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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-11

THE GREAT CLosISG-oUT BOoESALE of
Mr.. Juod will be continued this evening, at 30
Pa. avenue, under the Metropolitan Hotel SO
rich ana varied stock was never before offered
in Washington. Private sales during the day
Call and get catalogue.
L9,1 VIM. L. WALL Il Co, Auctioneers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-11

Y Tniontewn ON the Msrlboro Road, has sQ0S
GRAPE VINES and FRUIT TREES. Of ali vhe
various and best kinds for sale Persons can o.
ply 10 him on his place orr by letter through tht
Washington Post once. He also attends 10 the
planting, Ac., Of them. Refers BY perpassion 10
Col VIM. Henry Dangerield, Wood Cot. Prieer
George county. Nd, J p. Bartholow, sbd The star
Once, W darlington, y. O, de "a 3rnF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-11

WAsHiNGrON CITY
WINGS BANK,
Corner Of eth street and Louisiana avenue.
PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS,
BUYS and SELLS all kinds OF BONDS and
STOCKS, GOLD and SILVER.
Highest prices paid for LAND WARRANTS.
J. 3. ELvANS, President.
pUrp Treasuver Nh so-sv,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-01-11

PENSION OFFICE. july lsth 80
Application having been made pnd,T H.. = =, =,
June ls6s FOR the reissue Of tbe following De- =
sI,OeI kano Variants, which are alleged 60 have
neen lost OF destroy sd,-AOtice Is herehy eivse
that At the date following the dsscriptiaa II .s,k
win be reissued, IL no valid obsec,ion .hls ~
appear. JOS. II. BARRETT. Commissioa.I
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY
MANAGEMENr.-Frem late copy Of the
St. Paul Pioneer we clip the following
complimentary illusions to the officers and
their management of the road:
"The managemcnto Of the Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railway Company is not surpas-
sed in efficiency, vigcr and success by that
Of any railway company in the United
States. Their lines are rapidly reaching
thousand miles in extent, and mass of
business is done over them that is absolute
ly wonderful. Mr.. Mitchell. the president.
is one Of the very soundsst inanciers in
the country S. S. Merrill, the general
manager, now ranks among the pioneer
railroad men of the West, and has no
superior for energy, thorough knowledge
Of the vast interests under his control ,and
integrity in the discharge of his arduous
duties. The subordinate officers include
such men as A. V. II. Carpenter, superin-
tendent Of the Iowa and Minnesota divis-
ion; II. z. Atkins, superintendent Of the
Prairie du Chen division L. B. Rock,
superintendent of the La Crosse division,
and other equally sound and capable men.
They have made the road grand success;
and as it continues to grow in dimensions
it will open up the wealth Of new terrific
~, and make neighbors Of remote cities. !"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

WHAT RAILRoADs DO FOR FARMERS. TO
haul forty bushels of corn fifty miles on a
wagon would cost at least Sl2 for team,
driver and expenses. A railroad would
transport it for 81 at most. Allowing an
average of forty bushels per acre, the crop
would be worth IS more per acre, or per
cent. on SlOO. AS the relative advantage
is about the same for other crops, it is
clear that railroad passing through q
town would add 500 per acre to the value
of the farms. A town ten miles square
contains 60, 900 acres. An increase of 500
per acre is equal to Sc, ,4OO, 900, or enough
to build two hundred miles of railroad,
even if it cost 81, 900 per mile. But two
hundred miles of road would extend thro
twenty towns ten miles square. and cost
but $40 per acre, if taxed upon the land
These figures are given merely as an H.
lustration. If the farmers had taxed them,
selves to build all the railroads in this
country, and given them away to compan-
les that would stock and run them, the
present increased value Of their fand would
have well repaid all the outlay.-Ay,icul,
turiSt.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

The Fond du Lac Commonwealth says,
that one of the machine shops in that city
has discharged % mechanics "because
those who would like to have work done
have no money to pay for it."-Er.
And these are not the only mechanics
who will be discharged because people
have no money to pay for work. Money
is fast growing shorter and shorter in the
hands of business men. The rich men
have plenty of money in bonds, and those
bonds are locked up, waiting for the time
when the coupons can be clipped off and
presented at the counter Of national
bank and their face demanded in gold.
This is very nice the interest is seven
per cent in gold, or ten per cent. in green
backs, and there being no tax to pay on
these bonds, it makes about five per cent.
more; therefore these bonds bear an in
terest of about the same as fifteen per cent.
and the government security is considered
better bonds and mortgages which are sub
ject to tax.-F. du CHEN Courier.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

