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Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

The snow-shoe racing season was
opened at Montreal last Saturday BY a
sseeple-chase. The course was two
miles and half over mountains. The
contest was open to members OF the
Montreal Snow. shoe Club, and the win
ner was rewarded with q handsome
silver medal. Crowds were gathered
aboar the starting point and along the
road, making, with the dash of sleighs
and the excitement of many partisans, a
ljvely and picturesque scene. The
prize time for the two miles and a-half
MAS % minutes 40 seconds A similar
race for gold medal is announced for
Ibis week.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

Bes~ Alaska has Il ball club Proco-
pi Kiokak is first base and Mr.. Komo-
peehusattrigooum is pitcher.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23
HOW To BE MISERABLE.

Sit by the widow and look over the
way to your neighbours excellent man
sion which he has recently built aud
paid for and fitted out.
"Oh that L were / rich man =
Get angry with your neighbor and
shink you have not a friend in the
world. Shed a tear or two, and take a
walk ia the burial ground, continually
enying to yourself
when shall l be buried here ?"
Sign q note for a friend and never
forget your kindness, and every hour
ia the day whisper to yourself;
81 wonder if he will ever pay that
note ?"
Think everybody means to cheat
you. Closely examine every bill you
take, and doubts its being genuine I'M
Gil you have put your neighbor to a
great deal Of trouble. Put confidence
IN nobody and believe every man you
GFade with to be rogue.
Never accommodate if you can posi-
bly, help it.
Never visit the sick or the afflicted,
and never give farthing to assist the
poor.
Buy as cheap as you can and screw
down to the lowest mill Grind the
faces and hearts of the unfortunate.
Brood over your misfortunes, your
hack of talents, and believe that at no
distant day you will come to want
Let the workhouse be ever in your
mind, with all the horrors of distress
and poverty.
Follow these receipts strictly, and
yon Will be miserable to your hearts
conteut--if we may so speak-sick at
heart and Mt variance with the world -
Nothing will cheer or encourage you,
nothing will throw CLEAN of sunshine
or a ray Of warmth into your heart.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

Ihe Hon. Seth Ames was qualified
yesterday as one of the Justices of the
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachu-
setts.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

OF the 623 lunatics in the Illinois In
sane Asylum at Jacksonville, the
eauses of insanity are given as follows
Domestic troubles, q religious excite
Eaent, 80 business anxieties, 10; death
OF friends, 10; puerperal, %; dissap-
pointed love, 70; physical injury. 16;
81 health, SO; vicious indulgences, 30;
over exertion, 7; spirituaism,5; hard
stndy, s; sun stroke, 6; intemperance,
AZ: fright, 5; epilepsy, 10; paralysis, g.
jealousy, 4: typhoid fever, z; exposure
while in the army, 6; home sickness, q
abortion, s; maltreatment, Q; infama
of the brain, 3; unknown, 27l.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

The chivilric character of Stonewall
Jacksonville Chevalier Bayard of the
Confederate army-is not more adj
raired at the South than it is by those
who ON many u hotly-contested field
battled against him for the North.
On the move from Swift Run Gap, at
9he beginning of Jackson's celebrated
Valley campaign, his army marched
until very late the first night, and
through q terrible rain. About mid
night Colonel Baylor, of the Fifth Vir-
giuia, heard one his men, Dutch
man, grumbling and swearing to an
Irish comrade about the miserable
hardship of his soldier life; and he
concluded his remarks upon the sub
yet by saying
81 wish all de Yankees vas in blazes
my how p
well, L doan't thin"
''Der deffle you ton't and vat'ish
Eeezin o.
'.Be CORA an wadn't ouid Jack be
afther havin' us up afore day agin, in
the rain, wild tree days cook'd rashins,
pursurvin' iv' EN- p
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23
Elizabeth Seminary,
sc MORRIS AVENUE.

