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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
LOVE AND BUSINESS.
A Cool Proposition of Marriage

From the st. Louis Democrat.
The following letter, through some turn
of the wheel of fortune, fell into the hands
of a gentleman who gives it to us with the
privilege of publishing it, We print 1t
uerbatim ct IierGtun ct p~unctudtlln. The let
ter will explain itself:
Dear Friend. 1 take up my pencil to IN
forme YOU. that l am hearty But nave a
verv weak back. I hope thease few lines
will find YOU In good health; Miss marie
Brown you and Me is church members l
intend to speak to you very plain for, that
is nv Name for l am no thief no liar no
drunkard Nor Chew toboeco you know My
Wife is Ded Is months and l have Bean
paving Boarding one year and it don't pay
when l have a small Farm and
Bureau full of Clean clothes and Cub
board full of dishes and beds to keep clean
and garden to work which is work For Wo-
men or wife. I'm a great hand for A good
garden & can hoe Cabbage l can have a
garden. 1 think thear will Be q good crop
of appeals hear this Year for we hardly
ever Miss; Mrs. Higginson is a smart wo-
man to work in the garden d do eny kind
of work a good seamster. If she had no
man / would like to have her for a wife:
But l suppose she will go away they IL OF
April next and [ must look for another
one, You will please look at l Co%rlnthlan
they z Chapter, I would like to talk with
Won Very much on Matters In they Bible;
LET US not set our Hearts OF gold or silver
a. forget our immortal souls. You Know
women is plenty But they are not all
Counterfeits, not good housekeepers lovers
to tell lies and get drunk and serve the
Devil, You know what the Old Book says
About liars and Drunkards. But l want
to let You knew that my h~ousekeeper is
going to leave me her time is out they IL
of April next, But l cant pay Boarding
this year, 1 had better get & old wife they
Young is not worth houseroom l have
knowen your Father and Mother, and step
father & Marie, you & me have heard sing
& pray Do you & me pray & sing as he
Did 1 hope. your mother and him
is singing IN Heaven this Day.
Ny sister in the church let us serve
god. 1 would like to see you and your
Minister, Come Down and see me as l am
old & you are young and smart and see our
town you nave heard SO much OF. 1 would
like very well as my Time is short to hunt
q wife & hope you Will Be mine and if you
think you are to good and rich for me you
can say No. But you will please send your
old Friend. A letter soon & quick to Liber-
ty and let me know all the news, and if you
will and must say No please give this letter
10 Miss Salome Rebber. Who is a fine
stedy girl and a good house keeper; 1 will
perhaps tire you with this letter No more
at present But your old Friend
JOHN S--R
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
Making Love on Tick.

A suit was instituted yesterday in JUS
tice Kivlin's Court, to compel an actress to
pay carriage higher to the amount of S155.
The young woman is only 10, is very at
tractive, and has been for the past sever
months the leading ddnSeuSe of the Thea
ire Comique. She boarded in a respecta-
BILE hotel in Broadway, where the chief
saw her and became desperately en-
amored.
Though holding a position where retir-
ing modesty is a rarity, bis love never found
expression in words, but bouquets, for
which he paid, were faithfully left at her
door every morning, and every evening a
hack was waiting to take her to the theatre
and home. Month after month this went
on, and still the clerk never presumed
upon his liberality, and was content to
sigh unheard and to languish unseen
Whether his depressed passion injured his
intellect it will Le dificultto determine,
but his accounts became very much inyoly-
ed, and finding that he could not straight
en- them, he resolved to take French leave
before his employers should fathom his
deficiency and arrest him.
The keeper of the livery stable, to whom
S155 was due, didn't trouble himself to
send in the bill to the young woman, be
cause he knew she had never ordered the
hack at any time; but he had her salary
and her wardrobe attached, and then pro-
ceeded to sue her in Judge Kiylin's Court
for the S155.
The a part of the story is that Butler,
the manager of the Theatre Comique, owns
the stables, and Carroll, the complainant,
is only his agent. This was perfectly vel
knoWnt to the pretty dancer, whose indig.
nation at the treatment dubbed over. She
refused to dance another nightin his thea
ire. Butler is a pretty keen Spectator.
He has an interest in the bar room Of the
theatre, and az interest in the bouquets
which fats purchase to throw at actresses
whom they don't know, and viii never see
of the stage. He has an interest IN a GER
tain costumer's, and Is said to have a share
in the combination fare bank.-NeD YOrA
S3yn
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
Schenck,s PuImonie syrup.

