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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
Mark Twain's Wedding-A Surprise.

1t lad been arranged that Mr.. and Mrs.
Clemens should proceed at once to their
boarding house, on arriving In Buffalo
from Elmira, while the rest of the wedding
party were to be domiciled at the lift
House. The securing of desirable, gen.
teel home in a private family had been del
egated to an intimate friend and resident
of Buffalo, who, understanding the tastes
and requirements of the young couple,
would of course be the person to make for
them judicious arrangements. Mr.. Glenn
ems, having been absent on his lecturing
tour for the past few months, accepted the
assurance that everything had been attend
ed to. At the depot hearty goodnight"
were exchanged, the larger party driving
to the hotel, the bride and groom taking
carriage for more quite quarters. Stop
ping in front of a modest but very
attractive brick house in the upper
part of Delaware street, Mr.. Glenn
ems was somewhat surprised to be met in
the hall By the father of the bride and his
own sister, whom he supposed already
quartered at the hotel. The landlady of
the house suddenly disappeared from the
scene, and as leaf by leaf of the charming
little drama lnfolded, Mark Twain fouEd
himself the victim of what he termed
first class sEindle," the proprietors and
abettors of which were the delighted father
and mother, who stood there silent specta-
tors of the happiness they had prepared
for their children in the gift of this beauti-
full home. For once the fun-loying Mark
tailed in repartee, and moistened eyes
spoke deeper thanks than words Moth
ing that love or wealth could suggest or
supply was wanting to make the scene the
fulfllment of the poets dream, from the
delicate blue satin drawing-room to the lit
tie sanctum quite apart, with its scarlet up
holstery, amid the pretty sdornments of
which inspiration must often come to its
happy occupant. Cleveland Herald.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
Miscellaneous Items.

Petroleum has been discoveredst New
ton, Ala. ..s--
A Home for aged men has been opened
in Boston @
Mcfarland has his cell carpeted and
hung with pictures.
The Iuka (Mississippi) name for .whis
ky is ''rip-gizzard." -. ..-- q
Three ladies are studying law and one
medicine in Coldwater, Mich. ~
Coon skins are still legal tender in
Vermilion county, Indiana.
An ice manufacturing company is to
be establshed-in Memphis.
There are but twenty-nine scholars in
the Ind. State Normal School.
A duel between two colored doctors
of Savannah, Ga, is imminent. IA
Mine inches Of snow is reported at San
ford, KY, on Tuesday of last week.
An Atlanta city father is noted as q
sharp finaneier and an excellent pianist.
"A 10. of land in franklin parish, La,
sold the other day at from 25c to 80 per
acre. -e
The umber of cases of boots manu-
faetured at Worcester, Mass, in 1853, were
SO, 800.
The public funded debt of Ohio rrr'-
standing January %, 1870, was S1O,0O9,-
sS1.S6. el --a
The Indianapolis Journal says that
delirium tremens almost approaches the
dignity of an epidemic in that city.
An exchange says: ''The high, price
of butter is probably owing to the substitu-
ton of pianos for ohurns. :"
Oshkosh has q champion Brahma
hen that lays a 80 ounce egg. They call
her MeDuff, and hid her clay on.
"A large boot and shoe mandatory, to
employ about sixty hands, is soon to be
stated in Lenawee county, Mich.
Passengers from Montana report large
quantities OF snow on the western side OF
the mountains. On the eastern side less
snow has fallen than for many years past.
A Fort Scott man, in excavating eel
lar, came upon = vein of yellow Oehre si2
feet thick, which sold for So load as fast
as taken out.
The Yale students are to have foot
race near the close of the presentterln, the
distance to be three miles and the prizes
$50 and $40.
An Iowa man recently got drank and
stuffed $50 roll of bills in his horses
mouth. and compelled the poor animal to
swallow them.
"A spiritual medium in this city de-
elares that ''ShOo Fly was composed By
run's ghost, and dedicated to Harriet
Beecher Stowe.
Anxiety is felt in Illinois for the safety
of the peach crop, on account of the spring
like weather, which is causing the buds to
l. swell pre ematurely.
Nineteen persons werl arrested on
Thursday last, in Providence, r. L, for fast
driving. Several os them were members
of the legislature.
"A Paris letter says: "HideOus is the
/ toad and painful 20 look at the frog which
women now hang by one leg in their ears
and call ornaments"
The Lord Mayor ofLondOn,Gt a recent
meeting to promote emigration estimated
the number of skilled workmen out of em-
/ ployment in England as between 10000
and sc, 900.
/ The Illinois Constitutional Convention
refused to adopt a resolution prohibiting
the state from lending its credit to any in
dividual association. This would have cut
off railroads.
Two Pennsylvanians have obtained a
patent for manufacturing writing and print
/ ing paper from the leaves of cornstalks, and
have already manufactured samples Of an
excellent quality.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
The Death Web Of a YOang Fish.
From the Rochester Union, Feb. is.


