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National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

A BLUNDER. Whiteaw Reid, was a
dozen years ago editing the Xenia (Ohio
News; In his TRAITS of journalism, =
he tells the following: "One day we had
an advertisement of the Columbus Com
mercial College, and the foreman came
to me and told me there must be IN edi-
torial notice OF it. My time was short
The forms were Whiting, and | wrote
Ntraightway: The Columbus Commercial
College is an excellent and well-deServing
institution. The advertisement appear,
n an ther column | sent it to the
and went home, | got up lat,
the next day, and the edition had all
been mailed before | saw it, You can
imagine the perfectly amiable state OF
feeling when I read 'The Columbus
Commercial College is an excellent and
in~titution.' You can't be.
ieve it, but this day the bill for that adj
is running"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

INSECTS. Wage continual w1r against
the insect tribes. As soon as the nests
The fall web-worm appear, destroy them
The red spider is also very troublesome
On some fruit and ornamental trees this
month. Wherever it is at work the
leaves assume a brownish hue, and n
closer examination will discover the little
red pest, like minute speck. Frequent
show rings, by syringe or any other
convenient way, with moderately
strong suds of whale-oil soap will be of
service. A general search every morn
ing and evening for insects will tend in
great measure to keep their ravages at
least within endurahle bounds, if it does
not result III a total eradication of MANY
species,
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

II appears from table just prepared
at the Census Office that the aggregate
value OF farms in Pennsylvania is 81, 043,-
500, 900, and the value Of live stock nearly
SIG, 5000 The estimated value of all
farm productions, including better
ments and addition to stock, 1854, 900, 900.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

GREAT harm and discomfort is caused
by the use of purgatives which grippe and
rack the system. PARSONS PURGATIvE
Pills are free from all impure matter,
and are mild and health-giving in their
OppratiDn
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18
Mammals k!sscs.

A kiss when wake in the morning,
A kiss when | go Ia bed,
A kiss whom burn my fingers,
A kiss when ! bump my head.
A kiss when my bath In over,
A kiss when my bath begins
My mamma IL fun Of kisses
Az full as nurse is Of pins.
A kiss when | play with my rattle,
A kiss when | pull her hair;
She covered me over with Kisses
The day tell from the stair,
A kiss when ! give her trol BILE,
A kiss when give her joy;
There's nothing like mammas kisses
To her own little baby. boy.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

dividend is the surplus: the result,
the end of a transaction. divided among
the hanehelders-hence the word di-
vlde-ends. An ap' thecary originally car
red his medicine about in jars-he was
pot-carrler-hence the word a-pot-he
Carries
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

AT this season of the year, cramps ar
pains IN the stomach and bowels, dysen-
terry, diarrhGa, &c, are quite common,
and should be checked at once. JOHN
SONS ANoDYNE LINIMENT is the best artl-
ele that can be used in all such cases,
and should be kept in every family.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

They DID NOT FIGHT-A New Orleans
paper gives a ludricous account of a
challenge sent many years ago in Missis-
sippi by Robert J. Walker to DIR VIM.
NJ Gwin, before either of them became
known to fame. Gwin, though not car
ing to fight, accepted, and chose toma-
hawks, and aiterward gave out that he
nractlced daily with great success.
Walker felt tempted to see his aptapo
INST $ practice, and the Doctor, learning
Oh ms purpose, exhibited himself so
giotesquely that they both burst into
laughter, and became fast friends
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

A gentleman whose daughter had mar
RED man by the name of Price, was
congratulated by one Of his friends.
who remarked, Il am glad to see that
you have got ssch a good price for your
dau. liter"
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

The Great Council 1egisla,ure) of the
Swiss canton Of Geneva has abolished
capital punishment by A. against 10
votes.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

HE PUREsT and sweetest Cod-Liver
on IN the world is Hazard & Caswells,
made on the sea-shore, from fresh. Sc
lected livers, by CasreH, Hazard d Co..
of New York. 1t is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken il
prefer it to all others. Physicians have
decided 1T superior to any of the other
oils in market.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

STATISTICS show that two-third~ of the
women IN lunatic asylums are wives of
farmers wives, whose ner-
vous systems succumbed after few
years of strain and tention.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