90 MOINIVIO n ' I'm III,
OPRIEG TERN commences February sth.-
= Terms $40. SIS and $40. oil Painting $12,
Mater Colors $40, Crayun Drawing $40 Pencil
and Sketching from nature So, French $l0 Piano
and Singing $50.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

Col A. P. Berthoud, late Superinten-
dent Of the Morris and Essex railroad,
was presented last evening with IA hand
some watch aud chain by the employees
of the road. The conductors on the
Morris and Essex railroad received their
uniform from the Company yesterday.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

DIVIDENDS. The New Jersey Rail
road Co. has declared q semi-annual
dividend of FIVE per cent, to February
LIST. The Morris Canal Co. has de-
clared a scrip dividend of 10 per cent.
on the perferred stock. redeemable in
90 years, with seven per cent interest,
payable semi-annually.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

aea.p The Hearth and Home, for
January %, has fine illustration of a
schooner heavily ladened and coated
with ice. scudding along in a snow
storm off the Jersey" The Hearth
and Home, is the most valuable paper
of its class printed, and its class is
more than valuable than any other.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

The DAILY MONITOR will be served to sub
scribers at TEN CENTS A WEEK.
MFR GEORGE E. VAN BLARoUM has route
IN the upper part of the city. Orders may
be left at this office. Mr.. WILLIAM G.. JONES
siEl supply those at the Port
Copies may be obtained at the Post Office.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

AMENDE. We deeply regret having
published in our issue of the Dist, the
item relating to Miss Ranneys school,
as we learn that it is untrue, and we
have been imposed upon by some one,
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

Nea- The house formerly occupied by
Captain MCGOWAN, on Elizabeth ave
nue., caught fire at an early hour this
morning Damage trifing.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-01-23

TIE ELIZABETH DAILY MONITOR is
published at 155 BROAD STREET, near
Zy opposite the National State Bank, by
J. MADISON DRAKE, Editor and
Proprietor. Mail subscrib. rs IS year
10 advance. Single copies two cents.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-16
DIR. sIMMO Ns'
Liver II equator,

A preparation Of roots and herbs, warranted
he strictly vegetable. and can do no injury to
any one. IT has been used BY hundreds, and
known for the last thirty I've years nc ono Of
the most reliable. eficacious and harmless prep.
oxa tions aver offerea IN the sufforfn. Tffaker
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, October Ii : The Times
money article states that confidence IN
the ability of Spain to soon repress the
Republican insurrestion is daily increas-
ing.
Dsuiel O'Douoho. member Of Psrlia-
ment for Kerry ThsIee, writes to Dublin
iu reference to the amnesty committee
on the course Of the Government toward
the prisoners He states that the Gov
eminent collectively and individually
com miserate with The Fenian prisoners,
and are anxious TO release them lift can be
done consistently with proper duty to
The Government. Bot be is convinced
that the Government cannot, without de-
grading It's functions and trusts, and will
not yield anything TO the faintest sem
blsnce 70 unconsiiiu'ional pressure.
PAEis, October l5-The Emperor 8
health is satisfactory. Yesterday be went
q burning.
GLASGOW, October Is A great FIRE is
raging here. The Vulcan Oil Works and
Eagle Iron Works are burning. The loss
ill be very heavy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-16
Memphis City Directory for 1870.

THE CANVASS FOR THIS ANNUAL
/ puhlicaffon has now commenced, aud the
hook will b. isfued a. usual. The Company
intend pakiLg the coming work as complete
ard accurate a. Is possib e. and refer 70 their
lat Directory Of this city TO their ability to
~ ~ - SOUTHERN PUBLISHING CO.,
Publishers Of the Memphis, New Orleans. Mo-
bile aud Louisvil.e City Directorits.
RICHARD EDwARDs. Superintendent
S. A. CH0ATE. Secretary.
/. foARDs, General Agent 30-F
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LIVER

and at other times very few Of the
Liver Is generally the organ mos
Cure the Liver with
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FOR ArkanSas and Texas.

FOF Arkdusun anu ICAous
rI,RAvELERS OR EMIGRANTS GOING
+ TO Arkansas or Texas should GROSS the river
at this point on steamer
LAURA. Cheek, MASTER
10 Cheeks Landing. Four miles Of land travel
saved. Boat makes four rips daily. Fare one-
half that f steamer GslIatin. III
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-10-16
L u M B K II
Laths and Shingles.

