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The Best Society.

"No company or good company"
was motto given by distinguished
man to all his young friends. 1t was
a motto he had always cndcavorcd to
follow rs far as in his power, and it
was very wise one. The directions
of the Bible are many with regard to
evil company, and all through it we
are taught to shun such society, lest
we get snare to our souls.
Another of high, position in the
world makes it a rule to associate
with hish-mindtd, intelligent men,
rather than with fashionable idlers |:
and he said he had derived more intel
lectual improvement from them than
from all the books he ever read.
Sir Foxwcll Buxton often spoke of
the great benefits he had derived from
his visit to the Gurney family. Their
words stimulated him to make the
most of his powers ut has given q
color to my whole Iife," he said.
Speaking of his success at the Uni
vcrsity, he remarked, II can ascribc
it to nothing but my visits to this
family, where ! caught the infection
Of self-improvemcnt."
Surely, if our, visits have such an
influence upon our life, it should be q
matter of serious Importance to us in
what families we allow ourselves to
be intimate. Boys and girls form
attachments very easily, and often
with little forethought In this, as
all things else, you should not fail to
take advice Of those who are older
and wiser, and never, never choose
for a friend one against whom you
have bccn warned by those who dear
ly 'ovc you.
There are people whose very pres
cncc seems to lift you up into q better,
higher atmosphere. Choose snrh as
sociatcs whenever it is in your power,
and the mo,e you can live in their
society, the better for both mind and
heart. "Hc that waiketh with wise
men shall be wise; but q companion
of fools. shall be destroyed"
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What We Should Eat.

Those who expect to think, says
the Phrenologicnl Journal, should not
eat much food which simply produces
warmth and fat, such ..as ham, fat
pork, white bread, rice, stabioca and.
starch. These contain very little
phosphate food, being carbonaceous.
The proper food for laboring men-
we mean those who, have to exercise
muscular strength chiefly-should be
that which contains the greatest
amount of nitrogen. . Among these
barley and cheese stand high. The.
red flesh of the OK or sheep and un-
boltcd bread are tho leading articles.
Men who. train prize-fghters seems
to understand much better than other
how to build up physical strength and
endurance. When their battle or
their race is ended, they lay aside
their unboIted bread and fruit their
lean beef and mutton, and fall into
their old habits of liquor-drinking
and of eating starch bearing articles,
such us RICE, fine bread, pudding, with
fat meat and butter, and they soon
become as fat and lazyas these car
bonaccous articles can make them
Ifaman wants to stand the cold he
may eat buckwbeat cakes with butter,
syrup, fat pork and white beans; but
let him look out when hot weather
comes for bilious fevers, pimples on
the face, and rank smell of the
whole system, and a muddy, dirty
complexion. Men living at the north
pole, or near it, can drink fish oil by
the quart, or eat pounds Of cake tai
low. and the cod climate will burn it
out !; but in warm or temperate re.
gions the food should be so selected
AZ to furnish nourishment for muscle,
bone, brain, and warmth. in proper
tons. -,
The student should cat articles
which are pretty largely charged with
phosphates or brain food; the laoorer,
those articles containing nitrate or
food for muscle; and those who are
much exposed to. cold, but not re,
ouired to exert muscular strength,
that kind Of food which is largely
charged with carbonates Or heat pro,
! dncprS
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VOLUME l3.
Summer I Eating.

