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THE SEASON AND IFS DANGERS,

The human body is chiefly composed
of tissues and fibres as sensitive to cv-
cry change in the condition of the at
mosphcre as the most delicate elcctrom-
eter, or the quicksilver in u barometer
tube.
The stomach, the skin, the nerves,
the lungs, and the excretory organs are
especially liable to be affected by these
variations, and the best defence against
their disastrous tendency is to keep
the digestive machinery, which feeds
and nourishes the whole system, in
good working order.
If the stomach is weak or disordered
neither the blood nor the bile can be in
a healthy state, and upon the fitness OF
these two important fluids for the Off
ces assigned to them by nature, and
the regularity of their flow, health in a
great measure depends.
When the air is heavily laden with
chilling vapors, as it often is at this
season of the year, the digestion should
be an object of peculiar care. If it is
weak and languid, the whole physical
structure will be enervated. If it is
vigorous, the entire organization will
be strong to resist the untoward and
depressing influence of a damp and vi
tiated atmosphere.
A pnre and powerful tonic is there.
fore especially needed as a safeguard
against the diseases most common il
the Spring, and Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters being the most wholesome anG
potent medicine of the class at pres.
ent known, a course of it is particular
| ly advisable at this period of the year
| The stomach will thereby be toned
and strengthened, the liver and bowel:
regulated, the nervous system bracet
up, and nature put i'll state of active
defence against the miasma which SUI
perinduces intermittent and remitten,
fevers, rheumatisms, nervous debility
headache, hypochondria and othe
complaints which are apt to assail thu
untoned and unfortified organizations
The body is strengthened without ex
citing the brain, and consequently III
unpleasant reaction follows its reviv
ing and renovating operation.
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thought that all the Republicans
will not sign it. They are willing to
whitewash high officers from any
wilful participation in the panic,
they think his report does not touch
certain quarters heavy enough in
condemnation. The Democrats will
make a minority report and We will
then get at the truth without scrap
ing the Mhitewhash off. The Radi-
Gals have been trying very hard to
catch q Democratic Congressman
who had sold his cadetships, they
can't accomplish so desirable a re-
suit. They have failed in the case
of Mr.. Galladay, whose name was
mentioned. Ben. Butler 'sput his
foot in it, in the worst kind of a
manner. He charged Mr.. Asper
who is q member of the committee,
with being implicated in selling ca
detships. He based his charge upon
what Mr.. Whittemore told him. MIR.
Asper presented three letters which
had been written to them on the sub
ject and Butler wilted, the Commit
tee laughed, having been aware OF
the matter long since, but though
having made an unfounded charge
of corruption against brother mem
Der; Butler never maze the least apol-
ogy but was called before the COM
mittee and was compelled to admit
that Mr.. Asper's exculpation was
complete. Benjamin Buffers vio-
lent and angry attack on the news
paper correspondents in the House
has provoked an almost universal
condemnation from the Press OF
both parties. Butler has hurt him.
self very much by it. A meeting was
held last Saturday night to do him
honor and to nominate him for the
Presidency in 1872 but the latter
was not deemed polite and he was
then eulogised as being a greater
General than Napoleon Bonaparte
and a wiser statesman than Bismark;
and it was prophesied that he would
be carried into the White House as
President on the shoulders of four
stalwart negroes in 1872. The rab-
BILE headed by a Parson, who is on
the rolls as deserter from his Regi-
ment while Chaplain, wendell THEN
way to Buffers House and they
were there RECALLED with n speech by
the Hero of Fort Fisher in response
to the yells Of the negro crowd.
TREBLA.
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~ All the stories told of the STA,

Y All the stories told of the Siam.
ese twins hardly equal this of the
Scotch double man, of whom the fol-
lowing account is given by the Rerum
Scotiarum Historic: sDurins the
reign of james III. of Scotland, and at
his court, there lived man double
above the w&lSt and single below that
region. The King caused him to be
carefully brought UP, He rapidly ac-
4uired n knowledge os music; the two
heads learned several languages; they
debated together, and the two upper
halves occasionally fought. They lived
generally, however, in the greatest
harmony. When the lower part of the
body was tickled. the two individuals
felt it together; but when on the other
hand. one Of the upper-individuals was
touched he alone felt the effect. This
monstrons being died at the age of &c
years. One of the bodies died several
days before the other"
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Crime in New York.

