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DROPOsALs FOR BUILDING A THIRD OR
DER LIGHrHCCSE AH0 KEEPERS
DWELLING AT OR NEAR r SlNON,S

GL0RG!A:-ssaled proposals. WI be ,ee.iyed st
18th dsy of September, 1855 for lishne tIe ma
terials and labeI of all tinds p.ce siry 60 con
house and kee per dwelling at o. near ST. emon g.
Georgia. in accordance WITH p Aus and specifica-
tions which may be Ob. tined upon apYlcatIo, 70
this ofhce. W. B. shUBRtGK, Ghairmsu.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, OFFICE LIGHT HoUsR
BOARD, WASHINGTON CRY, August I9, 1853
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NONE ARE 0uNUINI unless done nm I'm sfsel
engrayed vreDDers, With fAc siDile Of ny Ckom-
ical Warehouss, md g1gnsd :
=. z. HELuBOLD.
The proDristor ye compelled 10 aAep4 such n
v!eIper becanse Of The growing Popularity Of his
aroeieo, - 70 prsveos sDurSoas end dsagsrous
eoUn~TUhS. ny5eotf,r
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wILLYF 3 RIDaRAU,

Havs removed 70 the corner Of
NEW XolK AvINuE AND elxfH sfREI5,
One SQUARE from Northern Liberty Nars..
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HELMBOLD,s
CONCENTRATED EXTRACT
BUCHU
Is THE GREAT DIURErIO.
RELMBOLD's CONCENTRATED
EXTRACT SARSAPARILLA
IsTHE GREAT BLOOD PURIFIER.
Both are prepared according 10 the rules OF Phar-
macy and Chemistry and are the most sctiye thsr
can be made.
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9hRHFf H9sEE1ass Eo. sss y1s{ .sI syS Fe0F
~ snd Sth STREETS, esetairsps something over
twenty. 1vS e, rosns; oecsres BsIh. Linen. thlna.
g the Wy Of bot and cola v,tr, and Rsnss e
fnS sischsna en- nSseS :. heated thro1 ssous With
This proDesty sas heretofore been kpov. IN a.
Rs6lae, g one tine e the "PeNEsYLVSNGS
nOQeI,n and he's slv.eys poesessea sdv.ssss..s
Tor particulars inquire at AZ, r~~t A.. -.
from the premises. - Sss,sss ss
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MAJOR BEN PKRLKY POoRI has Just arrived
in this city, from his farm in Massachusetts,,
looking fresh and hearty enough to do vigor-
ous duty as a Washington correspondent this
tall and winter.
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S49 rA.e-.siAs. 349
100 bsrrels Crushed, 0ranulated, Powdered. Ana
Preserving SUGARS. Just received and Tor sale
low BY BRYAN BROS
349 Pennsylvania ayenue
uAeolm Opposite Metropolitan Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-14

GENERAL SHERMAN has called upon the Sec.
retary OF War to furnish him with an addi-
tonai regiment of cavalry in order to prosecute
the Indian war with the promised vigor. 1t is
understood that General Emory, with his
ately
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-14

Thomas, Senator Cattell, of New Jersey; Gen.
Thomas Ewing Jr., Ben Perley Poore. and
Cornelius Wendell, Washington, and General
:. Casey, U. S. A, were at the Astor House
New ork ON Saturday.
The SEPTKNBER SESSION. Hon. Thos. L
Tullock, Secretary of the Union Republican
Congressional COMMITTEE, recei led a dispatch
from Senator Morgan this morning, stating
that he would arrive here this evening. Gen.
Sehenck is also expected tonight. On
Wednesday they meet together for the purpose
Of consulting as TO the propriety OF holding a
session OF Congress on the 2lst
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
PASSING AWAY.

