of the best quality of
rock. It's use is essential in consequence
of the presence of easein, or curl, which is
is difficult to separate wholly from the but
ter, and whose tendency is TO rancidity un-
less counteracted by salt or its equivalent.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-11-01

STEEL PENs.-If a steel pen is hard and
obstinate, refuses to yield when pressed,
and annoys by its rigidity, hold it half
minute or less in the fame of gaslight or
candle and stick it into water, oil or tallow.
In most instances it will cure the rightly.
In fact it is good practice to pass a steel
pen through the fame of a lamp before US
ing it. This burns of the oil used in the
tempering, and prevents that slipping ofthe
INK, or the refusal to flow, generally MOTTO
ed on all steel pens.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-11-01

WoNAN's GRAyE.-I can pass bv the
tomb Of Q man with somewhat Of calm IN
difference, but when ] survey the grave cf
female, a igh iuyollufar.y escapes me.
With the holy name Of woman, associate
every soft, tender and delicl.e affection.
thinE of her os tie young and bashful yir-
gin, with eyes sparkling and with checks
crims'nel with each impassioncd feeling of
the heart; as the ohasto and yiriuous mairon,
tried with the folies of the world, and pre-
pairing for the grave 20 which she must soon
descend Oh, there is something in con-
temp,aiing the character Of a woman. that
raises the soul Ear above the level cf socie-
~. She is formed to adorn the level of
society. She is formed to ndoru and hu-
mamie mankind, To- s)otbo his cares and
s'rcw his path with flowers. In tho hour Of
distress she is the rock on which he leans
for support, and when fate calls him from
existence, her tears bcdcw his grave Can
you look upon her tomb without emotion ?
Man has always justice done his memory !;
woman never. The pages OF history lie
open TO one but the meek and unobtrusiye
exccllcnccs Of the other sleep with her IN
noticed in the grave. In her may have
shown the genius Of poet with the virtues
Of saint She too, may have passed along
the sterile path Of existence, and felt for
others az | now feel for Mortimer.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-11-01
POLITICAL.
THE LAND WE LOVE"
ny FATHER RYAN.

Land OF the gentle and brave,
Our love is as wide as thy woe,
II deepens beside every grave,
Where the heart of a hero lies low.
Land of the brightest of skies
Our love glows tie more mid thy gloom,
Our hearts: 10y the saddest Of ties,
Cling closest TO thee in thy doom.
LAND where The desolate weep!
In sorrow too deep 10 console,
Our tears are but streams making deep
The ocean of love in our soul
Land where the victor flag waves,
Where only the dead are the free,
Each link Of the chain that enslaves,
Shall bind us the closer to Thee.
Land where lie sign of the cross,
Its shadow of sorrow hath shed,
We measure our love 10y thy loss,
Thy ioss-by the graves of our dead.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-11-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

EG- To every man there are many dark
hours when he feels inclined to abandon his
best enterprise; hours when his hearts
do7rsst hopes appear delusiyc hours when
be feels unequal to the Lurthcn. when ali
Isis aspirations seem worthless. let no one
think that lie alone has dark hours They
are the common lot ofhumanity. They are
Che touchs'ouc to try whether we are current
coin or ut.