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Pure Air.

A benevolent Providence has arrang-
ed that while the air we breathe gives us
/ life by purifying the blood and impart-
! ing vital heat, its unfitness for these
purposes is instantly determined by
such disagreeable impressions on the
| senses, that we instinCtively cease
breathing, or hasten from the contain
mated spot. Then again from her bOun-
tifql stores, nature has provided SUBS
stances which purify filthy localities
and remove the nauseOus smells. Some
of these substances destroy the disagree
able OdOrs but do not arrest decay, hence
those OdOrs would return constantly, as
! long as any of the substance remained
which was the source Of the evil.
Chlorine removes a bad smell of pu-
trid meat, but it will return in a few
hours. A London chemist has ascer-
tanned the fact, that if piece of fresh
meat is coated with a substance distilled
from coal and mixed with sulphurOus
acid, called carbOlic acid, it will prevent
the meat from decaying, and that such
meat after being kept two or three
months, is, if cooked, as sweet and
fresh as meat just purchased from the
butchers stand; hence, chlorine deOdO-
Tizes, that is, only takes away the bad
smell for the present, but decay still
goes on. CarbOlic acid not only des-
trOys the bad OdOT, but prevents decay,
arrests it, and is thus a deOdOrizer and
disinfectant combined; it takes from a
substance its pOlluting character, its
power to make sick, or communicate
disease. If further and more careful
Investigations and experiments confirm
the statements made by Mr.. Crooks, he
is justly entitled to be named among
the benefactOrs of the age.
The practical lesson to be impressed
OH the mind by these-statements is, that
adeOdOrizeT does no more than take away
the I'll OdOr of substance or locality,
temporarily; a disinfectant not only
destroys that OdOr, but prevents its re-
turn, by changing that condition of the
substance from which the OdOr came, in
a manner which does not allow the pro-
cess to 90 on which gave rise to the OdOr.
A disinfectant also takes from a thing
its power to cause disease. A cOntagi-
ious disease is that which is caused by
actual contact, and can not be eOmmu-
nicated in any other way, as glanders
in horses, and syphilis i'm men, Infection
is that which may be communicated
by touching or handling the clothing, as
itch, plague, measles, smallpox; the air
of a room in which these diseases are,
can communicate the disease, hence
that air is infectious, that is, makes into,
fixes, implants, thrusts into the body,
the disease with which is is loaded. A
real disinfeGtant deprives the air and the
clothing of that power. 1t seems that
carbOlic acid is the most perfect deOdO-
rizer aHV5 disinfectant yet made known
to man.-HdLES Health Tracts.
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LIGHT ENGINES AND RAILWAYS.