The following beautiful article is from
the graceful pen of George w. NOEL
roy, Esq. local editor of the L DIRK, Penn.
True DemOcg0t:
1t is astonishing with what rapidity
time passes away; how the days, the
weeks, the months and the years roll
round, carving with them the life, the
beauty and the hopes of this world into
vast and unknown future. 1t seems
but short time, indeed, since we all
telt and enjoyed the spring and buoy
ancy of youth, the delights of home,
the influences of paternal love, the So
ciety and counsel OF friends, who now
sleep i'll the grave; and yet some OF us
are able, and the majority have attained
to mature manhood. The youth of the
present generation are growing up
around us, but in our youth we knew
them not. While we have been pass
ing on, in the direction of the grave,
they have sprung up TO occupy our pla-
ces and follow rapidly In the rear. Be-
fore US we see the aged tottering along
IN their feebIeness and leaning upon
their slaves, behind US is the youth
flushed with promise, and the infant
prattling III its mothers arms.
Our lie is a moving panorama-the
pictures on the canvas pass before ouI
C3CS, 4OI Tic
but each containing solemn lesson and
warning. He is but an Indifferent OBJ
server who does not study himself
There is the ocean, the lake, the river
the mountain and the vale; the one
swells in its majestic grandeur and muir
murs its defiant tones, which are heard
upon either shore; the other rests like
a calm mirror, rejecting the light of tht
millions of stars that sparkle in the
blue concaye the river dashes on in
its way to the sea the mountain lift:
its head among the clouds and casts IL
| frowning shadows into the vale below
the vale echoes to the songs of its birds
while here and there is the busy town
with it's active life, its careless eommo,
| tons, its impetuous struggles, its at
| tractive homes, and the spires of It,
churches pointing towards heaven. TIT
bell rings and the picture passes away
| from our sight 10 BE seen no more
Thus it is with human life. 1t is an as
ISOLATION of objects, interests, attrac
tons and beauties, which burst upoT
our sight, perform their mission ana
/ accomplish their purpose, and are theI
lost to sight. The bell tolls, the canva
! moves, the lights are put ont, the vision
! is lost in darkness, silence reigns, tn
curtain drops and all is ended In tn,
sleep, the forgetfulness and the insens
Utility of the grave.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
TALK ABOUT HEALTH.
BY do LEWIS, NJ. d.

During the last twenty years L have
from time to time been deeply impress
ed with the importance of maintaining
vigorous circulation of the skin.
Knowing that congestion in the organs.
within the body is the essential condi-
ton of many common maladies, ono
might naturally infer that an active cir
culation at the surface is vital condi-
ton of health. An intelligent gentle
man was troubled, as had been his faith
er, with rheumatism. During half OF
each year he was more Or less a cripple
from this malady. An English physi-
clan advised the frequent and vigorous
use of hair gloves. When he spoke to
me of his experience, he said Il have
not had an attack of the rheumatism in
moro than fifteen years My father
died of heart disease, the result of his
rheumatic faint. / expected to die of the
same malady. The use of the hair gloves
has cured me-"
A clergyman, who had been for many
years a victim of dyspepsia, began to
use nightly the hair gloves and strap.
In few months his indigestion left him.
and for more than twelve years he has
not had a return of the hated disease
Is it not reasonable? His skin had been
cold and bloodless. In other words, the
blood which should have circulated i'll
the skin was gathered in the stomach
| This congestion was an essential condi'
ton of the disease. Establishing an &C
| tive circulation at the surface relieved
the congestion and cured the malady.
| An authoress well known to the pub
| lie had suffered for ten years with con
! gestive headache. With cold extremi
ties and skin, she felt that her blood wa
| all in her head. The faithful use of TIT
hair gloves re-established the circulation
at the surface, the congestion of the
! head was relieved, and now for many
years she has had only occasional ant
slight attacks of her old trouble.
have known many scores of inva
lids who have suffered from affections
of the head, throat, stomach, liver anC
spine. to be permanently relieved o.
cured by a systematic and thorough EN-
ployment of the skin-rubbing.
A daily morning bath in cold water
followed by determined use of tn,
coarse towel, with the nightly employ
ment of the gloves, will relieve or cur
a great number of painful maladies.
No person need fear such treatmen
of his skin. At first the gloves ant
other forms of friction will prove dis
agreeable, and perhaps painful; but
] few months will render the skin so in
| sensible to this treatment that it will
crave the toughest kind Of towels ant
! gloves.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
UNCLE THAD.

