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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
THE BENEFIT 0P.uERTE.

Ills mirth tina. fills the veins with blood,
More 'han VINE or sl.ep or food.
Let each keep his heart at ease,
No man died of that disease.
lie that would his body Keep,
From disease. he must not weep;
But whoever laughs and sings,
Never he his body brings
Into fevers gouts, or rheuins,
or .ingerly his lungs consume,
But, contented, lives for aye
The more he laughs, the more he may.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29

An exchange explains the tobac-
co chewers disregard for decency in bis
expectorations-the great anomaly in the
lives of many gentlemen-or the ground
that "he has no more respect for other
places than he has for his own mouth,
hence he makes all things as foul as
that"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
Recipes.

To make lemon drop-let it fall off
the table.
To make a stomach cake-use plenty
Of unripe fruit.
To make (Dice cream-stick pin
in the baby.
To make Eastry neatly-have every
thing in apple pie order.
To make cats sup-give them milk.
To make toad in The hole-make a
hole in the ground and drop a toad into
it.
To make a nice pickle-hunt in the
drawer for something in the dark.
TO make bed--dig into the FLOWS,
rake up the sheets, and hoe the blankets,
sew up all the holes in the quilt, and finish
by destroying all insects.
To beat carpets-use mating; for cool
ness it beats carpets.
To make a window blind--fIl it up
with bricks and mortar.
To prevent the creaking of a door
nail it up.
To obtain sleep-haye nothing but
'nodding' acquaintance.
To keep your spirits-place the ocean
tiers on the roof of the house.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
A Remarkable Escape from Prison.

A remarkable account is given in a
late English paper of the escape of a
convict from prison. The cell in which
he was confined had an iron door with a
lock entirely on the outside. The only
implements theprsoner had were wood
en- spoon, some bits of wire and nee-
die and thread. Out of the spoon he
made key, by means of the needle he
passed thread over and under the door !;
bits OF wire were pushed under the in
spection hole, and fastened to this long
thread extending outside from top to bot
tom. The key was also pushed through,
and being fastened to the thread, was
brought opposite the keyhole by dex
trous manipulation Of the slender line,
worked gently in, then turned by means
of the wire; and the door was opened.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29

EE A tall western girl named Short
long loved a certain big Mr.. Little; while
Little, little thinking of Short, loved a
little lass named Long, and Short longed
to be even with Little's shortcomings.
So Short, meeting Long, threatened to
marry Little before long, which caused
Little, in short time, to marry Long.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29

A little girl was very fond of
preaching to her dolls. Her mother
heard heroine day reproving one for be-
ing so wicked. "Oh, you naughty sin
full child, she said, shaking the waxen
limbs, "you will just go to that lake of
birthstone and molasses, and won't burn
up--you will just sizzle."
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29

w The other day one of the boys,
to have little fun with an Irishman,
said" Pat have you heard the news 2"
"No; what news?" "Why, the devil
is dead" Not word said Pat, putting
his hand in his pocket, and pulling out a
ten cent scrip, handed it to the question
er, who asked what it was for. {" Why"
answered Pat, 4" in the ould country,
where came from, it was the custom to
give the children something when their
parens died.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
Baltimore, Md, March 4, 1868.

| believe Dr. Lawrence's ROSADALIS to
be the best Alternative in use, and therefore
chSerfully recommend it as such.
THOMAS j. BOYKIN, NJ. D.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
re- Scene in a printing office viii,

RE- Scene in printing Office which
advertised for girls to set type: Enter
young woman" Do you want to en-
ploy any one to print sir2 ] saw your
advertisement" Can you set up well,
mann? Young lady bushes: says she
hasn't had beau yet, but expects that
she could, if it was necessary.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
Baltimore, February 10, 1868.

d.. J. ]. Lawrence, Dear sir | take plas-
ure in recommending your RASADILIS as
a very powerful alternative.
Yours truly, r. w. CARR, NJ. D.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
''COSTARS"
Standard Preparations

"Costar's" Rat, Roach, de-, Ertermi-
nStors.
"Costar's" Bed Bug E'rterminators.
"COstar's" (only pure) Insect Ponder.
"Only Infallible Remedies known"
''18 years established in New York.
$1,000 boxes and TASKS manufacture
ed daily"
"All Druggists in PRESCOTT sell Them"
Beware |! ofspurious limitations
$1,O0 sizes sent by mail on receipt of price.
$500 for any three 81. 90 sizes by Express.
HNRY r. COSTAR,
No. 10 Crosby Street, New York.
sB For sale by
CARLOS MoCRAY,
Prescott, Wis.
sI Sold by all Wholesale Druggists in
Milwaukee. and in all largs Cities. q.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29

