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Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-06-16

aea- The large iron safe in the Office
of Messrs. Manvel's foundry, Second
ward, was broken open yesterday morn
ing-the instrument used being an iron
sledge hammer. 1t may be proper to
state, however, that the injury was in
ficted by Councilman Marvel, who was
unable to open the safe in any other
manner, owing to some arrangement of
the combination lock.
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seA- Mr.. John Engel is building a
beautiful store and dwelling, adjoining
his old place Of business, on the corner
of Elizabeth avenue and First street,
and we must say that its erection viii
have much to do in improving this part
Of the street.
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HeA, The lady who sent us her photo
graph is respectfully referred to the
lady in the other end of the house,
who is the committee on Unfinished
Business.
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P. P. P.-PRIcE's PORCELAIN Pic
TUREs The most beautiful picture
made. Only two dollars. Duplicates
one dollar. 1876 Broad street. 1w
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BE- Gen Runyon is announced to
make the Attn of July Grafton at Was
ington, Warren Co.
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City 9tems.
Reading Matter on every page.
ELIZABETH POST OFFICE.
MAILS ARRIVE.

MAILS ARRIVE.
From New York Jersey City, Newark, Morris and
Essex Railroad and all points North and East, at
A. NJ. and 7.30 P. M.
From New York, North and East, at p NJ.
From Elizabethport at 8 A. NJ.
From Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
all points South, and Southwest at 5.l5 and 20
A. NJ. and 7.05 P. NJ.
From all points on the line of Central Rail Road
New Jersey at P. NJ.
From Union, Tuesday and Saturday, at 10 A. NJ.
MAILS CLOSE.
For Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and all
points South and Southwest, at Z, $780, and 1890 A.
NJ. and $50 P. NJ.
For all points line Of Central Rail Road Of New
Jersey at A. NJ.
For Newark and Morris and Essex Rail Road at 10
80 A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ.
For New York, Jersey City, and al points north
and east at $50 and 1880 A. NJ. and $50 P. NJ.
For Elizabethport at p. NJ.
For Union, Tuesday and and Saturday at 1915
A. NJ. c. HARRIS, Z. NJ.
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p. P. P.-PRIcE's PORCELAIN PFC
TUREs, Reduced to two dollars. Du-
plicate one dollar. Come early to Sc
cure a sitting. 1876 Broad st. 1w
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DSy~ Excursiouists are looking up
their summer clothes
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NsA4 Strawberries are regulating in
price by the weather
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RgD The Knights Templar is the
richest secret order in the country.
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P. P. P PRICES PORCELAIN Pic
TUREs. Call and see specimens. Du-
plicates half-price. 1856 Broad st. Ivy
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R9~ Cheap job printing at this office.
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BE- The streets are thoroughly
cleansed.
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GeAs The coal strike is about over.
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TO THE LADIES.
Curs, Braids, Bands, Switches, Toupees, Water
falls, Rolls, Fans, &C., on hand and made to order
at New Yo''s prices.
- Particular attention given to Cutting and
Dressing Ladies' and Gentlemen's Hair.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

BARON LlEBIG ON SrIMULANTs.-Speaking of
the physiological action of tea and coffee, Baron
Liebg says:
I'VE must presuppose that if these stimulants
did not satisfy the powerful want of our organi-
cation, men would hardly take the trouble to
seeh them and that instinct should, in so Won
dertui manner, among countless number of
plants, choose just such as produce substances
inducing the same effect, shows that one and the
same gap exists in the nutrition of man in all
countries and zones"
Granting that the gap exists, and also many
others, among which that for whskey is not the
least capacious, we may still reasonably doub,
that instinct has any such power as the great
chemist ascribes to it. Young ladies may have
an instructive fondness for candy, but they would
require long apprenticeship before they could
learn to love bitter aloes. If instinct is so won
derfuliy acute, why cannot it detect that three
fourths of what is sold as tea is but miserable
rubbish, aud that coffee is largely composed OF
chiccory, extract of dandelion and logwood.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