The Pisciculturist, Seth Green, is known
throughout the land for his energy and
perseverance in inquiring into and ascer-
tanning the cause of anything that may be
new in his little world of interest or nature.
FOR many years Mr.. Green has been at a
loss to account for the enormous destru0-
ton of very small trout, but he has now
ascertained the cause. He says in regard
to the matter: There is a small worm
which is fayorito food of trout and many
other kinds o. Ssh. This worm is one of the
greatest enemies which the young fry have.
tspins web in the water to catch young fish
just as a spider does on land to catch flies.
1 have seen them make the web and take
the fish. The web is as perfect as that
of the spider, and as much mechanical in
genuity is displayed in its construction. tits
made as quickly and in the same way as
spiders, by fastening the threads at differ
ent points, and going back and forth until
the web is finished. The threads are not
strong enough 10 hold the young trout after
the umbilical sac is absorbed, but the web
will stick to the fins and get around the
head and gills, and soon kills the fish. |
have often seen it on the young trout, and
it has been a great mystery, and csusedme
many hours, and days, and weeks of won
der to find out what was wound around the
heads and fins of my young trout and killed
them did not find out until lately, while
watching recently Matched whitefsh.
These are much smaller than the trout
when they begin to swim, and they were
caught and held by the web. found ten
small whitefsh caught in one web in one
night The web was spun in little white
fish preserve, into which had put one
hundred young fish. The threads spun by
this worm seem to be much finer than the
common spiders web, and they are not visi-
bic in the water until the sediment collects
upon them. They can be seen very plainly.
These webs cannot be spun where there is
much current, and can easily be seen in
still water by close observer.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
nouna Folks pepartmflll.
A CHILD's FANCY.
BIZ LOUISE v. BOYD.


{" Oh, mother, said little Bennie,
"I mean TO, if lean,
Some beautiful night before Christmas
When am groWn-up man,
" Go sailing, sailing up to the sky,
For I'll own grand balloon,
And ask Of the kindliest angel, ..
Please give me WORKOUT moonr
" Then III walk with the angel-children
In the starry gardens bright;
Stars are their flowers; I'll ask for some
Just budding into light.
The lsvely one win hand me moon
From on the cloudy bars,
And the angel-children joyously pluck
A cluster Of wakening stars.
f" And when come back, o mother, ..l
You viii wonder to see
The sheeny moon and the shining stars
That the bright ones gave to me.
s' Then the moon high DER the Christmas tree
It's chastened light shall spread,
AMI little star from every bough
It's tvtnkling beams shall shed.
I" Wen call crowd OF children then
To come and feast their eyes
On the glorious things, the while tell
OF my journey to the skies.
q" But III say, These stars are less bright than
heaven's
Because they were plucked too soon,
And you scarce would guess Of the glory there
By this pale worn-out moon.
" And while they are gazing I'll whisper to you
The way to the shining shore:
The balloon viii hold two; we both viii 90
And never come back any more"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

CAPTURE OF 800 WHAI.Es-The Lerwick
correspondent of the Scotsman, writing on
the 11th, says: gErtI r . "a
Gas some fishermen in the neighborhood
of Scalloway were going TO the sea this
morning. they fell in with some whales,
which they endeavored to drive to land.
They we're soon Joined by some boats be-
longing to the West Isles, and in short
time they succeeded in driving the whales
TO the East Voc of Scalloway, where nearly
800 were captured before dark. Il was ex-
pected that the whole would be shot or
driven ashore before morning, the moon
light being favorable, The property where
.hey were stranded belongs to Mr.. Hay.
The place is well adapted to the capture OF
whaIes. but it is very unusual for any to ap-
pear there, and also unusual for whales to
be seen at this time of year; butt is fortu-
nate for the poor people in the district that
they have come"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04


