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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

An elderly man named Beckwith,
residing in one of the Peninsula coun-
ties, came TO this city short time ago
on business. He brought with him
an old-fashioned fiint-lock rife to
have stock and lock put on. On
the cars he fell in conversation with a
party of three gentlemen from. this
city, when one of them, to test the
reality Of some of the extraordinary
feats Of craftsmanship he boasted of,
offered him SO to repeat some of
them, to which the other two added
So between them. The trial came off
in an old field half mile below
Rockets, aud was witnessed by about
a dozen persons.
The old flint lock was fred seven
times, and only once missed its aim.
The old gentleman, after making two
shots at small objects to one side, to
get his hand steady, as he said, hand
ed his son a potato and stationed him
at fifty. yards distance, holding the
potato between his thumb and fore
finger. The rifle cracked. and the
potato fell cloven in three or four
pieces. One of the larger pieces was
then thrown in the air, the marksnan
keeping at the same distance, and
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
RICHMOND,
Phases of Cruelty.

1t is said that the French novelist,
Eugene Sue. had a morbid love Tor
cruel and bloody scenes. He never
failed to be present at an execution
when it was in his power to attend;
and with his opera glass he watched
the countenance of the doomed man
with keenness OF interest he never
felt in an opera. He once made a
journey to England, only to be pres
ent at disgraceful fiegeing scene; and
one of the great regrets of his life was,
that he was never permitted to see
the Russian knout applied.
One wonders what the childhood OF
such a man must have been. To
whose moulding hand did he owe this
terrible craving for bloody scenes and
fearful sights which curdle the blood
of even common humanity? 1t is
more than likely that familiarity with
such scenes from very early years had
made him callous to human suffering.
This disposition, however formed,
would. no doubt have made him. in
another line of life, as notorious for
crime and cruelty as he was for a. lax
morality in his works.
a lad was once cut walking with
his sister, when they found a nest of
tiny rabbits. The little girl was
greatly pleased, but the boy, despite
her tears and pleading, cruelty killed
them all. tossing them high in the air.
and laughing to see them fall on the
rough, sharp stones.
Ten years rolled away, and that SIS
ter. was again weeping by her brother 8
side. This time he, too. was weeping.
Oh, such bitter tears. On his wrists
were pair Of fetters, and he was
waiting fer the officers to enter who
were to escort him to the scaffold.
Sister" he said, do you remem-
Der that nest of rabbits? / believe
from that day God forsook me. If |
had listened to you then, we should
not be weeping these sad tears now"
IF you allow even the smallest acts
of cruelty in your little ones, you are
no doubt sowing the wind to reap the
whiriwind d-Phrenological Journal.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
Perfectly Satisfactory.

/ She said she'd take dozen of eggs,
but while the grocer was counting
them out she asked the price. He
told her and she shrieked:
Seventeen cents p
Yes ma am
Why, that's outrageous %
well, it's hard times and every
thing is up
She sat down on a sugar barrel,
sighed several times and asked if eggs
were likely to be lower or higher.
II don't claim to be prophet, he
replied, as he twisted sheet of paper
into the shape of funnel, "buf [
dare say that they'll be down to six
tecnand one half cents in less than a
week and perhaps go lower. Trade,
which is naturally depressed during
July and August, is looking up lit
tie. Our reports of gold are now
equaled by our imports. The calling
in Of bonds puts more ready money
afioat, and capitalists are much more
hopeful this week than last. The
crops are about ready to move navi-
cation prospects are brighter. and
public confidence in financial meas
urcs is rapidly returning. One thing
moves around another, you see, and
though, as said before. l am not
fnancier and my predictions are not
entitled to any great weight, it seems
clear to me that eggs have got to come
down. A great current of eggs is
settling toward this point from a
dozen different directions, and even if
the callingin of bonds and the sale of
surplus gold don't produce lower
prices, [ cannot see why figures should
go up"
She reached into the pickle barrel,
nipped a cucumber, and went away
wondering why her husband never
knew anything.-Detroit Free Press.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
I'M GROWING OLD.
BY JOHN G.. SAKE.


