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The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-19

No one can be happy without friends, and no
one can really know what frien6s he has until
he is unhappy.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-09-19
DAILY SALES AT AUCTION BY
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omco, Corner of Camp and Poydras streOts

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ment of the BEST HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, such
as Beasteads, Bureaus A51noirs washstands Chairs,
Tables Extension Tables sideboards Wire Safes etc
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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03
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These Pills, Sc cele-
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in Paris, for the relic
Of female irregularitie,
and afterwards for thei
criminal employmen
In the practice of abor
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American They have
been kept IN compare.
tive obscurity from the
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

GENERAL GRANT.-It is understood by
the American people that the man pos
sessing the name that heads this article,
has been elected President, and in few
more months must become the acting man.
1t is now full time that he should begin to
exercise little reason-show some signs
of craftsmanship, but this he does not do,
probably for the reason that he cannot
Some one has said for Grant, that he is
anxious to have a bill passed at the pres.
ent session Of Congress for the resump.
ton of specie payment and funding of the
public debt, SO that his administration
may not be held responsible for the ruin
that may follow such action. He shows
some smartness in this, at least, to get rid
of the destruction of much of our trade.
But can he get rid of the question by the
passage of such act? We do not believe
that he can escape the responsibility, for
the people cannot afford to have the cur
rency, already too scarce, contracted, and
when Grant shall come into power in a
few short months, he will find himself in
q very unpleasant situation.-FTeeport
Bulletin.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03
The steamboat War.

a
From the st. Louis Democrat Of the 23d
inst, we learn that the anticipated great
steamboat war on the Upper Mississippi
the coming season of which so much has
been said, will probably come to naught,
and that the difficulties existing between
the rival companies will probably be ami
cablv settled. ThGse who had calculated
on cheap travelling and cheap freights
next season will be disappointed. The
Democrat says ~ aaa 40 \
The anticipated great steamboat fight on
the Upper Mississippi is likely to be squel-
ched before It begins. The major portion
of two days have been occupied by the
managers Of the Northern line, Northwest
crn Union line, and Keokuk line packet
companies in consultation as to basis of
agreement, which shall avert the ruinous
competition threatened. As to the party
taking the initiative to bring about an ar
rangement, it is not our purpose to in
quire, but that the consultations in the
Southern hotel, not yet concluded, will
result as we have indicated, there should
be no doubt entertained, Who will blame
these packet companies for desiring to run
their boats probably? "A vigorous war
between them would be of present advant-
age to the public, but what would come
after? A victory or combination. In
either case, the public would have to pay
for the entertainment that had been fur
nished them. Then, perhaps, now is the
best time for settlement of differences,
and the public will not be taxed for for
tunes lcsl.-Erchange.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

A Mohammedan mother once besought
her profigate son, to drive nail into the
ceiling Of his room every time he was
conscious of committing wicked deed !;
and to draw out nail every time he per.
formed good dead. He consented to do
so !; and soon his ceiling was black with
nails. He became alarmed at his f0llies
and resolved to reform. He began the
work in earnest and slowly, one by one,
the nails were withdrawn. When the last
nail was withdrawn, he fastened to his
mother with the joyful tidings. "Moth-
er," he exclaimed, ''the,nails are all re-
moved" "Ah, my son." said the mother,
"dut the pri,sksof The nosis; are these"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03
The wickedest woman in Kankakee. II

The wickedest woman in Kankakee, ILL.,,
became such nuisance that the Common
Council voted her d new dress $50 and her
fare, if she would merry and emigrate.
She agreed, and this was the ceremony, as
performed by police justice: "Jim, do
you agree to take Mollie and live with her,
and 20 to Cheyenne with her, and stay with
her, regardless of law and consequences p
eyes" "Mollie, do you agree to take Jim,
and live with him, and stay with him re-
CARELESS oflaw and consequences?' "Yes. !"
"Then give you these two railroad tick
cts, and order you to stay there until the
Vigilance Committee doth hang you both
Amen"
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

New PACIFIC RAILROAD RoUrEs.-The
house committee on the Pacific railroads
has under consideration, and will probably
report favorably, the proposition to aid ia
the construction Of two more Pacific rail-
road routes-a northern and southern.
The committee will recommend that the
United States guarantee the payment OF
interest on the bonds of the companies,
and that grants oflands be made to the
companies also, that the cost of the road
be limited to SIG, 900 per mile.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

