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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-01-02

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, 1868-10-23
THE OLD CHURCH ON THE HILL.

On the height of lonely hill
Its rusty old form it uprears,
Standing in solitude where it has stood
Through the storms of hundred years.
1t meets the first rays of the morn,
While the valleys still sleep in the shade;
Theg.ory of sunset plays round its walls,
And it shines as with snphires inlaid.
In the dark and stormy nights,
When the tempests sweep over the hill,
1t creaks in the blast, aud wild, wild songs
Its desolate corridors fill.
The Traveller sees it afar,
On his rough and winding way;
The husbandmau sees it, resting from toll,
Ia the heat Of a summer day.
Around it the multitudes sleep,
Who of old sought its altars in prayer
great congregation they rest from their tolls
Unmoved by earth's tumult and care.
0, many the thoughts of the heart
As We stand by this temple of God,
Aud think Of the worshipers, vanished and gone,
Who up to its courts have trod
They came in the JOY of their souls,
Or they came with their burdens to bear,
Ia the sunlight of youth, in the evening of age,
In hope, or in grief and despair.
Then peace to the church on the hill
Where its rusty old form it uprears
Let it stand in its loneliness where it has stood
Through the storms of a hundred years.,
, 1868-10-23

ToBACCo-By Small Boy-Tobacco
grows something like cabbages, but never
saw none of it boiled, although l have eaten
boiled cabbages and vinegar on it, and have
heard men say that cigars that was given to
them on election day for nothing, was CABS
bage leaves. Tobacco stores are mostly kept
by wooden IDjuns, who stand at the doors
aud try to fool little boys by offering them a
bunch of cigars, which is glued into the In
juns' hands, and is ma le of wood also. Hogs
do not like tobacco; neither do |. tried
to smoke a cigar once, and it made me feel
like EPSON salts. Tobacco was invented by
man named Walter Raleigh. When the
people first saw him smoking they thought
he was a steamboat, and as they never seen
a steamboat, they was frightened. My sister
Nancy is girl. l don't know whether she
likes tobacco or not. There is young man
named Leroy, who comes to see her. l guess
she likes Leroy He was standing on the
steps one night, and he had a cigar 10 his
mouth, and he said he didn't know as she
would like it, and she said, Leroy, the per-
fume is agreeable But the next morning,
when my big brother Tom lighted his pipe,
Nancy said, " Get out of the house, you hor>
rid creature the smell of tobacco makes me
sick" Snuff is Injun meal made out of to,
bacco. l took little snuff once, and then
| sueeZed
, 1868-10-23

The reign of Isabella ii belongs among the
most unfortunate ones which Spain has wit>
messed. She is the oldest daughter Of the
late King Ferdinand VII, and could ascend
the throne only because her father bad chang
ed the ancient law of succession prevailing
10 Spain, and according to which the broth
er Of Ferdinand, Don Carlos, should have
succeeded. Don Carlos naturally raised the
standard Of revolt, and for five years 1854
39) valiantly, but unsuccessfully, fought for
his rights The disturbance had hardly
ended when Espartero, the Regent, apd
Queen Dowager Christina began the contest
for the supreme power during the minority
of the Queen. Espartero was successful
from 1910 to l843, but was compelled to fee
before ODonnell and Narvaez, and was not
restored until 1847. Frequent changes of
the ministry, occasional revolts, and the
banishment of Queen Christina were marked
events in the history of the following years.
A number Of political parties we're disputing
among each other the ascendancy The
Carlists, even after the end Of the war, re.
mained a numerous party, especially in the
Basque provinces, and had the sympathy of
large portion of the clergy. The MOdera-
dos or Conservative party were for a strong
royal power and but few rights Of the Cortez
The Liberal Union advocated more liberal
law of suffrage. The Progrosistas favored
the introduction of radical reform. The
democrats openly professed republican ideas.
The new Catholic school counselled a COM
plete submission to the Church. Hardly
year has passed in which not the one or
the other party caused some disturbance.
In 1854 the Progresistas had a majority in
the Legislative Chamber, and introduced
number of salutary reforms but their power
was soon broken, and the chief contest has
since been between Marshal O'Donnell as
the leader of the Liberal Union. The lead
ers of both these great parties are now dead.
Since 1866 the Moderados have been in
power, at first under Marshal Narvaez, and
after his death (l868) under Gonzales Bravo.
The administration of the Mod erados has
always been noted for despostism and viO-
lence, They have repeatedly changed the
constitution, without observing the way
provided for in the constitution itself. The
democrats and Progresistas have, therefore,
for several years taken no part in the elecr
tions. They have several times attempted
to reconquer their rights by a revolution,
generally under the leadership of General
Prim. Thus far the Government has sue.
ceeded in suppressiug every one of these
movements before it had time to spread, but
the present one seems TO have a good pro-
meet of success
, 1868-10-23
Position In SIeeninr.