INFLUENCE OF LIGHT.-There is, in all places
n marked difference in the healthfulness of
houses according to their aspect with regard to
the sun, and those are decidedly the healthiest
ceteris para5us, in which all the rooms are dur
ing some part of the day, fully exposed to the
direct light. 1t is well-known fact, that epi
denies frequently attack the Inhabitants of the
shady side of street, and totally exempt those
of the other side; and even in endemcs, such
as ague, the morbid influence is often thus par
ta in its action Sunshine is also essential to
the perfection of vegetation, and the water that
lies in darkness is hard, and comparatively un-
fit for drink; while the stream that bares its bo-
som to the day, deposits its mineral ingredients,
and becomes the most suitable solvent of onr
food. In smallpox, and other eruptive diseases,
the tendency to form postues is diminished by
the patients being kept in darkness But the in
huence of light on the nervous system cannot be
more forciby exhibited than in its effects on
that terrific disease, hydrophobia. While light
ls excluded, the patient can sometimes swallow
with comparatively facility, and as long as no
bright object is presented, all the spasmodc
phenomena of the malady are more easily con-
trolled. 1t is curious that bright objects also
frequently throw the votaries of St. Vitus into
convulsions.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

markable for the birth of four of the most illus
trious men of modern times-Napoleon, Welling-
ton. Cuvier and Humboldt-two great military
leaders, and two most eminent naturalsts Of
this or any other age. Humboldt was specially
Unidentified with this hemisphere. In America
the foundations of his fame laid. For five
years be trayersed this continent, exploring saw
age regions, and penetrating where no civilized
man had yet trodden. The facts and collections
gathered served for years of philosophical invest-
CATION, and filed all the students of Europe with
astonishment. Wisely did Edward Everett de-
clare, We at least in America should neglect
no act Of appropriate homage to his great
uamen
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

po,so,ors DRues.-The dyes now largely en-
Moved in wooden fabrics are often deleterious,
and even time-honored red flannel, as 1t IS now
manufactured, may be positively injurious when
worn next to the skin, owing to the dangers ol
sh.orn,;on. Il is better to use white than col
ored under garments.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16
The Corinne Reporter announces the death of

The Corlnne Reporter announces the death or
Apostle Benson, of the Mormon church thusly :
We are informed that Apostle Ezra T. Benson,
who dropped suddenly in Ogden last Friday +,
had only thirteen wives that's adjust bak-
ers dozen. We could not learn the number of
children, for they have not been counted for sew
eral years. Here is subject worthy the solemn
contemplation of Mormon ex.enuators every
where. Thirteen wailing widows and a sldyther
of sorry children lamentug the inscrutable ways
of Providence. What will become of them
Well, the Mormons have a way of getting along
with that, for their social life is something on
the barnyard style of matrmony. Like the
poultry on the farm, when the old chanticieer
dies all the other roosteers crow the louder, ana
business goes on. So with Mormonsm when
polygamist dies, the ther chandeliers OF this
moral barnyard absorb his wives by marrying
them into their own households, (absoro IS .
neat word in the place) Then, too, Mormons
glory both here and in the hereafter, shines
forth brilliantly in proportion to the numoer OF
his concubines and children The Apostle BEN
son. then, will for his thirteen wives and scores
OF children 90 high up into tall grass pastures
and shine with dazzling glory, while bis dis
consulate relics and slaythur of children VIII be
distributed around like country schooimarms.
But again comes in the barnyard simile. Nor
mons believe in industry, and make every old
hen scratch dirt for herself Verify, great is
King Brigham Tire Ia Mormon barnyard mat
rimOny.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

A LIrcHrrELD, Connecticut, clock dealer lately
sold small clock to an Irshwoman' VINO
walked off with it under her arm. On her way
she turned it bottom upward, and wire cropped
from its position, causing the clock TO s.rlas $
without ntermisson. Thereupon sne retusneo
in trouble, CONF plaing to the merchant pure
an it's oryin' aftber ye already
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