The following lines were written
some time since by the gifted ''Miles
O'Reilly," and published in the New
York Citizen. They show how little
of partisan luminosity entered into his
composition, and how one noble nature
can recognize another, though separat-
ed by broad gulf Of political disagree
ment. The lines derive additional
interest from the fact that their author,
Gen. Chas. G. Halpine, and the states
man he eulogized, Hon. Thaddeus
Stevens, died at almost the same mo-
ment:
Gnarled and tough from seventy Winters,
A gritty, grisIey, bitter Rad
Though our Union fail to spliuters,
Here's to PennEylyania Thad!
Brown his wig, but green his vigor,
Angry often, never sad
Full of wit, and prone to rigor.
Here's to Pennsylvania Thadi
Though lame his leg, his mind is rapid,
And all the House is hushed ard glad,
When, TO squeich some taiker vaiid,
Rises Pennsylvania Thad!
He's in candor a believer,
All may know the thought he had:
For no mealy-mOuthed decpiver
is cur wrinkIed Uncle Thad.
Into epithets he rushes;
All are traitors. all are mad
All who dare 70 cross the wishes
OF our Pennsylvania Thad.
Thad. we like you-you are able,
And the biggest brick w"'vc had
In our loud Cor g"esSit ma Babel,
Is our Pennsy IFania Ihad.
Spite of age, he still is human.
And while TO man he is not bad,
Oh dear! good man TO a woman
The bulliest man is Uncle Thad!
Naked truth for him has charms,
And for the negroes, like IA Rad,
And for their right to % be in arms,''
All his life contended Thad.
Go it, my brave shouldcr-hitter!
For though we think your logic bad,
You're just as brilliant as you're bitter
Here's to Pennsylvania Thad
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

FooD FOR REFLECrIoN.-Tbere is one
effect to be anticipated from Democrat
ic success which the people have not
considered. They are solemnly pledg-
ed to nullify the fourteenth amendment
to the constitution. One of the most
important features of that amendment
is that it prohibits forever the payment
of any portion of the rebel War Debt.
The rebel delegates 10 the Democrat
ic National Convention insisted upon the
notification of that, article for the ex-
press purpose of enabling them. if the
Democratic party should get into pow
er, 10 secure the recognition and pay
ment of their war debt. Now, if tax
payers desire the doubling of Federal
taxation they have only to vote the
Democratic ticket to insure the addition
of that load to the load they. already
carry. Besides this, they intend that
the Government shall pay them for
their slaves, which viii add four billions
more TO the public debt.-Ddyto,a Jour
nal. . 80
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

RooT UP THE WEEDs.-Two boys,
John and Willie. were employed by the
Squire to keep his paths weeded. John
contented himself with taking off the
tops of the weeds, so that soon his path
was cleared, and having swept away
the leaves, he went off TO play.
Willie was much longer at his work,
for he stopped to take all weeds up by
the roots, and he was well tired when
he went home.
But the rain came down in the night
and when the boys master went to
look at the two paths, Johns wanted
wedding as much as ever, while Viii
lies was clear and only needed few
turns of the roller to make it perfectly
neat. So John was sent back to do his
work properly, and very tired he
would have been had not Willie good
naturedly helped him TO finish his
task.
Only thorough WORK is worth doing
Faults only half uprooted viii appear
again aud again, and we shall almos
despair of curing them.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

PRED during Mrs. d. p. Bowers engage
ment at Virginia City, Nevada: "A
countryman watched the great actress
with an interest that appeared to absorb
his every sense-he saw nothing, heard
nothing, felt nothing but the Borgia.
At the end of the act he hcaved great
sigh as he gazed at the green curtain.
Turning to his neighbor, he asked -
Does Mrs. Bowers enjoy good health,
do Won know?' Z believe so; why 2
queried the neighbor. Well, / don't
know, but it somewhat struck me that
a woman who is obliged TO have so many
darned bad spells, and has 'em so natu-
ural, couldn't be exactly right, you
know, between whiles.'S
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

Wade Hampton is again threatening
to bid farewell to his native State, and
say Good night" to his native land.
He threatened TO leave for foreign
parts at the time the Confederacy was
subjugated; and now he threatens that.
in case Of the election of Grant, he
will "pack up his household goods and
seek n more congenial cline" 1t
would be painful to have Massa Hanp-
ton leave us; but it is far more painful
to have him always terrifying us by
his threats to leave.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

If the Democratic leaders of The
North were half as frank as their South
ern confederates, it would save a deal
of trouble in this campaign. In a re-
cent speech at Atlanta, Georgia. ratify-
ing the Democratic ticket, General
Toombs, formerly Z. S. Senator from
that State, said:
Il arHl gire goM another fact. schfch
IS enough for this time, that the late
scdy tras produced by the Democratic
party an 1850, so zee shall aeces. hare
peace TIL it Is restored to potrer IN
1868"
The admission that the Democratic
party caused the war is the point.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

a national conference of Unitarian
Churches will assemble at New York on
October 9th, when Rev. James Martin
eau, of London, will deliver the opep-
ing sermon.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