1t is better to go to sleep on the right side,
for then the stomach is very much in the
position of bottle turned upside down, aud
the contents of it are aided in passing out
by gravilaton. If one goes to sleep on the
left side, the operation of emptying the stom.
.ach of its contents is moro like drawing water
from we'll. After going to sleep, let the
body take its own position.
If you sleep on your back, especially soon
after hearty meal, the weight of the diges
tive organs and that of the food resting on
the great vein of the body, near the back
bone, congresses it, and arrests the flow of
the blood more or less. 1t the arrest is par
tiaI the sleep is disturbed, and there are
unpleasant dreams. If the meal has been
recent and hearty, the arrest is more decid>
ed and the various sensations, such as falls
ing over a precipice, or the pursuit of wild
beast, or other impending dangers, and the
desperate effort to get rid of it, arOuses US,
and sends on the stagnating blood; and we
wake in a fright, or trembling, or in pers-
piration, or feeling exhausted, according to
the degree of stagnation, and the length and
strength of the efforts made to escape the
danger.
But when We are unable to escape the
danger-when we do fall over the precipice,
when the trembling building crushes US
what then That is death That is the
death of those of whom it is said, when found
lifeless in the morning. That they were as
we'll as ever they were the day before;' and
often it is added, and ate heartier than COM
mon p This last, as frequent cause of
death to those who have gone to bed to wake
no more, we give merely as private opin-
ion. The possibility of its truth is enough
to deter any rational man from late and
hearty meal. This we do know with certain
ly, that waking up in the night with painful
disrrhea, or cholera, or bilious cholic, end
ing 10 death in a very short time, is probably
traceable to a late large meal The truly
wise will take the safe side. For persons to
eat three times day, it is amply sufficient
TO make the last meal of cold bread and but>
ter, and cup of some warm drink. No one
can starve on it; while perseverance in the
habit soon begets vigorous appetite for
breakfast, 50 promising of a day Of comfort.
Halls Journal of Health.
, 1868-10-23

IRON TRACKS FOR CARRIAGE ROADS,
Some one, in exposing the "penny wise and
pound foolish" policy too prevalent among
farmers, of having POOR roads, remarks as
follows about the practicability of the iron
rail for all sorts of carriages through the
whole country: "The success of horse rail-
roads has put people to thinking of applying
the same principle to ordinary carriage roads,
Why not, they ask, have our great thorough
fares at least laid with iron rails adapted to
the use OF common carriage wheels Well,
why not? Because Of the great expenseI
But the expense of making and keeping in
order any great thoroughfare is large; aud
after all, few are kept in really good condi-
ton while roads once laid with iron are ais
most faultless to begin with, and are proved
to bevery durable, and, what is still more to
the point, may be laid with iron and kept in
repair for less money than a first class mac
adam road can be. So, at least, says the
Scientific american, which is surely good
authority. If this be true, then it would be
matter of immediate economy In dollars and
cents--to say nothing of comfort aud conve>
Oience-to lay our great highways with iron
rails. In England, where road making has
been carried to a degree of perfection very
rarely seen in The United States, over which
one horse will carry, with the same ease,
double the load that be could draw on our
roads-even in England the question is now
being seriously agitated of adopting iron rails
for common carriages all over the kingdom.
And though it may be some time before the
system will be admitted and adopted even in
England, it must ultimately prevail both in
England and America.
, 1868-10-23