For all Diseases of the Lungs and Respiratory Organs
Schenck's Seaweed Tonic, for Dyspepsia and Indiges-
ton. Schenck's Mandrake Pills, for Liver Complaint.
These popular medicines have now been before the
public nearly forty years, and the reputation they have
attained renders it useless to puff tn m Thousands
zho he Se been benefited by their use, testify to their
merits =
1t may be asked, by those who are not familiar with
the virtues of these great remedies, How does DR..
Schenck's medicines effect their wonderful cures OF
Consumption sn
The answer is a simple one. They begin their work
Of restoration ~ bringing the stomach, liver and bowels
into an active, healthy condition It is food that cures
this formidable disease. Schencks Mandrake Pills act
on the liver and stomach, promoting healthy secretion,
and removing the bile and slime which have resulted
from the inactive or torpid condition of these organs
and Of the system generally. This sluggish state of the
body and the consequent accumulation ofthe unhealthy
substances famed, prevent the proper digestion of
food, and as a natural consequence create disease,
which results in prostration and finally IN death
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup and Seaweed Tonic, when
taken regularly, mingle with the food, aid the digestive
organs, make good rich blood, and, as a natural conse-
quence, give flesh and strength to the patient Let the
faculty say what it may, this is the only true cure for
Consumption Experience has proved it beyond the
shadow of a doubt, and thousands are to-day alive and
wen who a few years since we're regarded as hopeless
cases, but who were induced to Try DR.. ScheKck's RENE
dies, and were restored to permanenthealth by their use.
Or. Schenck's Almanac, containing q full treatlse on
the various forms of disease, his mode of treatment and
gratis or sent by mail by addressing his Principal Once,
No. 10 North Sixth street, Philadelphia, Pa
= Price of the Pulmouic and Seaweed Tonic, each.
$50 per bottle, or $3.50 a half dozen Mandrake Pills.
. cents 8 box For sale by all druggists and dealers
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29

A CURIOUS CAsE.-The Fall River, MAS
sachusets) News of April 9th says: son the
10th of December last, Mr.. Joseph Duck
worth, who resides at the Globe, while eat
ing a piece of white bread at breakfast, felt
something sharp, which subsequently prov
ed to be a needle, in his throat. 1t lodged
crosswise, hut too far down to be seen. After
three or four days it worked into the left
side and came nearly through the neck,
causing a painful abscess. A little above
the abscess the needle was so near the sur
face that it caused the flesh to protrude like
a pimple, but the physicians declined to cut
to find it, especially as they had some doubt
as to the cause. The abscess was subse-
quently lanced. The needle in the mean
time worked back into the side of. the
throat and then up under the tongue,
causing great swelling and pain. This
morning it was discovered p%rotruding under
the tongue, and was extracted by Doctor
Glare"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
No. 2S.

Nervous debility, with its gloomy attend
ants, low spirits, depression, involuntary
emissions, loss Of semen, spermaterrhna,
loss Of power, dizzy head, loss Of memory
and threatened impotence and imbecility,
find a sovereign cure in Humphreys Homee-
pathic Specific No. twenty-eight. Composed
of the most valuable, mild and potent Cura-
tives, they strike at once at the root of the
matter, tone up the system, arrest the dis
charges, and impart vigor and energy, life
and vitality to the entire man. They have
cured thousands of cases. Price IS per pack
age of five boxes and g large vial Of powder,
which is very important in obstinate or old
cases, or 81 per single box. Sold by al drug
gists, and sent by mail on receipt of price.
Address Humphreys' Specific Homeopathic
Medicine Co., $50 Broadway, New York
Wholesale AoeHt-Burnhams < Van Setback. Hurl-
burt & Edsau, Chicago, Ills; jerks & Gordon, st.
Paul, MINI. Brown, Weber & Graham, st. Louis,
No.; Farrand, Shelley & Co.. Detroit, Mich.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
CHAPTER ON LEGS.