Thurlow Weeds paper says this Con.
gress can more easily do foolish thing
than any Congress that has ever been con.
vened.
The Tribune is ungallant enough to nc.
cuse Mrs. Scott Siddons Of "hoppins
about the stage like u chestnut on q hot
shovel"
The earthquake pied many California
printers cases.
Servant girls in San Francisco bring
dowries Of So, 900 in gold.
Nobody will hire the house in which
Starkweather killed his mother.
1t is considered scandalons for man to
be seen with his wife in Paris.
North Carolina produced the first negro
Presidential elector. -
A man in Rochester poured kerosene on
his wife and then fred her OH.
Chicago has had the thermometer atzero,
and divorces are less frequent.
An unpleasant fellow at Pittsburg pois,
oncd the wedding dinner Of his rival.
The slaughter Of an infant cost New
York horse railroad $500, which was
cheap.
AsaW. Brown, of Cincinnati, desires
divorce from MRS. Brown because she
''hates babies"
The Marquis Of Hastings left his prop.
erty TO his widow only in case she
shouldn't marry again. -.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23
We have nothing to do with the abstrac

We have nothing to do with the abstract
question as to the truth Of theology.
Every man, in this country, has right to
believe or not to believe, in any creed or
dogma, just as the evideAce convinces or
tails to convince him Individually. Every
man also pays for the privilege Of sending
mis- children to the Common Schools. The
simple question, then, is, Shall the educa.
ton there be so restricted as to offer noth-
ing Objectionable to the principles Of any
parties who may wish to send their chill
dren. The schools of America being for
aN, should he SO conducted as to be eli.i.
ple for all ; and the jew and the Gentle,
tho unbeliever and the Christian, should
have the same rights there. Religion is q
homo matter, and may be safely left in
the hands Of the parent and the priest;
anu SO long as pure morals are inculcated
IN our public schools, religious training is
out Of place. No man can teach theo-
loyy without impartins to the study por-
ton Of his sectarianism, and the child Of
u professor therefore may acquire that
which is as opposite to the creed Of his
parents as in6delity is to orthodoxy. So
long as . man who seems to have no other
duty but to sing, preach, and pray, has
the command OF our schools, SO long will
u great portion OF our population bs de-
barred from sending their children there.
True Radi,a'.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

In Western village charming we'll
preserved widow had been courted and
won by physician. She had children
among them a crippled boy, who had been
petted, and, if not spoiled, certainly al
lowed very great freedom in debate. "
The wedding day was approaching. and ii
was time the children should know they
were to haye new father. Calling the
crippled boy, she said: ''Georgs ! an
going to do something before long that
would Ike to talk about with YOU"
swell, ma, what is it2'
~ am intending 70 marry Dr.. Jones il
few days, and"
"Bully for You, ma! Docs DR.. Jone
know It?
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

Archie and Tom sparked the same girl
One night Archie called on her and found
her alone. After some conversation he
burst out with:
"Miss Mollie, do you think ysu couli
leave this comfortable home, kind father
and mother, loving brothers and sisters,
and 20 to the far West with a young man
who has little to live on save his profess
sion?"
"Miss Mollie laid her hand gently on
ArcAie's shoulder, with her eyes about
half closed, her ruby lips slightly apart,
and said softly:
eyes Archie. think could"
SWELL" said Archie, ''my friend Tom
is going West, and wants to marry. l will
mention it to him."
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

1t is strange to see with what:.careless-
ness some invalids attend to their health.
They will procure box of PLANTATION
BlrrEss, which ought to be used up in a
month or six weeks, and upon inquiry it
is found that they have used only two or
three bottles. Some days they have used
it according to the directions, and others
have not touched it. The whole trial has
been irregular, and Of course less favor
able result has come from their use. If it
be true that ''what is worth doing at all is
worth doing WE'LL" how emphatically is it
true in matters relating to the health. A
few bottles of PLANTATION BIrrERs have
often wrought wonders, while in other i'm
stances disease has only been subdued
after weeks of resistance.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