According to the annual report of
the Board of Police, the whole number
of arrests made during the last year
for all manner of offences, from CON
tempt of court to murder, was 72,9Si.
OF these, 81 ,4l6 were arrests of males,
and 81 ,53S of females. Men took the
lead in every kind of crime and INSIDE
meanor, except the keeping of slisor-
derby houses and kidnapping. Only
one woman was arrested for bigamy,
and one for contempt of court; and of
gambling, mutiny, perjury, nsury and
violations OF the election laws, women
seem to have been innocent during the
entire year covered by the report
But ,l6l women We're arrested for as
sault and battery, So for felonious as
sault, IL for murder, and IL ,l20 for in-
toxication and ,iisor,lerly. conduct.
One of the most singular revelations
made by the report is that men are
most apt to commit offences against
the law between the ages of twenty
and thirty, and wGmcn from thirty to
forty, which is wholly at variance with
the popular notion on the subject
The personnel of the arrested parties
exhibits some unexpected Iacts. Among
them there were clergymcn, Z under
takers, 10 editors, 43 reporters, 65
teachers, 63 actors, So artists. Ill spec
ulators, lis lawyers, 1913 physicians,
and 2S4 washerwomen.
Every craft and occupation and eve
ry class of criminals are represented
among the culprits, SO that one could
find all sorts of customers in their
ranks; ruffians to maltreat him, and
doctors to bind up his wounds; specu-
lators to swindle him, pickpockets to
rob him, murderers to cut his throat.
clergymen to preach his funeral SER
mon, undertakes to bury him, report
ers to describe the scene, printers to
publish his obituary, lawyers to cheat
his heirs out of their Inheritance, and
editors to moralize upon his melanchO-
ly fate.-[New York Sun.
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A Dead Beat.
HOW LANDLADY's DAUGHTER Ell.
CHERED A DELINQUENT BoARDER.

Mrs. Nancy Anthony, widow of the
late Captain Anthony, keeps genteel
boarding house at No. sIS Olive street.
Like Jeptha, Judge in Israel, Mrs. An
thony possesses Il treasure in the shape
of fair daughter, who is passing
sprightly. and cup to snuff" Among
the boarderS at Mrs. Anthony's was a
young Englisliman, whose ''cheek" is
harder than the rock at tie bottom of
Ead's pier. Cheek, however, never
compensates a landlady for board and
lodging, although many graceless
young scampS seem to think so. Coop
err, with his wife aud child, had board
ed with Mrs. Anthony since November
10, at S75 per month, and was owing
over months board. The pay was
slow, and Mrs. Anthony became unea-
sy. she had been victimized many q
time and oft by smoothspoken, nicely
dressed clerks, and was getting tired OF
dishing out hash and roast beef in ex-
change for empty promises.
At this juncture the jewel ola daugh-
tcr-a young miss of sweet sixteen,
with spunll and spirit aud good sense
enough to carry her through any un
dertaking-s stepped upon the scene and
took the affair into her own hands,
On the Oath Of January, during the
temporary absence of the CoOpers,
Miss Anthony employed a colored
haudcart man to remove the trunks OF
the delinquent boarders to the house
of her aunt, Mrs. Hazard, on Carr
street, between Thirteenth and Four
| ha in1 hnn 4
carter, and on the street met Mrs.
Cooper, who looked surprised ut see
ing her Saratoga trunk and other bag
gage wheeled away. The young lady,
after depositing the Coopelage ut the
at the house of Mrs. Hazard, dis
charged the handcart man, and then
employed another to convey the things
back to her mothers house. When
Cooper went to his room and found all
his baggage missing, he was indignant.
