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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-26
VREAT EXCITEMENT EVERY DAY
JULIUS sYoLE's, AS BROAD STREET.

JULIUS SYCLE's. AS BROAD STREET.
where goods are sold as cheap, If not cheaper,
tran they can be bought elsewhere In the city, Is
the suhjoined price-hst will show:
BROWN COTTON, 10, l2a, aud l5c per yard;
CALICOES, 10 and i2sc. per yard; .u.
JAPANESE POPLINS, 2Oc.;
TRIMMING and DRESS SILKS, very cheap;
LLAMA LACE sHAWLS from Sl2 to tl5;
Beautiful LAWNS at i2ic. g +.
A. full line of WHITE GOODS Hosiery. Sheet
iuVs, Towels. aDd Napk!ns-al oI which VIII I've
sotd at greatly reduced prices, ID consequences OF
paud. lave also some 0! those file
WHITE LIsEN-BO5Oa SHIRTS
left, which we Will continue TO sell at cost;
i il those IN want of cheap goods should call OH
.-. -; s... JULIUS SYCLE,
. ... So, No. AIS Broad street.
sALEsMEN: j. J. Turner, W. ID. Powers, }.
Newman, John N. Gary, Olas. K. Straus.
store closed on SATURDAYS. jyIs
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-26

FEAYsEn's new Photographic gallery, oppssap'
the poss Office, equals any in the South.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-26
PRICES REDUCED.

MONEY WANTEDl
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05
The Absurdiiy of Tight Laciug.

There would be no tight lacing if
girls could be made to understand this
simple fact-that men dread the fact of
marrying a woman who is subject to fits
of irritable temper, to bad headaches,
and other ailments we need not men
tion, all OF which everybody knows, are
the direct and inevitable product of the
compression of the waist. Men like to
see small waist, certainly; but there is
a very great difference between the
waist that is well formed and in pro-
portion to the rest of the figure, and a
waist which is obviously and artificially
compressed, to the destruction of that
easy and graceful carriage which is one
of the chief charms of woman's ap-
pearance. An unnaturally compressed
waist is far more certain of detection
than mass of false hair or faint dust
ing of violet powder. The rawest youth
who enters ballroom can pick ont the
women who have Strengthened them
selves artifcially; and there is no more
ready handle for his harmless jokes. If
the young lady who, to obtain the ap-
pearance of dragon-Hy, has been sub
jecting herself to considerable pain, and
who has been laying up for herself q
pretty store of ailments which only want
time to pronounce themselves, could
only see the stare of scarcely disguised
contempt and understand the scornful
pity which greet the result of her labor,
we should have change of fashion
and it is merely fashion. There is
nothing intrinsieally beautiful in an un-
naturally small waist, and if it were the
fashion to go into the opposite extreme,
women would see beauty in padded
waists. 1t is great misfortune that
pouular taste never alters in this us it
alters in other matters. Observers may
notice with what regular ebb and flow
wide skirts and narrow skirts alternate; |;
how we have the peg-top garment OF
men, followed by the sailors wide
ankled attire; how square pointed boots
give place to peak-toed boots, and how
the peak-toes go out again for the
square points. Through all changes
women remain true to only one fashion.
Whether her clothing is as long and
lank as that of Grecian virgin, or
whether she builds around the lower
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05
Soluble Glass.