Jaw-Breakers.
In noticing bolt Of Dictionary thunder
few days since in presence of a friend,
he informed US that there once lived not
far from McGregor, a remarkably learned
and wonderfully bombastic Individual
The father of this man had been sick in
Iowa during the Fall,and an acquaintance
approached him in early winter to ask
after the old mans health. The Scholas-
tic admirer of far-fetched sentences replied
to the inquiry as follows:
"Sir, the intense frigidity OF the cir
cumambicnt atmosphere has so CONCEALED
the pellucid, aqueous fluid of the enormous
river Mississippi, that with the most en-
incnt and superlative reluctance, was
constrained to procrastinate my prcmcdi.
tated csress into the politically-organized
territory deaominated Wisconsin, for the
medical, chemical and halentical co.adju.
fancy and cooperation of distinguished
sensitive son of Esculapius, until the
peccant deleterious matter Of the arthritis
had pervaded the cranium into which it
had ascended, and penetrated the inferior
pedestrical major digit of my parental
relative in consanguinity, whereby his
Morbosity was magnifcd so cxhorbitantly
as to exhibit an absolute extinguishment
Of vivifcation ~
The inquirer, totally unable to compre-
hend this storm of technicalities, sympa-
Meticaly remarked ''Glad to hear it, and
went his way! To those who have not
swallowed medical dictionary, We would
remark that every word is in its proper
place, and that the old man was dead!
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

large school house, two hotels, &C., &c., in
addition to the business houses We have
mentioned, besides large number of ele-
gantly finished private residences. The
North McGregor House, kept by J. Nc.
iiugh, is a commodious and well.kep,
hotel, and deserves the liberal patronage
1t is receiving. The people Of the place
are intelligent, hospitable and enterprisinr
and have not long to wait to see the;r
thriving village expand to the dimensions
of city. PC. ".
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

MARRIAGE ExrRAoRDINARY.-" -"Married
in Salt Lake City, 10th inst, in presence
Of the Saints, Brigham Young to Mrs. J.
Il. Martin, Miss Emily =. Martin, Miss L.
NJ. Pendergrast, Mrs. II. NJ. Jenickson.
Miss Susie p. Cleveland, all Of the county
of Berks. England. No cards. Weekly
Chicago Republican, Aug. 27, 1868.
"Papers in Great Britain please COPY"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

LlrPINcorr's Magazine, for October, is
responsible for the following: "a hard
drinking man in one Of the Eastern States
justified his conduct by quoting General
Washington's example. General Wash
ington! said one of his friends; where
did you ever hear that he drank?' Sparks
says so in his life Of him. answered the
man he says that the General used to 60
into the woods to ruminate.''
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23

A colony Of Swiss, who don't know
about Beownlow, have bought 4O, 900 acres
of land in Tennessee.
1t is reported that washington is to be
extremely lively this season." So is an
ancient cheese.
A nephew and namesake Of Thomas
Jefferson, aged eighty-nine, was married
in Virginia last week to Miss Nancy W.
Pollard.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23
EYE and EAR!

poctorsMsson Whitney. Oculs;s and Aurists
Prairie du Chen Wisconsin, We tr sat successfully
gronular lids and all those worst form Of chronic
diseases Of the eye. w. operate for cataract and
cross-sy:. Chronic discharges of the and deaf
ness from ny cause will receive careful attentions
Patients from abroad will Ind good board convenient
to the ONCE. once hours from a. m to !: N.
GIG
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23
HARD TIMES.

"IIard times" Is now on every lip,
Aud broathed from every tongue;
The banks are cursed by one and all,
The aged and the young.
The mere hant has to close his doors,
And throw his ledger by;
Such times he v0ws were never seen
BY any mortal eye.
The shopmcn quit the counters side,
For customers are few;
The times are now 30 very "hght,"
1t makes them all look "Llus :"
The citizen in vain essays
To make moro than his bread;
pound of which he now declares
Won't weigh pound Of lead!
There's not . day but some ono falls,
Some house that goes to smash;
And names that once stood high on change,
Arc out, for want Of cash.
Those whom we thought were MILLIoxAlRxs,
And rich in shares and stocks,
Their "MlLLloN HEIRS now diSappoint;
They fail, and leave no "rocks."
"ITard times hard times! Was ever seen
Such times as hard as these :"
This is the cry from morn till night,
In which each one agrees.
A remedy think I've found,
Say, how do you think twill doi
"Pull of your coat, roll up your sleeves,
And work these hard time through"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23
Written for tho North Iowa Times,
SONG.

