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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-01-30
FOR RENT.
BOARDING.

DRIvATE BOARDING.
First-class Boarding, 10y the Day or
Week, at E. MJBURNS'S,
No. 76 Division St., bet. Second and Third,
Evansville, Ind.
observation-disclosures can be accommo-
dated with boarding, by the day or week,
on reasonablesterms.- ga [may2I diff
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MONETARY & COMMERCIAL

To COUNTRY MERCHANTs.-We direct the
attention especially of country merchants
to the superior facilities of the JOURNAL
Company for printing Fancy Posters and
ali kinds of mercantile WORK, viz. Bill
Heads, Cards, Circulars, &c. Orders for
work can be sent through any of the
FyansyiIl q 10 erchants. Gil 81
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entered upon speculations. The chances
of salvage from the Royal Charter was
sold for Gl000, while in one of the work.
ing days alone sum of $4,000 was re-
covered. The ultimate profits of the
transaction we have not been able TO
learn. The sums recovered by Mr..
Siebe from the Columbia, wrecked Off
Point DeGalle in 1867, ,andby Mr.. Heinke
from the Peninsular and Oriental steam
er Malabar in 1860 (no less than E2SO,-
900 were recovered in this case), and
the recovery by John Cram of el00,00
from the Lady Charlotte, show how
natural is the spirit which leads the
diver to dilate upon them.
The diver has sometimes sad duties
to perform, as happened in the case of
the steamship Dalhousie, which was
sunk near Dundee some three years
since. The divers had in that case to
go into the cabins and remove the bod
les of the drowned. Some were in the
attitude of prayer others appeared as
they were last engaged in their impo-
tent struggles with death while the
most affecting sights of all were those
in which young children were found
clinging to their parents, Such occur
renceS, as Il matter of course, are fire.
quent, and constitute the least pleas
ant portion of divers business. There
are many other stories current, some of
Il pathetic but most of a comical nature:
such, for instance, as relations of fights
with sharks and dog-fish, in which the
men had to seek refuge from their en-
emy in the holds of wrecked ships and
the tale told to NJ. Esquinos by the Ply
mouth divers, about one of their body
who had love-passages with mermaid
which Ofcourse ended in the usual man.
ner, poetical justice made and provided
for such cases being fulfilled by the
drowning of the rash lover.
The number of accidents from diving
Is surprisingly small, so perfectly safe
have the apparatus and arrangements
now been made. One of the most trag
ical accidents recorded was caused in
singular manner, but was in no degree
owing To any defect in the diving APP
paratus itself. A diver at work upon
wreck at Valparaiso had fixed the
slings round a box containing ingots of
gold. In the course of hauling up the
sings broke, and the box of gold de-
scended upon the poor diver, killing
him then and there GCornhill Maga
zine.
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THE DANGERS OF SUCCESS. Goethe
says somewhere, that as soon AS a man
has done anything remarkable, there
seems to be general conspiracy to pre-
vent him from doing it again He is
feasted, feted, caressed his time is stol-
en- from him 10y breakfasts, dinners, So
cieties, idle businesses of thousand
kinds. Mr.. Buckle had his share of all
this; but there are also more dangerous
enemies that wait ON success like his.
He had scarcely won for the him.
self the place which he deserved, than
his health was found shattered by his
labors. He had but time to show how
large man he was, time just to sketch
the outlines of his philosophy, and he
passed away AS suddenly as he appeared.
He went abroad to recover strength for
his work, but his work was done and
over. He died of fever at Damascus,
veXed only that he was compelled TO
leave it incompleted. Almost his last
conscious words We're, my book, my
book | shall never finish my book ~
He went away as he had lived, nobly
careless of himself, and thinking only
of the thing which he had undertaken
to do Froude.
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How FRANK BLAIR sunk THE WROS9
SHIRT The Blairs were raised in Wash.
ington, and the boys then, as ever since,
had enlarged IDEAS Of the consequence OF
the Hilair family" They were biz,
strapp'ng fellows, and smaller chaps aI-
ways avoided them for the wantonness
with which they imposed Oh those too
weak to defend themselves. Thirty or
thirty five years ago the canal which now
serves Washington city as a sewer was
not the mud-holc it has become of late
years. 1t was Il lavorte place for boys.
particularly the smaller ones. who did not
venture to so to the river. On one OF
these occasion, when Frank and one or
two other Of the Blairs were present, a
little fellow in advance of others picked
up a shirt from the pile of clothing aud
began to dress. As the boy was very
little one, the opportunity to show the
power of Blair was too good to be lost.
Frank snatched the shirt from the child
and threw it overload The cutlery at
so mean an act he answered with laugh
ter, for his big brothers stood by him.
The shirt not sinking as fast as he wish-
cd, he threw chunks of mud and stones
upon il, until the over-freighted garment
went down, Frank laughed loud and
long the little boy cried whereupun
Frank, as punishment for not accepts
ing as an honor tie notice taken Of the
garment by the Blairs, threw additional
weights upon the sunken shirt by this
time all except the Blairs had dressed
themselves, and the piles of unclaimed
clothes was reduced to those belonging TO
them, and the lad selected as victim.
The Blairs had enjoyed their pastime,
| dancing in aboriginal costume, but turne,i
| now to their own clothes. One of then
shirts was missing. The supposed vie
timihad found his own garment AMI escap
ed to safe distance. Terrible was the
profanity and wild wrath when the truth
became apparent that Frank Blair ha 4
| thrown his own shirt overheard and had
sunk it irrrecoverabIy, The little boy
whose shirt he sunk in the Washineroi
canal is delegate to the Tammany con.
yention, and he will at least recall lhe in
cident we have related, aud laugh At Gen
Blair's blundcrin9 perslstency in sinkin.
| the wrong shirt. .- (HNr,a TgIbs.
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the sitting room and knocked. They
seemed half-frighlened when they saw
who it was, but asked us in politely. A
hired nurse was walking up and down
the floor trying to pacify it. Mrs. Lor-
inner had wearied herself out and was
laying on lounge.
Come to mother Willie said, and he
brought the little fellow to me at once.
How he clung 10 me, still sobbing,
yet smiling all the while to find him
self i'm my arms!
Il cannot give him up | said at last
when | could get my voice clear: you
must let me take him home
They evidently thought me one of the
silliest of women, but their cold words
only made me more determined, and
we started back i'm less than half an
hour after we came, | carrying the
baby in my arms all the way.
When had laid him down in bed,
not fast asleep, but still sobbing,and he
. reaching out his little hands, to feel if
was there, | said:
God helping me, come what will, |
will never part with one of my living
children again. And never did
have no need to tell how wild with
JOY the rest of the children were when
they found the baoy in bed the next
morning; and from that day forth it
was their greatest pleasure to amusc
Charlie and have him with them.
When the affair came to he known,
many blamed me, and many tavors
that my rich neighbors might have
done me, they withheld, | think for
my folly, as they called it. But few
poor women like myself, who had al
ways nursed their own children, said
did right We had many trials, and
often not Il crust of bread in the house /;
but our hardships only bound us the
more closely together.
All my children proved comforts and
blessings To me. God took care Of one
for me but Willie said, We know that
il was for the best. The rest married
in the course of time and left me; but
the prop of my old days, the one whose
industry and management gave me
this plentiful and comfortable home,
has never left me since the day | gave
him away.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

