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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03
sUppRrss1os OF L,ErrERs AND PAprrs.

SUPPRESSION OF LETTERS AND PAPERs.-
A Roman correspondent of the Times says:
Every day have testimony to the fact of
the espionage and restraint exercised with
more rigor than ever by the Roman police.
No printed word is allowed to come into or
go out of Rome if it is not of tone set by
the key of the Inquisition. Look sharply
to it if you wish to make sure of your let
ters, either received or sent The keeper
of one of the principal reading rooms for
foreigners tells me that there has been no
profit, but rather loss, IN maintaining the
establishment the past season. Subscribers
enough he would have, but his newspapers
are suppressed at the postofice if a word
is found in them criticising anything which
is done here. Sometimes not more than
one number of the London Times is dehv-
cred to him in a week, while the petty IN
Justice is added of making him pay the
postage Oh the numbers destroyed. If
there is word OF expostuIatiOn the reply
is, "Keep your mouth shut or yOu will have
your shop shnt also" The authority does
not relax any of its old despotic brutality,
and seems to exult in giving new proofs OF
how bad a government of priests can be.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

A New YORK correspondent writes:-
"While passing down Broadway few days
ago, my attention was attracted by several
Photographic views of great size hanging
in front of the railroad ticket Office at the
corner of Spring street, and which 1 at
once discovered were correct representa-
tions of some of the many localities of
wonderful beauty and interest to be seen
by every one who travels over the PenHsyl-
vania Central Railroad. Although the
grandest scenery this country affords is
thus correctly portrayed by the artist, noih-
ing in language or art can describe the
thrill of delight one experiences in ascend
ing to the highest peak of the Alleghanies
moving amidst clouds and a delightful
atmosphere, and at the same time enjoying
the perfect luxury afforded by palace cars
When we consider that this is one of the
best constructed and managed roads in the
country, aud, with its connections, is the
shortest route to all points East, its great
popularity with the public is readily ae-
counted for"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03
The DELIGHTS Of the Prize Ring.

A correspondent gives the following
items of the late Mace-Allen fight:
The fight was remarkable in the general
good feeling that prevailed, even to the
fighters. In the long sparring of the first
round Mace remarked, ''1ts like two
brothers fghting;" and Allen answered,
That's so, jim" When Mace struck
Allen the first blow in the stomach, he
asked, "HoW do you like the darby,
TomY And when Allen drove Mace's
breath out of him, and made him gasp,
Mace remarked, when he recovered and
came up again, at you do that again,
Tom, I'll have to hit you on
the nose," and Allen laughed. When
Allen cut through Mace's shoe, into his left
foot with his spikes, he said, 81 beg your
pardon; didn't mean to" and Mace smil-
as he responded, "All right, Tom" By
the way, in one of the falls Mace spiked
Allen in the right thigh Before they put
their hands ap Mace took q roll of money
and offered to make side bet with Allen.
Instead of doing this publicly, as is the
custom with most fighters (Allen excepted)
he walked up quietly to Aliens corner and
made the offer which was not accepted.
1t was in the second round that the most
terrible blow of the battle was struck, when
Mace put his left bang against Aliens right
eye. The blow must have been square on
the eye, for it made Allen wild. In the
rush that he made for Mace then he missed
him by two feet, whirled around, threw
his right hand up to the eye, thought the
eye was "gone" forever. uttered an
''Oh !" and dropped. In the fifth
round Mace got Aliens head under
his right arm and punched him five
times in the face before Allen could squirm
down and catch him for throw; and then.
when Mace fell, he still held Aliens head
and neck, and as Aliens body and legs went
into the air, the top of his head struck the
ground with Mace's arm still around it, and
a shudder went through thousand men
with the idea that Aliens neck was broken.
And it was remarkable, indeed, that he
escaped.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03
Didn,t Catch the Train.