DO Anything you want, from the most
substantial articles to the lighter Yankee
Notions, will be sold at the lowest living pri-
ces. Call and examine for yourselves.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29

HNHIS excellent medicinal compound was first
Il prepared by DIR. J. W. POLAND, in 1917,
and then employed with great success in
expelling humors from the blood; but in 1913
medical friend who was quite celebrated physi-
clan, especially in the treatment of humors, sug
gested some important improvements, which were
adopted, and which has made it $50 the people say)
the very best remedy for all kinds of humors known
to "the faculty"
This preparation is composed entirely of vegeta-
bles, among which are Sarsaparilla, Yellow Dock,
Noble Pine, Mandrake, and Bloodroot.
When the originator lived in New Hampshire, at
Goflstown Centre, for the space of thirty forty
miles around, and in Manchester particularly, the
HumOr Doctor was well known and highly valued
for the numerous and wonderful cures which it eff
fected Though manufactured in large quantities,
the supply was frequently exhausted, and purchas-
ers had to wait for more to be made. In that re.
gion, some very severe cases of Erysipelas were
treated with, land they were cured Erysipeas
sores, carbuncles, those ugly, painful ulcers,
were entirely removed wherever this medicine
was faithfully used. So it was with Scrofula and
Salt Rheum The Humor Doctor cured them.
1t is free from any dangerous drugs, is pleasant TO
the taste, SAFE yet sure and effective in its action.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
RI S A D A L. IS

Is Recommended by the
Best Physicians Everywhere,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29
A Positive Remedy for all
kinds of HumorS,

ScrofuIa, Scurvy, Salt Rheum, Carbun-
cIes and BoiIs, Ulcers and all obstinate
Affections of the Skin, Infiammatory
or Chronic rheumatism, Piles, Chronic
Diarrhea, MercuriaI Diseases, and every
faint of the System; Dyspepsia, and those
Affections originating in the Derangement
of the Digestive Organs /; viz, Bilious
Complaints, Neuralgia, and Nervous At
fections, Headache, Languor, and Depres-
sion of Spirits, Loss of Appetite, Consti-
patton.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29

u My stock of Groceries is always full,
and my customers can depend on getting the
best of each variety
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1869-01-29

10 In Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Goth ing
etc, | have the largest stock ever brought
here. Winter Goods are sold at greatly re-
duced prices.
, 1869-11-20

OCEAN cable telegraphing is not
business so entirely free from mis-
fortunes as the sauguine promoters
of new lines seem to imagine. A
fault has been discovered in the
French cable at point about eight
hundred miles from St. Pierre, which
though not at present sufficient to
prevent its working, is constantly
growing worse, and will ultimately
require the cable to be underrun all
the way from one coast or the other
to the spot where the fault exists,
This great and costly task is to be
undertaken, we are informed, next
summer.
, 1869-11-20

TAKEaway the bayonet from the
South aud the miserable carpet bag
element could not stand dsy; even
the negroes would turn against
them. The carpet>baggers. with
the aid of the bsyonet aud bureau,
have thus far been able to control The
negroes in the larger places. while
in the country the old citizens have
had the most influence with them.
But there are indications that even
in the cities the carpet-baggers are
losing their power over the negro.
At the late municipal election in
Nashville, Tennessee, the negro de.
serted the radicals for the first lime
and voted heavily with the citizens,
so that the entire conservative ticket
was elected BY large majority. As
there is no reason why this should
not be made 10 occur in the other
municipalities of the South, it is not
at all impossible but that we may
yet see the negroes vote as steadily
with their old masters as they once
worked for them. The carpet'hagN
ger then will find his occupation
gone, aud he will leave the country
for the couutry's good.
, 1869-11-20

FRIENDSHIP. = How often we
speak of friends as though they
might be found on every hand and
vet how little real friendship we find
in this busy world A true friend
is one who will cling to you in ad.
versity, sympathiEe with you in sOr'
row, and rejoice with you in pros
perity. He is a being who feels,
who thinks, who acts from tie purest
motives. Friendship is one of the
noblest fceliDgs-one of the grand
est privileges of humanity; it can
only be found in connection with the
noblest souls, of merit and virtue
united. In fact to possess true friends,
you need the most complete and
incest power of discrimination 10
selecting them, a natural gift to
cherish them with the most unsel6sh
ness.
, 1869-11-20