My days pass pleasantly away,
NV nights are blessed with sweetes
sleep,
feel no symptoms of decay,
have no cause to mourn or weep.
Ny foes are impotent and shy,
Ny friends are neither false nor cold,
And yet of late often sigh,
Pm growing old!
Ny growing talk of oIden times,
My growing thirst for early news,
Ny growing apathy for rhymes,
My growing love for easy shoes,
My growing hate of crowds and noise,
My growing fear OF catching cold,
AL tell me in the piainest voice
I'm growing old!
I'm growing fonder of my staff,
I'm growing DINNER in the eye,
I'm growing fainter in my laugh,
I'm growing deeper in my sigh;
I'm growing careless of my dress,
I'm growing frugal of my gold,
I'm growing wise, I'm growing.--yes---
I'm growing old!
1feel II II. my changing taste,
/ see it in my changing air,
see it In my growing waist,
see it IN my snowy hair;
a thousand hints proclaim the truth,
AS plain as truth was ever told,
That even to my yaunted youth
I'm growing old!
All met my very laurels breathe
The tale in my reluctant ears;
And every boon the hours bequeath,
But makes me debtor to the years.
Fen fiattery' IS honeyed words declare
The secret she would faiG withhold,
& And tell me in s.How young you are!"
I'm growing old!
Thanks to the years whose rapid flight
My sombre muse too sadly sings;
Thanks for the CLEANS of golden light
That tint the darkness of their wings
The light that beams from out the sky
Those heavenly mansions 70 unfold,
Where all are blest, and none may sigh,
'sIsm growing old!'
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
Wrong Kind of a shirt.

It was a respectable looking col
ored man, who brought his washing
home.
Your wife is o good washerwoman.
isn't she?" said the young bachelor
to the polite and obseeuious man.
'Yaas. sir; she commonly always
gives satisfaction, replied the hus-
band of the laundress.
We'll. +" resumed the young bache-
ior in his blandest and most insinu-
ating manner, ou can tell your wife
that esteem her very highly as one
possessing many womanly and chris
tian virtues, a domestic gem and
household ornament, social lumi-
nary and moral beacon, an exemplary
christian, a gentle. loving wife, a
washerwoman among 10000, and alto
rether lovely, but there is one objec-
ton
What's dat p inquired the smiling
African, who had been showing two
rows of spotless ivory aud cavernous
opening of the head, while his wife
What's dat, boss
"She puts all the starch in my
socks, and none in my shirts; she
washes or irons all the buttons of,
and foreets to replace them; exchanges
my clothes for those of some other
patron, aud, if you'll look at this
(holding up garment) you'll see how
inconyenient it would be 10 wear
either pantaloons. cuffs, or collars
with such a shirt as she sends me- It
may be that she cuts off the arms and
collar to make the tail longer, but /
can't see what the deuce she would
want to ruffle the edges for.
The darkey looked little disgust
ed as he wrapped UP the garment to
take it home, aud he only said
Idea sendin man dat kin %
shirt Vicksburg Herald.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

The Springfield Mass } Republican
says: The Postofhce Department has
adopted design for postal cards. and
the plates from which they are to be
printed will be received at the manu-
factory in this city in day or two.
The color is to be light gray. and
the superhuous printed matter and
lines on the old cards are to be entire
ly done away with. On the upper left
hand corner is simply the monogram
OF IL. S. across which in scroll
are the words, Postal Card On
the right hand corner is the stamp,
nearly square, instead of elliptical,
like the old, the sides Of the stamp
being ornamented with emblematic
figures. and over the top the words
u. s. Postage" and on the bottom
the words 'sOne Cent" both inscrip-
tioDs to be surrounded with SCROLL
work. The center of the stamp will
contain a profile of the Goddess of
Liberty, and the ground of the stamp
will be ruled instead of solid as form
erly. There will be no water mark
on the paper, which is to be of higher
finish than before, and the printing
will be in black ink Of the new card
forty instead of thirty-six will be
printed on sheet, and the Postoffice
Department has recently authorized
postmasters to issue them In quanti-
ties of 10000. The new card is to be
much better adapted to general use
than the old. and the manufacturers
anticipate marked increase in the
consumption. The report just COM
piled by First Assistant Postmaster
General Barber shows that 107, ,616,-
600 postal cards were sold during the
fiscal year which ended june 30,
against 81 ,097 600 issued during the
preceding year, an increase of about
lSt per cent. The supply of cards at
the factory in this city has for some
time exceeded the demand. and about
8 1000 600 are generally kept on hand.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