o AIR-"Oh let mo in this 40 night"
Come join our army one and all,
Assist US to roll on the ball.
Then Alcohol will surely fall
The truth is all prevailing.
Oh, why will Youth or Age delay
To sign tho glorious Pledge to-day!
Twill givo US hope-'twill foes dsmay-
The danger il impending.
From many poor and wrstched homo
F. The cries of misery to US come,
Detailing all the woes of Rum
Its frightful desolation.
Then why will Youth or Age delay, &c.
Tho fathers face is fiery red,
The mother hangs her aching head,
The starving children cry for bread,
In Drandy's dread dominions.
Then why will Youth or Age delay, &c.
Pc Oh, who would cast aside tho shield
The pledge ensures, and quite tho field;
Or to the tyrant basely yield
While wounded friends lie bleeding.
Oh, why will Youth or Age delay
TO sign the glorious Pledge to-day,
Twill give Us hope-'twill foes dismay-
The danger il impending. R.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1868-12-23
HON. JAMES THOMPSON.

Judge ef tie SaIr>,Ne Grtyt Of ltnnsyi,unia.
Philadelphia, April 2S, 1860,
"I consider 'Iloonand's German Ditters' u rdlad6s
Me,licine in of attacks of Indigestion rynrcl.
tia. ! can certify this from N,y experience oft
Yours, with respect,
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-08-21

1t we'll kno~n tha, under the influence
Of certain emotions, changes are produced
10 the ordinary actions OF the bodily or.
gans. Thus shame call, The blood 10 iLc
checks. fright drive. it away, anger sends
the vital current in torrents to The head and
makes the face red, or else ia some except
ionally organized indivldual,. as 10 those
who grow pale with rsge." causes it to
leave the surface Of the body AID collect
IN the internal parts anxiety occasions
d,.agtecable feeling IN the pit OF the SION.
sch. and makes perspiiaiion oSudc from
he brow fear whiten, the features and
producers colIness OF the hands and feet joy
ani m.rih expand the face and excite spas
molic contraction. 10 the muscles Of The chest
causing Aughter; sorrow anl grief length
eu tbe coante nance anI bring about an in-
creased action Of the iach,ymal glands so
tia, the tears ron down tic cLeeks aud.
intense emotion Of any kind in'eiicres With
toe digestion Of the food ind with the i1nc
lons Of the liver thc kidneys the man.
mar, glands aud other sccreiory organs.
Nouc Of these actions can be produced
by lbe will they arc altogether beyond is
coutrol. An lbgs no effort OF yoition can
make the fac rcd or pale. cause the Tears
to HJ~, sop tie digestive process going On
IN ,be stomach. or lesson or increase by one
drop the amount Of bile or milk secretcd +,
AMI u is we'll .hst lI > 50. for we're il other.
wise many persons would be tempted to
interfere Hilb their hearts. or their lovers. d.
10 the very great dctrimcn, Of the organ
ism
The great svmpa,heiic system which is
preemlnently the generator Of the motor and
.ecfciofy powers Of the viscera. consists Of
numerous ganglta, sometimef arranged iu
groups. sometimes single, and sometime.
placed ia ,bc substance OF The organs
These ganglia are connected With each other
and with the cerebral and spinal nerves
by thin ilaments OF white aud grey matter
ruuntog along each side OF The spinal col
Umn aud irequcutly interlacei so a. to form
+ wha, are called plexuses One Of these IN
/ terlacements Is situated immediately behind
d. tie stomach aud u called the solar plexus
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-08-21
VOLUME 35, NO. Al.

aud was Immediately deprived Of the pow
er of speech. When brought to a court
martial, It was impossible 10 make him ar
ticulaie word nav, lie became as immov-
aOie as statue. and appeared not TO be
conscious Of anything that was going for.
ward. In the prison 10 which he was con-
Quoted, he neither ate nor drank. The
officers and priests at first threatened him,
and after Sards endeavored TO sooihe and
calm him; but all their efforts were in vain.
He remained senseless and immovablc
His irons were struck off. and he was taken
out OF prison. but no did not move. Twen-
ty DAYS and nights were passed in this way.
during which he took no nourisbmen,. He
then gradually sank and died.
The emotions act with much greater
force upon women than upon men. Their
bodies are more delicately organized. their
organs more impressible. their nervous sys.
tenn more highly strusg. These facts arc
partly due to Inherent peculiariiies of siruc-
ture. but 10 great extent to the manner
IN which they are educated and pass through
life until there arc radical changes in these
respects there is hiile cIsnce that the inIel-
iect OF woman will ever. save in exceptional
instances Use superior TO her emotions.
And, indeed, it is scarcely desirable that
this result should come to pass Exercise
IN seif.command there should be, but wo
unto woman in the eyes of man when she
from the !mpassible psychological type
which now fern such charming features Of
ber character But what is loveliness in
her is weakness in man. Both however,
should take care that they keep their emo
tionS under due control. for there is dam
ger both to body and mind and in their un-
restrained action
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-08-21
p EFT r Y.
A W0MAN'S WAITING.