A CHAPTER OF CRIME.-On Oc'
tober 30th, negro shot and killed
Louis o. Story, the Sheriff of Clinl
ton County Kentucky, and the me-
gro was afterwards killed by the cit
iZens.
At Lynchburg Virginia on the
same day, Miss Bogler, aged 2l, was
found with her throat cut.
Same day, negro nurse of Mrs.
Creery's Of Bedford County, threw a
little child into the FIRE, and burat
it to death.
On October 31st, James Fitzwil-
liams Deputy Sheriff, was shot
through the heart in a saloon, BY
one Of the police of Evansville In
diana.
A man named Alexander Best,
was found drowned 10 the Allegheny
river last Friday, and q man named
Henry Campbell, has been arrested
] for numbering him.
, 1869-11-20
THr BURNING or rHE srr1MrR

TIE BURNING OF THE STEAMER
SroNEwALL.-The steamer Stone
wall, which piled between St. Louis
aud New Orleans. was burned on the
26th ult, near Neely's Landing, on
the Mississippi river. She vas
heavily ladened with passenger,
horses, mules, hay and other freight.
There were about $50 passengers 90
beard. The alarm of ere was given.
about half past six, and in ten min.
uIes the boat was 10 a sheet Of fame.
The fire is supposed to have origina>
ted from some deck passengers hsv'
log q candle. As soon as the FIRE
was discovered, the captain ordered
the pilot 70 run her ashore. But he.
was nervous, and run her on sand
bar, supposiug that it reached the
shore. As soon as the boat struck,
the passengers plunged into the
water 10 wade ashore, and the fore>
most had not proceeded far till he
sank out of sight. the water being
twenty feet deep, and the shore 200
yards distant. The direst confusion
then reigned. There was only one
yawl on the boat, and a number of
deck passengers seized this and
hoated of without oars. In few
minutes more than $50 passengers
we're struggling in the turbid waters
of The Mississippi. Night gathered
around them. and the screams of the
drowning and the shrill neighing of
the horses, with the cracking of the
flames, made an appalling horror.
There was not a life. .preserver to be
found on the boat, aDd in a few mo-
ments all but 38 souls had sank to
rise no more. There we're eleven
women on board, and Of them only
three were saved-one an aged lady
was saved by her devoted son. The
nigh. was intensely cold, and many
who might have saved themselves by
clinging to the doors, shutters and
light freight which they flung over
board, were chilled through and soon
perished. There was great neglect
somewhere in allowing the boat to
leave the wharf at St. Louis without
being better provided with boats and
life preservers, by which the unlOr-
tuuate passengers might have been
saved.
, 1869-11-20

LIPPINCoTT's Magazine is author
ity for stating that at the of the first
issue of greenbacks Mr.. Chase con-
suited, among others, with the pres
ident of a Philadelphia bank, as to
placing some motto upon the bills,
as ain God we trust" has been
stamped on some of the coins. AT
ter mentioning several scriptural
texts that had occurred to him, the
Secretary asked the bankers opinion
"Perhaps," was the reply, "the most
appropriate would be: "SilVer and
gold have 1 none but such as | have
| give thee" The project was moi
carried further.
, 1869-11-20

THE Mount Gents Tunnel, when
finished will connect France by rail-
road with Italy through the Alps
This great work was begun in 1857
and was first carried on by machin>
cry driven by compressed air The
present rate is about one yard per
day on the French side. The ex'
cavatiou proceeds from both ends
and il ia intended that the workmen
should meet aud shake hands 10 the
middle of the Alps sometime in 1878
, 1869-11-20