Anna Cora MOwatt Richie on Eng
Hsh and American Ladies', Legs
Theoretically and Delicately Han
died.
Mrs. Anna Cora Mowatt Richie, in her
London letter to the San Francisco Chron-
icle. handles the legs of some of her Amer
lean and English sisters in this free man
ner: -
We trust our fair American sisters will
not be shocked by our unhesitating use of
the word 'legs," which they are accustom-
ed TO designate as climb" or GLOVER limb"
In England and all over Europe that little
subterfuge would be pronounced indicate
and affected; AMI it certainly is the latter,
if not the former. .
But to u story. White, symmetrical
feminine legs are said to be disappearing
from American soil. They are SO much In
the ascendant In England that ladies OF
rank have invented a new method of max
ing known their fair proportions. We
read in the March number of the Galaxy
in q work Just published, two American
medical men put forth the gross Islander
that "a handsome leg is a rarity-we had
almost said, an impossibility-among
American Homen!" We do not believe the
ungallant libel, though American ladies
certainly are not in the habit of publishing
their charms by having casts taken OF their
shapely legs, as an ornament for drawing
room tables, or to be sold for the benefit OF
the vender of casts, or to be circulated
among friends as a delicate token of friend
ship and valuable work of art. What we
are about to relate appears, at the first
blush, so incredible that we hold ourseli
responsible for its exact truth.
Upon the drawing-roon table of a lady
of rank in London-a lady of high position
and irreproachable character-may be
seen, beneath a glass case,a lovely dimpled
little foot, delicate ankle, rounded cali, up
to the knee-joint; it is the cast of the leg
of Lady - the hostess. In Soho
Square there is a small shop, in W ich you
can purchase, for five shillings, a cast Of
one of the most exquisite legs, the original
in the fesh-belongs to Lady do 6
- and R, who went to this little
shop incog., and had her perfect leg mold
ed, and afterward generously gave the
shopman the privilege of selling copies Of
the cast, which he does daily, for it was
quickly discovered to whom the beauteous
leg belonged.
One lady, the wife of a Mayor of a town
in the provinces, came to London and hac
two casts taken of her leg: n nude. anc
one with a neat little shoe, stocking anC
garter. Strange to say Though no arts
will call it strange), the leg with the stock
ing and garter produced an effect much fur
Their removed from modesty than the les
quite unclad. B~rncciana, the cast vendel
in Convent Garden, drives a brisk business
in casting ladies' legs, and has any quantit.
of models of all descriptions taken from life
for sale. How this leg mania originated
we have never heard, but there is certeS ex
PLANTATION for this sudden passion among
the aristocratic fair to have their legs reeog
nized; perhaps it is only because "a thing
of beauty is a joy forever"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
JOB 8
Sir James Clarke's Female Pills.
TO LADIES

These invaluable Pills are ~unfailng in the cure of all
those painful and dangerous diseases to which the
female constitution is subject They moderate all ex-
cesses and remove an distractions, from whatever cause.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29

Mr. BERGH's SEIZURE OF A BROADWAY
Stage On Tuesday afternoon MIR. Bergh
and his deputies created a breeze on Broad
way, by the seizure of stage Al of the
Broadway and Fourth avenue lire. The
vehicle was headed up town, crowded with
passengers, when, just as it approached
Fourth street, two officers of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
stopped it, on the ground that n of the
horses was lame. The stage was walked
around to the Office of the Society, where
Mr.. Bergh made IN inspection of the ami
NAL, and at once took possession of vehicle,
horses, and driver.
The passengers were obliged to leave it
and get to their destina ion by some other
means
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29

They are particularly suited They Will in a short time,
brng on the monthly period with regularity, and
although very powerful, contain nothing hurttul to the
Constitution. In all cases of Nervous and Spinal Ahec-
lions. Pains in the Back and Limbs, Fatigue on slight
e~xertiOn. Palpitatlon of the Heart, Mysteries and
Whites, they will effect a cure when all other means
have failed. The pamphlet around each package has
full directions and advice, or will be sent free to all
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
NEw BRIroN. Hamilton Co. Ind. Nav 2.

DREW. RoBAcK-De1r Sr:-This will GER
tify that my wife had been lsboring under a
severe attack of palpitation of the heart and
dyspepsia, and her case had been gwen up as
incurable. l then resorted to the various
patent medicines of the day, but she found
to procure some of your Scandinavian Blood
Purifier and Blood Pills. 1 purchased from
your agent, D. n. Hanna, one bottle of the
Blood Purifier and two boxes of the Blood
Pills, and proceeded with them according to
directions. She found relief from both dis
eases after using three or four bottles.
will, therefore, cheerfully recommend your
medicine to the suffering community, espe-
cially the females. Yours respectfully,
ROBERT NJ. TAYLOR.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29

WE PARTICULARLY call the attention OF our
brethren of the newspaper press, to the adj
vertisement of Lewis elouze, Type Founder
of Philadelphis, Penn, to be found in another
column. Mr.. Pelouze is practical in every
branch of his business, and personally super
vises his foundry. He is a live man and
seeks to give the benefit of the fall in the
price of gold to his patrons. We take pleas
ure in making this announcement, and would
state that at his establishment the printer
can be supplied with everything from 8 bod
kin to q 'Hoe'' Cylinder.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
-ACCUMULATING RLRCTRICITY
From the Rsv. DIR. Beattie.