TIMBER. In 1867 the value of timber
and lumber exported from Ontario and
Quebec WAS calculated at over $1,000, =
$50. The lumber trade has been Of in
estimabe benefit to Canada, and the
inquiry has arisen whether there is any
Immediate danger of the exhaustion OF
the material. 1t is thought 10y those
who have looked into the matter that it
is not from the axe of the lumberman
that the danger is to be feared. The
system of curling out pursued in telling
the trees leaves enough young trees
growing to keep up full supply for any
possible demand that is likely to occur
for long time. The real danger comes
from fires passing through woods where
refuse trees have fallen, and destroying
everything in their progress.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

An ILLUSTRATION. 1t is a curious fact
illustrating the necessity of cleanliness.
aud of keeping the pores of the skin open,
that if coat of varnish or other sub
stance impervious to moisture be applied
to the exterior of the body, death wi
ensue in about six hours The expert
ment was once tried on a child at
Florence. On the occasion of Pope Leo
the Tenth's accession to the papal chair,
it was desired to have living figure to
represent the Golden Age, and so a child
was gilded all over with varnish and gold
leaf. The child died in a few hours. Ii
the fur of rabbit or the skin of a pig
be covered with a solution of India
rubber in naptha, the animal ceases to
breath in a couple of hours.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18

KILLED IN BATTLE-The DJ,es7eper
JoerHd publishes an official statement
OF tn, losses of the Saxon army, viz /:
ll5 oifio RS and 1,9S7 men killed. 300
officers AMI 4.1S0 men wounded The
Saxon contlr gent took active part in lO2
battles and encounters; the artillery
fired 1881 rounds; the infantry used
G,000, 600 of cartridges
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18
A DESOLATE HOME.

a bISbl4hlE HUME.
Early Sunday morning Michael Fin
lays brother called at the house and
made proposition for all the family to
vi it Staten Island. The proposition was
agreed to, and the wife, after dinner
prepared herself and children for the
trip. Previous TO starting. Finlay, con-
cluded to stay home and care for three
of the children, but prevailed on his
wife to accompany the brother and her
little infant, aged 10 months. Five, 6,
and O'Clock struck, but Mrs. Finlay
had not arrived. The husband, getting
uneasy, with his children went to the
front doorstep, when he heard Of the
catastrophe. After anxious inquiries he
learned that it WAS the Stat II Island
boat, and about the one his wife would
he likely to ltch. Without more ado he
left his children III charge of the neigh
bors and started for Bellevue Hospital
The answer to his inquiries WAS that his
wife and child were in critical condi-
ion, both being terribly scalded. He
remained with them all night, and in the
morning the child died and his wife be-
come unconscious. He came down to his
home a wrecked man Entering the
house he spoke to none, but dropped
down in a chair, crying as though his
heart would break All their questions
were unherded, and even his little chill
dren who innocently prattled and asked
questions about their mamma and clam
bered ON his knees were insufficient TO
break his sad rcverv. After some time
he related his misfortuncs, hut in such
an lncOhercnt manner that his listeners
became alarmed. At > o'clock next even
ing, with "A relative, Mr. Finlay repaired
to the hospital and learned his wife had
been carried to the dead house. He en-
tered the iron gate which divides the
dead-house from the street. and saw the
in the act of lifting his wife
from the stretcher to the wooden box
where the corpse was laid He immedi-
ately ran to the side of the body, took
the two charrcd arms in his hands. and
laid his mouth on the lips of his dead
wife, whose flesh had fastened to the side
Of the sire cher and box. presenting
most sickeniug sight. 1t was with difficult
~ he was tako n away, and when outside
The iron gate broke froIn his friends and
started on a full run to the river. The !
shouts of his pursuers attracted the at
tention of men at the end of the dock. /
who saved him as he was in the act Of
Ringing himself INTO the water.
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18
The Public Debt.