We eat to keep warm and to sustain
strength, and. all articles Of food have
those two elements in varying pro-.
portion. Oils, tnllow aud whale; ;Gfub.
ber are almost wholly Of, the. warming.
element hence 10 Greenland, where
the Thermometers is many degrees
below zero, and a great deal Of heat
is required, a native will drink a half.
a dozen gallons. of oil every day, or
eat ten pounds of tallow.. In the hot
test climates Of the world the inhabi-
tants live to q gqaat extent on fruits
and vegetables, which have but very
very little Of the heating qualities
In our climate, which is between
the two, meats, vegetables and fruits
are eaten all the year round !; bnt il
eaten judiciously, if eaten according
to the season--more of fruits and
vegetables in summer, and less of
meats and fats-an incalculable:
amount of sickness would be prevent
cd every year. We would think a;
man deranged who should keep as.
large fires burning in his house in
summer as in winter, and yet we all
persist in eating meats and fats and
butter all through the summer. Meats
and butter are on our table three
times day, when in reality they
ought to be s7aringly used during the
summer months, at least by the
young, the old, and the feeble, and.by
all who are most Of the time in door,
or who have no active employment.
For the classes just named very
appropriate diet. for the. summer
would be as follows: .s.s.
Breakfast-Cold bread and butter,
a slice of cold meat, or in its place a
couple of eggs, or saucer of berries
or stewed fruit without milk, cream
or sugar. The same for dinner, with
one vegetable; no other dessert. For
supper, some cold bread and butter,
and cup of hot drink, and nothing
else; nothing whatever betweenmeals.
So far from starving on such o diet
the class of persons above named
would thrive on it, would grow strong
err, would have more bodily vigor,
more mental elasticity, and o greater
flow of animal spirits, and for the
reason that few would eat. too much !;
there world be- nothing to over-tempt
the appetite, hence the stomach would
not be over-worked; what work il
did perform would be we'll done; the
blood made would be pure, life-giving
and encrgizing. Anymano of ordinary
intelligence and observation, who will
give a fair trial to tho above system
Of feeding, will scarcelyfaiI to be
convinced Of it's value. within 9 weel,
after he begins it.. 49, 6 Z.
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A yacht club has been organized
at. Constantinople, and the most
beautiful water course in the world
will be hereafter enlivened BY re-
gattas between yachts after Amer
lean and English models: ItWould
oe worth a trip to the gorgeous
East to see feet Of Dreadnanghts
/ hantoms and Cambrias sssailing
down the Bosphorus." "a
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The new California poet, Joa-
ouin Miller, won the favor Of the
British critics by this modest
phrase introducing his new volume:
1.-THE City of Mexico was my Nice
ca, and San Francisco to me mar
vel of magnifcence and civiliza.
ton. This last summer | crossed
the Rocky mountains, and for the
first time saw New York; a great
place for cheap books, and a big
den of small thieves"
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SUMMER.
BY oRPHEUs G. KERR.

The tickle year is in its golden prime;
The world is dreaming In a hazy
lustre,
And round the altar Of our summer
time
The blushing roses cluster.
Upon the mountain dwells impassion-
ed light,
And in the valley sleeps a shade
depressing,
While fields of waving wealth enchant
the sight,
The plowman rests beneath the way
side tree,
The stream curls slowly round the
hoofs of cattle,
And o'er the meadow floats the dron-
ing bee,
Fresh from his fowery battle.
Soft through the southern meshes of
the vine,
I hear the birds unto each other
calling,
And in the casket of the eglantine
The tropic dews are falling.
Far in the distance rolls the sluggish
sea, -.
With not enough of life in all its
breathing
TO bid the sail from its rude bonds go
free,
And spurns its hempen wreathing.
On all there rests halo and hush,
The spel, OF poesy is on the blossom,
And Natures spirit slumbers Ill
hHSh.
Carg!lt from high heavens bosom.
Tie past and future blend in one
ewcejS'aep,
Tne words dream, care hidden
rnuyHur,
Whose tears, however sadly he may
%ecr,
Are bQt the dews of summer.
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From the Yorkrille Enquirer we
learn that on Monday morning last
the threshing house, together with.
the machineryand quantity of pro-
vender, belonging 10 John s. Bratton,
Esq, ten miles south Of y orkyille,
was destroyed by fire. The fire is.
imposed to have been incendiary. 80. ~.
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To KEEP JAMS, JELL1Es AND PRE-
SERVES FROM MOULD. closet in
which swectmcats are kept should. he
perfectly dry and cool. If that is the
case, and tire following receipt used,
preserves will keep for years. Cut u
round circle Of writing paper, the size
of the interior Of the pot, and ono
about an inch and a half larger.
Take the white of an egg, and a paste
brush, and lay coating Of the white
of an egg over the surface Of the
smaller circle, and then lay that piece
on the top Of the jam, with the un-
touched side of the paper next 10 the
jam. Take the large piece, and coat
that on one side with the white of an
cgg, and let the surface thus coated be
the one turned inward. This circle is
to cover the pot and the white of the
egg renders it adhesive, and pastes it
firmly down all around tho edge Of
the crack. *'.. .,
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The Eastern Chronicle, a Nova
Scotia Journal, says that. whether
the Canadian Parliament rejects
the provisions of the Washington
Treaty npon which it will vote or
not, the effect Of the treaty will be
to hasten the annexation Of the
provinces to the United States.
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A Sunday school picnic at Ber-
I'm, Ontario, taking refuge from a
rain in a tannery, the floor gave
way, preeipitating. about one hun
llred scholars into the vats below.
The scene is described as fearful.
Fortunately all were rescued except
one little boy, who was drowned.
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The Horny News gives this report
of the Fourth Of July at Conway
boro: "Fourth of July.-This old
National holiday was not celebrated
by our citizens, rs was the former Gus
tom-it was dry day-not even 80
much rs a negro shot"
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"Why arc You disturbing the whole
house with your yells in this way?
demanded New Jersey landlord of
q guest whom he found late at night
seemingly in pursuit Of invisible foes,
and yelling at the top Of his voice.
"I'm shouting the battlc-cry of flea
dom," answered the guest, as he went
ahead with his search and his yclls.
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1t is estimated that the cattle driv-
en- from Texas this season will reach
100000. -