1HE CHGLDREN's CRusADE.-In the
summer Of 1918 boy was noticed wan.
dering from town to town in France. -
Ills hand was never stretched out for alm7
nor his voice subdued into the beegar's
whine. lie belonged not to the tribe OF
vagrant students, nor still to that of the
mountebank or the picarocn, Neither
did he carry either of those universal pass.
ports-the palmer's staff, Or the gleeman's
cithara Unlike each and all Of these.
his mien was sanity and his conduct ire
proachable, Wherever he went he chant
ted the words "Lord Jesus give us back
the Holy Cross :" pausing only TO say
fervent prayer. In little time he was
universally revered as the messenger from
Heaven. happy was that house esteemed
wherein he deigned to take up his lodg
ing soon alarm began to permeate aud
deepen the awe with which he was every
where regarded. And truly the effect Of
his example was appalling, All at once
a strange infatuation seized on all the
boys Of the same age. No sooner was
his voice heard in any town or hamlet,
than out they poured, mustered in his
track, and accompanied him blindy
whithersoever it pleased him to direct hi.
course. Bolts and bars wele useless to
restrain them tears and prayers to turn
them from their purpose. They hasten,
ed 10 quit father, mother, home, everys
thing that was dearest, to follow this
strange leader, and chant with him
"Lord Jesus give usback the Holy Gross
They came to him by twenties, by hund-
reds by thousands. Every day added
to his throng, until at length no city would
consent 10 receive them within its walls
Having gathered his great host he di,
rected its march towards the shores .i
the Mediterranean. Himself led the way
reclining in chariot lined with cIoaks
After him pressed the countless throne
chanting Lord Jesus, give ne hack tho
Holy Cross" And every instant they
trampled the weaker to death aq they
struggled for the place nearest to their
leaders car, for he among them was en-
We'd exceedingly who could touch his
his person or gather thread from his
robe. In the end the whole pershed
on tue land or in tue sea. .-Co,nhW .May.
0,Ute
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The mnst fashionable costume (nr ave.