WHITE PINE EcoENTRIcIrIEs.-
Here is a little chapter from the
White Pine News on fastidious peo.
pie: Some people are SO fasiidious
about their surroundings that there's
no getting along with them. In a
new country like this, where every
man cannot have house to himself,
it is necessary for people to haul iu
on the sharp corners of their natural
dispositions, and accommodate them.
selves to an association, sometimes,
with those who are not exactly what
they would fancy. We heard a man
object to Peter Toft's habi: of carry
ing his change Of socks, before and
after changing, in his pantalOOns
pocket, to be used occasionally as a
handkerchief. Another man up in
this camp had bed iD the same
room with a man from Sonoma. The
Sonoma man had habit of soften>
ing bis socks in the morning before
putting them on He was in the
habit Of going to bed early, SO as to
give bis socks a chance; and then,
instead of taking them in shape,
after drying, and wearing hem rights
and lefts, like Christian, this man
from Sonoma insisted on softening
bis socks every morning. The way
be did it was by hammering them
on the bed-post till they began to
crack, then rubbing them briskly in
his hands-washiug, like 'Sir Jacob,
"with invisible soap, in impercepti-
BILE water" Our friend in the next
bed is a late riser. He would be
sleeping his best about sock time,
but the dust would wake him. The
dust each time filled the room worse
than the food of light that Ben
Adhem saw, This thing was trOub-
lesome, but rooms we're scarce. OuI
friend could get a good sleep in the
morning only BY getting up in the
night aud sprinkliug down Sonoma''
socks, so they wouldn't dry BY day
light. But Sonoma concluding that
the roof leaked, took to sleeping with
his socks under bis head, and soor
oot the room 10 himself.
, 1869-11-20
THE TKo Hurphrp MrLrs RIpr

THE Two HUNDRED MILES RIDE.
On Sunday. the ride ofa hundred
miles over the Bay View Park Course,
for a purse Of 81 900 and the cham.
pion medal Of California, took place
in the presence Of a large number OF
persons. The riders were William
Walsh and Mel. MoWry, both Of
whom bave made some most aston>
ishing rides, and claimed the chsm>
pionship. Each man had twenty
horses, with a reserve Of FIVE, which
were to be called into requisition
only in case anything should happen
to any one of the twenty. The ride
commenced at ten o'clock A. NJ, aud
during the first two hours the pros
poets of Walsh were decidedly fa>
vorable. lie rode with ease and
grace, and his animals appeared to
have more speed than those OF his
antagonist. Mr.. MOwry, however,
was strategetic f; he brought out his
poor animals first, aud reserved bis
best for the final contest. He. too,
was graceful rider, sitting a horse
with as much ease as il he had been
born in the saddle. The betting was
about even, and very light, as those
present thought it too early to calcu-
late the chances with any degree of
certainty. At the end of the for.
tieth mile, while changing horses,
Walsh fell, iDjuring himself slightly,
and causing a delay of about two
minutes, during which time Mowry
rode nearly a mile, and closed the
gap that had been made. Nothing
particular occurred during the three
or four hours following. At this
time Walsh was considerably ahead,
aud his friends felt certain that he
would win with ease. During the
latter part OF the ride, however,
Mowry used his best horses, and rap.
idly bridged the distance between
bis antagonist and himself and
came in on the home.stretch nearly
mile ahead, making the entire two
hundred miles in eight hours, fifty
eight minutes, and forty>6ve sec
onds, beating Walsh one minute and
thirty seconds. The best single mile
was made by Walsh, in Two minutes
aud ten seconds. We understand
that the friends of Mr.. Walsh claim
that he would have won the race if
he had not fallen at the end of the
fortieth miles. This claim may lead
, 1869-11-20

THE ruins of an Aztec fortress
have been discovered on the summit
of a mountain near OrizAba, Mexico.
The place is so deuseaTith woods and
underground that thorough explor-
ton could not be made by the disr
coverers. They found four houses,
three sacrifice stones, several pillars,
and a kind of urn in which were
more than 200 skulls as white as
marble, from which not even a tooth
was lacking. Several idols and stone
statues were discovered.
, 1869-11-20

THE Journal Official says that
a chemist has discovered a method
of Illuminating letters whereby the
names of streets, numbers of houses,
and inscriptions become more DIS
tiuct as darkness increases. The
process is described as very simple,
and consists 10 the application of a
particular kind of liquid to the let
ters.
, 1869-11-20

THE Springfield (Mass.) Repub-
licsn says a circle of devoted Spiri,
tualists 10 that city have interviewed
Lord Byron through medium. The
poet says he has read Mrs. Stoves
article in the Atlantic Monthly, and
that for the most part, sits a id
lie !" These are his Lordship's
very words.
, 1869-11-20