The most difficult thing (says a cynical
old batch. in the world for a woman to do
is to get ready to go anywhere. And there
is nothing a woman will resent quicker or
more fereely than an intimation that she
may possibly miss the train. Our friend,
Brayfogle, gives us an instance of this.
Mr.. Brayfogle was supposed to take the ten
o'clock train on the Bee Line, to visit some
relatives in an interior town. Having suf-
fered on previous occasions for injudicious
suggestions Bray thought for onceh he would
let things take their own course. So he
slipped his coffee and ate his eggs on toast,
while madame curled and powdered and
danced attendance on the looking-glass
and tied hair on the back of her head.
Then Bray sat by the stove an hour
reading the morning paper, while the mad
anne still continued to get ready. At last,
Just as he had reached the final paragraph,
madame tied her bonnet strings under her
chin, took one long, lingering, loving look
at the image reflected in the glass, and an
nounced:
''Well, my dear, I'm ready"
Ready for what?" asked Bray, in well
affected astonishment
ITO go to the depot, to be sure" said
Mrs. Brayfogle tartly.
'Oh - said Bray, ''I'd forgotten. Well,
madame" continued he, looking at his
watch, ''that train has been gone thirteen
minutes. Just keep on your things, and
you'll be ready for the train tomorrow
morning"
We draw a veil over what followed. We
are assured, however, that the next morn
ing Mrs. B. was ready an hour ahead of
time.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

WANTED WIyEs.-TheTe is loud call for
women in Washington Territory. A thou
sand virtuous girls, writes one VINO lives
there, are wanted. In the county where
the correspondent resides there are 400
men and only % adult white women. The
region is fertile, and farmers raise so
bushels of wheat to the acre. Yet what
is all this worth? For, says the CORE
spOndent, the farmer ''enters his dark
house at night, has to light his own fire
and cook his own supper, without a soul
to talk to or to cheer and encourage him.
He lives miles from his nearest nelghbOr
This continues day after day and week af-
ter week. On Sunday he must wash and
mend his own clothes. This is what all
have to go through who settle on piece
of land unless they are married. Man
can't stand it." In some cases Indian wo-
men are taken for wives, so great is the
demand. Here is an opening for thousands
of unprotected Eastern girls who can hard
ly support themselves and whose hopes of
marriage are worth little or nothing. The
East II overstOcked with girls. In the
great West there is a shocking scarcity of
them. These are, or ought to be, valuable
facts to enteTprising girls everywhere.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03
WHOLE NO. 1874.
THE ASTOR ESTATE.
The Method I'm which n millionaire
Conducfs His Rusinesa

Conducts HIS Business.
| Mr.. AstOr's land Office is in Prince street
near Broadway, New York, about a quarter
of mile from his residence As he dom
advertise one might pass the little bricb
office without noticing the six by ten sign
-''Entranee next dOor"-without realizino
that the spot wherein he stood was the cen.
ter of a kingdom. Next door" is q plain
brick building, being the first fire proof
depository of deeds and other valuable pa.
pers- Here three or four clerks are busily
employed, and a small Office is occupied
by the real estate king. The plan of let
ting houses which prevails here is this
The buildings are registered in book, and
are carefully described, so that at o glance
one can see the size of the lot and that of
the house and all its improvements, to this
IS attached the rent and length of lease. -
This book is diligently studied, especially
about the first of February, which is the
time for making new leases. When the
rent is determined for the coming year, it
IS settled thing, and no one need to try
to beat down.
1t was fortunate thing for the Astor
estate that it was located on the west, in
stead of the east side of the city, since the
one has improved three times as fast as the
other. This incessant Improvements re-
quires frequent increase in the magic fip-
ures In the rent roll. For instance, the
eight stores in the basement of the Astor
House, when first opened, were dear at
Sl,5OO apiece; but then came the gradual
sticking 'em up" until they now bring
$4,000. MIR. Astor fixes a rate which he
knows he can get, and then, makes no alb
atement. If you inquire at his Office for
the rent of any of his buildings, the clerk
wlil refer to the book and at once give Won
a conclusive answer. The next question is
the amount of repairs to which it NAV be
entitled, which Is generally very fruitful
source of disputes between landlord and
tenant. Mr.. Astor confdes this to a man
WHO has been many years in his service.
Nreeland by name and carpenter by trade
Mr.. Vrseland is Astor's house inspector.
and his report is final. If you can per-
suade him that any specific repairs are ne
eesary, your point is won, if not, you need
go no further. Mr.. Vreeland has a force
OF workmen, who are thus kept busy. Mr..
Astor has one advantage over other land
lords. He pays no insurance. He is his
own underwater, and saves all the profit
Of that expensive business. Were he to
patronlze insurance companies, and ap-
pralsing his houses at $1,000 apiece, he |
would have to pay S25, 900 annually for
premiums, where his actual fire risk will |
not average one-third of that amount. In
Iced, he has been very fortunate in this |
point, and doubt if his loss by fire during /
he last twenty years will equal S5, 900 /
gear.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03
A Silver MOunJain-IS it a Fact or a
Fancy?