For long time, as is well known, rain
has never fallen in Upper Egypt at all,
and in the Delta only on Eve or six days
in the year: Some years ago. however,
Mehemit Ali planted twenty millions Of
trees on the Delta, and they have now at
tanned considerable size. The result is
that the number Of rainy days has gradual
~ increased from five orsix yearly forty,
with the prospect Of attaining still greater
proportion hereafter.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

An exchange. says that fellow in that
locality is riding hog through the streets
a. preparatory practice to. managing a
sslooipede.
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

RELATIONS BY MARRIAGE.-A great ma
ny complex relationships come about by
marriage. We have heard of the mother
aud daughter who married brothers, and
who thereafter addressed each other as
sister and also of the young man who,
on being asked by judge whether he had
father or mother, said he wasn't quite
certain whether he had or not; first, his
father died, and his mother married again,
and then his mother died, and his father
married again; and now he didn't know
exactly whether they were his mother and
most complex family ever known, some
thing in this wise: IL married a young
widow, who lived with her step-daughter,
and my father shortly after married the
step-daughter. My wife was therefore the
mother>in-law and the daughter-in-law Of
my father. am the step-father of moth>
er-in-law, and my wife's step-daughter is
my step-mother. Well, my step>mother
THAT is to say my fathers wife and my
wites daughter) had a son. He is my
step brother, of course, but being the son
of my wife's step daughter, my wife is, of
course, his grandmother, and l am his
grandfather as we'll as his step-brother.
My wife also had son. My step>mother
is consequently the step-sister of my boy
and also his grandmother, because he is
the child of her step-son, and my father is
the brother-in-law Of my son, who is the
step-mother of my son. am my moth
er's brother'in-law, my wife is the aunt
of her own son, my son is the grandson
of my father, and l am my own grand
father" &
North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03
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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

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North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-02-03

A PECULIAR TnEoRY.-The readers of
MarYatt's Midshipman Easy will recollect
that the father of that equality-loving
youth improved the craniums - and of
course their contents-of his servants by
machine which depressed redundant and
enlarged deficient chronological bumps.
Finally he tried his invention on his own
head, and had it reduced nearly to perfec-
ton, when the callipers slipped round his
neck and strangled him. Hardly less
brilliant is the theory of DR.. Poggioli, a
distinguished European physician. He
thinks that children may he mentally and
physically improved by the application of
electricity. The Doctor took a frightfully
deformed and stupid child, who, being
electrified, grew three centimetres in q
single month, and rose from the foot to
the head of the class. Supposing that
one hundred shocks effected this remark
able result, would not two hundred have
done much more? If single hundred
made good scholar of fool, would not
four or five hundred have developed this
youth OF intelligence into second Miriam
doll or precious Shakespeare DR.. Pog-
gioli, go on, and we will be able to manu-
facture geniuses to order, and electrify the
world in more senses than one.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-18
Wonders of Minute Work.
Manship.

In the twentieth year Of
Queen Elizabeth a blacksmith
named Mark Scaliot made a
lock, consisting ofeleven pieces
of iron, steel and brass, all Of
which, together with a key to
it, weighed but one grain of
gold. He also made a chain of
gold, consisting of forty-three
links, and having fastened this
to the aforementioned lock
and key, he put the chain about
the neck of a flea, which drew
them all with ease. All these
together, lock and key, chain
and flea, weighed only one
grain and a half. Oswaldus
Norhingerus, who was more
famous even than Scaliot for
his minute contrivances, is said
to have made sixteen hundred
dishes of turned ivory, all per-
feet and complete in every part,
yet so small, thin and slender
that all of them were included
at once in a cup turned out OF a
peppercorn of the common size.
Johannes Shad, of Mitelbrach,
carried this wonderful work
with him to Rome and showed
it to Pope Paul ", who saw
and counted them all by the
help of a pair spectacles. They
were so little as to be almost
invisible to the eye. johann
mes Ferrarius, a Jesuit, had in
his possession cannons Of wood,
with their carriages, wheels
and all other military furni-
ture, all of which were also
contained in a peppercorn of
the ordinary size. An artist
named Claudius Gallus, made
for Hippolytus de Este, Cardi-
nal of Ferrara, representations
of sundry birds sitting on the
tops of trees, which, by hyd-
raulic art and secret convey
ance of water through the
trunks and branches of the
trees, were made to sing and
clap their wings; but at the
sudden appearance of an owl
out of a bush of the same arti-
ficer, they immediately became
all mute and silent. World Of
Wonders. 'a
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-18
8. w. NJ.