The occurrence of the recent earth
quake on Staten Island is explained
BY local meteorologists on the theory
that rs the fever.and.ague season com.
menccd this year all the inhabitants
happened to have their chill at the
same time. lz,. -. :
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Kate Boyd, of Cincinnati, knocked
her lover head over heels into the
street last Wednesday because she
caught him showing her photograph
to a crowd young men on the steps OF
. saloon,
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In Boston there are three wholesale
dealers in roots and herbs, exclusively
who do yearly business of over
100000. The roots and herbs, says
the Commercial Bulletin, comes most
ly from North Carolina and Tennes-
see -..f.5.' - -
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The Greenvillc Mountaineer Say !:
Wiley Bishop, white, was brought
before United States Commissioner
Captain John F.. Porteous, att this
place, yesterday, on a charge Of for
gerry and violation Of post Office laws.
lie was committed. ~
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Carrying pistols is going out of
fashion in southern California; andsa
paper there says it is aglad to see
that most Of our citizens have had
sense enough'to return to the use Of
the bowie knife" ..ss
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An exchange says: A County Com
missioner of Kershaw drew. IN order
on the County Treasurer for one dol
lar to relieve q transient paupcr, and
charged the county three dollars for
his services in the premises. -
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The Carolina Spartan say: We are
requested to say that eleven Of the
School Districts in the county having
voted tax, the public schools in those
districts will open as soon as possible
and continue three months.
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The, editor of an eastern paper hav.
ing received a bank note detector,.
returns thanks. and modestly asks for:
SOME bank notes upon which to test
its accuracy. - -
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General Rosecrans acted as grand.
marshal in San francisco at the
celebration of the twenty.ffth ans
niversary Of the Pontifcate of Plus
TX. .. 49,. =: -. !.
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How an Advertisement Works.

There is o good deal of truth in
the following description of the effect
of an advertisement. "Constai't. drop
ping wears away stone," and constant
advertising compcls success.
The first time man looks at an
advertisement he docs not see it.
The second time he does not no.
tico it.
Tire third time he is diinly con-
scious of it.
The fourth time he family remem-
bers having seen something Of the
kind before.
The fifth time he alfreads it..
The sixth time he turns up his nose
at it. .. .
The seventh time he reads it all
through and says "phsaw !"
The eighth time he calculates,
"IIere's that conioundcd thing again!'
The ninth time he wonders if
there is anything i'll it.
The tenth time he thinks might
possibly suit some one clse's case.
The eleventh time he thinks he
will ask his ncighbor if he has tried
it or knows anything about it.
The twelfth time he wonders how
the advertiser can make. it pay.
: The thirteenth time he rather
thinks it must DO good thing.
The fourteenth time he happens to
think it is just what be has wanted
for a long time.
The fifteenth time he resolves to
try it as soon as he can afford it..
The sixteenth time he examines
the address carefully, and makes a
memorandum Of it.
Tho seventeenth time he feels tan
taIized TO think he is hardly a"le to
afford it.
The eighteenth time he is painfully
reminded how much he needs that
particularly exec llcnt article.
The nineteenth time lie counts:hls
money to see how much he would
haro left if lie bought it, and -
The twentieth time he frantically
rusles ont in fit Of desperation and
buys.-Aewspoper Reporter. -. ~
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A wag, on, seeing an old gobbler
trying to swallow a. cotton string;
facetiously remarked: ~. ~ ss.:55sss; ss.sI:S
THAT was the last attempt to intro
duce cotton into Turkey" -
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The superior man has a digpifedl
ca:e without pride. The mean man:
has a pride without dignity. ; -
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Mrs. + air has been respited uhtiI