The most fashionable costume for eyes
ming wear-Neck. or nothing.
A pound on mans nose is supposed
he to rather more than sixteen ounces
The seat of cylization--a chair.
An unclassical monster--the Fenian
Head Centaur,
To the clerk OF the weatheF--who bor-
rows the season when il is Lent
1t will never do to abolish the cat in
the army. What will the soldiers do for
kits?
The more woman's waist is shaped
like an hour glass the quicker will the
sands Of her life run out.
A bald publisher wants sensational
story that will make his hair stand on his
head
1t is asserted that persons with weak
digestion will do well TO prefer female
fowls in their eating rs hens are more
likely TO SET well on the stomach.
An ungallant New York paper, motto.
ing the departure of Madame Parepa
Rosa for California, adds, the steamer
took out SIX ton Of other freight.
1t was a pretty conceit of a romantic
father whose name was Rose, and who
named his daughter "Wild." But thu
romance of the thing was sadly spoilet
when she grew upand married man b,
the name of "Bnll."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

One Of the "broad' style Of western
men said recently on his way hone
from Boston, that nothing had surprised
him 20 much as 10 see the New England
farmers ''hnring holes in rock4 with oim-
lets 10 put in their Grain. ''Why onl
west, he added, I'VE put the gram yii a
table and tam II, and ii comes up all
around.
When Saliie's arms her dog impFi.on
| always wish my neck was hisen how
often would stop ard turn, to get pat
from hand like hem and whcu She
kisses Towser's nose, q don't | wish that
| were those.
Josh Billings says never knew vcr,
han,nm woman ENGAGED in the "woman 81
rights huiSncs'-they kan play the kn.d,
they alredly holl to better advantage.
A reader writes that he takes no Stork
in the new woman's Club" lie say
the " old women,s club" is enough ior him
and frequently too much.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

THE SEAL suppose there is moth
ing more humbling than Il voyage to
sea. II is II marvellous mortiiier of
pride. The most pompous Don Sancho
is not likely to stand upon his dignity
when he can hardly stand upon his
feet. believe there are those who are
so abnormally constituted as TO feel a
defiant pleasure in the wayward ele-
ment, but do not aspire to such lofty
philosophy. | am content, a i rule,
To admire the grandeur of the waves
from the shore, and am not insensible
to the force of that particular part Of the
"reSt which remaineth ~ which is as
sured by the promise that "there shall
be no more sea-" Still there is some
thing grand, even to awfulness, in the
thought OF utter helplessness which you
feel at sea. Sky and water, with no
living thing visible over the vast ex-
panse for days together just your own
vessel with its human freight-and
God! To n thoughtful mind there is
no surer teaching of humility and trust.
II Dr. Punshon.
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I'IAi'i'
FARM FOR SALE

' f0unsTly aNnosibv la, "a iiookrf (iscss cd
plsa.anil, .itlat.l on NuuFer StT,st "a ths
nar-heazt pa.t Il Aidil. huFs 90 the roai leading
20 New havsa Miilz, Ahsni 81 H5t'' iIom Md
dls.,urv yi1a.r. Sail fhm contains ~ sgfes ct
sNcsllsnt ianI, well saierei, tell ADAPTED 10
grae and ,Tain soli houss, ns.L ,@hoOl. pl-n.y
a oatbuqaing end aecomo< st'ons isf all kinss u
stOck, an snms frait Als0 % aerss a woodland
sssy"i reasss. Dor Iart,isr iTtieukFs in4u'rs VI
Are DaNl Hooker on thu premises, fnnkhn
hooxer a. tomwall, 90 - tie subscriber Al VI
10 dense. A. q illsDkfk
M,Ails6as, NJ S.v lsG1
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