Among what are called the lost arts p"
of the ancients is that of making NAL
leable glass, to which we find numerous
references in the old writings. But we
have, in place of malleable glass, a
more remarkable product-that is to
say, water glass; in other words, soluble
glass, which may be utilized in variety
of ways, 1t has all the constituents of
ordinary glass, but combined in diff
ferent proportions, soda and potash pre-
dominating. 1t may be limpid fluid,
syrup, or jelly, or paste, according
to the objects sought. What renders
this compound especially useful is its
quality of drying and hardening by
heat or exposure to the air, thereby re-
gaining its CLASSY qualities, and a hard
ness such that one kind assumes vitre-
GUS and conchoidal fracture, and hard
ness such as to give sparks on steel, with
out the brittleness of flint. It's fluid
form allows of its being applied as q
paint or varnish for numberless pur-
poses of use or beauty. 1t is employed
instead of ordinary paint for covering
the guns and other iron objects at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. Wood, having
absorbed sufficient amount of the stuff,
becomes harder and more durable, and
interesting experiments have been made
in railroads with prepared wooden rails
instead of iron; while for fence-posts.
railroad sleepers, wharf, piles, and end
less other purposes where wood is ex-
posed to decay, the use of wood satu-
rated with glass is of immense advan-
tage. 1t is known that silica is to be
treated as an acid, and popularity of
alkalies is'that the more potent and Bit
ing of them take acids from their weaker
brethren when the three are brought
together. Thus when we mix the sill
cate of potassa or soda with lime, the
lime takes up quantity of silica and
forms silicate of lime, which is nearly
or quite insoluble. Thus with sand,
lime, and water glass, we get hard,
durable stone, proof against weather
and atmosphere, fire and water. The
mass is of course pasty when first manu-
factured, and may be nodded and worked
like so much putty. So here we have a
splendid future in the fabrication of
tiles, building-blocks, architectural
holdings and ornaments, statues, YES
sells, Innings Of cisterns, and thousand
other matters of use and of beauty. BY
using an admixture of alumina or clay,
we get so-called hydraulic cement, or
one which hardens under water.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05
The Miseries of a Comic Writer.

Repeatedly being called upon, in the
midst OF strange party, to say some
thing funny"
Having half dozen scrap-books put
into your hand, "for an imprOmptu"
Being expected, wherever you go, to
sing a comic song.
Never being allowed to be in the least
unwell, or to look serious, without a
dozen people asking, "Why, what's the
matter with you?"
Being the especial confidant of every
body's bad jokes, and being made the
tavorite victim for the " "capital thing "
some one is sure to have heard yester-
day."
Asking for :" some potatoes" or some
commonplace thing, and finding the
whole room roar at it necessarily for
ten minutes.
Making desperate love to a pretty
girl, who only laughs, and says, La,
Mr.. Smith you're always joking"
Having people labor under the notion
that it is not customary for comic wri-
ter ever to pay any body, that he gener-
ally goes to bed tpsy, and that he can
not write unless he has bottle of gin
by his side.
Being saluted, as you go into room,
with Bravo here's Smith. Now we
shall have something good"
Being introduced as the young gem
tleman who does all the funny things in
the Stunning Magazine
Being suspected of turning everything
you see into ridioule, and putting every;
body you meet into print. ~
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05
MenLal OYerWOrk.

In an article on physical Diseases
from Mental strain" in the american
Journal of Insanity, DR.. Richardson gives
the following interesting example Of the
overtaxing of the faculty of memory:
knew an instance in which child
was blessed" with a marvellous gift of
verbal memory. This being his "forte,"
his teacher, who wished every scholar to
be remarkable for something beyond
other scholars, played on this "iorte"
powerfully, and with wonderful effect.
By constant cultivation of the one fac
ulty, this marvellous boy could learn off
fifty lines of paradise Losu," or any
other English book, at single reading,
and could repeat his lesson on the spot,
without missing a word or emitting a
comma. But the result was this, that
when this remarkable boy was sent to
university to learn profession, he was
beaten in the learning of detailed and
detached facts by every fellow-student.
Seeing slowly but surely where his weak
ness lay, this student ceased at last to
call into play his remarkable talent. 1t
was terrible task he accomplished it
at last, to a considerable degree, but
never effectually. For long time he
made mistake that were most annoying;
he was unable, for instance, to cast up
accurately any column Of figures, he for
got dates, he ran over or under impor-
tant appointments, misnamed authors
in speaking of works of art or letters,
and in reasoning he would mix up two
or three subjects. 1t took him full ten
long years to unlearn his wonderful
technical art. We cannot be too care
full of the mental and physical training
of the young. Upon it depends hardy
and vigorous maturity.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05