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General Logan had four ;henors 4
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Professor W ats was irl g sIl alled as1
Yesterday as comm e Eer of ag-s
rieulture. : 1L s3
z. Ex- -Goyerno Chanlbe am has e
been elected Presid lent OF BeWdoln q
College. ;;s1 3 S. !. Y IS :
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Dos. nssna - Aast.:. ass ~ ssla .i.s
yoast eastoAs' aA1u shas ~ pay w
There Is notl,;ilsg, d III, Ike enterprise.
An American IRE : siI iiInsurance con- -
i1r nany has opened 8 branch Office III ].
Paris. 8,
~ 80
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Mount Vernon She had miata-
ken sitt for the tomb OF George s.
Washiingt On. 3 !. CO. & ~,
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had: y. 3 hll CON soh.o1
dent Llneo oin, usly I isls q q
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ed as very donh htftli 'l9
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dles q avg avg gen.leu,en lslIi lIpln !, = ssss:
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house, Dolly. lile Y, sais so.
on an excursion lpg Z 2sae ee. L.ss
renee. 81
& The address r Il from q, s. he; Roman i an &
J Catholic syo,;tl ( ssof 8 ss treat Britain sea
"a Pone P ions lIxz son fhia, twenty 81
fifth anniveiTsafryygof y sl,is secession m 3.
to the Ponti Ii eat had 90 900 sigma
lures attached sffo siit ii, and theamonnt
=; I.sn. rrxynO
es ~ dls.1p 9ns q y y saa
P9' 80 81 1
s. Il. HERS i 81 { said &, tie Bank of 4
France has SII 000. .0O9 bnIiion in:
5ifs vail Z and llsas q culation of i
on1v lr, s480 o10 600 8. e e
ss 2
Mime. sirange, the emlnent g
French singer, has lost her voice *
almost, Comps etely and retlres from s;s
the lyric stage permanently. )
81 Ma;a,. IL . l4anesal Walker the s.
! = ~; ,.;I ;targs {. IS aftaehe the Grown % 6
pr;;nsa,s = ANY +, daring mart Of the
var !, A. .ssyas ssfi,sad 8 s uermiasion to be &
ss,,resc,,t ~ m 8 So { tba orard] 4 celahration Of
r. ts;,, mi; a:;;n S Berlinss M s -
fsss S S & : $50
Ma Franeh :eesntry: ara adontinps Z;
III :tha nlas,s &c invItine e,Iests by series s.
tos IA osfbe;r chateanx s. : Observation-Disclosures, { !,
sets. i ss1 fartiYf flIie exact lanpth of lime s
3tba M sena asalts;sS exlpeeted 10 8 stav. az = s
val aastbe; ;daa e Is n come.
-, 6, s. .s..
| Out Of three hundred and seven q
=, ;lI;o,, ;,oo,,la oo,p;od:s IN ri, ol;alby -
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Nine. Ia Strange, the eminent /
French singer, has lost her voice
almost connp1 ely, and retires from !;
the lyric stage permanently.
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Major General Walker of the
British army, who accompanied, as ]
a. military attaehe, the Crown
Princes army daring part of the !
war, !, was refused permission to be,
present at the grand Celebration Of
its tfiumphs ii Berlin. - %ss: -
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-09
NEW YORK
Death OF the Elder SteInws