THAvR NOW on HAND AND AM con-
Il SANITY saviue. foil stock Of buildipg lam
ber-ali aimsnsiens. slllsi io.ts. .tad slnE Posn.
lsFFe stock oflafhr and shaved shirgies, Par.
ticnlar attuntion will Be glven 70 the Shipment
Of lumbar. Orders solicited.
Mills and Lumber lard on Wolfriver. north
o. ~ ps''s sA'''0' G.M.vKNABLE
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| MEMPHIS & ARKANSAS RIVER
PACKET COMPANY.
United States Mail Line
FALL ARRANGEMENT.
IRON AND AFTER THIS DATE THIS
i Company will run THREE boats week IN
the Arkansas river and until the completion
Of the new boats. the following boats will con-
stitute the line:
THOs. HI. Pritchard, master.
OZARK. Blasedell. master.
GUIDON.............' ..........Ciay Rice, master.
EDIN ...-................Y erkes. master.
Leaving Memphis every Monday. Wednesday
and Friday, at eve o'clock pm; MAKING
connections at Little Rock with the Companys
light draught packets;
VAN BUREE, ....-...-.-. .Borland, Master.
AMERICAN, .........-........ Chapman. Master.
FORT TH..................Noland. Master.
FORT GIBsON.......-....E. Smith. master.
Fer all points above Little Rock.'n high mp
as Fort Gibson.
IhIoush bin. e. l.dns given for freight ha 70
Louisville and Cincinnati.
Freishts delivered at destination, ct all
STAGES of the river. without delay,
Any person desiring to ship by this line from
the Nsrth, East or West. to any point on the
Arkansas river, should have their goods con-
,iensd to Memphis and Arkansas Rive .s,
Front street. MOsby Block. Those shipping
from New Orleans should consien to Memphis
and Arkansas River Packet Company" mouth
of White river.
new boats for the Arkansas river, which will DO
finished about the 1st of October. thus securing
to their patrons reliable tri-wsekly line in
high or low water.
All persons who ship goods to the care IF this
Company. at Memphis or mouth Of White
river. must send bill Of Iading to the agent to
prevent delay. JOHN d. ADAMS,
W. L. GRAHAM, Agent, President.
304 Front ST., Mosby Block. ct
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CUBA.

Havana, October l5.-The rumor Of
the death of General CASTILLO, who COM
msnded the insurgents, is confirmed.
Another detachment Of Spanish troops
left to-day for active service in the field.
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regularly and persistently
II Is sure 70 cure dyspep-
STA, headache, jaundiee.
costivepess SICK head
ache, chronic diarrhea,
affections OF the bladder,
camp dysentery, affections
Of tie kidneys, fever. ner-
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Medical Notice.

DR. g. q. CADE, LATE VISITING
~ physician of the Charity Hospital. New
Orleans. La. and for the last three years sur
econ Of the U. s. Post Hospital at Jackson,
Miss, respectfully tenders his profe, sional SER
vices to the citizens Of Memphis .nd vicinity.
in cases Of every cha acter. Special attention
given TO all diseases peculiar TO fem ales; also,
venereal. syphilis. tumors. and all chronic dis.
eases.
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eral costiye. ssmetii
The head is troahled
sen sation. considera
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OF the kin. impurity Of the blood. melancholy
or depression Of spirits. heartburn, collie OF
pains IN the bowels. pain In the head. fever and
ague. dropsy. .bolls. pain IN back and limbs,
asthma, erysipelas. female affections, and
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, 1869-06-08
5 {. 9 60 TX A v Q s.

tides of the ocean, we have many other
effects of her influence on our globe two
only of which shall | now stop 10 men
ton; viz, the excitement caused by the
full moon in many mad persons, hence
called l~unatics; and the effect on many
plants, AS the bamboo. The bamboo we'll
trimmed is an excellent hoop for sugar
casks, if it be cut down at the time of
new moon but, if cut at the full moon,
it is often soon devoured by worms ; so
soon al times, that the bamboo hoop has
fallen from the hid, 10 a decayed state,
before the sugar could be shipped but
when that tree is cut down at or near
New Moon, such rapid decay never takes
place. This I learnt from an Old Planter,
who had had great experience in this
matter, the late Mr.. G. G.. Kidney.
Is. Ilersclel explains, how the moons
attractive force on the ocean waters ''pro-
duces an immensely broad aud excessively
fiat wave (not a circulating current, which
follows. or tndeavOurs to follow, the APP
parent motions Of the moon, &C., and the
sun also produces precisely such a wave,
whose vertex tends 10 follow the apparent
lO'lO u " Suu III VIC bSdVCuSS anu HiSO
TO initiate its periodic inequalities. This
solar wave co-exists with the lunar, is
sometimes superpoSrd on it, sometimes
transverse to It, so as 10 partly neutraliZe
it, according to the monthly synodical
confgura'ion of the two luminarles. This
alternate mutual reinforcement and de-
strucIion Of the solar and lunar tides cause
what are called the spring and neap tides
the former being their sum, the latter
their difference" Herschel continues.
"Although the real amount of either tide
is, at present hardly aoithin the reach of
er0ct calculation, yet their proportion at
any one place is probably not very remote
from that of The eIIipticilies which would
belong 10 their respective spheroids, could
an equilibrium he attained. Now these
ellipticities, for the solar and lunar
spherolds, are respectively about two and
five feet ; so that The average spring tide
will be 10 the neappas Z 10 3, or there
abouts" Outlines Of Astronomy. Articles
ISL, 752. So we see, that on an average,
the SUMS power TO raise the tides is as 2,
the. Moons as S or % times as great.
Acting together at new Moon, their united
power is as =, acting oppositeIy lat Full
Moon) their effect on the tides is as the
difference between 5 and 2, lie. as 8.
But suppose, the Moon to be in perigee or
her nearest place to the earth, at the time
of New Moon, then the highest spring
tides occur and, suppose her to be in
Iapogee, or in the point of her orbit farthest
from the earth, at Full Moon, then there
will be the lowest ..neap tides. Let US
hear Herschel about the highest possible
spring-tide and the lowest possible neap
tide. .ttTha sun and moon, saws he hr
, 1869-06-08