A San Francisco correspondent of the
Pittsburgh Chronicle says:
A silver mountain is said TO exist IN
New Mexico, fifteen miles from the Arizona
boundary line. A mysterious expedition
left the city two months ago for that re-
gion, and the Bank of California was ru-
mored to be the protector of it. Its MEM
bers were supplied with arms, money and
comforts, that no private enterprise could
afford, and it is an ascertained fact
that the corporation named previously
despatched q force to that neighborhoOd,
to lay claim to something or other, (which
ordinary mortals know not. In connection
with this matter, late Arizona papers mem
ton the existence of mass of silver rock
in that Territory. comprising 400, 600 square
Yards (they give details), which assays
from $500 to 1850 per ton. 1t is certain
that from time to time this story ofa silver
mountain is repeated by travelers from
that Indian-haunted section, but until the
Apaches are exterminated, prospectors
would require small army to protect them,
and then stand fair chance oflosiHg their
ccaiDS
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

A GHosTLY SIGHT. At midnight, in 8
street in Omaha, n black horse, carrying a
ghostly figure clad in white, with long hair
streaming in tha wind, recently appeared.
The few pedestrians in the streets fled at
the near approach of the apparition, save
one, who at length mustered courage, and,
siezing the bride of the cOal-Llaek steed,
enforced halt. Then spoke the 'sheeted
dead" awakened by the stoppage, aud ex-
planned. She was q somnambulist, residing
near the corner of Eighteenth and Webster
Sts.. and having escaped from the precau-
tions which usually interfered with her
sleep-walking tendencies, had actually sad
died, bridled, and mounted her fathers
horse. Having explained, she h. tened
from her interloeutOr, not exactly putting
spurs to her horse, since that was, under
the circumstances, impracticable. By the
time it is supposed she had returned to her
fathers mansion, the other pedestrians
again made their appearance on the street,
armed with sticks, stones and brickbats,
with view of attacking the ghost. The
explanation repeated by their Drawer COM
rade was uRgraeiously received.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

RESPECTING emigration to this country
the English correspondent of the Boston
Commonwealth writes under date of April
26: "Never before has there been such a
tide of emigration setting towards America
from Liverpool as now. Yesterday 1900
persons embarked, the very best class of
farm and mechanical laborers. They are
generally married, with families. The Ger
man and continental element was strongly
represented amongst the vast congregation,
nearly one-half of the number of emf
grants being foreigners of some kind, the
remainder consisting of English, Irish and
Scotch. To-day it is expected that ], 500 or
1,600 will leave. Many of the far-western
states and territories have agents here and
on the continent looking up willing emf
grants. The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company are organizing a vast scheme for
securing builders OF their road this sum-
mer"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

SMELLS A MICE.-The Crown Princess of
Prussia went the other day to the storeO of
crown jeweller in Berlin in order to pur-
chase diamond necklace. She selected
very beautiful one, when, to her surprise,
she noticed that the jeweller, who waited
on her himself, told her that she need not
buy it. The significant smile with which
the dealer in gold and diamond accompa-
MED these words, led her to believe that
her husband, the Crown Prince, had pur-
chased the necklace for her as o birthday
present, that happy day coming off in the
eourse of a week or two. So she went
home. but, ON her birthday, she received
from her husband not the necklace, but
only pair of fine earrings. Then she
suspected something wrong, ami at the
next codrt-ball she examined with the ut
most attention, the necklaces which the
various noble ladies wore. Finally very
beautiful young Countess entered the hall,
and on her neck the Crown-Princess dis
covered the necklace. She stepped quickly
up to the Countess and asked her in an
imperious tone who had given her the
necklace. The young Countess, greatly
frightened, faltered out that she had re-
ceived it from His Royal Highness, the
Crown-Prince. The consequence Was that
the Countess was notified that her presence
at Court was no more desirable.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

