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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-19
The Peabody Buildings Id london.

The Peabody Buildings In LondOti..
A London CORRESPONDENTS gives the
following account Of the new Peabody
buildings in London:
!. IF the money accumulated is hon
estly administered for two hundred
years, it will have accumulated enough
10 provide for three=fourths of all the
industrious poor of London. That
this is not an extravagant expectation
can be shown by simple calculation
Of the annual interest; of the nearly
million dollars donated, with the reg
ular accretions from the moderate
rents. The premises at Islington con-
Asist IF four blocks Of buildings, COM
prising in all 155 tenements, accom-
modating $50 persons, or nearly two
hundred families. The whole cost of
these buildings, exclusive of the sum
paid for the land, amounted to f31, :
The principle and organization in
each of these extensive structures is
the same. Drainage and ventilation
have been insured with the utmost
possible care; the instant removal of
dust and refuse is effected by means
of shafts which descend from every
corridor to cellars in the basement,
whence it is carted away; the passages
are all kept clean, and lighted with
gas, without anyscost to the tenants;
water from-cisterns in the roof is dis
tributed by pipes into every tenement;
and there are baths free to all who
desiresto use them : Laundries, with
wringing machines and drying lofts,
are at the service of every inmate,
who is thus relieved from the incon-
venience of damp vapors in their apart
-ments, and the consequent damage to
their furniture and bedding.
Every living room or kitchen is
abundantly provided with cupboards,
shelving and other conveniences, and
each fireplace includes boiler and
an oven. But what gratifies the ten
ants perhaps more than any other
part of the arrangements, are the am
pie and airy spaces which serve as
Fairgrounds for their children, where
they are always under their mothers
eyes, and safe from the risk of passing
carriages and laden carts. I'd
On an average, the weekly charge
for single room Of poor descrip-
ton is from Is Cd to IS (about rs
cents -American money!; for two
rooms, 5s or <5s ID; Iand for. three,
IRON OS 90 TO Is.
But the mere test of rents affords |
no adequate sta ndard by. which to con-
traststhe squalor and discomfort of |
one of these tenements with the light /
and airy and agreeable apartments id I
the Peabody buildings; and for one
room. there the charge per week is Is
Sd; for two rooms, As; and for three
rooms, 5s. Il = <E4
In evidence of the Improved salu.
brity of the buildings i'll health is
rare, and that the number of deaths
since the first building was opened, in
February, 1864-over three years ago
have been one man, aged thirty,
who died of chronic complaint, and
four children, one of whom was under
five, and two under two years old.
There has been but one person re-
moved for quarreling and disturbing
the peace; and one expelled for nom
payment of rent. These exceptions.
of community consisting of eight
hundred and eighty persons, speak
strongly for the self-respect and
moral principles by which they are in
huenced.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-19

A NEW religious sect has recently
been organized in Boston, eompris-
ing, it would seem, those persons who
prefer not to be bothered with any
material ami 1It Of, faith in anything,
sas4I eat94 0us sTsig9Ei0 91fi5qlaos
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-06-19

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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-07