~ScoTCHTowS, Orange county, N. Y, Oct %, 1859.
THOMAS ALLCoCK AGO., Sing Sing
Your Porous Plastsrs are a great blessing. My daugh-
ter, Isabella, had Whooping cough some twelve months
since; when the Severity Of the disease abated she still
for six months had a distressing cough, and became
very weak and thin Finding internal remedies of no
avail, an Allcsck's Porous Plaster was applied to her
chest The cough was relieved from the day it was put
on, and in one month was entirely cured. lam, yours,
truly, ID. BEATTIE.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
EvERGREENs AND GRAPE VINES. =

EVERGREENs AM GRAPE INES Those
wishing choice eYergreens and grape vines at
very low prices, should send for circular to
D. F. Holman & Co., Chicago, nurserymen
of established character, who sold half a mil
lion of evergreens, and grape vines without
number, last year. We set out ], 900 OF their
grape vines last year and have duplicated our
order this spring. Grape vines onlv $40 a
thousand Evergreens from So to SO per
LOCO. OF 10000 sold are from last year, but
2 per cent died. We commend them to all in
want of such stock.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
ROYAL Havana LOTTERY of Cuba.

Three hundred thousand dollars IN God
drd1on eUery17 days. Prizes cashed and in
formation furnished. The highest rates paid
for Douhloons and all kinds Of Gold and Sill
yer, government securities, &c. TAYLOR &
CO, Bankers, No. 16 Wall St, n. Y.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
DurnO,s Catarrh SNUFF

Strengthens Weak Eyes-Improves the
Hearing, Relieves Headache, Promotes Elk
pectoration, Cures Catarrh in its worst forms,
and sweetens the Breath. 1t contains no
Tobacco, is mild, and promotes a pleasant
sensation and beneficial results to all who
appreciate ga Clear Head" Sold everywhere
by Druggists. KIDDER& WKTHERELL, Agents,
l04 William ST.. New York
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
~BntcheIor,a Hair Dive.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best in the
world, the only true and perfect Dye; harm
less, reliable, instantaneous; no disappOint-
ment; no ridiculous tints; remedies the i'll
effects of bad eyes; inyigorates and leaves
the Hair soft and beautiful black or brown.
Sold by all Druggists and Perfumers, and
properly applied at the Wig Factory, 16 Bond
sfraat NaU Ynrk
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29

|lNzNlMAk


Should occasion require you to purchase this wen
known remedy. be careful tosee that the initials are
sSR. A,1 This is the article that has been 50 fayorably
known since 1S9, and purchasers must fastst on having
it, If they do not wish TO have an imitation forced upon
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29

DANDRUFF, so annoying from its unsightly
appearance on the clothing and from the itch
ing and burning of the scalp, is detached cuti-
Gle, or outside layer Of the skin. 1t is thrown
off by the presence of humors. Rings Vege-
table Ambrosia is compounded in part to
eradicate this humor from the scalp, and it
does it most effectually in every case, leaving
the head cool and clean, and-the clothing as
it came from the ~tailor's.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
No. ID.
STMILIA SIMILIBUS CURANTUR'
HUMPHREYS
saoMGoPATHIC SPECIFICS
No. 13.

Have proved, from the most ample experience an SnSLe
success Simple Prompt-Emcient ana heneoLe
Thev are the snIy Medicines perfectly adapted TO popn-
lar use-so simple that mistakes cannot pc maze IN
ausinp them. so harmless as to be free from DANGER, an
50 effcleut as to be always reliable They have ralse1
the highest commentator from all, and VIII Always
Gents.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
Kasirine.

Apomade which acts on the hair, and does
not effect the scalp, like all poisonous liquid
restorers. Is warranted to restore faded
hair to its original color. The elite all use it.
1t inclines the hair to curl, imparts a beauti-
full gloss and Is perfectly harmless. Sold by
all druggists. KIDDER & WETHERELL, Agents,
104 William St, N. u.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
nronan of the Heart Cured.