The folIowingis a rccapitulaton OF the
Debt statement for July:
National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-08-18
ASIATIC CHOLERA
in China.
ALMOST EVERY CASE CURED WITH
PAIN KILLER.

head the following letter from Rev r. Telford Nj.
uun.y IN 'hina' now visiting his home in Penpsyl
The New York herald., 1871-03-12
WALTER BROWN.
ketch of His Uarecr Id nn Oar.mnu.

Sketch Of His Career Oarsmau.
Brown commenced his career as an oarsman In
Newburg, at the age OF eighteen, when lie rowed In
regattas and other working bVat races. The first
regular racing boat In which ne ever rowed was one
which he had built himself. With a crew OF boys Of
about his own age he challenged and beat Cold
Spring crew OF men. the race taking place In New
burg Bay, in the summer OF 1853. In the same
year ne was matched by Tim Donoghue, OF New
burg, against Billy Edmonston, for twenty-five dol
lars o side and beat his opponent. His next an.
tagonist was Theodore Grover. whom he vanquished
with ease In single-scull race His next race was
in Fourth OF July regatta In Newburg bay in 1859.
With . crew of boys he rowed against the trained
and expert crew OF the Frank Wood, captained by
Tim Donognue, and was beaten. soon afterwards
Donoghue matched him against John Hancon. who
beat him easily, Brown at this time not being IN
good rowing condition. In 1850 he entered
the race for the championship ON the staten
Island course, when Hancon and several well
known New York oarsmen competed for the
priority. Being mere boy, though hopeful
and ambitious he wsa defeated. coming
The New York herald., 1871-03-12
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY MARCH ls7l-QUADRuPLE

Kindness. His beaming eyes, when gave him the
tobacco. sufficiently assured me that he was paid.
have made inquiries or many people In this place,
and they agree In saying that the "duck war" Will
be more bitter In the spring than ever II has been
one Of the recognized modes OF making living ever
since the first log cabin was erected on the Eastern
Shore and these people not disposed to see their
lifelong rights and customs wrenched from them
without struggle.
A GREAT MANY BOATS
for duck hunting have been built this winter, and
every one, who has formerly been engaged IN the
BUSINESS Is making extensive preparations to con-
tinue It, as II nothing had happened. The gunboat
Will resume her station 80 soon as the bay opens,
and Will stay in the neiChb0rho0d OF HAVE dc Grace
ali summer and Through the fall. II she u not scut-
tied by the enraRed duck shooters.
THE LIVELIEST TIMES
may be confidently looked for early In the spring,
unless the present obnoxious law s repealed. In
the words OF veteran duck shooter, "There'n be
some mighty ong-legged ducks brought down one
or these days.
The New York herald., 1871-03-12

MARRIAGE AND MURDER.-A marriage was re-
Gently solemnized in Harrison county, Ind, under
the following Observation-Disclosures Marsh mar
ried Mrs. Judith Boothby. The father or Marsn
Wm Marsh, killed ST. Clair Young, Mrs. Boothby' Is
grandfather. Mrs. Boothby's uncle, Stanley Young,
killed her husbands father Wm Marsh. In addl-
ton, Mrs. Boothbys father, Colonel Timberlake,
was killed by one Henry Lowmyer.
The New York herald., 1871-03-12
THE DUCK WAR.
Will There BE a Conflict ON the
Eastern Shore of Maryland

A Gunboat in Chesapeake Bay-Armed Citizens
Turn Out to Maintain Their Rights Governor
Bowie Appealed to-He will Execute the
Laws'-Duck Hunters Interviewed by
Herald Reporter-A Long Tramp Through
the Snow In Search Of Information
How Sink Boats and "Decoys"
Arc Manufactured and Hidden
Preparations for Active Hos
tilities in the Spring.
The New York herald., 1871-03-12

CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS
~ Mercer street, between Waverey and Clinton places
DIR. DEEMS
breaches at ION A. NJ. and 10 r. NJ. Seats free.
The New York herald., 1871-03-12

nEDICATION SERvICES.-THE DEDICATION SER
- will be continued at Hunters Point Baptist Church
on Sunday morning and evening" Rev. DR.. Pen,ecos
Brooklyn will preach in the evening Service In the evening,
School Concert in the afternoon at o'clock. Addresses
singing &C. All Welcome.
The New York herald., 1871-03-12
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH, CORNER PARK AVE.
~ nue. and Thry.fourth strect.-Rev. Geo. II. Hepworh
has been invited by the young people his
on successive sunday evenings course Of lectures to the
He has consented to do and will
day evening, 18th. Subiec"How to Win and How Fail"
Services commence in this church l0H A. NJ, ~ r. n.
(tHRlST CHURCH, FIFTH AVENUE, CORNER OF
~ Thiryhfth street, Rev G. Ever, ID. d.. rectorSer
nshed with seats.
The New York herald., 1871-03-12

(sHAPEL OF ST. CHRYsosToM, SEVENTH AVENUE
" corner Of Thirtyninth sree-The Rev. DR.. seymour
will preach this Sunday evening"
~ O'clock special collection will made for the Theo
logical Education fund the chapel
The New York herald., 1871-03-12

MATRIMONIAL.
GENTLEMAN, AMERICAN, A0ED 3s. OF MODE
~ me- capacity. desires curres
pondence from young lady widow ot IKE means with
sincere vaw to matrnony. Address b. HENRY, box ll9
Herald oice.
MATRIMONIAL OFFICE, 1856 THIRD AvESUE.-CALL
M on or address Nine. wIDQEk~ Medical and Bvsisess
Clxirvsv ant Tsla every thing.
The New York herald., 1871-03-12

ATT MEETING OF THE JAMES OBRIEN ASSOCIA-
N ton OF the Nineteenth Ward held at the OF Fif
yfourh and Third last evening, Frederick
Branaes in the chair the following officers eected VIA
Frederick Brandes, President.
John Courtier Vice President
Patrick H. Kerwin, Corresponding Secretary
Robert J. Campbell. Recording Secretary
Stephen Geoghcgan. Treasurer. 49,, -. a, d,
Adjourned meet Thursday evening" the Aotn ns, ~
o'clock.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-07-27

A MODEL JA1L-In one of our Western
towns they have built new Jail of the most
beautiful design, and it is attracting good deal
of company in fact, it is so nice that it is
hardly considered disgrace to be put up in it.
The following are some of the rules:
Persons who are disorderly will be turned
out
Nobody admitted unless they can show a
good moral character
Applications for admission must be accompa-
MED by five-dollar bill, and q vote will be ta-
ken-one black ball rejecting the applicant.
Honest men, who desire to reform, accommo-
dated with fine suite of rooms and with ser
wants.
Magistrates must be careful what kind of
persons they recommend to this institution.
No talking allowed in the reading-room, nor
alterations in the billiard-room.
Persons coming in or going out must avoid
slamming the doors.
No one allowed out after ten o'clock.
The only bars allowed at the windows are
mosquito bars.
The doors must be kept locked at night to
prevent persons from breaking in.
Persons with the smallpox are not allowed
to break out.
Meals at all hours.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-07-27
Striking Confirmation of the Accuracy of the
Bible.

very singular and striking confirmation of
the truth of certain ancient Bible records has
lately been brought to light. The land of Mo-
alb, lying cast of the Jordan and Dead Sea,
being under Turkish rule, and the authorities
being jealous of all the movements of travellers,
has been land of mystery, and few and far
between have been explorations Of it. In
1868, the Rev. F. a. Klein, Prussian mis-
sionary at Jerusalem, travelling in Moab under
the protection Of an Arab Sheikh, discovered
remarkable stone among the ruins of the an
cient city of Dibon. The stone was originally
three feet five inches in height, and one foot
and nine inches in width and thickness, with
an inscription of thirty-four lines.
1t is believed originally there were eleven
hundred letters on the stone, but only six hum
dred and sixtynine have been restored, as it
was partially broken in pieces after curiosity
concerning it had led the Arabs to suppose it
valuable, and that money could be obtained for
the separate pieces. The inscription was in
the ancient character used by the inhabitants
of Moab, and having been deciphered by
adopts in this species Of lore, it is satisfactorily
ascertained that the inscription is older than
most of the Old Testament, and was, beyond
doubt, made in the year that Elijah the prophet
was translated into heaven. 1t reads like
chapter in the Bible, and gives strong confr-
nation to the facts related in the inspired vol
ume. 1t has an age Of at least twenty
hundred years, being the work of people who
dwelt in Immediate connection with the people
of Israel during the whole period of their mar
vellous history.
The inscription narrates the achievements of
King Mesha, the Moabite monarch who fought
against Jehoram and Jehosaphat, and speaks of
the vessels of Jehovah taken from the captured
Nebo and dedicated to Chemorh, the national
deity of the conqueror. This inscription not
only depicts the wars between Israel and Moab,
SO viyidly pictured in the Old Testament, but
also strikingly illustrates the historical, geo.
graphical and religious relations of these king
doms. There are few occurrences more re-
markable, even in this age of surprises, than
the manner in which the Moabite stone has
been awakened from the sleep of three thous-
and years, to unfold the secrets of language,
and of history and to confirm by its +s empRate hate
of Books.
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A member of the Arkansas legislature