that is TO say in perigee, she is nearer to
US by 25,920 miles, than when she is fur
thest from US or in apogee.
II. As according 10 DR.. Dick, the &c.
centricity of the Tuner orbit is about one
thlrty-seventh Of its longest diameter or
It's major axis, can not we, on the prin-
clples already stated, easily describe an
ellipse to show exactly the form of the
moons orbit? Yes. Take an endless
string 80 inches long, and place the two
focal pins 2 inches apart on a board 40
inches square, and place the string round
them and gently stretch it with the point
Of a pencil; and, by moving its point
steadily round the pins as before, you
will describe an eIlipse, differing but
little from a circle to the eye and this
ellipse will fairly represent the shape of
The moons path round the sun. For S c.,
the half of S II, will be one inch in this
case, and the portion of the string S B
and H B, will be 81 inches F.; A H will be
half of 80. lie. 1913 inches; and A S being
less than A H by S Fl Tor q is of course
III inches, and S M is manifesily the half
OF 80, or 1913; the major axis A NJ is the
sum of A S and S Nj, lie. Of 173 and 1913
or 81, and S G being 1, the major axis
and the eccentricity Of this ellipse, have
the proportion Of the same lines in the
moons orbit, and therefore this figure
properly represents the lunar orbit.
IL. The foregoing illustrations will, it
is hoped, induce some of our intellectual
youths TO pursue mathematical studies
with a greater Zest, and make them re-
solve to apply heartily to Euclid, Algebra,
Trigonometry, Comic Sections, &C., &c.
13. DR.. Dick says: "The irregularities
Of the moons motion have frequently
puzzled astronomers and mathematicians,
and they render the calculations of her
true place In the heavens a work of con-
siderable labour. No less than thirty
equations reqnire to be applied to the
mean longitude in order TO obtain the
true, and about t%wenty-four equations for
her latitude and parallax." The follow
ing fact helps to account for some of the
irregularities in the moons notion. viz. (:
that when the earth is in its periheliOn, or
nearest the sun, which is in winter, the
moon describes the largest cir lie about
the earth, and her periodical time is then
the.greatest, but when the earth is in its
apheAon, or farthest from the sun, which
happens in summer, she describes a
smaller circle, and her periodical Time is
then the least" Dr.. Dicks Celestial
Scenery pg. 331. These statements of
that very excellent practical Astronomer,
the late Thomas Dick, LID, will at
once convince every thoughtful person,
that the calculations in such a volume as
the nautical almanac, of more than 500
pages, must involve an immense amount
of severe mental and manual lahonr. on
, 1869-06-08