writes from North Conway, under date of
the 10Th inst.
s.Of course the oldest inhabitant' hardly
remembers a winter Of such mildness as
this. 1t has, in fact, been most remarka-
BILE one, but not unprecedented. Snow
storms have been plenty, but have almost
invariably terminated with rain, skimming
the snow over with q thin coating of ice,
thus preventing the drifting by the north
west winds. There has been an average Of
eighteen inches on the ground since the
first of December, and capital sleighing
and shedding it has made, too. Occasion
ally the mercury has gone below zero, on
bright, sparkling, frosty mornings, and
when all nature was glittering in the first
light of the coming sun, it seemed type
of the perfection of the New England
winter climate in its joyous and most ex-
hilerating form.
s'Since February came in, the mercury
has indicated eighteen below. Maple trees
were tapped during the month of January,
and the sap ran as freely as it does ordina-
rily in March and April. Sometimes when
the rains were heavy and the succeeding
cold sharp, what a wonderful coasting-
ground was formed on every hill side One
could run about everywhere on the polished
icy floor.
s'Of course, the mountains are grand In
. heir winter dress, quite as much so
as In summer, and offer at times even more
striking and beautiful pictures. The sun
rises and sunsets are especially fine, and It
is worth journey here to see the lofty
SUBMITS flushing with crimson and purple
and gold. -..s..- -.-s
But must pause to record an event
that has sent grief and mourning 70 every
family In this valley. Many of the sum-
mer visitors here will remember with plea
sure their relations with the physician OF
the place-Dr. Dame. They will remem-
Der his gentlenanly bearing and modest
retiring manner, his clear judgment and
easily won sympathy, and will learn with
regret his sudden death. 1t is indeed al
most surprising to find now what hold
he had upon the affections OF the inhabi-
tants of this valley, and yet not surprising
when we come to discover how nobly he
had earned that love. During a period OF
fifteen years he has practised within a
range of twenty-five to thirty miles, being
the only physician for that large extent OF
territory"
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
What a Fairy can Do,

jolly Maurice FLYNN, as We used to call
him, years gone by, when he filled the
same important Office he does now-town
constable, related yesterday to a small cir
Gle of interested friends very singular in
cident that happened in the town of Linn
erick, Ireland, when he was boy in that
land of "potheen and praties." There was
a neighbor whose wife was taken i'll with a
peculiar sickness, wholly unknow to the
doctors of that region round about. She
was obliged to take to her bed at once, and
In an instance, as it we're, became reduced
to almost skeleton. What little flesh did
remain with her, became livid and cadiver-
GUS. For seven long years she never rose
from that bed once. Her disease created q
peculiar appetite. She ate but very
little and seemed to receive
the most of her sustenance from a
hot pot of milk, boil+d at midnight, each
night Her husband, who was q patient
creature, used to get up every night, win
ter and summer, during the seven long
years, and boil that pot of milk and give
it to her. One night, the last time he had
to do it, he got up to boil the pot of milk
and was Just in the act of raking out the
smothered turf to blow it up into the nee
essary glow, when some Hnearthly thing
caught him by the legs-for he had forgot
ten to put on his breeches-and snaked
him from the hearth. Frightened almost to
death, he crawled under the bed and spilled
the milk over the floor. He remained un-
der the bed until morning, when he crawl
ed out again with fear and trembling, fear
ing he might encounter Old Nick or one
of his imps.
At first he was afraid to look at the bed,
lest he should see his wife lying there
strangled by the fend, but he did muster
courage, and look when, wonderful to re-
late there she lay, not strangled, nor eDa-
ciated, nor cadaverous, but plump and as
fresh as daisy. The reader may desire to
know why and how this transformation ?
Let Maurice tell you. The bedridden wo-
man was fairy who spirited the wife away
to fairy land that she, the fairy, might en-
Joy little of mortal life. The failure to
get that pot of hot milk on that eVentful
night broke the spell and the fairy was
compelled to exchange places and restore
the rightful wife to her home. -
The above relation may appear incredi-
bic to some people, but Maurice is ready to
vouch for every word of it, as he was well
acquainted with the woman who was the
subject of the fairy's Vaccinations Mau-
rice says there are plenty of fairies in Ire
land yet and spirits too. We can vouch
for the latter for We have seen and proved
them.-DubuQue Tines.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