To CLEAR A HOUSE OF VERMIN.-Bur'
leigh, of the Boston Journal says: tell
you ladies', secret that may be worth your
moving new remedy to clear your house
of reaches and vermin has been found. So
complete is the remedy that men offer to rid
premises of all the pestilential nuisances by
contract. The article is sold under the
name of French green and other high-sOund-
ing names, at quite high price but the
article in plain English is common green
paint in powder. Six cents worth used
about any house will clear the Kitchen and
all its surroundings.
, 1868-10-23

THERE are seventy-6ve marriage brokers
in Paris, and two of them pay an income
tax on 100000 francs per year. They charge
Eve per cent. on the dOwery Of rich wives,
and two per cent. when the fortune of the
husband and wife are about equally large.
An extra charge is made for procuring hus>
bands with aristocratic titles.
, 1868-10-23

A French physician asserts that tobacco
held in lead foil, improperly called tinfoil,
will finally become impregnated with poi
sonous salt of lead and German physician
reports that be has traced six cases of lead
collie and paralysis to the use of tobacco held
in leaden boxes.
, 1868-10-23
Extinct American HOr.e. and n..vrr,.


Some very interesting facts were laid be-
fore the American Association for the Ad-
vaneement of Science, at Chicago last week,
in relation to extinct races of beavers and
horses on this continent.
Prof Foster exhibited fossil specimen of
the castoroides ohioensis, a species of a ei.
gantic beaver, discovered in 1888, in exca.
vating the Ohio canal, and a Uranium of the
largest beaver now known, so that the CON-
parative size could be seen. In lS46 a Gran
ium Of the castoroides was discovered in
Clyde, New York. 0mitting osteolosScsl
details, be remarked that the animal was evf
dently aquatic in habit, and approached the
grizzly bear in size. He had seen dams Of
the present beaver 40 feet high, and trees
Is inches in diameter cut down, so that the
castorOides could have cut down the largest
trees, and, by backwater, could have greatly
improved some of our navigable rivers, and
that he probably constructed his own sepul.
cher, in which we now find these fossils.
Much discussion followed, and it was stat.
ed that the extinct beaver weighed nearly
300 pounds and was probably six feet long,
while the American beaver of our day weighs
only about 60 pounds. Fossil remains of
the ancient species have been found at North
port in Ohio, Natchez, and at Clyde, in this
State.
The fossil horse in the United States, ,
was discussed chiefly by Col Chas. Whiltle
sey. He said that when this continent was
discovered, no horses we're found, but we do
not know that they did not exist before. On
the contrary, gigantic mammalia, including
some fossil specimens of the horse, are found
in early geological formations.
Some American genera were thus noticed,
fossils of which have been found near, the
Ohio, about 20 feet below high water mark,
in the regions where the remains of ele.
plants and mastadons have been found.
Other specimens have been found in other
parts of Ohio and South Carolina. These are
found in the deposit of valley drift, ancient
and modern alluVium, more than 1000 years
ago
Specimens have been found in later for
nations Of drifts in New York, South Caro-.
lima, and near the base of the bluff of Nat
chez, at the depth of about so feet, on a
sand drift supposed bone of human be-
ing was discovered in that locality. Some
specimens have been found in deposits older
than the drift, in crevices where they must
have been placed before the glacial epoch
Some were found near Columbus, Ohio.
Remains of other eglacial animals that
were associates of the horse, have also been
discovered. These constitute in all sixteen
species of the horse. Some remains of the
fossil horse have been found in cretaceous
rocks As only the grinder teeth are gener-
ally found, great difficulty is found in cas-
styling the species.
Pro. E. D. Cope showed that fossil remains
of the horse abouuded in New Jersey; that
CuVer had done all he could to discover
generic and specific characteristics, and that
the early American horse was probably
quite a differant animal from the present
horse.
, 1868-10-23

EARLY closing hours were enforced at a
Milwaukee lager-beer saloon by party of
indignant women who made a midnight visit
to tell the bar-keeper that if he persisted in
keeping their husbands out at night they
would demolish the building and spill out
its contents. These women were near about
as valorous as Gar6eld's wife when she COB
bIed up the plumber off a gambling table.
, 1868-10-23