Under the spple-tree blossoms 10 NAY
We "a; and watched a. the sun went down:
Behind us the road stretched back To the east,
On thSoagh the meadow TO DAnbary town.
siien, at, for our hearts we're full,
silently Watching :he redaenius ky,
Aad saw the cloud. aeros. the vest
Like the phantoms of ships sail silently.
Robert had come ~ith a story to1eu.
knew Il before he had ssid a word
IL looked trom his ere, aud II shsdowed All. facc-
lie ~a. xoisg TO march with the twenty-thIrd
We had besn ueishbors from childhood up
Gone 10 'ohooi by the .sif.sams way,
Chmhrd the same steep woodland paths,
hnci, Ia the same old church to pray.
We had wandered together. boy Ani girl.
Where Wild flowers grew AMI w,.d srApss hang
ra.,cd the sweetnes. Of summer days,
whcu hearts are true aud life Is young.
Bat never a love word had crossed hi. lips,
Never hiatt OF plelkr or vow.
UHti, NJ the saa went down that night
His irrmu1ou. kis- touched my brow.
"Jrnny," he said. 'I've work 10 DO
fof God. my c5aatry, Rad the right
TTas heaTts, strong arms. are needed now,
HArN not stay away rom the ught.'
"w!il yoa give me pledge to cheer me on
hope to look forward 10 by-and-bye'
VIII yoa wait for me, Jenny NJ come back ~
81 viii wait" answered. "until die
The May moon rose a. ~. walked th., ntrh,
Back ,hroash the meadow. to Danbary town,
And on star rose and .hoac by her side
Calmly and .wcctly they beth looked down.
The 'os nj Of blossom, va. in the air.
The Ky wa, bles aad the eve va. bri Eht
And Robert aid. a. Nc walked by my aide.
odd Danbary town l. falr To- night.
81 shall think Of i,. Jenny when far away,
flassd and stIil meath the moon as now
shall ssc H. dAriiRg, la many 4 dream,
And you sith moonlight your brow"
No matter What eiss were nj. parting words
They are mine to treasure until die
with the eiinging klsse. aud lin serlax looks,
III, tsndcr pAia OF thai ioui goodbye.
did not sleep tried 90 bc brave
wRtei'cd him uDtil n. out uf sight
fhrH saddsaly ali the world grew dark.
And was blind on that blight Nay aixhi
Blind add hclple.. lid 10 the ground.
And lay sith the nigh;-dew. on my haIr
iii the moon ds~n and the dawn wa.up.
And the fresh May morn was clear aad air.
lie Was taken and I Sss left
Lea To wsit and 60 watch aud pray,
TIL thcre came a message over the wires,
Calling the air ofths August day.
h ilrd In sklrmlSh. eight or tea
Woandrd OF hclplrs. mAay mote-
All of ihein Connecticut men
From the ittl- town Of Danbary, four
Bot saw only slHgte aAmr-
OF onn who was all thc world to the:
promlsei 10 N4!t f1s hlan tiH died
% God, % Heaven, how long will IL b. ="
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-08-21

Smiles are a good thing. For an orna.
merit to The countenance nothing is their
equal They are fifty per cent better than
anything in the pink saucer and chalk pow
der line, and equally become man and wo-
mlu The doctors and undcrtakcrs always
grow dismal when they see smiling coun-
lrnancc, lor they know It's possessor has the
chances OF health and long lie in his or her
own baris Young ladies with thcir
countcuauces irradiated after this fashion
get good husbands as early A. they ike
Such people never take to lsudanum, prus-
sic acid. and pistols. but are CAV and fes-
tive wear clean linen. and eat their meals
regularly II you want TO keep care TO- the
back yard. maintain ncsh and color. stand
well with the sewing societies. and have
seats on platforms on loud occasions. Just
order up a perpetual smile for that counte-
nance Of yours.