New YORK; Feb. S.-The smallpox
still RACES in Newark, n. J.
II. Steinwsy, founder and head of the
piano manufacturing firm of Steinway d
Sons, died yesterday.
Chief Justice Chase.
The health of Chief Justice Chase is
substantially unchanged.
The Fenian ExiIes and the Negro.
A meeting last evening was convoked
by Gen. VIM. NJ. Tweed, Jr, for COM
plete arrangements for a demonstration
to the Fenian exiles to morrow. The
fact that a place in the procession has
been assigned for colored societies de-
string to participate in the affair was an
nounced, and resolution was adopted
heartily approving the action.
The Failures of Two Years.
A statement of the Mercantile agency
shows in 1869 the number of failures at
2,7S9, the amount of liabilities was $75,-
O54000; in 1870, failures, 1851, and
liabilities SIS, 243, 900.
His own ExecutiOner.
Samuel Stevens, convicted of grand
larceny, having stolen 81, 900 in bonds
from the Mayor of Bangor, Maine, hung
himself last night in a cell in the Tombs,
and was found dead this morning.
HOratiO VS.. Horace.
ALBANY, N. Y, Feb. 6.-To day the
Legislature elected John Lewis and Ho-
ratio Warner, Democrats, Regents of the
University, over Horace Greeley and w.
Bristol, Republicans.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-09
PHILADELPHIA.
AnExtensive Forper

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. An extensive
series of fcrgeries committed by Tyrone
Rcakert has been unearthed. Those
discovered AMOUNT to over 800, 900,
scattered among various wholesale drug
firms. He had overdrawn his bank &C
counts in all of which he bad obtained
loans on forged acceptances.
Mr.. Reakert has been engaged in phi
vate stock speculations, and lately deal
ing in Reading, and has balances in
nearly all the banks of the city, which he
had used to further his operations, but
not sufficient to cover the amount of
forgeries. He was connected with the
firms of John Reakert & Son, and fanny,
Reakert & Co., wholesale druggists, and
the forgeries included those firms, as well
as that of his father. The banks con-
cernad have kept the matter secret in
hopes of having losses refunded.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-09
POUGHKEEPsIE.
The Hudson River CaIamity-Testi-
mOny of Conductors.


PoUGHKsEPsIE, Feb. S.-The only body
not identified is supposed to be Capt.
Lovel, from wallet and memorandum
fou on him. The coroner's inquest
commenced to-day. Charles Cassim, con-
ductor of the express train testified
that the tram was seventeen minutes be-
hind at Fishkill. SIXTEEN minutes after
the whistle was blown the accident oc-
CURED. He put on brakes, felt the en-
giueer reverse the engine, felt the shock
as the train came to dead stand still in
fifteen or twenty feet, and instantly a
light flashed like gunpowder.
The train was not trying to
make up time. If his train
had not been behind time the accident
would not have happened. The first sig
nal he got was forty yards from the
bridge. The engineer of the oil train had
jumped off to give the signal. There
was one child some where in the sleeping
car, who got half ticket for which no
one has responded.
Scott, conductor of the sleeping car.
testified of his positive knowledge TO the
fact that the passengers of all the cars, p
except the first sleeping car, were saved,
and that the train was running about
thirty miles per hour.
Harmon V. Grant, Conductor of the
sleeping car, testified that directly after
he first shock he saw first the sleeping
car lying on its side inclining to the east
and parallel with the track. 1t was in
flames, and no help could be given 10
those inside.
Two more bodies are yet to be re-
covered, Simmons, Engineer, and Law
renee Mooney, brakeman, making 81
victims in all. A child's undershirt was
found on the ice marked Ella Shields.
Edgar Underwood, Conductor of the
oil train, says the accident was caused by
broken axle of an oil car. 1t broke on
the switch at New Hamburg Station, snd
as the csboose passed some one hall oed.
Everything possible was done to stop the
train. Every effort was made TO stop
the express train, but it looked as if there
was not the power on earth that could do
it. He saw the locomotive strike the
car, when the flames burst out in every
direction.
The details of the accident were
proved about SIS related in the dispatches
of yesterday.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-02-09
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

Crest fire at Jefferson, Texas. A $780,
900 fire at White Water, Wis. Another
at Trenton, N. j., consuming e175,O00
worth.
Cincinnati is entertaining the American
Beekeepers' Convention.
Boston contributes $50, 900 for French
relief.
The New Jersey House woke up yes
terday from Rip Van Wrinkle sleep and
ratified the fifteenth amendment.
The civil war in Bolivia is assuming an
exterminating character. The relations
of Ecuador and Columbia are not amics-
BILE, and all South America is in tangle.
The Emperor Franz Joseph has am
nestled all political offenders. Yet Aus
tria is called despotism and this free
country.
The North Schleswigers threaten TO
resign their seats in the Prussian Diet
rather than swallow the new Imperial
oath.
4 The appointment of Blacque Bey as
Turkish Minister to Greece causes dis
may at Athens. What's up2