THE very next innovation in railroad
ing will be lighter engines aud more
economical railways. We find the fol-
lowing information upon these useful
matters in a cotempOrary.
The coming man has so long absorb
ed public attention, that coming events,
| though they cast their shadows before,
appear to be Unheeded. The remarkable
SUCCESS with which has attended the
narrow gauge railway in Wales, so much
talked of a few months ago, affords a
subject for speculation, or suggests, in
fact, the possibility of revolution in
railway construction. The length of this
road, from Port MadOc to FestiniOg, is
fourteen miles, the line of route being,a
mountain, one with a succession of sharp
curves and a continuous rise by gradi-
ents about in S.. 1t was built cheaply,
is worked at a singulaTly low cost, and
yet is found quite as effective for local
traffic and travel as roads of wider gauge
and infinitely more costly construction.
The gauge, to be exact, is one foot elev-
Ell and half inches, and the lOcOmO-
tives used weigh about ten tons coqleI
and lCdteTed, with tenders whose ayOird-
upOis but slightly overrgn q ton. The
passenger cars are proportiOnately light
and diminutiYe, though so arranged as
to afford accommodations as ample and
comfortable as the enormous carriages
upon ordinary roads, and are i'm strange
contrast with them in the proportion Of
dead weight to each passenger. \ few
weeks ago at trial of the engines ON
this road, the Little Wonder hauled
train of l25 trucks and seven passenger |
carriages, weighing nearly rs TONS It |
glided with perfect smOOthness round /
the constantly recurring sharp curves of
the mountain, Overcame grades with !
perfect ease and made the distance of II |
miles within fifty minutes. This ex-
perimental line has been for several |
years in active operation and carries
daily a considerable number of passen-
gers to and from MadOc, and a large
amount of heavy freight-the latter con
sisting principally of valuable slate and
building stone from the FestiniOg quar-
Ties. The cheapness with which it was
built, the peculiar lightness of its equip
ment, and the handsome profits il has
paid to its stOCkhOlders-not less than
fifty per cent annually-have led to the
of similar roads in other
parts of Wales. The attention of large
of capitalists and civil engin-
ers has also been strongly attracted to
the subject. Here, then, we have \
railway which maybe constructed for a
few thousand dollars q mile, the cost of
whose equipment is mere tride. As a
local road connecting with a main line
iC can be built more cheaply than q COM
mon plank road, and from the lightness
Of its rolling stock Is subject to very lit.
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THE picnic of the COrwin family. at
the Fair Grounds, last Friday, was a
very pleasant affair. 1t was held to eel
ebrate the oath birth day of David Cor
win.
This venerable man resides I'm Leba-
non, and, notwithstanding his advanc-
ed age, enjoys good health. He was
born in Fayette County, Pennsylvania,
IN the memorable year Of 1776, and is
only one month younger than the Free
Republic of America. He was among
the earliest settlers in this vicinity, his
brother, IchabOd COrwin, being the first
white settler in the place where Iebs-
non now stands. The latter emigrated
and settled here in March, 1855.
David COrwin is now the oldest living
representative of the family. Among
the interesting "reminiscences Of his
long life, is the fact that in his early
youth he was, while in the StOekade at
Lexington, KY, the intimate associate
and friend OF Logan, the celebrate Min
60 Chief,
There was present at the picnic about
two hundred and fifty of the COrwiu re-
latiOns, being the representatives of sew
en- branches Of the family.
After. a very enjoyable dinner, served
in true picnic style, r. g. COrwin, Esu,
Of Dayton, gave an interesting geneaIOg-
ical history Of the family. Remarks
were also made by Jesse COrwin, of this
vicinity, and Jesse Phillips, of Urbana.
the President of the meeting.
among those present from a distance
whose names have not been presented,
were ID, B. COrwin, Esq, CITY Solicitor
Of Dayton, and Thomas COrwin, Of CyU-
thiana, Ky.
We learn that Rev. Z. T. COrwin. Of
New Jersey, is now collecting materials
for a complete genealOgy Of the COrwiu
family.-Le6Qn0a Star, 11th inst.
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Is THIS PROTECTION.

The tarner starting to his work has
q horse shoe put on his horse with nails
taxed 81 per cent, driven by a hammer
taxed "a per cent; cuts a stick with q
knife taxed 80 per cent; hitohes his horse
to plOw taxed so per cent, with chains
taxed 81 per cent. He returns to his
home at night and lays his Wearied
limbs on sheet taxed s. per cent, and
covers himself with a blanket that has
paid $50 per cent. He rises In the MORN
ing, puts on his humble flannel shirt tax.
ed 6Oper cent his coat taxed so Del. cent
shoes taxed 80 per cent, his coat taxed 35
per cent, opens family worship from his
Bible taxed . per cent, and kneels to
his God on humble carpet taxed $50
per cent. He sits down to his humble
meal from plate taxed 40 per cent, with
knife and fork IS per cent; drinks his
coffee taxed AZ per cent, or tea TS per
cent, with sugar 20 per cent; seasons his
food with salt taxed 100 per cent, pepper
291 per cent, or spice $40 per cent. He
looks around upon his wife and children
all taxed in the same way; takes a chew
of tobacco taxed 100 per cent, or lights A
cigar taxed 40 per cent; and then
thanks his stars that he lives in the
freest and best government under heav-
en-. If on the Fourth Of July he wants
to have the star-spangled banner on
real bunting, he must pay the Ameri-
can Bunting Company Of Massachusetts
100 per cent for this glorious privilege
No wonder, sir, that the Western far
mer is struggling with poverty, and
conscious of a wrong somewhere, al
though he knows not whence the blow
comes, that is claiming him to life of
endless toll, and reducing his wife and
children to beggaTy.
Protection is the Old Man of the Sea
that is riding US to death. Strike of
the fetters that are now weighing down
every industry, and ship-buiIding will
revive without bOunties or special fa-
vOrs. Our mariners and merchants will
again grasp in their hands the commerce
of the seas; our crushed industries will
be revitaliZed; our manufactures, spring.
ing forward with renewed life, will boldly
go forth into the markets Of the world.
and enter upon a new and grand career
Of enterprise and prosperity; our rail
road enterprises will TedOuble their ac-
tlvitY and energy, new RAILWAYS will
spring up all over the land, remupera-
tive employment be given to Thousands
of labOrers, freights 6e cheapened, and
the prosperity of the people insured
From HOH.-SGBlUeL S. W1TsbdlTs SDeecb
delivered 29th March, 1870
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TO WNSHIP
CIT Y
Church Directory.