FKEEMAsoNRY IN THE WORLD, 1t e
estimated that in 1867, in round numbers,
there were l,250,000 Free and Accepted
Masons scattered upon the face. Of the
globe, Of this number, some 10000
arc in England, 100, 900 in Scotland, ana
$4,000 in Ireland. There arc about
10000 on the Continent Of Europe. 300,
600 in the United States, and 5000 in
other parts OF the world. A. B. NJ.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

To be despised or blamed hy an m-
competent or uncandid judge, may give
momentary pain, hut ought NOT to
make one unhappy
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4 merchant of Helena. Montana, star
ted for home in New England after q
bride, some weeks ago, and his partner
told him if he found nice girl ior him
10 bring her along too The merchant
is on his return with wife Of his own
and a candidate for matrimony with his
partner
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tholie, cholera morbus, cramps, nj ami
dyspepsia, are benefited anu relieved by using
Renne's Pain killing Magic OH hs use i.
safe. as well as delloious Try il.
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l. OR ONE DOLLAR

hs ssll Drs.s Patis;pl Pant fsiisrns, Wsls.
Cotton ueth shs~d-. thFpstis =. sh-ssisEs DO
a@s s-Aey dood~ &C., a.. GsssAEs hsni frss.
giving f T.Iiic'l.Es, or Tss 70 C,s. A. .sTt Tor
OAg DoII-Ar fan.a.
Ia sham tie masf literal in.iae. aasats a.. eteToi
aud saii.ia,iian gaATantesi In all oA.ss.
ChAs. LETS a 90.
hfn tstafas Agsnt.,
arly ca sud &c f<isral = hasisn M
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

The States giving increased attention
TO Maple Sugar are NIas5achuselts, 80
per cent, increase Vermont 60, New
llampsltFe, Wisconsin, Maine, New Yorki
Minnesota, Iowa, and Pennsylvania ~
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

AN OFFICIAL BUTCHER. -Reindcl,
the Prussian eXeculioner, has of late
his hands full of business The other
day he heheaded three murdercr-, in
the prison yard AT Thurn, in the course
of ten minutes. The doomed men We're
led ont one after another, told 10 pull
Off their coats and lay their head upon
the block, where il was fastened with a
strap, and two seconds after all was
over. The head and trunk of the be-
headed person were laid ina coffin, and
the block carefully wiped OF, and sand
strewn over the blood on the ground
This was done lost the next victim
should faint in consequence of the odoI
of the blood, which To men who ar6
about TO be executed l. said 10 he imtOl-
erable. Two of the criminals were be.
headed AT one to each man stroke oi
Relnde's terrible axe the third stroke
was less successful and had 10 be re
peated.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

n CHEAP Ice PITCHER. The follow
Ing simple method OF keeping ice water
long time in a common pitcher is
worth knowing this hot weather -
Place between two sheets of paper
newspaper will answer, thick brown
is better) layer of cotton batting about
half an inch in thickness, lastcn the
ends Of paper and batting together,
forming a circle, then sew or paste 4
crown over one end, making the box
the shape of a stove pipe minus the
rim. Place this over an ordinary pitch
er filed with ice water, making ii deep
enough 10 rest on the table 50 as to eX-
clude the air, and you will he aslonished
at the length of time the Ice will keep
and the water remain cool after the ice
il melted,
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n f. w q 90 DS
DRY GOODS

DEl'Ss GEIDS, sRll.l.lANTS. MtlSLlNS.
tpla.. apd harrr,D tsrnhrics tni iAuu- Heachel
aud Vnhlcaclei Co'ton., D,nims Striped 1icks
Bslin.ral and li'op Airi-, Linen Goods Tail,
s,trad, ho-ier, G,o,-'. Sc s..
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-07-21