We noticed a few days ago
the appearance of the Hepta-
soph, an organ of the Order of
the Seven Wise Men, which is
to appear monthly hereafter.
We copy from the first number
the following reference to the
legendary history of the Order,
and an Ode based thereon,
which is sung as part of its
ceremonies /:
There ruled in Persia cele-
brated dynasty known as the
shepherd kings. Of course, one
was Isahar, a great, good, and
peaceful monarch. He caused
seven of the most learned of
eastern Magi or wise men, to
be installed as his board of
counselors. Zohak, the Chief
General of the armies of the
realm, proved a traitor and
drove him from his throne, but
he being warned by his faith
full advisers, the Heptasophs, or
seven sages of whom we have
spoken. succeeded in escaping
with his life. But he soon af-
ter died in obscurity. He left
two sons, Cambyos, his heir,
and Hakin, a celebrated astro-
logger, who afterwards became
one of the most celebrated OF
the Heptasophic council, and
whose foreseeing advice and
prophetic Judgment were, sub
sequently, an efficient aid in
restoring the dynasty of the
shepherd kings. Cambyos, in
combating for his throne, was
captured by Zohak, who had
proclaimed himself king, and
was put to death by the mons
ter by crushing. his head be-
tween two massive stones. He
left a son who, under the care.
tul provision and management
Of Hakim, was reared in dis
guise as a blacksmith's appren-
tice. His identity and rank
being unknown, he associated
freely with the masses to whom
he was only known as Gayo
the Smith. a
When at last Kohak's ty-
ranny, his disregard for all
right and justice, his oppres
sions, extravaganza and cor
rupt exactions became intolera-
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-18
THE DAY BOOK.
TUESDAY MORNING, May 18, 1869
Anti-AthIeticisIm.

The London Times gives voice
to the feeling of dissatisfaction
which is springing up in Eng
land against what it calls sAth-
leticism,' which is now occupy
ing so a great a portion Of the
time and energies Of the youth
of that country. 1t says that it
is impossible that a mans chief
attention can be given to boat
ing and cricket athletics up to
the age of twenty two, without
sensible loss of opportunity.
The years lost cannot be recall
ed, the Elasticity of the mind
for the reception of knowledge
is gone. The hardening, vul-
garizing effects of the turn of
thought acquired by such a life,
are but too visible. With num-
bers the addiction to these
things hinders not only any Sc
rious study, but even the ordi
nary accomplishments Of a mod
ern gentleman. Young men
grow up to manhood with some
thing painfully simple and lout-
ish in their character. They
cannot even speak French, and
if they go as far as Paris, they
are as much at a loss as if set
down at Timbucto. Even as
to the result in a physical point
of view of this over-devotion to
athletic sports, the Times says:
'Take the most crucial test
the march of armies on a cam
paign. The higher French Of
fcers are in a great part highly
instructed men, and no class Of
them have given themselves up
to rowing and jumping from
boyhood to manhood. But
they march, and they make
their men march, with far more
alertness and agility than is
shown by an English regiment
| whose officers have been athlet-
icizing all their lives. Young
Americans are popularity sup
posed to pass their hours Of re-
creation in making speeches
and reading newspapers, and
they certainly do not rival our
selves in the multitude and
elaborateness Of their sports
But Sherman's march through
Georgia on the one hand, and
the successive campaigns of the
Confederates on the other, show
that Americans are able to en-
dure exertion and fatigue at
least as we'll as Englishmen.-
In the campaign Of Sadowa, the
Prussians exhibited prompt
tude and endurance not to be
| exceeded by any nation. In
the ordinary occupations Of life
the same powers are witnessed,
and there is no reason to believe
that the higher classes of these
countries are not strong enough
for anything they have to do
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-18