GLEN RIDDLE, P. o., IAwAR CoUNTY, PA,l
1900 March Is, 1864
MessrS THOMAS ALLcoCK Co. Having been trou-
bled with heart disease for a long time, and after doc
toriug with our physician for months and obtaining no
relief, / gave no in despair. Twas troubled with sharp
pains in my chest and loud sounds about my heart, and
often felt that death would be ablessing. At this time
I was persuaded to apply one of your Porous Plasters.
Within a few hours after placing one on my chestl tels
no more pain, and all throbbing ceased about my heart,
and 1 have felt hke answ man. Yours respectfully.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
Asthma Cured.

Z Mr.. VIM MAY, Of 245 Spring street, New York, writes
,JanuarV /. IS5S@HI have been afflicted with asthma
for upward of ten years, receiving no dement, from meot
cal men. Twas advised by friend 20 y one q AHeecks
pIasters without snybeneht, and supposedly they we're al
ahke Nv friend gaveme one Of AHeOcks and urged
me to use it I did so, and have now worn them steadily
for nine months, and find myself better than 1 have
nas1 for many Tears- To al afflicted with this
awful complaint 1 say give them a fair chance, ana you
viii bIess the day you first put one on"
Westehsster County, was thrown from her carriage and
had her arm broken between the elbow and the snout
she continued to suffer great pain at the point of frac-
Eure- and passed many suffering days and sleeplesS
nights, nothing relieving her until she applied Allcock's
Porous PIasters After using them one month she was
Completely cared She obtained great relief the hrst
day they were applied -a ~-.- q
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29

. FHumphreys' SPECIFIC
- homeopathic Medicine Company.
once and Dsnot. No. 5g BROADWAY, New York
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
=amyzor1ss1F AGENTS. d Van Schaack,
" HurIburt & Edsall, Chicago, Ills: jerks a S9roon'
81 PauI. MINI. Brown, Weber d Graham, 81 LOUIS
Mo: Farrand, Shelley & Co, Detroit Mich
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
Lame Back.


NEW York, Nov. q, 1889
T. AIIcocK & C0-Gentlemen-I lately suffered
severely from a weakness in my back Having heard
your plasters mach for cases OF thus KIND
Iprocured one, and the result WAS all that l could desire.
A single plaster cured me in a week Yours, respect
fully, BKIGGS.
CooTE's STORE, Rockingbam County, VA,l
November %, 1869
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29
BANKING HOUSE
HENRY GLEWS & co.
UNITED STATES TREASURY BUILDINGsJ
90 Wall Street, N. Y.


The business of our House is the same, In all respects
as that of an incorporated Bank. Checks and Drafts
upon us pass through the Clearing House
Corporations, Firms, and Individuals keeping Bank
Accounts with us, either in Currency or Gold, will be
allowed Five Per Cent Interest per annum on all daily
balances, and can check at sight without notice. In
terest credited and Account Current rendered Monthly.
We are prepared at all times TO make advances to our
Dealers on approved Colaterals, at the market rate.
Certificates of Deposits issued, payable on demand,
or after fixed date. bearing interest at the Current
rate, and available in all parts of the country.
COLLECTIONS MADE PROMPTLY EVERY
HERR IN THE UNITED STATES,
AND EUROPE. Dividends and Coupons promptly
Collected.
We buy, sell, and exchange all issues of Government
Bonds at current market prices
Orders executed for the purchase or sale Of Gold and
Exchange, also for State, City, and all other frst-class
Securities.
Special attention given to the egotiation Of Railroad,
State, City, and other Corporate Loans
We are prepared to take GOLD on
terms the same as for Currency; to receive GOLD on
DEPOSIT, bearing interest and subject to check at
sight; to issue GOLD CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT, to
make ADVANCES in GOLD, against currency and other
collaterals, and to afford Banking facilities generally
upOn a GOLD BASIS.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-04-29

A COUGH, GOLD, OF SORE HRoAT requires
immediate attention, as neglect oftentimes
results in some incurable lung disease
"Brown's Bronchial Troches'' are a simple
remedy, ard will almost invariably give I'M
mediate relief.
Owing to the good reputation and popular
ity of the Troches, many toortbleSS and cheap
limitations are offered, tohich are good for moth
ing. Be sure to OBTAIN the true "Brolon's
Bronchial Troches.' Sold everywhere.