FRETTINo.-Twog gardeners had their
crops of peas killed by the frost, one of
whom, who had frettcd greatly and
grumbled at the loss, visiting his neigh
Dor some time after, was astonished to
see another fine crop growing, and in
quired how it could be. These are
what | sowed while you was fretting,
was the reply, WHY, don t YOU fret?'
Yes, but | put ii Off till | have re-
paired the mischief, Why. then
there's no reason TO fret at all. True.
that's the reason put II off.
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GROCERIES 4 PROVISIONS,

sugars TtAs. CDFFFfS hOLASStS
Rai-in.. Hice sp. - Stsrch sal Cam Starch.
Cnam ntist, Si-is. >alouuis Sap. tAndies,
ksru-rne Oh 'gola,,o. sc, Hnur Pork. lari,
h.h ct all kinds, bniptsud Isg.. ufic.i Applo-.
lls,ns Niuel ar &c St.
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PAPER HANGlNGS.
,sil lAkp> uf
L A K z T. tt M

ts'all..sg usiai Dai,b is.,a.a Thfss nv
ln.rli. t.p..t nlsa-ela q. g., ~ pr.e-.
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LAuGV0iTHY 6 BOND,

Muuh announce TO the pall,c generally they
hsvc just returned ir"m maile' Nth very choice
1nck 80
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-07-25
Speeial getifes.
AYERS PILLS

ARE PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO
!:
arrangement of the digestive apparatus and
diseases arising from impurity of the blood.
large part of all the complaints that afiict
mankind originate in one of these, and con-
sequently these Pills are found to cure ma
ny varieties of disease. They sugar.
coated, and hence may be taken readily by
the most sensitive and delicate Suboned the
from eminent physicians of their effects in
their practice:
AS A FAMILY PHYsIC.
From DR.. E. ". Cdrt,cright Of NeW Orleans.
Your PILLS the prince of purges Their excellent
qualities any cathartc possess They are mild
but very certain and eectua in their action bowels
which makes them invaluable to in the daily treatment
of disease"
FOR JAUND1CE AND ALL LIVER COMPLAINTS
From DR.. Theodore Bell, of Ne,g York Cfty
"Not only your PILLS admirably adapted pur-
pose aperen but find their beneficial effects upon
the Liver very marked indeed They have in my practices
proved eectua for the of bilious complaints than
any remedy mention sincerely rejoice that
have length pugatve which worthy the confdenceo OF
the profession and the people"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
From DR.. Henry J. Knor, Of 81. Louis.
"The PILLS you kind enough send me have been
all used my practice and have satisfied that they
truly extraordinary medicine So peculiarly they
adapted the diseases of the human system that they scent
to work them alone Eave cured some of ds
ppsd and with hem which had resisted the ohs
remedies commonly use Indeed have experiment
tally found them be eectual in almost all The complaints
for which you recommend them"
HEApAcHE-sIcK HEADAcHE-TouL sroMAcH-PTLEs-pRoP
sy-PLErHoRIA-PARALrsS-FI S-FITs-DYsENrERY-DIARRHGA
-RELAx-ac.
From DR.. Eltcard Boyd, Baltimore.
"DEAR DR.. AVER Il cannot you what complaints
have cured with your PILLS better than all that ,ee
eectual cathartic in daily contest with dis
ease and believing do that Pulls afford the best
we have of course value them highly"
~ of the Pills in market contain Mercury which,
although valuable remedy in sklfu hands, dangerous
in public pill, from the dreadful consequences that fire.
quenty follow ncautous These contain no Mrcury
mineral substance whatever.
Prepared by j. c. AVER Co.. Lowell Mass and sold by
NJ. OBERDEENER, weavervle and Druggists everywhere
CRANE BRIGHAM, San Francisco, wholesale agents.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-07-25

Medica Advice.-DR WIN X. DoHERTY's Medicaland
Surgical Institute becoming sine to the welfare
health of ctizen and his rapidly
ding reputation although excite SURPRISE is but tho
signal skill and follows the natural effect Of such
We personally acquainted with gentlemen who
had suffered for years under chronic disease and who had s
ken advantage Of every available that promised
lief but without until they called DR. DoHERTY
wh incredibly short of time has given them
relief gratifying this fact because the
gentleman who seeks not by defamation of others
establish his reputation the Of
his upon the ruin of anohers fame The Doctor COM
ducts his Institute in such that must be gratifying
to his patients. He advises and recommends
without charge and the patient after hearing his terms r
accept reject at pleasure In does
the Doctor make charge unless he effects This hs
able do because he feels the confidence which long
perience has given and doubt the consolation which
confidence. Persons afflicted with either
cute would well consult the Doctor
all it do harm for consultation he asks
does insist obedience to his advice lies
the patient places himself under his His offices
opposite the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany's ofiice-Sdn Francisco NelrS.