BILE, the people arose, ana With
Gayo at their head, deposed
the tyrant. Hakim then in
formed the delighted multitude
that their popular leader was
no one else than Feridon, the
rightful heir Of the Persian
throne. He was, of course,
crowned and hailed with exul-
tation. Universal joy reigned
in Ispahan.
During the long period OF
twenty years of the usurpation
of Zohak, the seven sages re-
manned in concealment or exile.
They sometimes held Conclave
in tangled or concealed laby-
rinths, and often clambered
their way over rocks, cliffs and
mountains to the temple of Isis,
the famed goddess, priestess
and Queen of antiquity. There,
from her priestess, who was
kept informed by Hakim, they
received such admonitlons and
directions, from time to time,
as beftted the occasion. They
filled vacancies that occurred
by death in their ranks by Sc
lections from the wisest of the
Magi, and Hakim became even
tually one of their number.
The following lines are rem
dered from a German legend
the translation is nearly lite
raj;
Through rocks and cliffs and mountains
high
We bend our tortuous way,
To hear from Isis lips the deeds
OfWise Men of her day.
Within the winding mazes hid,
A labyrinth shields the wise;
From Persia and from Corinth they
Have travelled in disguise.
See how their humble Conclave shines
In glorious, heavenly light;
How every eye doth joyous CLEAN
At their example bright.
Our Order has nothing to
do with teaching or advocat-
ing terms of government or
politics of any kind. Of course,
in those days Republican Gov
eminent was, as yet unknown,
and we are not to be under
stood as teaching anything re-
latiye to the contrast Of merits
Of monarchical or republican
systems. But tyranny, cruelty
and imposture are odious to all
friends of the right throughout
the family of man; while mild
and just government carried
on for the benefit of the peo-
pie, whatever its form, fills up
the bright side of history and
has won the applause OF the
good of all ages.
oDE-BY N. 2. BIGNEY, 1857.
As sparks from the anvil Of Gayo
Fly tortn 10 illumine the night,
When steel takes its form meath the ham~
mer,
Aud comes ont, a sword for the. fight
A sword tor the fight against Zohak,
Where manhood contends for its prize
So sparks from the altar of Freedom
Illumine the sons of the Wise!
Come FeridoD, thou art brother;
The hands are fraternal and strong
Which join thee to crush the usurper,
And raze out the fortress of Wrongl
Rejoice, for the tyrant is fallen!
Let peans of Freedom arise,
Come join in the songs of the Seven,
And treasure the words OF the Wise. .
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-18
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VINT e II RICH
" MOND AND PETERS 6URG RAIL-
ROAD On and after FRIDAY, the 9th
instant, the trains over this road will be
run as follows: ..q. .a
Leave Richmond at 4 A.. M. and 2.35 P. M.
Leave Petersburg at l0.35 A. M. and $50
F. M.
Accommodation Tram, with passenger
car attached, Will leave Richmond daily
Sundays excepLed) at 4.l0 p. M.
The 4 A. NJ. Train will not leave Rich
mond on SUNDAYS, and the $50 P. M.
Train will not leave Petersburg on SUN.
DAYS. vas
Passengers for Norfolk will take the 2.35
p. NJ. Train. running through daily.
Fare to Norfolk ~. Baggage checked
through.
Passengers for Clover Hill will take the
A. M. Train on WEDNESDAYS and
FRIDAYS, connecting at Chester with
Coal train, returning to Richmond same
days at 10 P. M.
E. II. GILL,
oc2l Engineer and Superintendent.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-05-18
CHANGE CT SCHEDULE.
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OFFICE 8. 4 R. X. ROAD CoMPANY,l
Portsmouth, Va, May 4, 1869. !
I'm AND AFTER THURSDAY, May
" 9Th, trains will leave Portsmouth
daily Sundays excepted) as follows:
Freight Train at... 10 A. NJ.
Franklin Accommodation Train,
Tuesdays, thursdays and Satur.
days at..-.... ......... .o:oV Pm.
ARRIVE AT PORTSMOUTH.
Mail Train at... 6.Ia r. NJ.
Freight Train at...,,.n., ~ A. ID.
Franklin Accommod dtion Train
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat-
urday'S ab.... .......''. .'''11. 20 Am.
Mail Train connects at W eldon with the
Trains of the Wilmington and Weldon,
a d Raleigh and Castor Rail Roads; and
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
at Franklin with Steamer for Edsnton
ana Plymouth.
Mail Train bound North will stop for
passengers only at Seaboard, BoyKins,
Franklin and Suffolk.
Freight Train will take passengers Tor
Suffolk, Buckhorn, franklin, NeWsom's,
Boyktn's, Seaboard and W eldon.
Freight received daily except Sundays
from A, M. to 4 p. NJ.
E. G.. CHIC,
my5 superintendent Tranpsor tation.