How shall know thee, in the sphere which
| keeps
! The disembodied spirits Of the dead,
When all of thee that time could wither
sleeps
And perishes among the dust we treadg
Fot shall feel the sting of ceaseless pain,
If there meet thy gentle presence not
Nor hear the voice of love, nor read again
In thy serenest eyes the tendst thought.
win not thy own meek heart demand me
That heart whose fondest throbs to me were
MY name on earth was ever in thy prayer,
And wilt thou never utter 1t in Heaven
In meadows famed by Heavens lfc-breathing
find,
In ths resplcndencc of that glorious sphere,
And lFger movements of the unfettered
WHIT hou forget The love that joined us
hdc2
That lo'S that lived through all the stormy
past,
And mesllly with my harsher nature bore,
And deeper grew, and tenderer to the last,
Shall 1t expire with life and be no more?
happier lot than mine, and larger light,
Await thee there; for thou hast bowed thy
will
In cheerful homage to the rule of right,
And lowest all, and rendcrest good for i'll.
Yet though thou wear'st the glory of the sky,
Wilt thou not keep the same beloved name,
The same fair thoughtful brow, and gentle
eye,
Loveer in Heavens sweet climate yet the
same?
SHALT thou not teach me, in that calmer home,
The wisdom that l learned so i'll in this
The wisdom which is love-tll become
Thy 1T companion in that land of bliss!
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05
RIDGWAY, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1871.

half of her figure rotund and capacious
structure of steel, she is forever faithful
to the tradition of small waist; and
she will weaken her spine, she will make
her hands red, she will incur headache,
she will crack her voice, and she will
ruin her digestion, all to procure a. NAL
formation which wise men regard with
pity and fools with derision.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05

DR.. Boetger has found "German
beer bouquet" and that it consists of a
solution of the essential oil of lemons in
light petroleum oil, and coarse fusel
Oil containing spirits colored by tumeric.
Petroleum and iusel oil should make a
charming beverage for educated stom-
achs.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05
THE FUTURE LIFE.

! BY WILLIAM CtLLEN BRYANT.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-01-05

Sixteen Iowa counties are trying liquor
prohibition.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
FOREIGN NEWS BY The CABLE
miscellaneous and Washington News.
wAsHINcToN.
,rPoRTANT FINANCIAL MEASURE.
PAYMENT OF the Five-TWentles-AdI Inter
fm Appointments, dc.


WASHINGTON, Dec. Tine Secretary of the
Treasury has issued notice that on and after the
18th of March, 1872, the principal and accrued
interest on fve-twenties, coupon and registered
known as the second series of the act of Feb
ruary 20 1862, will be paid at the Treasury De-
partment The amount of the bonds is twenty
millions.
Another batch of ad interim nominations
we're sent TO the Senate to-day.
The Senate had a short executive session, but
confirmed no nominations
Frederick a. Martin, Chief of the division of
Accounts in the Treasury Office has been arrest
ed The Government is twelve thousand short
Martin is Massachusetts man.
The Senate committees show no changes in
charmanships. Alcorn succeeds Spencer on
the Mississippi Levee Committee. Ali other
changes are unimportant.
Both Houses adjourned to Monday. The pro-
ceedings were unimportant.
Another defalcation has been discovered in
Treasurer Spinner's office. Seth johnson, the
paying interest teller, is $4,000 short. Has
been speculating. He is New York man.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08
FOREIGN.
REyOLUrIONISTS GAINING GROUND Il
MEXICO.
Rebels ExactinE Loans.

MATANoRAs, Dec. There were two days
severe fighting which resulted in the rebel oc
eIpation of Saltillo The Revolutionists are
apparently gaining ground. A second rebel
loan has been eKacted at Monterrey. Many
foreigners have closed their houses. Mexican
merchants are compelled to pay or enter the
ranks.
LoSDoN, Dee The Prince of Wales is
steadily improving
The Republican meetings in Birmingham
and Reading were very disorderly. The Read
ing meeting broke up in a row.
Sir James Yorke Scarlet, Lieutenant General
Of the British army, is dead, aged y.
PARIS, Dec IA message from Thiers an
nounces that he has notified Great Britain of his
intention to abrogate the treaty of commerce at
a stipulated time, but viii continue negotiations
Eor readiustmcnt.
The appointment of Jules Ferry as Minister
to Washington is officially announced.
The Figaro says orders have been sent to
Cherbourg and Brest to prepare the vessels and
cruisers along the coast of Franco to prevent
another return from Elba.
QUEBEC. Dec. THE thermometer is DO be-
low zero, and 17o below zero at Ottowa. The
lake is frozen for many miles.
HALIFAX, Dec. "A gale on the coast of
Prince Edwards Island has prostrated fences,
trees, houses and two churches, and wrecked
two vessels
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08
KNOXVILLE, TENN, FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 8,
St Louis in May. R. c. Speers, of Kentucky,
was elected permanent Chairman.