CHINESE AS DIscovERERs.-The visits OF
the Northmen to the American continent
have long been a subject of controversy
and speculation, but now Mr.. J. Hauley, E
Chinese interpreter in San Francisco, at
tributes the discovery of America to the
Celestials, finds resemblance between the
inhabitants of Central and South America
and the Chinese, and traces q similarity in
the religion of the Aztecs and Buddhism.
He says the discovery by the Chinese was
first made ], 400 years ago, the land being
called Fosany; and that 500years ago some
Buddhist priests visited the country and
carried back to China the news that they
had found Buddhist idols and religious
writings John Chinamsn has been q long
time In taking anything hike possession of
his own, and he may find some difficulty
now in effacing from most peoples minds
the well impressed formula that Columbus
discovered America.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
HoOTLANDls GERMAN BrrrERs-We intender

HoOFLAND'S GERMAN BTTTKRs-We intended
TO have called attention to HOohand's German
Bitters, advertised in our columns. This
Bitters, as perhaps every body is aware, Is as
much staple article with the drug stores as
-four Is with the grist mills, and call for 1t
where you will, you cannot go amiss. There is
no better medicine before the public, 1t con-
tains no alcoholic ingredient, and commends
itself to temperance people, who seek to avoid
whatever intUxicates or lSads, to intemper-
ance. Most people resort to tOnies il the
spring Of the year, Hoohsnd's stands at the
head Of them all, and is potent at any time Of
the veal. Those who would come out IN the
spring with eleansed and invigOrated sys-
tenn, should begin its use now. The above is
the unsolicited statement of the Editor of the
PATRIOT Waukegan, H.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

GRAY HAIRS may not mar ones good looks,
and in many cases even improve the appear
ance, but as q general rule are considered
objectionable, and many devices are resorted
to to prevent or get rid of them. We know
Of no mode so little troublesome or objection
able as the use Of Rings Vegetable Ambrosis,
an article which Of late has become so i'm
mensely popular as a toilet article and beauE-
fer. 1t Is easily applied, restores gray or
faded hair, prevents, and in many cases cures
badness, elesnses the scalp, and leaves the
hair in splendid condition for arranging.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

JUsT PUBLISHED By The AMERICAN TRACT
SomETY-The %Echo to Happy Voices. - A
new and beautiful collection Of hymns and
tunes for children at home and in the Sabbath
School. The same qualities that have made
''Happy Voices" so widely known and so
highly priced, are found in this collection
and give it q rank not inferior to that, or any
other, IN the elements Of real excellence.
Price by the quantity, In paper, with cloth
backs, 25 cents each; IN boards, 80 cents each.
For sale at the Depository. No. As Madison
St., Chicago. Rev. Glen Wood, Secretary.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

WONDERFUL SUCCEss.-That w1de-sTake
and entirely unequalled paper, The Spangled
Banner" is creating sensation ard securing
an immense circulation by giving to each sub
scriber q superb steel engraving, 13x2 feet in
size. Its subject is ''Evangeline,' and it is
worth 81 to any lover Of the beautiful. The
Banner and this superb work Of art can be
had for only IS cents. See advertisements in
this paper.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

FEMALE lNTEaEPERANCE IN LoNDoN--A
London coroner gives a sad account of the
doings of English ladies of the higher
classes. At recent inquest he declared
that downrigks intemperance was one of
their common and bese, ting vices. he
knew, he said, numberless instances where
these ladies never sat down to dinner, in
their own houses or elsewhere, until they
had brought themselves to a state of almost
inebristy by frequent drams dur1ngthe day.
Some, he said, resorted to ether or eau de
Cologne, or sundry new chemical stimulants,
while others brought themselves mp to
company mark by means of the sherry de-
canter or brandy bottle. These are hard
things to say, but the coroner did not minee
the matter at all, and said that the evil had
assumed such magnitude that it was time
for somebody to speak out. Of course his
boldness has brought all the hornets OF the
press about his head, but it is to be feared
that there is too much truth il his state
ments.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
InIar M,A111srrp

of the Recorders Court has sentenced some
fifty of them TO the PenIentiary, and has
truly rid the city, for time, of some of the
worst class of the population. A great many
more should have an official invitation TO
visit the same institution.
AIKEN's MUSEUM
has afforded pleasing contrast to the per-
fOrmancss at AcVicker's and the Opera
House, for the past few weeks. Good plays,
well represented, have attracted good audi
ences. This week, The Heart of Mid 10th
ian, Lady Audley's Secret, and Not Guilty,
are on the boards there. B.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
New Tricks Performed by the Lately
Arrived Troupe. of japanese Jug
From fhe San Francisco Bulletin.