in the center for the workmen with the raft
and on either side the banks were lined, nav.
we're packed, with spectators. There were
thousands upon thousands present, all eager
curious, and yet sympathetic. Avery appeared
as on the day before, still hopeful, eating and
drinking what was sent down to him, motioning
with his hands and arms, and watching all that
was done on the bridge and the shore.
| The crisis of the excitement arrived when
about the middle of the second day, the second
raft was launched from the bridge upon the hur-
rying food Strong and willing hands held the
ropes and it was cautiously lowered until it al
most touched the spot where the castaway stood.
With bound he placed himself erect on the raft,
and then arose such shout of rejoicing from
the lips of that multitude that it was heard even
above the roaring of the waters.
1t was short-lived joy. The ropes were manned
by all the hands that could find place, and the
raft struggled up little way in the teeth of the
rapids and then furious volume of water b-oke q
over and upon it, washing it from end to end
and hurling Avery bodily into the rapids One
faint, desperate hope remained tor him as the
irresistible current hurled him down, he might,
by stou. swimming make the shore of Chapin 8
island, some rods below, ard to the West of him
1t was furious, terrible struggle for life and
while the multitude held their breath and looked
on, it seemed at first as though the man might
still save himself. He almost reached the shore
OF the little island, but he never gained it,
Some said that the brush upon which he'laid his
hand broke in his grasp, others thought that his
strength left him when few more strokes wonld
have saved him. He yielded himself to the fury
of the rapids, and an instant later his body was
hurled over the fatal abyss amid the shudders
and groans Of the heart-siek spectators
Those who were nearest the spot where he
went over were certain that his dying shrek,
full of the horror of despair, articulated the
name Mary.-Packard's Monthly.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

LAST WoRDs.-The Inland Empire reminds
readers of the &c last words of certain noted
characters this side of the Rocky mountains.
We have all heard of them, but they are worth
reading again:
The California stage driver said "I'm on the
down grade and can t reach the break
miner crushed by bank of earth lived long
enough to say, '' I'm panned out"
Another California miner, when gasping with
his last dying breath, declared: I" can't make
the rifle ~
California sport, when told by his ply aiciah
that he could live but little while at best, ex-
pressed his disgust by calculating "Oh h-ll ~
Another, when told by the attendant physician
that he had but one chance in a thousand to re-
cover, exclaimed: Doctor, Ill take that
chance ~
Bob Rowland, when accidentally shot and
supposed to be mortally injured was told by
Judge Brosnan, " Bob you are badly wounded"
" Yes" said Bob, "I'm goner; but do what
you can for Uncle Nye when the Legislature
meets"
prize fight in Washoc City broke up with
shooting scrape, in which man was mortally
and several severely injured. The sport who
was fatally injured only exclaimed My bung
is out 7"
Another sport in Idaho had but time to say
q" lie has got the 60 on me.'
- last winter III iiaullton, NeV., aiter seeking
a quarrel all day shot and had but
time to exclam g l hunted for this all day and
now have found it -
Another well-known sport, who died th of
pneumonia last spring, when just before his
death, be was told by bis physician that he
could not recover, said, But Doctor, I'll bet
you n hundred to ten that do"
And the other day when Johnny McGlade's
diaphragm was shot out, he simply remarked,
My goose is cooked.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16
Weekly Grinity yuurnal
Weary.


I'm sick of the world and its trouble,
I'm weary of pleasures that cloy,
! see through the bright-colored bubble,
And find no enjoyment in joy.
Is all that worth the earning?
Is all that we gain worth the priZel
Is all that learn worth the learning,
Is pleasure but pain in disguisel
Is sorrow e'er worth our dejectionl FL.
Is life but snare and a sell
Is love ever worth our affection7
LIE jeu rout-I, donc, Ia chdnoleiief
where the eyes that enthralled u.s.
Aud where are the lips that we kissed,
Where the syren-like voices that called us,
And where all the chances missed!
We know not what mortals call pleasure
For clouded are skies that were blue;
To dross now has melted our treasure,
And false the hearts that were true.
The flowers We gathered faded.
The leaves of our Iaurels are shed;
Our spirit is broken and jaded
Ihe hopes Of our youth all dead.
dull, dreary feeling comes DER US,
That night has O'ershadowed day;
Bright truths of this earth only bore US;
They rpen-to fall and decay!
I'm sick of the world and its trouble,
For rest and seclusion thirst;
Pm tired of the gay tinted bubble,
That brighteneth only to burst!
-Gcntleman's Magazine
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16
NUMBER Al.
Desire and Need of Girls.