/ lsT PREsBETERIAN CHURCH.-West Court Street,
/ Rev. J. A. P. MCGaw, Pastor. Services every Sab
| bath. Hours: II, A. n, y, P. N.
Sabbath School at 2, P. n.
! Lecture and Social Prayer Meeting on "wednesday
/ evening, At O'Clock.
Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH-SOuth-east corner COu,i
/ and Walnut Streets. Rev. A. J. Imhnh, Past0r.-
Sabbath School every Sabbath s:I5P. N.
/ IsF METH. E. CHURCH.-SOuth-west corner Church
and North Main Streets. Rev. VIM. Fitzgerald, Pas
tor Services every Sabbath. Hours H. A. n z P. n
[ Sabbath School at sL, P. n.
| General Class Meeting, Monday evening at T.
Regular Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening, at Z,
O'Clock.
ID METH CHURCH.-East Water Street. Rev. J.
Ford COnrey, Pastor. Services every Sabbath Hours:
! n, A. n, X, P.E
sabbath School at . N.
/ General Class Meeting Sundays at A. H. Young
Mems Prayer meeting, Tuesday evening at 2nd
Church building, opposite Market House.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening, at Church.
BAPTIST CHURcH.-East Court Street Rev. B. T.
Taylor, Pastor. Services every Sabbath. Hours II,
A. n, Z, P. u.
sabbath school at 9, A. n
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday evening, O'Clock.
EPISCOPAL CzuRCH-COrner Scioto and Kenton,
Streets Rev ". N. PrObascO, Rector. Services every
Sabbath. Hours; II, a. m, X, p. m
Nuw CHURCH.-North-vg corner South Main and
Reynolds streets, Services every Sabbath Hour IL,
q. m.
CATHOLIC CHURCH-John Street. Rev. j. a. Kear-
ney Priest. Services every Sabbath. Hour: II a. m.
ASSOCIATE REFORMED CHURCH.-West Market St.
Rev H. b. Thompson, Pastor. Services every Sab
bath, Hours II a. m.
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time than after eating any other kind Oi
food
a distinguished Judge of the United
District Court observed that, when he
took buckwheat cakes for breakfast, he
could sit on the bench a whole day with.
out being uncOmfOrtably hungry; if the
cakes were omitted, he felt Obliged to
take lunch about noon, Buckwheat
cakes are a universal favOrite at the
winter breakfast table, and scientific
investigation and analysis have shown
that they abound in the transforming
principal, hence nature takes away our
appetite for them in Summer.
During the Irish famine, when many
died of hunger, the poor were often
found spending their last shilling for tea
and tobacco and spirits. It has also
been observed in New York, by those
connected with charitable institutions,
that when money was paid to the poor,
they often laid out every cent in tea or
coffee instead of procuring the more
substantial food, such as meal, and
flour and potatoes. On being reprOved
for this apparent extravaganza and i'm
providence, the reply, in both cases, was
Identical; their own observation had
shown them that penny's worth of
tea, or tobacco, or liquor, would keep of
the sense of hunger longer than a pen
ny's worth of something else. Scientif-
ic men express the idea by saying,
Tea, like alcohol, retards the metam-
OTphOsis of the tissues in other words,
it gives to the flame of life, and thus
prevents it from consuming the fat and
flesh of the body.
If a person gets into the habit of TAX
ing q lunch between breakfast and din
neT, he very soon finds himself faint
about the regular luncheon; but let him
be so pressed with important engage
ments for several days in succession as
to take nothing between meals, it will
not be long before he can dispense with
his lunch altogether. These things
seem to show that, to a certain extent
eating often Is a mere matter of habit,
Whole tribes OfIndian hunters and trap
peTs have been known to eat but once
in twenty-fOur hours, and that at night,
DR.. Halls Tracts.
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singular OFnamenl,