4 good story is told of a boot black
whose energies were taxed by the huge
shoes of private just returnin gfrom
the war. The little fellow, kneeling
down, looked over his shoulder 10
comrade and exclaimed: "Lend me
spit, jim; I've got an army contract"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

A lady in Pittsffeld, who is ninety
three years old, milks her COW twice a
day. does her own sewing and knitting,
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

The men at Saratoga can't laugh
much at the women. While the latter
are enjoying the Grecian bend the for
mer are most likely on an American
bender.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

Apropos to the heated term, Boston
gentleman writes: Last Saturday my
motheF-in-1aw came on visit. In
short time it became 80 hot was oblig-
ed TO leave.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

A Newark Justice has decided that it
is no SANDER to call a lady telegraph
pole"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

Put dried fruit in common muslin
bags, with a little sassafras bark scat
tered through, a handful of bark TO
bushel of fruit, and no worms viii
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

The Mammoth Cave has become pop
uIar; it has received more visitors this
summer than ever before in one season.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

A story, calculated to injure the rep
utaticn of the grasshoppers, is told IN
Huron county, Ohio, to the effect that
they have taken to eating the wool on
the backs of sheep.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
IE CTREs CONSIDERATIONS.
GIRARD. PA. July 4

Editor Of Cincinnati Iimes:-I have
had the consumption since 1 was boy,
and not much else. For fifteen years L
have been failing every day. L got thin
enough to be used Tor a paper cutter,
and raised a great deal. The doctors
stuck to me as long as could raise any
money, when they quit me. DIR. Gritty
took hold of me. He sand-papered my
chest, also my trunk and several pieces
OF small baggage. / began to mend he
kept on nd-papering, and now am
well. / have come up from So lbs. to
296 lbs, and get my living by having
rocks broken on my chest with sledge
hammer in Dan Rice's circus. You are
at liberty to use this as you will.
Yours truly, Cox SUMPTION.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

He who gives himself airs of import
ance, exhibits the credentials of inpo-
tence.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

At the University at Paris an Ameri-
can lady has passed her first examina-
ton for the degrees of NJ. d.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

Thaddeus Stevens left $4,000 for
building an asylum for INDECENT Or
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

He who studies books gets the frame
of knowledge, but he who studies man
oets the soul.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
written for the Cincinnati Times
THE SAND.PAPER CURE.
Sand.paper as Medicinal Agent-Dr.
Gritty, the sand-paper D0ct0r-His As
tOnishing CureS- Certificates from His
Patients, &c.

DR.. Gritty, the celebrated ''Sand-paper
Doctor is soon to be in this CITY In
the marvelousness of his cures, he is
said to excel the movement" doctors,
and leave "magnetic" doctors, "laying-
on-of-handH doctors, natural doctors
Gncluding natural fools.) and all other
kinds of doctors far in the shade. His
practice consists simply in sandpdperiag
the patient. Having a patent on it, he
enjoys monopoly of the business. No
one else can practice it without permits
sion from him, not even the patient him
self. So it will readily be seen that the
doctor has got big thing, and his sys-
tenn will doubtless have plenty of friends
in this day of reforms. His system
is an ingenious combination of the mag
netic and movement practice. Instead.
however, of moving the patient, DR..
Gritty moves himself in applying the
saIrd-paper, making it much easier for
the patient, particularly if he is lazy
man. Then the friction of the sand-pa-
per upon the cuticle of the patient pro-
duces magnetic effects far superior TO a
battery. In the East, where DIR. Gritty
has been operating, he has performed
some of the most astonishing cures. He
sand-papers people for the rheumatism,
neuralgia, consumption, and, in fact, for
nearly all the ills that flesh is heir TO.
and never fails of effecting permanent
cure. We select from mong a null
titude of certificates which DIR. Gritty
has received from his numerous pa
tients the following:
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

China is becoming civilized. They
have distiIlery and a brewery in sue
cessful operation at Shanghai.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

QUARRELING.-If anything in the
world will make man feel badly ex-
cept pinching his fingers in the crack
of adoor, it is unquestionably quar-
rel. No man ever fails to think less of
himself after it than before. 1t de-
grades him in the eyes of others, and
what is worse, blunts his sensibilities
on the one hand, and increases the
power of passionate irritability on the
other. The truth is, the more peace
fully and quietly we get on, the better
for our neighbors. In nine cases out
of ten, the better course is, if man
cheats you, cease to deal with him; if
he is abusive, quit his company; and if
he SANDERS you, take care to live so
that nobody will believe him. No
matter who he is or how he misuses
you, the wisest way is to let him alone
for there is nothing better than this
cool, calm, and quiet way of dealing
with the wrongs we meet with.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

Mining is paying well now in CalifOr-
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
DANCING SCHOOL.