A lively demand for tracts at a
Western settlement recently encour>
aged the hopes of the Tract Society
that an immense work of revival
must be going on there. The cry
was constantly for "tracts, more
tracts" At last it leaked out that
the settlers were using these promo
ters of faith, not for moral comfort,
but to paper their cabins with. The
Tract Society, since the discovery,
is a wiser but a sadder institution.
, 1869-11-20
NV of,on loss onDortuOities by

MEN often lose opportunities BY
want of self-con6dence. In the
minds of some, doubts and fears rise
over every event, and they fear to
attempt what will probably be sue
Cessfui, through mere timidity. while
a brave, active man will, with per-
haps half the ability, carry the en-
terprise to a prosperous tsrnlnatiOn'
, 1869-11-20

BE true to your highest cOnvic-
tions. Intimations from our own
soul, of something more perfect than
others teach, if faithfully followed,
gives a consciousness of spiritual
force and progress never experienced
BY the vulgar of highIlife who march
as they are drilled, to the step of
their times.
, 1869-11-20

A lawsuit was recently tried be-
fore the Sullivan Circuit Court 10
Indiana, in which the matter ip con-
troversy was the key of a Sunday
School library and two Testaments-
some twenty-five cents. The Sher-
ifs costs for summoning witness
amounted to Sl9 40.
, 1869-11-20

A BOSTON wit, defining the differ.
auce between an accident and a mis-
fortune, says: "If Wendell Phil
lips should fall into the river, it
would be an accident. If he should
ever get out again, that would be a
misfortune.
, 1869-11-20

Mr.. Holmes and party, who were
sent out by Jay Cooke & Co. to ex,
plore the eastern end of the North
ern. Pacific Railroad route, have re,
turned, and make a favorable'report.
, 1869-11-20
A WALL street specuIator, returI

A WALL street speculstOr, return
ing home, the other evening, in 10
ehyiabIe frame of mind, thus an
uounced the result of his operations
to the family group: ''No more silk
dresses this Winter, my dear; no
more balls and parties ; no more OPP
era boxes !" aud then, warming with
bis subject, "no more of these in
fernal winnings and dinings, and no
more id nonsense Of any sort,
Matilda"
, 1869-11-20

Industry is not only the instru-
ment of improvement, bat the foun-
datiOn Of pleasure. He who is a
stranger to it may possess, but can
not enjoy; for it is labor only which
gives relish to pleasure.
, 1869-11-20

THE largest wrought iron beam
ever rolled AZ a single heat is on ex.
hibition at the Buffalo Industrial
Exhibition. 1t is seventy feet long,
twelve feet high, and weighs three
thousand pounds.
, 1869-11-20
\ conseouepce Of thsN6ii

In consequence OF the'olssresS
prevailing among the Jews of West
ern Russia, we may expect large
ioaux from that class into this coun-
try soon.
, 1869-11-20

AN English chemist claims to have
discovered a method by which be
can convert a human body into solid
stone. This will do away with the
necessity of sculptors. When we
waut.to have a statue Of great man
We only have to wait until he dies,
then turn him into . a stone and
Hset him up"
, 1869-11-20

@Dou't trouble yourself to open
your mouth any WIDER" said dent
is. to his patient, IL intend to stand
on the outside to draw your TOOTH"
, 1869-11-20

THE St. Paul aud Pacific railroad
is now completed to within three
miles j of Foot Lake, Minnesota, a
distance Of one hundred and three
miles.
, 1869-11-20
CHAs. W. FRUSH,
TO THOSE INTERESTED.

TAM PREPARED TO SECURE LAND
warrants for all persons who served as
Volunteers or Regular Soldiers in the Uni
ted States Army, or in any of the Indian
Wars, in California, Oregon, or Washington
Territory. prior to the FOUkTEENTH
DAY OF MARCH, 1856, as provided by Act
of Congress. l.. A. MOLLAN,
left Attorney at Law.
, 1869-11-20
FURNTTURE,

NOTICE.-C. N. CARTER COL LECTS
IN al Claims and Demands on the United
States, aAd on any State, such Us Bounty,
Scrip or Vouchers, Back Pay, Lost Horses
and SpoilAtion Claims, Pensions and IN,
dian Vouchers. Obtains Patents, Lana
Warrants and Pensions.
OFFICE-No. 10 Carter's building. 40;Sm
, 1869-11-20

Tar American cheese crop this
year Is so, 900, ,0O0.
, 1869-11-20
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