From The London Saturday RegleD.
EVerything has been done that could
be done to persuade mankind that
plain girls are IN reality by far the
most attractive OF the lot. The clever
authoress OF Jane Eyre nearly succeeded
in the furlorn attempt for lew years
and plain girls, with volumes OF intel
lect speaking through their deep eyes
and from their massive toreheadSl
seemed for awhile, on paper at least, TO
be carrying everything before them.
The only difficulty was to get the male
sex to follow out in practice what they
SO completely admired in Miss Bronte's
three volume novels. Unhappily, the
male sex, being very imperfect and
trail, could not be brought to IL. They
recognized the beauty of the conception
about plain girls. they were very glad to
see them married of in scores TO heroic
village doctors, and they quite admit
ted that occasional young noblemen
might be represented in fiction as be-
coming Violently attached to young
creatures with inky fingers and re-
was brought about in ordinary life.
Man, sinful man, read with pleasure
about the triumphs of the sandy y-haired
girls, but still kept on dancing with
and proposing to the pretty ones. And
at last authoresses were driven back on
the old standard OF beauty. AT pres
ent, in the productions both of mascu-
line and feminine Workmanship, the
former view OF plain girls has been re-
sumed. They are allowed, II thorough
ly excellent In other ways, to pair oh
with country curates and with devoted
missionaries; but the prizes OF fiction,
as well as the prizes of reality, fall to
the lot of their fairer and more tortu-
nate sisters.
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This is an art in which the French Ia
dies excel; they are always light, agreea-
BILE, witty, and entertaining; without
wishing that American ladies possessed
altogether the qualities of French women,
we may desire for them little more of
the French faculties of making them
selves agreeable.
Too many of them, when called upon
to entertain strangers, sit cold, dull and
stupid, unable to start a topic Of CONVEX
sation or answer II question except in
monosyllables.
Remember, the art ofconversation can
be cultivated, and that it is one of the du-
ties of women to cultivate it, in order to
give the proper tone to society and en-
liven the domestic circle.
In selecting subject for conversation
choose something that will interest your
companion. There is nothing more i'll
bred than to talk much of yourself, your
own plans and projects and above all, of
matters which tend to exalt your own I'M
portance.
Listen well; that is to say, interestedly
to whatever is said to you; good listen
er is as valuable as good talker, and
never interrupt persons when they are
speaking, or commence repeating some
thing calculated to distract the attention
from what he OF she is saying.
Avoid subjects in society such politics
or religion, upon which persons are most
likely to differ. 1t is bad taste to assert
ones opinion against that of another
person, and the yielding of it through
politenes might be misconstrued.
1t is as ill-Dred to use foreign terms in
your conversation as it is to whisper to
one person when there are others present
Be careful how YOU encourage rep
utation for saying smart, sharp, or sar-
castle things it will make you both un-
charitable and unpopular.
If you venture on a story in company,
be sure that it is sharp and to the point.
Never talk upon subjects with which
you are only slightly acquainted, such as
art and artists for instance. 1t is easy
to betraY great deal of ignorance with
out knowing it.
Make yourself acquainted with current
events, current literature, and the topics
of the day, in order to converse under
standingly about them.
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JOHNNY GLADDEN.,
PugiiiStIc ELtTdoTdpuI'
A young LAdy'a Letter.

From the Louisville Courier.
Miss Nellie Marshall, writing to a
friend in this city relative to the cur
rent report of her approaching mar
riage with AN English Lord, says:
~ admire the English character
above all others on earth. My greatest
pride is that my line OF ancestry is
British. l have nothing of the repub-
lican in me. My unknown friend
could confer no higher compliment up.
on me than to award me a 'liege-lord
from the land of my love. l believe
Englishmen possess more domestic al
fectIons, more fervor, constancy and
culture, Dust what Americans lack,
than any other men under the sun.
Were l queen would choose my hus-
band from the land whose
"White cliffs frown coldly on the stranger -
AS 1t is, can only wait for one TO
choose me. ! know no gentleman by
the name of 'MOsRrove,' md have no
present intention OF sailing for Europe.
/ shall probably do so next year. since
TO travel through her stOrled Climes
has long been the passionate desire OF
my heart, but not now; l can't say
when exactly. The correspondent was
right in so far as to say when l went
l would never return. The dearest tie
that binds me To American soil is the
grave of my brother. Those arising in
my lnlleulhte idhlly Will III the COURSE
of human events-all of course-be
broken, and should go to Europe,
will never return"
Miss Marshall is now in Cincinnati,
n guest of Henry Raabe, Esq, OF the
firm of Chambers, Stephens * Co. She
is suffering severe pulmonary indispo-
sition at present, but will be GONZALES
cling shortly, we trust. She is writing
sketches for the New York NetOS and
Day Book, and her new novel is, we
believe, nearly ready for the press.
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PAINTS FOR FARMERS

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Paint Address DANIEL BIDYELL, Pro
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Wanted.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-07

One fine day n soldier who had been
reported killed, but was only prisoner,
returned home to find that his wife had
turned over n new leaf in the marriage
service, and that another man occupied
his seat in the chimney corner. Did lie
go to work slaughtering the false wife
walked in and said;
"Well, old gal, how is things ?"
Putty good, BILL" said the doubly
married woman, not taken aback greatly
(Which do you prefer, the old or new
love?"
She hesitated for an instant, and then
u don't like to hurt your feelings,
but-Dut-"
"Oh, spit it right out Don't mind my
feelings nor the other chaps! | won't be
angry if you come down little rough on
my vanity. Count on me being amiable.
l won't cut up nasty if you should so
back on me."-
..rm glad you're so thoughtful, Bill;
and acknowledge that ! do like my pres
ent husband best but if any thing should
happen to him, know nobody else
would so join fortunes with again as
you"
THAT'S the way to talk I'll now bid
you good bye, hoping that no accident
will happen to the other fellow, and that
he will live long to enjoy your delightful
society. Good day"
And the careless husband travelled off.
with his knapsack on his back, whistling
in CHEEKY tones, THE girl l left behind
me"
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The Overland Telegraph TO AsIa--.Re-
Iurn OF the E.xpedItiOn-
San FFancisoo Letter Of OCTOBER 10.