In speaking of Mr.. Jones, the missing
Superintendent of the New Hampshire Re-
form School, the Concord Patriot relates
that his elder brother, when quite young
man, asked his father one day for money.
The father replied, "You ought to earn it.
You have never paid for the salt you have
eaten" That day the young man disap-
peared. He returned after some weeks
absence and offered his father several dol
lars, saying, This will pay the salt bill "
Subsequently, taking offense at something
done in the family, he again left without
notice, and has never been heard of since.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

BRAN FOR HoGs.-In answer to your re-
quest for careful experiments" in bran
feeding, Up. 2l6) submit the following:
About August Goth, 1869, had SOW that
from sucking six pigs had become very
thin-estimated weight 100 pounds, or per-
haps q little less. She was kept in a small
pen with a plank hoor-fed exclusively
with coarse rye bran, slightly mOistened
with cold water. Killed Dec. 1st; dressed
weight 296 pounds. The SOW was small,
and of the kind that know as grass
breed" The pork is equal in every respect
to ''best cern-fed. ~ Country Gentleman.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

A FAMILY in Newport, L. L, turned up
their noses very perceptibly at their tea
cake, the other night There was nothing
the matter with it, only it was favored
with spirits of camphor instead of essence
of lemon.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

ANARRow ESCAPE FROM THE Cons OF A
BLACK SNAKE.-Yesterday a party were
rambling in the woods near the town of
Newfane, when one of the youngest, lad
about twelve years old, named "Cob"
Walsh, stepped accidentally upon the tail
of black snake. Like lightning the SER
pent raised its length-one of six feet and
three inehes-into view, and wound it
around the boys leg, at the same time ad-
vancing its head in the snake-ike, threat
ening manner. 1t is needless to say that
the boy was scared, and there is no guess
ing at the result of the fierce attack had
not the spunk of a dog accompanying
them been reused to the pitch of taking
hold of the serpent, at which the black
coils were loosened, and his serpentine
majesty dropped to the ground; after
which he was summarily dispatched by
well-directed shot from gun in the hands
of young man accompanying the party
LOckDOTt Journal
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

THE CROPS IN INDIANA are decidedly
romising. The Chicago Tribune says
that it is pleased to state that the most
cheering accounts of growing crops, both
of grain and fruit, come in. A careful re-
view of the state papers shows that more
than an average breadth of wheat has been
sown this season, and that thus far the
prospects are most excellent for heavy
yield. In large and small fruits, despite
the fear of the late frosts, there seems to
be no possibility of failure
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

A CORRESPONDENT of the New York Even
ing Post tells a very pretty story of a visit
of Clara Louisa Kellogg to the Utica Luna
tic Asylum few days since. She went in.
to the cells assigned to the worst patients,
and there warbled some. of her choicest
notes for the delectarion of the mad peo-
pie. They crowded about with the most
intense curiosity, closely examining her
clothing and ornaments, and even mani
tested considerable interest in her pretty
little boots" Miss Kellogg did not seem
to dislike these little familiarities. Several
in the exuberance of their delight wanted
to kiss the sweet singer, a privilege she
permitted, and with genuine emotion she
received the greeting and returned it in
kind. This little incident beautifully illus
trates the character of the talented prima
dona, and shows the power of music and
kindness over the distracted mind.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

GooD FRIDAY Paris consumed 280 pounds
of salmon, 10000 pounds of salt eodfshes,
5000 head of water fowl (nlaigre), 5000
pounds of beans, 10000 pounds salt her.
rings, 5000 pounds fresh shad, 1,5OO.O 900
pounds eggs, 6,73S pounds of butter. Dur
ing Lent $1,000, 900 red eggsare sold. They
are colored in an immense vat, which con-
tains IA, 900 eggs. The vat is filled with
water saturated with alum, and which con-
tains a great many chips of Campeachy
wood. The latter dyes them. About 200
eggs are broken in every Il, 600; the broken
eggs are sold to cOlfcheL makers-this is a
sort of bread or cake given to cage BIRDS
The largest boiler of red eggs clears his
S4, 600 gold during Lent. These eggs are
hawked about town on barrows.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

THE London Standard, in an editorial
article, admits the Sappho's victory, and
hopes it will be the last heard of ''interna-
tional matches, which do nothing but fos-
tel mischievous jealousy.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03
U0etru,
THE BsRTH0FT THE FLOWERS.
BY G. NJ. P.