BUFFALO, n. Y, June LIST, 1858.
Or. GRITTY:
My only son, as you know, lad Of
sixteen, was born without any legs. We
tried plasters and all sorts of things to
bring out his legs, but all to no avail.
AT length you came our way with your
Sand-Papper Cure. After few vigorous
applications of your Nos. 2 and 3 Sand
Paper his toes began to show themselves
to the great joy of his parents, who
feared that his feet were gone in tOe-tOe.
Soon both feet appeared entire; followed
by his legs, and to-day he can walk or
run as well as any of us. He belongs
TO base ball club, is ready to wrestle
for money and is attending dancing
school. Yours, &C., "A. WHoPPER.
lie sAND-PAPERs DOWN TUMoR.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
ate Far, 1865"
Open to Kansas competition only.
MECHANICS PRIZE.

To encourage the higher order Of me-
chanics, the Kansas Farmer offers as
prize for the best specimen of Kan
sas mechanical skill exhibited at the
coming State Fair, solid silver pitch
cr, worth $50
Specimens of mechanism competing
for this prize will not be confined to
any branch of mechanics, but open to all.
The awards will be made by COM
mittee of master mechanics, upon the
superior skill of the artilicer as shown
by his work exhibited. No article will
be allowed to compete for this prize I'M
less made by the hands of the exhibit
or, of which fact the most positive
proof will be required.
The pitcher will be engraved: exam
sas Farmer prize for best specimen of
mechanism, awarded to --, Kan
sas State Fair, 1865" 7s
Open to Kansas competition only.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
lie CURES RHEUMATISM.
BosroN. May. 2. 1868.

DR.. Gritt5-Dear Sir. l was affiict-
ed with inflammatory rheumatism for
sixty-four years, during fifty of which
| was confined TO my bed. All my ply
sicians gave>me up, and l nearly gave
up myself several times. In fact l should
ii | had had anything left to give up 1
had given up everything to the doctors.
was finally induced to place myself i'll
your hands, ard try your Great Sand
paper Cure. After you had sand paper
ed me once thoroughly began-to get
better; in week l was able to walk
about, and now L am teacher in the
Young Mems Gymnasium. Had it not
been for you and sand-paper, L would
have been cut of in the flower of my
youth. Yours truly,
II. l.. MATTICKs.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
On THE CASH SYSTEM.

ON I1h S1@AF7fh > =
Nothing but ready pay will buy Iron, steel,
coal. etc. and nothing but ready pay will get
work done at my shop. L adopt the cash sys-
tenn because have had bad luck and want to
recuperate my losses. viii take any kind OF
produce or stock for work. Come and see me;
New shop. corner of Mechanics street and
Fifth Avenue, next to the Billiard Saloon:
PAUL BECK.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18

To the Public:
All the water-cure establishments in
this vicinity have been compelled to
close, on account of DIR. Gritty's success
with his sand-paper practice. Bathing
houses are no longer patronized, and
bath-tubs are almost entirely dispensed
with. 1t is discovered that perfect health
is secured by sand-papering the bod V
once a month, although some contend
that once lear is often enougli-say
every Christmas. 1t does away with ali
necessity for bathing.
The poor of the city are kept in fire.
wood exclusively by a distribution of
the crutches and canes which DIR. Grit
tvs patients are enabled to throw aside.
The sand-paper cure is destined to knock
every other line of practice higher than
a kite. ANTI-HUMBUG.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-18
HE hEMON ES BALDNE SS.
MONTREAL, June IA, 1865.

To the Public:
At twenty-one years of age I was en-
tirely bald, having been born so. Heard
of DIR. Gritty. Sent for him. lie sand
papered my head few times, causing
handsome wig and plug hat to grow
on it. He is the most wonderful doc
tor of the age. B. AwLED.
A BOY BORN WITHOUT LEGS NOW ATTENDS
DANCING SCHOOL.