St Louis in May. R. c. Speers, of Kentucky,
was elected permanent Chairman.
COLUMBIA, Dec. Judge Bond to-day, in
the United States Circuit Court, delivered his
opinion on the motion of the defense to quash
the indictment against Allen, Crosby and others
charged with violating the kuklux law. The
Court decided that two of the eleven counts
were good, that six were bad and that on three
the Court were divided. The motion to quash
was overruled.
Childress, from York county, was arranged
and pleaded not guilty. The defense challeng-
ed juror peremptorily, to which the Govern
ment objected. The Court reserves its decision
until tomorrow. 2f
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. THE jury rendered
verdict of guilty against Jos. F. Marcer, on
five counts of embezzlement of the public mo-
ney.
The steamer Fernada, from Savannah, collid-
ed with the schooner VIM. B. Cox The res
cued crew, seven in all, towed her into Chester.
HAGERsTowN, Dec. THE fire was extin-
guished soon of three alock this morning.
The loss of the court house is $4,000 and of
the church $4,000
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08
Harper'g Hazar.
Notices Of TIE Press.

1t is really the enly illustrated chrOnicler Of fashion
ia the country. It's supplements alone are worth the
subscription price of the paper. While fully maintain
ing its position mirror of fashion, it also contains
stories, poems brilliant essays, besides general and
personal gossip.-B Boston Saturday Evening Gazette.
There never was any paper published that so de-
lighted the heart of woman, Never mind if it does
cost you bonnet; it will save ten times the
price in the household economy 1t teaches PrOyi-
dence journal.
The young lady who buys a single number of Har-
pers BaZar is made subscriber for Gfe-LNew York
Evening Post.
The Bazar is excellent. Like all the periodicals
which the Harpers publish, it is almost ideally well
edited and the class of readers for whom it is intended
the mothers and daughters in average famies-can
not but profit by its good and good taste, which,
we have doubt to- day making very many homes
happier than they have been before the women began
taking lessons in personal and household and social
management from this good-natured mentor.-[The
Nation, N. L.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08
Female Inafifufe.

Mr.. A. C. Bruce has completed very beau
tiful plan for restoring the old buildings Of the
East Tennessee Female Institute of this city.
The inside as we'll as the outside is to be thor
oughly remodeled and two wings added. The
school rooms, it is proposed, shall be ventilated
BY two shafts terminating in a minaret which
will add materially to the appearance of the
building The style of architecture is princi-
pally Greo;aG. The skill displayed in the ar
rangement of the plan reflects great credit upon
our city architect. The money for accomplish;
ing the work is to be raised by subscription. and
We learn that some of our prominent merchants
will respond literally. Itis most worthy OBJ
ject and the proposition should be carried out st
once.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08
HOME NEWS.
MEETING OF THE TAnMANY sACREMs
The Little Governor OF Virginia ora the
Rampage.