! \ brooch worn by the Countess o.
Haas recently been the subject OF
conversation in an eminent company
| Of Polish nobility who are now exiles
in Paris. Encircled by twenty brill
iants upon a dark blue ground of lapis
laSuli, and protected by a glass i'm front.
may be seen-what: A protrait9 a
lock of hair? No, neither the one nor
the other, but only four bent pins
wrought together ia the form of a
star. The history Of this singular Orna-
ment is contained in the following COM
municatiOn:
The Count K was, some wears
ago, in his own country, suspected of be-
ing too much inclined to politics, was
consequently one night, without exam
inatiOn or further inquiry, torn from
the bosom Of his familN by police Of
flCers, conveyed TO a fortress in a distant
part of the country, and thrown into a
damp, dark dungeon. DAYS, weeks,
months passed away without his being
brOugh to trial The unhappy man
saw himself robbed or every succor. In
the stiffness of death and the darkness
Of the grave he felt not only his strength
falling him, but also his mind wander
ing. An unsPeakable anguish took
hold Of him. He, who feared not to ap-
pear before his judges, now trembled be-
fore himself Conscious of his danger,
he endeavOred to find something to re,
lieve himself from the double misery Of
idleness and loneliness, aud thus pre-
serve him from q terrible insanity.
-Four pins which had accidentally
happened to be in his coat, had escaped
the notice of the jailOr, Those were TO
be the means Of deliveranee to his spirit.
He threw the pinsupon the earth; which
alone was the floor Of his gloomy dun
geOn, and then employed himself in
seeking for them 10 the darkness
When, after q tiresOme search, he. sue
ceeded in finding them, he threw them
down anew; and so, again and again
and again. did he renew his voluntary
task, All the day long, sitting, lying or
he CROPPED about with his
hand until he had found the pins which
he had Intentionally scattered. This I.
fearful, yet beneficial recreation cOn-
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CurIOgItIeS Of Eating.

An old beau, formerly well known in
Washington City, was accustomed to
eat but one meal in twenty-four hours;
if after this, he had to go to party and
take a second dinner, he ate nothing at
all next day. He died at the age of sew
enty years,
A lady of culture, refinement, and un-
usual powers Of observation and COM
parisOn, became a widow. Reduced
from affiuence to poverty, with a large
family of small children dependent on
her manual labor for daily food, she
made a variety of experiments to ascer-
tain what articles could be purchased
for the least money, by keeping her
children longest from crying for some
thing to eat. She soon discovered that
when they ate buckwheNt cakes and
mOlassos, they were quiet fAr longer
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tie wear and tear. Such road might
be built by neighbOrhOOd corpora tiOns
anywhere. 1t would cheaper the cost
Of transportation to a market; it would
largely enhance the value of the lands
through which it passed; and, if proper
ly managed, would pay to the stock
holders from the very onset a handsome
profit on their investment. Why may
we not see the experiment tried here p
There are plenty of isolated interior To-
calities for which it should be just the
thing r. NelUs.
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owen Grimes.
A STORY OF THE LATE YUBA DAM.

As long ago as the days when NIcCare
I ty edited paper in the city Of Paducah,
the principal hotel in that city was in
charge Of a Tubicund landlord named
| owen Grimes. Among the distinguish
ed guests Of the st. Francis and also
one OF the distinguished staff of Met 'artv
was Jabez johnson, popularity known a.
Huha Dam. In those early days steam
boats did not tarry long at the landing
and 1t frequently happened that visitors
aC the hotel were so hurried in their de-
parture that they were unable to DrOt ar
ly arrange their business before leaving
Most Of his visitors being planters from
the South, were well known to Owen
Grimes, and had the freedom of his
house. One of these, a Mr.. Huston, had
on one occasion been called to a passing
boat, without giving him time to settle
his hotel bill. Some weeks later, Mr..
huston was again in Paducah, and cal
led at the st. Francis to liquidate his
former Indebtedness. Yuba Dam was
seated alone behind the Office counter.
want Owen Crimes said Mr..
Huston.
I amOwen' Crimes answered YuFrs.
am strangely Mistaken replieJ
Huston; i have seen Mr.. Grimes. and
he Is shorter man than you, and has
red face
4 have quit drinking answered Yu-
ba.
Well, sir, said Huston, 4 left here in
hurry, owing bill. If you are Owen
Grimes you can tell me what it is
Certainly, said Yuba 4 remember IL
1t IS just twenty dollars
That's an enormous BILL
Nevertheless it is Owen Grimes hill
Mr., Huston paid it, aud Yubg rave
him receipt. He afterward mentioned
the circumstance to some Of his friends,
and was told that he had been deceived.
Furious, he returned TO the st. Francis
and approaching johnson, said:
You are a scOundrel, sir. You told
me you were the proprietor of this no.
No I didn't
Owen Grimes,
, w, wen, 80 am. I am OWN Grimes q
oln Ior a months board, and I am
Obliged to you for the money to payit.
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THE TWO VILLAGES.