lady writing from New York city to jour-
numerous in the great metropolis, and moralizes
little as follows
Fully one-half of the girls who are now filing
situations in stores Offices, etc., go there in the
first place in order to be able to dress better.
They live in plain but comfortable homes, and
must help with the housework or the children
OF their own kin but they hear the glowing ac-
counts of the city, they want the hnery that is
denied them, and they want to go from those
peaceful home lives, from the kind guardianship
of parents, to the tolls and temptations of the
ten-hour system.
They 60 plain country girls, with modest,
blushing cheeks and smooth, shining hair.
They stay there year or two and their cheeks
are pale and their hair is frizzed. They have
lost the gaucherie of blushng and are bold at re-
partee. They dress somehow, but they have
hours of dependency that make them old. 1t
is one long struggle with labor and temptation,
and how they preserve their integrity God only
knows.
Now would not these girls be happier as the
wives of farmers or mechanics? Would not one
word OF genuine love outweigh ton of admira-
tion? Would not smile of little child be q
thousand times better than the gaze o. lber-
tine? Is it not easier to work for ones own
than for strangers-to feel that you are king
in your own estate, if it is only one story cot
tage? Woman independence will work dead
lier wrong than any bond she has borne.
When she steps beyond the fair threshold Of
womanly power, the arcbetypal home, where
God has made her supreme, to fight the demons
of political commercial life, she lays down a
sceptre to take up chain whose iron eankeP
will eat into her soul. -
That was a true and beautiful reply which
one of our strongest advocates of suffrage in this
city gave to gentleman who called on her at
her Office and demanded to know the meaning of
womans rights. She looked up with troubled
face-the face of delicate, thoughtful woman
from the pile of exchanges aud manuscripts
which lay before her, and answered with ear
nest solemnity, g give you its entire def
milton in two words, Home and Peace j "
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

1T 1t very terrible thing to begin to let con-
science grow hard, for it soon sears as with a
red hot iron. 1t is like the freezing of pond.
Inc hrst film of ice is scarcely perceptible; keep
the waters stirring and you will prevent the ice
from hardening; but once let it film over and
remain so, it thckens over the surface, and it
thckens still, and at last it is so solid that
wagon might be drawn over solid water. 30
with conscience, it films over gradually, and at
last becomes hard, .unfeeling, and it can bear up
a weight of ANTIQUITY
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

JOHN STANLEY, the musician, lost his sight
when only two years of age. He had so correct
an ear that he never forgot the voice of person
he had once heard speak. An instance is given
in which he recolected the voice of person he
had not heard for twenty years, who then accos-
ted him in an assumed voice. IF twenty persons
were seated at q table together, he would ad-
dress them all in their regular order, without
their being previously known TO him. Riding on
horseback one of his favorite exercises,
though it would seem very dangerous one for
the blind; and towards the close of his life,
when he lived in Epping forest, and wished to
give his friends an airing. he would take them
the pleasantest road and point out the most
agreeable prospects. He played at whist with
great readiness and judgement. Each card was
marked at the corners with point of a needle
but these marks were so delicatey fine as
scarcely to be discerned by any person not pre-
viously apprised to them. His hand was gen
orally the first arranged, and it was not uncom-
mon for him to complain of the party that thev
were tedious in sorting their cards. HI could
tell the precise time by watch. He knew the
number of persons in a room when he entered it
would direct his voice to each person in par
ticular-even to strargers-after they Rad once
spoken, and would miss any one who was absent
and could tell who that one was.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1869-10-16

HEARTS are not trumps 10 the great game Of
life. As sentiment the heart is commonly re-
garded as pretty, but a fact of little account.
It is quite the thing to splurge about the little
beater, but the world really holds it in no more
estimation than did Shyiock. Money is the trump
card, and to which ali others in the pack pay
homage: Hany dispute this let him open hla
eyes and look about him s,saa
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-01

FIRE SATURDAY NIGHT.-A fire was
discovered in the third story of the stove,
coal oil and tin store of Messrs. Rosen-
baum & Bros, on the east side of Main
street, near Jefferson, Saturday night,
between eleven and twelve o'clock.
The alarm was promptly given, but the
flames shot out through the roof long
before-it seemed long before-the en-
gines arrived at the scene. Several
streams of water were brought to bear,
and the devouring, tapping flames were
prevented from extending to the adjoin-
ing houses, though with great difficulty
The f-emen worked nobly and saved q
square threatened with speedy destruc-
ton. Ward & Co. s seed store was in i'm.
minent peril, but by almost superhuman
efforts was saved A millinery store
also narrowly escaped. The stock OF
Roseubaum & Bros. was completely de-
stroyed. Their loss was about fifteen
thouSand dollars, insured for ten thou
sand-fve thousand in Tomlinson's
agency and FIVE thousand with G. W..
Crook.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-01
Amusemenfs.