Arrived Troupe of japanese Jug.
gers.
From the San Francisco Bulletin s-
The Royal Satsuma troupe OF Japanese
artists made their Introductory bow to a
San Francisco audience last night. The
fame of this company, as acrobats, Jug
glers, and equiibrists attracted large au-
dienes to the theatre. The performance
opened with contortion and crab-bending
by plump little fellow, about years OF
age whose grace, agility and good nature
fairly captured the house. Then came the
tub and ladder tricks, with a little Gall
Right" as the principal feature. A
skillful prestidigitator swallowed a
pipe while it was lighted, or at
tempted to make. the audience
believe he accomplished the feat, and sub
sequently drew it from his clothes. He
also performed interesting tricks with eggs,
tops, ribbons, &c. The most startling trick
In this line was the pretended swallowing
of needles, one by one, and then drawing
them from the mouth on a long string.
This was the only act where solos on the
barbarous Japanese fiddle were introduced,
and after the novelty of this sound wears
off it can well be spared. The slack rope
and wire acts were performed very accept
ably by the young woman, who succeeded
in putting on q dress without the aid of an
umbrella III balancing. In the hanging
pole trick. a slender lad displayed skill
and strength to- a remarkable de-
gree, and set the laws of grayitation at
defiance with the utmost equanimity. The
Oriental Hercules has jaws that wouldprove
a sure fortune to hotel runner. A man.
moth tub with a small boy standing upon
the rim, is placed near him, forming load
that two men find difficulty in managing
when he stoops down, sezies the tub with
his teeth, and raises it high in the air. In
the closing scene, a little girl, apparently
five years of age, is placed upon the pin
nacle of a series of blocks, having barely
room to stand. She bends a crab, puts
her head between her feet, toward the
audience, and her clothes are so arranged
that they give her the appearance of but
terfy. Take it sllin all, the entertainment
is novel and interesting, and merits sue
cess
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

The BEST. AND ORIGINAL ToNIU of Iron
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Cslissya Bark. The Iron restores color to
the blood, the Phosphorus fenews waste OF
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Wakefulness, General Debility and Depres-
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The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

A Pittsfeld Mass. schoolwas the scene
of lively excitement, the other day, when
a precocious pupil accidentally discharged
a pistol between his pocket and the desk.
Investigation showed that half dozen of
the older fellows had been in the habit for
a long time of carrying loaded pistols to
school - wg.-.-r sl .-f
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

RED As Ross is SHE. By the author Of
"Cometh Up as Flower" vol, Vo.,
paper cover. Price 60c. The author OF
"Cometh Up as Flower" rapidly WOE
popularity which places her in the front rank
of modern noyelsts. We are assured by
lady friend that the story is so absorbing that
she was Obliged to finish it at one sitting.
Her characters are all life-like portraits, and
you seem to see before you just such men and
women as We are in the habit Of seeing from
dsy to day. Nothing so fresh and charming
has come before us for many day.
D. Appleton & Co., New York, publishers.
Sen. free by mail to any address on receipt
OF the price.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04
''MiIlie HOpper's" Lucky Valentine.

Where Millie Hopper was born, orwhere
her parents were, nobody knew. and /
guess nobody cared; for, after coming out oi
the poor house at the age of ten years, she
had lived in half dozen families in the
village, and had been poorly treated in them
all.
The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-04

The following is the form of the pledge
which the Congressional Temperance Society
proposes shall be administered throughout
the country on the 22d of February: Eve,
the undersigned, do pledge our truth, faith
and honor that we will not use intoxicating
liquor as q beverage nor traffic in them; that
We will not furnish them as an article of en-
tertainment, or for persons in our employ
ment, and that in all suitable ways We will
discountenance their use.H -.-.-