A GooD WORD FOR THE CABBAGE.-Cab.
oages, in cooking, will leave an odor behind
them, but ventilation is ready remedy for
Ibis and all other ills. The whole tribe is
SShOlesome-Early York, Flat Dutch, Bergen,
GSfeen Savoy, Stone Mason, and Mammoth
S0t laboring people the cabbage is great
'astainer of muscle. For this reason it is
C Universally popular among our Irish and
ue5nan fellOw-citizens By some it it thought
Oe indigestible, but this depends more up
a The mode of cooking than upon the article.
~ Ss cold saw it agrees with delicate stomachs,
'aey are in health. If not, vegetables and
,da sIls OF all kinds give trouble. Though an
SsSIlFable accompaniment of boiled dinuer,
~ "sOould not be boiled with the corned meats,
! i. II should be thoroughly cooked. There
difference, too, in the article. Green
S"oy stands at the head of the list, and for
'aOugb
, 1868-10-23

PRAY, Mrs. Radrski, why do yon whip
your children so often 2 La. Mr.. Worthy, l
do it for their enlightenment l never whip
ped one of them in my lifetime that be
didn't acknowledge that it made him smart"
, 1868-10-23

THERE is a woman iu Pitts6eld, Mass,
ninety years old, who sews, knits and reads
readily without the aid of spectacles, and
milks COW twice day. She says the gals
now days amt worth much
, 1868-10-23

A yonng lady having bought pair of
shoes a number too small, sent them to a
second hand store to have them sold, where
upon the Teutonic shop keeper advertised
them in his window as follows: For sale
A tiOht ladv's shoes f"
, 1868-10-23

A Minnesota editor says that man came
into his Office To advertise for lost dog, and
that such was the wonderful power of adyer,
Using, that the dog walked into The Office
while be was writing out the advertisement.
, 1868-10-23

A theological gentleman, who always gave
authority for his quotations, commenced
grace at breakfast one morning by thanking
the Lord that we have been awakened from
the sleep which writer in the Edinburgh
Review calls the image of death"
, 1868-10-23

THE Sacramento Bee defends the practice
of shooting real or suspected thieves on
sight, whether necessary or not to prevent
loss or protect life, and concludes the article
with these questions: "What is the necessity
of thieves liviugY Are they not better dead
than alive; and will not society be improved
by their absence?"
, 1868-10-23

TIE ordinary rife ball of the Springfield
musket, with the regulation quantity Of pow
der, passes over one hundred feet directly
from the muzzle of the piece in about the
fifteenth part Of second
, 1868-10-23

MARY-'Don't you think, Angelina, that
the close Of the sermon was very fnep An
gelina-f0h | was SO taken with the cloths
s of Miss Goldthwait that didn't notice
he close of the sermon
, 1868-10-23

EMPRESS Eugene means to introduce the
costume of the gentleshepherdesses, so pretr
tily depicted by Watteau, Notwithstanding
the hints that she is too old girl for such
nonsense
, 1868-10-23

al say, Sam, if 1 tells you a lie, why is
dat like my ole arm chair ?" q" doesn't
see de resemblance, Pete" oval, look
yere cos it's de seat dat use"
, 1868-10-23
To CitV Subscribers.

On and after this date, the STATESMAN will be
served to City subscribers at so cents month, pay
allie to the carrier Those who have paid in advance
will have their papers continued until the time ex-
pres.
, 1868-10-23

AN eccentric clergyman lately said in one
of his sermons, that "about the coumonest
proof we have that man is made of clay, is
the brick so often found in his hat"
, 1868-10-23

THE State Department has been applied
to by parties in France to know where Is the
best spot in the country for grape culture
, 1868-10-23


How TO KEEP WINTER APPLEs.-The
fruit grower who is so fortunate as to have
winter apples, can prolong their keeping by
packing in saw dust, other than pine, if pos
sible. Put it in some dry place for several
weeks before using, spread out thin SO as to
be perfectly dry. Keep your apples on the
trees as late as possible not to be touched
with frost. Pick in the middle of pleasant
day, when perfectly dry. Handle with care,
and leave all the stems on. Pack no bruised,
wormy or defective fruit. Sprinkle an inch
Of sawdust on the bottom of your packing
box. Place the apples in layers, and so con.
tinue until the box is full, with layer of
fruit and layer of sawdust, leaving an inch
or more of the latter on the top. Put the
lid on with slight pressure, gently shaking
the box, and keep the contents perfectly
tight Remove to some out-building, and
keep there till freezing weather comes on,
when the boxes should be stored in a dry
cellar, placed on blocks or plank so as not to
touch the ground. In this way the latest
keepers will be perfectly sound the fourth of
next July, and they will be entirely fresh,
with the favor unimpaired Packing in saw
dust has many advantages over sand and is
in every way preferable. This is no theory
or guess work, but the result Of years Of
experience.
, 1868-10-23