" 'HGt VI tHc HIOOu DeCWteU I'D dn0 az.
Taking into account this cause Of differ
ence, the highest spring tide will be to
the lowest neap AS 50 plus FL to 43 less
10, or as 80 to "a, or 10 TO g." Article
756.
Is. The Moon in her apparent path 10
the Heavens, moves continually eastward
amongst the fixed stars about Is degrees
In "a hours so as to arrive again ut the
place from which she sets out in 81 days
7 hrs. 43 Minis. this is called her sidereal
period ;'but the time from one new Moon
to another ist2 days 5 hrs. and l min.
longer, namely 90 days 12 hrs. AZ Minis.
and this is the lunar month, or, in astro-
nomical language, her synodical period.
Hence, if she is in perigee at the time Of
New Moon in a particular Month, her
next perigee will occur some time before
the next New Moon F.; and the perigee after
that'wilI precede the next New Moon by a
longer space of time, and so on. Now, as
spring tides occur at every New Moon, and
the highest can only occur, when the
Moon is in pertgee at that time, for then
being at her nearest distance from the
earth, her influence on the tides is grea-
test, and, as after q perigee-spring tide,
she is many hours removed from her peri
gee at the next New Moon, and still further
at the next to that ; it follows, the sue
ceedlng spring tides will be less and less
severe for several months, till they reach
minimum, when the Moon sin apogee Tor
furthest from the sun) at the time Of New
Moon ; and then from that time the months
ly spring-tides will be gradually more and
more severe, as the Moon is nearer and
nearer to the earth at the time of New
Moon, till she is in perisee again at her
conjunction with the Sun many months
after the former perigee-New Moon, as I
would call it.
II. The last perigee-New Moon, | find
by reference to DIetrichsen's Almanac,
occurred on the morning of the 18Th of
last August, about six hours after the
Moon reached her perigee and. at moor
that day, the Moons Declination (N) was
not quite IL degrees, a good distance
from the equator, and the SUMS not quite
Is dogs. N. The next Perigee-New
Moon will not occur till the 5th day of
next October, or thirteen Months and
a half after the. last and the Moon will
be at her Perigee at 7 o'clock that morn
ing Greenwich Mean .Time) and be a
New Moon at 10 or 90 MINIS. after 2 in the
after noon, or 7 hrs. 90 minis. after perigee.
At moo that day, or a little before aoon,
the Moon will be on the Equator, and The
Suns Decllnaiion will then be 4 dogs. and
S sixths a deg. s.
Is. AS far as the Suns attractive infu-
ence on the Ocean waters is concerned, T
should expect the Southern Hemisphere
to be effected on the 5th October worse
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-17

THE world is certainly growing
wiser and Drawer, if not better. The
Florida Legislature, being extremely
loyal, has determined ON sustaining
the United States in the slime of the
late rebellion, " which is bravery be-
yond all question. Besides, they
have found out what is "well known
and cannot be contradicted ITO wit,
SUMMERS speech, which ought to 6e
properly -adjQdicated in accordance
with the law of all nations of honor. "
Cutfee is ON the rise, on the Universal
Suffrage platform. Witness the fol-
lowing resolution adopted in the Sen
ate by the black and tans on the 18th
June last, by y to Is
ReSO5Ued 6y the Senate and Assembly
Of the State Of Florida, IN contention
assembled, That we are a part of the
American Union, and, as we eXpecttO
receive its protection, We are ready to
bear our share of its burdens, to the
end that if any nation shall attempt
" VI lCluSS W SldlI pdlioldSlAOh hhClC
she has rendered grievances, we bind
ourselves to ustainth the administration
in demanding ihe rights of the United
States and its citizens on the ligh seas
in the time Of the late rebellion tits
well known, and cannot becohtradict.
cd, that the remarks of Mr.. Sumner,
in his place il TIE United States Sen
ate, on the day, 1869, on TIE Ala
bapla claims, are in the main correct,
and should Aq5 De forgotten unless
they are properly adjHqicatf4 In &C.
cordanee with the Law Of al nations
of honor.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-17

The easiest road to fame (sueh as 1t
isl, at the present time is to compli-
ment the AUdLanche on its recent adhe-
sion to Radicalism or Liberalism
sometimes called the Republican
party. Approve its course in con-
structing what it calls the "COnser-
vative Republican party" or the
Liberal party" and your name, if
you wish it, may be set in "small
caps" among the eligible candidates
for the Constitutional Convention. If
the prospective honor, to be shared
with so many, is declined, a fulsomely
eulogistic notice may be obtained by
writing a letter to the AUaldnche COM
mending the AUGldnche'S course, and
speaking of it as "the leading paper
in West Tennessee" This, at last, is
no very high bid. Notmany converts
can be procured in this way. Ex-
tremely vain men, anxious to be ever
before the public eye, may be caught
with this chat. They lose nothing by
it. The most of them can never ex-
pect more than to have their names
mentioned in a newspaper paragraph
as "eminently qualified" CHATS the
phrase-it means so much and SO
little, for some Office to which the PEG,
pie never dreamed of eevating them
This is cheap fame and innocent motto
riety. We have been expecting to see
JIMMY GALLAGHBR's name suggested
in the AUdJdnche as eminently quail
fled as a delegate to the Constitution
al Convention. He certainly approve:
of the course of the AUalanche. May.
be, however, he has delayed his con
CALCULATIONS.