The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany have completed the withdrawal of
ineir men and material from Russian
America, and have left their partially
constructed line to the mercy OF the ele-
inents and the savages. The two ships,
Clara Bell and Nightingale, left their
place OF rendezvous in Plover Bay at
the same time, and arrived here within
few hours of each other. They
brought 1876 men and officers OF the
company. Some of the party who have
Just returned to San Francisco have
been absent from civilization for
more than two years, and it
seems, as one of them express
ed it, like being born again to
get away from the stiffness of the SOL
eInu forests OF pine to the activity and
life OF large city. They nave passed
their Summers IN country in which
for weeks it never grows dark, and in
Winter the daylight does not last more
than two hours and half, in which
the thermometer in Winter goes down
to 5S degrees below zero, and in some
places OF Russian America to 6S de-
grees, and on the east coast of Siberia
10 90 degrees minus, Fair. The Com
pany succeeded in exploring the whole
route of Russian America, and have
located practicable route from the
last station in British America to the
point where the line would leave the
American Continent by submarine
cable TO reappear on the coast of East
ern Siberia ON the Asiatic Continent.
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RICHMOND, VA, November 5.-The
following letter has just been made
public:
~ HEADQUARTERS, Oct, 81, 1867.
To HIS E:rcettency, F. II. PierPont, Gou-
er1lOT OF Viryiniu:
L have received letters FROM several
members of the late Virginia Leglsla-
ture, inquirinS whether there would be
tt session of that body during the COM
ing winter, and raising the question
whether, under State laws, the mem
bers of the House of Delegates do not
hold over until their successors are du-
ly elected and qualified. Without de-
clding the latter question, upon which
there seems to exist a diversity of opin-
ion, / have to request that you will
inform the members of the late Legis-
lnture that the regulur session OF the
Legislature for the coming winter will
be dispensed with.
Very respectfully, your obedient SER
want, J. l.. SCHOFIELD,
Brevet Maj. Gen. U. 5. A.
Five companies OF United States
troops in Virginia were ordered to-day
to Washington for winter quarters.
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Lore LetterS-A selection of the most alb
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pondence of celebrated and notorious men
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-11-07

The Sumner Holstein affair, says the
Washington Star, Is the burden of
gossippy half column of newspaper
matter, originating in Boston and eject
ed from New York on to the general
sea of journalism. As usual when The
public takes up the domestic matters of
public men, it falls into few errors,
which it is the purpose OF this para
graph to correct. In the first place,
Baron Holstein, who Is represented as
the target for the "glitterfng speciali-
ties" in AN interchange OF diplomatic
notes between Count Bismarck and the
Chairman of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Relations, has never been at
tached to the Prussian Legation in this
city. He came to this country more
than IA year ago, on leave oil SIX
mouths' absence, granted by Bismarck,
who employed him in the Berlin De-
purtmenI of state. The Baron became
infatuated with the dashing society of
New York, and, as genuine
Baron, was the lion at Saratoga
III the summer of '6o, where he
met, in the meshes, which the
CAV season wOYe around him, the lady
with whose name he has been so Tre-
quently mentioned. Returning TO
Washington, he applied for and was
granted another six months leave OF
absence. Here he lifted through lhe
gayeIies of last winter, and was more
noticeable for the select company he
Kept than for good looks or brilliant
accomplishments. When his second
leave eX pired he asked tor another eS-
tension, but Bismarck objected, and
Holstein WAS required to depart at once
for Berlin. He was not recalled NJ the
instance of Senator sumner, as has
been stated, but meekly Obeyed the
summons of the great diplomatist,
with whom he is now intimately nsso-'
ciated. 1t is true that the lady 10 whom
the Baron was SO constant u cavalier
has also gone to Europe, but for the
purpose, it is stated, of restoring i'm
paired health. The crispy society OF
Boston talks the scandal over, and sim
ply says the lady has been "indis-
Greet" But the undercurrent of the
city's gossip maintains that II knows
more about II, and that divorce Will
now be granted. However, that is
question Tor the courts, and not for the
newspapers.
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PETROLEO-GALGIUM GAS.

ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE I'M
" provements of tho age i the process of
manufacturing gas hy the PetroleO- Calcium
Gas company, 3f Wheeling. West Va, upon
patents OF Dr. ]. II. Connolly, from an AL
most vaIueiess prodnct Of Petroleum OH,
treSidumnl in combination with ttine,
thousand feet OF Gas may be made by
any farm hand or stable boy OF ordinary in
telligence in three nous. II has been
thoroughly tested upon such scale, at the
McLuIe House in Wheeling, and at the
country residence of Mr. ]. z. Gilchrist, near
the same city, as to nix the certainty OF Its af-
iordIng entirely satisfactory results In the
prod uction OF small and large quantities of
Gas, and can be wIth great economy applied
to PTfvdte ReEideIIoeS, SenlfnGTieS, BoteLI, Fac
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now in use, not only as 10 toe safety. sim
plicity, pIacticaDility and great cheapness of
manufacture, bat for It's superior brtlliRncy,
SOFT influence upon tine sight, and freedom
nom tue SuIphurous odOrs common TO Gas.
These facts the Officers OF the company
will take pleasure in demonstrating 10 those
desiring TO adopt or interest themselves In 1t
The com pany will sell rights to manufacture
in Towns, Counties, DisttictR or states, and
direct attention TO the following
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BLoUNT COUNTY. ESN., I
October so, 1867.

BLoUNT COUNTY, ESS.,
October so, 1867.
Editor RnorviUe Free Press :-Sir-I
see that Mike McCOole, the pugilist,
challenges any man in America to fight,
but more especially Joe Coburn, for
$40 900 or less. Now, not wishing to
boast, or ANYTHING OF the sort, l Just
wish to inform Mike that If he will
double the bet to $40, 900, 1 will meet
him, and Will lick him with my left
hand tied behind me. Or, if he will
raise the bet to S5U, 900, l will fight him
and Joe COburu both, but must have
both hands loose. have not so much
money myself, but | have friend in
New York who will go Il cool million
on me. l will make this proposition to
Mike: If he can induce Joe Coburn to
go into the game with him, l will go
$4,000 that eau lick them both before
the l2th round is fought. Or, will bet
$500 that on the first round neither of
them touch my heud or bOdy-bOth com
ing at me at one and the same time; $500
that, on the second round, floor Nc
COOle without inticting any serious in
jury; Sc. 900 that, on the third round, l
blind Coburn in the left eye; $500 that,
on the fourth round, close the right
eye of McCoole, and $3.50 that, on the
fifth round, so injure both of my an
tagonists that they will not be able to
time to take some stimulants-say II
quart of Bourbon. After this will
floor them alternately until the ninth
round, when 1 will throw McCoole
over my head. and outside the ring.
And on the tenth round, will go SlO,-
600 that l SO punish Coburn that he
will not be able to come to time again.
And $4,000 on the eleventh round, if
McCOole is so blOodthirsty as TO come
again, l will sever his head from the
remainder OF his filthy body. In five
days after this fight, (if it should be
taken up) propose to fight any man
in America or Europe, for the sum of
S50,O will have friend present
who will be ready to take all bets to
the amount of couple OF millions.
Any person wishing TO correspond
with me on the subject OF fighting can
address me at MaryYille, Tenn, post
office box 20. propose TO give puRil-
istic lessons ut my private residence
In this county.
Yours, most abominably,
JOHNNY GLADDEN.,
PuDiliSttc ETITaOTLifuu11L
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Accident TO Weston, the Pedestrian.

Accident 20 Weston, the Pedestrian.
A Hartford dispatch, dated November
4th, says:
Weston, the pedestrian, met with an
accident at Pawtucket, r. l. The peo
Pile turned out en- masse, pressed around
him, and knocked him down, severely
bruising him on the hip. He continued,
however, until he reached Sterling Hill,
Connecticut, where he laid up from q
o'clock Saturday morning until O'Clock
of the same afternoon. AT that hour he
resumed and continued to Plainfeld,
where he was laid up all day yesterday
from his wounds, and had not left there
at midnight last night. At the time of
suspension Weston had walked GO miles
in l6 hours and 45 minutes, having 81
miles more to make to accomplish the dis
tance of 100 miles in the space of "a con-
secutive hours. Although he has failed
this time to walk 100 miles in one day,
he has yet four more chances left before
he reaches Chicago.
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