New MEMPHIS THEATER. Mr.. L. ffiOg-
we'll, the celebrated burlesque actor,
begins an engagement tonight at the
New Memphis Theater, His fame has
long preceded him, and be will doubtless
be greeted by large and fashionable
house. Last week we had tragedy
plenty of the legitimate drama-by
Frank Mayo, who closed successful
and hattering engagement Saturday
night. 1t will be a happy con-
trsst to witness, now, burlesque
in heavy tragedy, and to enjoy a
good, hearty laugh. Mr.. Letting
well first appears as the "Gushing Clo-
rinda in the gushing burlesque of Gin
derella. He will be supported by the
gushing McWade and others Of the COM
papy, who are likewise adapted to the
piece. The concluding play is the Con-
jugal Lesson. We look for q full house
and rare entertainment, not only this
evening, but throughout the week.
New YORK PAEoRAMA.-This great at
traction opened Saturday night in the
new and elegant hall at 1863 Main street,
near Gsyoso. The best proof of its real
merit is the confidence Of the proprietors,
who have come TO stay two weeks. Those
present Saturday night were delighted
To those who have visited New York, as
we'll as those who have not, the panorama
is equally interesting. Forty-one miles
of the great metropolis are traversed in
two hours and explained in pleasing, in
structive terms by the lecturer. Open
every afternoon at halfp three o'clock,
and every evening at eight o'clock. Go.
VARIETIES THEATER.-A fine attractive
programme has been arranged for this
evening, and the house will doubtless, as
usual, be filed to OVERLOOKING. Miss
Sallie Eldridge, Miss Lottie Mitchell,
and other favorites, still grace the boards,
and please the throDgs before them with
inimitable song and dance Manager
Broom is up to his business, and knows
how to give the public a variety which is
al the spice Of life. Go and see.
GAYETY--. Manager Etly's palace of fun
is now a fixed institution of the city, in
full tide of success, running smoothly
and attracting brilliant audiences-both
in respect to numbers and personelle.
The new features of the ean-can, as rem
dered by the great Hindle, Howard,
Beckett, and others, are creating extra
ordinary enthusiasm.
HoN. MRs. YELvERToS. 1t is an
nouRced that Mrs. Yelverton will give O
farewell reading, in a private manner,
next Thursday night, on the eve Of her
departure from the city. Those who
heard her once have expressed desire
to hear her once more before she leaves
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-01

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY NAVIGATION Con-
pAsY.-We are glad to learn that this
company is progressing finely. Land
owners are taking proper view of the
subject, and are Offering freely theiT sur
plus land in exchange for stock. Tnis is
the best thing they can do. They will
exchange CD incumbrance for that which
will be always convenient to use. This
enterprise is the most important to the
people of the Mississippi Valley ever
before introduced to their notice. To
render travel on q river that drains a
continent safe is something that should
engage the minds of millions of people.
We ask our merchants to rise to the
hight of this subject They, of ell men,
should give their aid to en- enterprise, in
the results of which taey are more inter-
estsd than all others. We think they
should subscribe literally, and without
delay. Meanwhile. the enterprise is
assumiag proportions that will command
auccess.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-03-01

TABLEAUx.-The enterta nments given
last week at the Assembly Hall for the
benefit of DIR. Fori's church gave such
satisfaction to the large crowds who at
tended that general desire has been ex'
pressed for their repetition. 1t is an
nounced accordingly that similar enter
tainments will be given on March I'D,
23d and oath. on which occasion it is
hoped Hon. A. Fl. Stephens will be
present, and give a reading from the
Constitution as it was, or other classical
literature.