The whole wardrobe of his wife, aud
all his shirts were in the missing
trunks. He took leave of Mrs. Antho-
ny's, and sought other lodgings. Hav-
ing learned from his wife that the
trunks had been taken away, and be-
ing unable to get them back without
| pay Ing HIS Dlii, uc ScHt HIS WIG oclOIc
Mr.. Farney, Assistant Prosecuting At
torney of the Court of Criminal Cor
rection, and charge of larceny was
made against Mrs. Anthony, and she
was arrested.
The trial took place yesterday, when
tlle above facts were elected. Cooper
was put upon the stand, and he admit
ted that this was not the first time he
had left a clearinghouse with his bill
unpaid; he also admitted that he
caused the arrest of Mrs. Anthony fol
the purpose of getting his goods back.
There being no case against her, Mrs
Anthony was discharged. Her attor-
ney, Mr.. Voullaire, ''showed up" the
Coopers in an unenviable light, and
satisfied them that for once they had
been overreachcd by the shrewdness OF
the landlady's daughter. The board.
inghouse keepers of the city should
keep black list, and spot all ''dead
beats" who undertake to go the round.
and live on free hash.-[Exchange.
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HUFFY PEOPLE.-One of the oldest
things to witness, if not one of the most
disagrctable to encounter, is the tacil-
i,y which some people have for taking
offence where no offence is meant
'taking huff as the phrase goes, with
reason or without, and making them
selves and every one else uncom-
Portable, for nothing deeper than a
mood or more than a fancy. Huffy
people are to be met with of all ages
and in every station, neither years nor
condition bringing necessarily wisdom
and unsuspiciousness; but we are
bound to say that the larger proper
tiun will he generally found among
women; and chiefly among those who
are of an uncertain social position, or
vino are unhappy in their circumstan-
ces-not to speak of their tcmperS.
Hutliness, which seems to be self as
sertion in what may be called the neg
alive form, and which the lnsscssors
thereof classify as high spirit of sensi-
tiveness, according as they are possion
ate or sullen, is in reality essentially
the product of self-distrust. The per-
son who has selt-respect, and nothing
to fear, who is OF an assured social
status aud of happy private condition,
is never apt to take offence.
Many and great are the dangers of
action with liuffy people; and sure as
you are to founder into the bog with
them while you are innOcently think
iEg you are walking on the soiidest
esplanade, the dangers of speech are
Just us manifold. The dangers of Jest
ing are, above all, great. 1t may be
laid down as an absolute rule, which
has no exception anywhere, that nc
huffy person can bear joke good hui
mOrdly, or take it as it is meant. II
yon attempt the very simplest form o
chatfing, You will soon he made to find
ont your. mistake; and not unfrequent.
ly the whole harmony of an evening
has been set wrong because thin.
skinned hllify person has taken 6
pleasant jest as ii personal affront, anf
either hiazed Oui or gloomed sulleniy
according to his or her individual dis
POSITION and direction of the wind n
the time. And even chaff, which wa.
not meant to be applied by one NOR,
than another of the company -cllatf
which touched no on" and included al
is continually taknn-as specially de
signed. Should chance cap, flung of
at randun. be felt tn fit. it is perfect,
useless to proclaim that i! vas chance
cap ans. Of random manufacture: y"u
huttird friend, self hait"d. will not be
Iieve yu'l t. her d. ing day. anal viii nj
ways hold y"n guilty of having crown
ed her Intentionally with a distigurin,
headgear.-[Tli Queen.
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IL Some time ago, North Carolina
was cheated out of six millions OF rail
road bonds by carpet bag and scalawas
LEGISLATORS. and now the Florida Legis-
latule has passed bill to aid rail
road in lhat State, in the shape OF an
eight per cent. State bond for about
five millions of dollars. Nearly all the
bonds are to be delivered before any
expenditures arr made on the road III
the way OF constructin. 1t. These are
fitting illusi ra,inns of the beauties OF {;
government resting on the bayonrt
not the will of the people. Phl'adI'
phia Age.
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II When you see boy throwing
stones on the street, cursing, speaking
impudent to old people, and allowed to
run on the streets after night, is the
best sign that his parents don't care
much how mean he gets. Keep your
boys at home at night you lose no
credit by it, but gain by it.
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1870.
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An Organ of National Democratic Govern
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