The Little Governor Of Virginia ora the
RampaRe.
New YORK, Dec. "A drunken man fell into
an area and froZe to death.
The meeting of the Tammany sachems,
for the alleged purpose Of expelling Tweed, had
no quorum.
HAGERSTovN, Dec. THE Episcopal Church
and court house have been burned. Several
persons we're killed by falling down. The
court heVse records were saved. The wind was
high The FIRE still continues at last accounts.
RICHMOND, VA, Dee. The General As
@embly convened to-day and the Governors
message was read. The message was quite
lengthy and treats of economy of State, its
financial, social, political and material condi-
ten. With reference to national affairs. he re-
capitIiates the arbitrary texts of Congress and
the President, dcnouncing their encroachments
upon the rights of the people.
ATLANTA, GA, Dec. Hon j. N. Shiith,
Speaker of the Heusc. was nominated by the
Democratic Convention for Governor The
Democrats elected a full ticket by large ma
jurity in the municipal election to-day.
Men YORK, Dec. The Directors of Union
Club have expelled Mayor Hall for alleged con-
.nection in the Ring frauds
The Tribune says the Grand jury will indict
'one high State official and large number of
city officials for bribery and corruption.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Dec. VIM. Stowe.
Gourt teen years postmaster here, and six years
Clerk of the House of Representative, is dead
ST LOUIS Dec. . The National Board of
Trade appointed the third Tuesday in October
for its next annual meeting.
They amended the constitution 50 as to en-
large the number of delegates.
The President of the Board of Trade of the
Dominion of Canada was introduced. He said
he hoped that the consultation would result in
benefit to both countries, by the freest inter-
change Of commodities.
resolution asking the government to guar
antee Georgia, Mississippi and Arkansas bonds
% the amount of $4,000, 900, for Levee pur-
poses, was amended so as to tax the counties
benefited
oe DCsIoS, Dec. "A meeting of the citizens
VI cape Cod to consider the effects of the
maIuilig'on treaty upon fisheries was held re-
In. lily, and 1t was resolved to petition to Con-
So iOE hoeral protection, otherwise the oc-
p'''V'i oe destroyed. committee was ap-
pointed to Cooperate with meetings at other
poinis. 'i Aie''i"s' ~ V'''0'
ohLNA' Dec. THE Agricultural Congress
'tDer an interesting and important session, ad-
''1fHea to-day, at o'clock P. ", to meet in
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08

Mrs. LINCOLN. Mrs. Abraham Lincoln
is at Chicago, living in the same house
with her only son, Robert, and his wife.
A gentleman who conversed with her a
few days ago says she is in excellent health
but overwhelmed with grief at the loss of
and German fiuently, and never had a
days sickness while abroad, but the mo-
ment he reached New York, he was so af-
fected by the heat that he never recovered
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08

SPREADING MANURE IN THE FALL
A neighbor was querying what he had
better do with his barnyard manure, of
which he had large quantity. 1t was
piled in the yard last summer, and he
wished to apply it to a field intended for
corn next year. Was it best to let it re-
main in large piles till next spring or draw
it on to the fields this fall and distribute it
in small heaps to be spread just before
ploughing, or draw and spread it evenly
this fall? We should draw it to the field.
We should draw it to the field now while
the ground is hard, and time is not as val
uable as it may be next spring; then we
should spread it evenly, provided the sur
face is not so steep as to besubject to wash
ing by the winter and spring floods. If it
is we should prefer leaving it in small
piles to be spread as soon as the frosti out
next spring. We have found from expert
ence that much greater benefit is derived
from manure if it be applied to the sod in
the fall than if it be put on only just pre-
vious to ploughing in the spring. There
is no loss by evaporation or fermentation,
and the only thing to be guarded agaist is
washing, especially during sudden thaw,
which moves a great deal of water over
frozen ground, and this, even, is not as
large as many suppose. The advantage
gained by fall manuring comes from
the abstraction of the strength of the
manure by the rains aud melting SHOWS,
and the deposition of it in the sod or sur
face of the SOIL. 1t is then ready for tbe
plant to use Immediately, which thus gains
a vigorous growth early in the season. 1t
would be good plan to harrow the field
after the manure is spread, as this assists
to distribute it evenly and brings it closer
to the Surface.-AmericdR Rural Home.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-12-08
RAILROAD Anairs.

a numbeF Of prominent railroad men are in
the city on business relating to affairs connected
Der are A. Shaw, of the South and North Ala
bana road; G, G. Sanborp, of the New Or,
leans, Mobile and Texas road; ]. B. Peck, of
the Selma, Rome and Dalton road; Major A,
d. Barnes, of tho Memphis and Charleston
road; all of whom are. stopping at the Atkia
nooga road had not arrived yesterday, but was
expected perhaps during the night.