CURIOUS insects, about the size of house
flies, the progeny of white caterpillars, are
ravagine the horse chesnut trees in Connec-
ticut, and stripping them of their foliage.
, 1868-10-23

Unequal YOkiug' is subject under dis
cuSsion in the agricultural papers. 1t has
occasioned much discussion in other places.
, 1868-10-23

IT said that Patti will visit the United
States after the termination of her St. Peters,
burg engagement, not accompanied BY her
husband.
, 1868-10-23

.YrcroaIA's daughter, Louisa Caroline,
does not display mosh taste in dress, wear>
ing pink, white, orange and black in her
travelling costume.
, 1868-10-23

TIE author of the following has been ar
rested for wantOn cruelty to his own species:
ais there heart that never sighed?
Is there tongue that never liedY
Is there an eye that never blinkedP
Is there a tongue that never drinked Z
Is there a woman that never faintedp
Or is there one that never painted Z"
, 1868-10-23

THE Milwaukee Wisconsin reports thirty
one divorces granted for that city since the
LIST Of January.
, 1868-10-23

A little girl in Troy has pei, rat Whlcn
ONES to her nimbly when she calls yA''H
yatty.'
, 1868-10-23
TCB PRINTING ofevery description done

i to order and on reasonable terms. Ordors for
nv of the following articles will be promptly flled
BOOKS, BLANK CHECKS,
PAMPHLETS, NOTES OF HAND,
EASpBILLs, ORDER BOOKS,
RAIL TICKETS, STEAMBOAT BILLS,
crpcrLARs STEAMBOAT CARDS,
IrvitatiOns, Bills of Lading,
prsTSEss CARDS, CERTIFICATES,
RTIUEADs, SHOW BILLS,
CONCERT BILLS, CHECK BOOKS,
PROGRAMMES, BLK RECEIPTS,
ADDRESS CARDS, DRAFTS,
BLANKs OF ALL KINDS.
~ sob Work must be paid for before being taken
from the Office.
, 1868-10-23


THE LITTLE WoMAN-As a rule the lit
tie woman is brave. When the lymphatic
giantess falls into a faint, or goes off into
Mysteries, she storms, or bustles about, or
holds on like a game terrier, according to
the work on hand She will fly at any man
who aunoys her, and bears herself as equal
to the biggest and strongest fellow of her
acquaintance. In general she does it all by
sheer pluck, and is not notorious for subtl-
lty or craft. Had Delilah been a little wo-
man she would never have taken the trouble
to sheer Samson's locks. She would have
defed him with all bis strength untouched
on his head, and she would have overcome
him, too. Judith and Jael were both prob
ably large women. The work they went
about demanded a certain strength of NUS
Gle and toughness of sinew; but who can
say that Jezebel was not a small, freckled,
aubuTn-haired Lady Audley of her time,
full of the eonsecrated fire. the electric force,
the passionate recklessness of her type Re-
gan and Goneril might have been beautiful
demons of the same pattern; we have the
example of Marchioness de Brinvillier as to
what amount of spiritual deviltry can exist
with the face and manner of an angel direct
from heaven; and perhaps Cordelia was a
tall, dark haired girl, with pair of brown
eyes, and long nose sloping downward.
, 1868-10-23

The meanest man in creation, the man who
borrows the newspaper.
, 1868-10-23

r,.i MAN in Iowa lost his voice by SUM-
Ae' got frightened and found it.
, 1868-10-23
sEvalIa svgalIa Statesman.

PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING, BY
WILLIAM H. NEWELL
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
, 1868-10-23

U. s. Official Paper for the Territory.