"A member of the Arkansas Legislature
who goes for economy in public expenditures,
in speaking of an extravagant appropriation,
Indignantly exclaimed: Gentlemen, talk
about adequate compensation of public SER
wants. Why, sir, during the late war was in
twirty-seven battles, was wounded thirteen
times in the cause of the South, and the entire
pay received was $50 in Confederate money,
and every cent of which gave for one glass of
old rye whiskey"
: There may be the richest conversation
without speech. The finest thoughts are never
spoken or written. The noblest, the divinest
thinking of the human heart has never yet
been embodied in the form of speech. When
men are under a great, penetrating, and reven-
tial impression, they stand with hushed lips.
Man under the deepest emotion says little
Where there is great deal of talking there is
very little feeling. When there is deep feeling
there is hushed and solemn silence, as if man
felt the load upon his heart.
BY example and precept, let the young be
taught to use kind words and mutually to bear
each others burthens. Create such dream at
home as will withdraw the husband and sons
from corrupting associations abroad. Let the
mother be the centre of domestic pleasures.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-07-27

Leaving for paying freight. tons
On standard gauges freight engines
having double the weight on drivers
will have double the capacity, or...SlO tons
Deduct engine and tender.............. go tons
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: 1t is thought that the Mr.. Washingto

1t is thought that the Mr.. Washington
who is described in the Journal of g Young
Lady in Virginia" as paying q noctural visit
to the bedroom of some young ladies dressed in
a woman's short gown and petticoat and over
whclming them with kisses, and afterward
nearly soaring them to death in the cellar, WAS
not Geo. Washington, the father of his country,
but Mr.. Corbin Washington. Indeed, there
is some doubt expressed as to the authenticity
of the book which contains the account of this
affair." The incident related occurred in 1882
and although the Revolutionary war was
brought to close in that year, the young lady
who kept this daily history of events has not
once mentioned the war, or alluded to single
incident of it. There is not military title
given to any person in the book, although the
battle of Yorktown had been recently fought
at her very door. One thing is certain. If
this story about George Washington is true the
one about the little hatchet is a fasehood.-
The first President of the United States might
have INDUCED in such ffolic as that described
in the young lady's journal; but for the boy
who made the speech about the cherry tree TO
have done so would have been moral impos-
sibillity
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-07-27

"ToURNAMENT"-The Petersburg (Va.)
Ladez does not like the nomenclature adopted
in connection with the equestrian sport of tour
naments. 1t therefore greets with hearty vel
come the "charge" delivered at Richmond, on
the 4th, by DR.. Bagby, in which he was bold
enough to laugh at the thing as it deserves to
be de Laughed at sbsRs hseRy e5snng Sap the gn
tied the mock heroics common to such occa-
sons:
Therefore, Sir Knights and gentlemen, !
now most earnestly charge you to do your Level
mizzen cat heads, haul aft your spanker bow
spirits, host your fore-tops'l hatchways. Go it.
And may the devil take the man that don't
take the ring"
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Leaving for load. tons
Cars weigh 10 tons and carry 10 tons,
then of load one-half will be weight
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Leaving for load. 1892! tons
Cars weigh tons to carry tons, of
this load the 2-7 would be cars, or