Bya.M-F.
- q efTbe following very iesers parody Bryant's
Death of the flowers clip from the n. Y. Even
ing Post-EDl
The joyous days atlength have CONF. .-the gladdest
OF ss9ils " winds and isa woods green me4ds and
1nsheItsred holoSs Of the grove the fo~eret lifts
= its head.
1t trembIes to the eddying breeze and to the rab-
The robin and tie wren have come, and in the
shrubs thejay,
Building his lRtle wicker-nesr, is busy through the
day.
Here are the fOwers the fair young howers that
To winters shade and winters blasts that swept
! through every dell.
HurrahI they ali are their bloom. this gentle
Are briehtening up their lOwly beds and trailing
Thersin is falling where they bloom; but this gen.
oAlls out from every fragrant cell the perfume they
The wind flower and, the violet they came some
And the briar rose and Orchis feel the coming sum
yet on the hih the golden rod and -, aster IN the
and the yellow surifower by the brook repain as
lastthey stood,
And the brightness of their smile was from
upland glade and glen.
And now when comes the calm, mid day, as now
such days do come,
To call the squirrel and the bee out their win
ter home;
When the sound of bursting bud is heard, and the
woods very still,
Andivinkle in the sunny light the waters Of the
: The South Wind searches for the flowers, whose
breath he loves to bear:
And laughs to fad them in the wood aid kisses
each one there.
And then look at whose days, inyouthfnl
beauty glide,
The fair meek flower now growing up, and bud
ding by my side
In the sunny woods lead her, when nature all
.. looks gay,
And We smile that so lovely should so much
resemble May.
Yet not unmeet it is that one like little of
So gentle and so beautiful should be cl4ssed with
early flowers.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

One OF THE MOST remarkable cdndrdS of
the age is the one that originally professed
to have come over the cable, setting forth
that German capitalists had been officially
warned against investing in American rail-
road bonds. Fabrications of this kind, set
afoat to influence the market values of
stocks and bonds, are, unfortunately, not
rare things. But the desperate efforts made
to keep the present one alive by shifting the
authority for its pseudo PRONUNCIATION has
rendered it exceptional First it was sa =
died on the Prusslan Government; next on
the seniors of the Berlin Stock Exchange;
lastly, on the North German Consult GEN
eral at New York. The latter gentleman
denies, in the most indignant and positive
terms, ever having written syllable on the
subject 1t will now be in order to ascribe
this most unauthorized of all unauthorized
reports to the memory of Munchausen.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

Showers have recently occurred in
many parts of the Northwest, and the crops
are reported in fine condition.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03

PRIVATE medical aid. Read DR.. Whittier's
advertisement.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-03
Rabbits Killed Him.

A certain Mr.. John Hewitt. farmer at
Lea. in England, committed suicide few
days back by taking poison. 1t was not
for love, for fear of disgrace, or for money
reasons in a direct way; it was all through
rabbits. 1t appeared that of late he had
been frequently seen to look out of his
window, and had been heard to say, 81
have sown my corn, but they II eat it again. /"
''They" were-the rabbits. After he had
taken the poison, and Just before he died,
the poor fellow said, 81 cannot bear it any
longer; the rabbits have killed me"
Last year Mr.. Hewitt sowed some of his
fields twice over, and yet one field of six
teen acres only yielded him six quarters.
The coneys may be ''feeble folk, yet they
are formidable enough when acting in large
bodies, which seems to be their way down
in the midland counties. The story is in
deed sad. The poor man saw ruin staring
him in the face, and he had not fortitude
to stand up against it. What a horrible
idea is that of a wretched man driven half
crazy by despair, and seeing rabbits around
him in his last moments, as a worn-out
drunkard sees snakes