Over the river, on the hill,
Lieth village white and still:
All around It the forest trees
Whisper aud sbiver in the breeze;
Over II sailing shadows 20
or soaring hawk and screaming crow;
And mountain crosses, low and sweet,
Grow in the midd OF every street
Over the river, under the hill,
Another village lieth still:
There I see in the cloudy night
Fires that CLEAN from the smithy's door,
Mists that curl on the river shore:
And in tie roads no grasses grow,
For the wheels that hasten to and fro.
IN that village on the hill
Never Is sound OF smithy or mill:
The houses are thatched with grass and flowers
Never a clock to toll the hours;
The marble doors are always shut;
You cOnnOt enter in hall or hut:
All the villagers lie asleep,
Never again to SOW OF reap,
Never in dreams TO mourn or or sigh:
Silent and idle and low they lie.
In the village, under the hill,
When the night is starry and still,
Many a weary soul in prayer
Looks to the other village there,
And, weeping and signing, longs to 90
Up to that home from this below
Longs to sleep in the forest wild,
Whittier have vanished wife and child.
And heareth, praying, this answer fall,
"Paticncel that village shall hold you all
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tinued for six years. Theu at last.
great political event opened suddenly
lhe doors Of his prison. The Count had
just scattered his pins, but be would not
leave his cell without taking with him
the little instruments of his own preser-
vatiOn from despair and madness. He
soon found them, for now the clear,
bright light of day beamed in through
the doorway of his dungeon. As the
Count related this sad story to the
Countess, she seized the pins with holy
eagerDess. Those crooked yellow brass
pins, which, during six fearful years,
had been scattered and gathered alter
nately, were become to her as precious
relics; and now set in a frame Of bril-
liants, wOrthG4OO, as a treasure of much
greater value, she wears them on her
bosom.
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'Blest be the sabbath day,
Csrsd he the worldly pc!L
Tuesday will commence The week
Since Monday hanged himself

THE following Is correct list or the
elections to be held this year in the sew
eTal States mentioned: Tennessee Aug.
II; California, Sept. s; Vermont, Sent. Is
Maine, Sept, l.; Indiana Oct, >; Florida
Oct. 8; Mississippi, Oct. 5; iowa, Oct. N.
Ohio, Oct, %; Pennsylvania, Oct. M.
West Virginia, Oct. -; Delaware, Nov.
l. Kansas, Nov. ]; Louisiana, Nov. 2.
Minnesota, Nov. S; Missouri, Nov. I:
south Carolina, Nov. 2; Maryland, Nov.
q Illinois, Nov. X Massachusetts, Nov.
= Mlchlgan, Nov. $; New jersey, Nov.
5; New York, Nov. S; Wisconsin, Nov.
&
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Hoonand's German Tonic

s combination OF all the ingredients Of the Bittcrs.
with PURE Santa Cruz Rum, Orange, elC II ie used
for the same disease the Bitters, in cases where
some pure alcoholic stimulus is required NOH viii
bear in mind that these remedies entirely diher
ent from any others advertised for the OF the dis
cases named these being s-ieutiGC preparations Of
medical extracts, while the others mere deCOc-
tiOns of rum I'm conc form. The TONIC Is decidedly
enc Of the most pleasant and agreeable remedies ever
offered to The public lis TASTE Is exquisite It 10 q
pleasure TO take IT, while s lilc"iving, exhamting,
and medicinal qualities have caused it To be known a.
the greatest of all tOnics
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TO take anything else that he may say Just RG good
because he makes larger proht on e. Thess Tems
dies viii be sent by express to any locality upon op
plication 10 the
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AT THE GERMAN MEDICINE STORE
No. 63I AROH STREET, E'lliladslpIttE.
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QOmerly @. NJ JACKSON 6 COZ
These remedies are for sale by Druggists, SorekaeP
er1, and Medicine Dealers everywhere.
~ Do not forget 10 examine well SIC article n
hEIi in order 10 o. tho genuine
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rnE PLOw, LOON AND ANVIL

The camp has had it's day Of song.
The sword, the bayonet, the plume,
Have crowded out Of Thyme too long
The PlOw, the anvil, and the loom.
oh, not upon our tented fields
Are freedoms heroes bred alone:
The trainings Of the workshop yield
More heroes true than war has known,
Who drives the bolt, who shapes the steel,
May, with heart as valiant, smite,
As he who sees a fOeman reel,
Ia blood before his blow OF might
The skill that c0nQuers space and time,
That graces lie, that lightens toll,
Mayspring from courage more sublime
Than that which makes the realm its spoil
Let labor, then, look up and see,
His craft no pith Of honor lacks:
The soldiers rifle yet shall be
Less hOnOred than the wOOdman's axe.
Let art his own appointed prize,
Nor deem that gold or outward height,
Gan compensate the worth that lies
In tastes that bred their own delight.
Aud may the time come nearer still,
When men this sac-ed truth shall heed,
That from the thought and from the will
Must all that raises man proceed.
Though pride should held your calling low
For US shall duty make It good;
And wU from truth TO truth shall 60,
Till life and death are understood.