General Schenck, u. S. Minister to
England, has been using an old
American anecdote to good advantage.
To the wife of British cabinet off.
Ger. who assured him that England
made America all that she is" he said:
Pardon, madam. you remind me of
an answer of the Ohio lad in his teens,
who attending Sunday school for the
first time, was asked by his teacher,
Who made your He replied, Why
God made me about so long (hoIding
his hands about ten inches apart) but
/ growed the rest
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
Manhood: How Lost,
How Restored!

ALI Just published, a new edition Of
~A Dr. CulverWell's Celebrated
yA,H& Essay on the radical cure with
- out medicine) of SPERMAroRRHoEA
or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary Semi.
nal Losses, IMPoTENCY, Mental and Phys
ical inc;tpaclty, Impediments to Marriage,
etc; also, CONSUMPTION. EPILEPSY and
FITS, induced by seIf-indulgence or sexual
extravaganza, &c.
ss Price, in a sealed envelope, only six
cents.
The celebrated author, in this admirable
Essay, clearly demonstrates, from a thirty
years successful practice, that the alarm
ing consequences of self-abuse may be rad
ically cured without the dangerous use of
internal medicine or the application of the
knife; poir ting out a mode of cure at once
simple, certain, and effectual, by means OF
Wh1cn every sunerer, no matter what his
condition may be, may cure himself eheaD-
~, pri ivafely, and radically
o6 This Lecture should be in the hands
ofevery youth and every man in the land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope to
any address, postpaid, on receipt Of six
cents or two post stamps.
Address the publishers,
CHAS. J. KLINE & co.
= 127 Bowerv, New York; r. o. Box, 45ss
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

An Eastern exchange says: REV
Henry Morgan. Of Boston, has offered
$500 in prizes for the best essays on
Why don't men go to church, and
what is the remedy?'' Were we call
ed upon to write an essay we should
judging by our own religious people
here in Virginia City, be obliged to
assert that the cause was the game
played at the close of the services,
called collection. Virginia Enter
prise.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

The Philadelphia Telegraph relates
the following touching story: Among
the passengers on board the steamship
Indiana. which sailed for Liverpool
on Thursday, the 9Th inst, were a
bride and groom whom q New York
friend of the parties desired to honor
at the very moment OF their departure
by the presentation OF handsome
floral remembrance Telegraphing to
Philadelphia friend, he arranged for
the consummation of his idea. The
friend received the Offering, which
was IN the shape Of a very handsome
basket of flowers, but supposing that
the vessel did not sail until / | O'Clock
of that day, he delayed going 10 the
whar. until nearly that hour. when he
was Mortified to learn that the Indi-
ana had left at 10 O'Clock. Feeling
that he was bound IN honor to fulfill
his commission, he hastened to Broad
and Prime, where he engaged spe-
cial train to take him TO New Castle.
Through Chester he passed at speed
that caused observers to stare with
wonder. and at Wilmington he was
ahead of the steam ship. At New
castle he jumped into boat and was
rowed to the approaching vessel, but
no one thereon took notice of his sig
nails, the vessel did not stop, and he
could only sit down in despair and
groan at his failure"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
Newman Hall ~Now.-

4 short word; shorter thing.
Soon uttered; sooner gore. Now A
grain of sand on a boundless plain.
A tiny ripple in measureless ocean,
Over that ocean we are sailing; bu.
the only part OF it we possess is that
on which our vessel at this moment
floats. From the stern we look back
wards and watch tie ships wake in
the waters; but how soon every trace
disappears! We see also some land
marks farther off, and then the hori-
zon closes the view; but on beyond,
that ocean still rolls far, far away
Memory contemplates the few years of
our Individual lie; history shows us
a dim outline of mountains; tells that
still farther back, out of sight, stretch
es that vast sea, reason assures US
that, like space, it hath no boundary
but that all we possess of it is repre-
seuted by this small word-Now
The past, for action, is ours no longer.
The future may never become present:
it is not ours until it does. The only
part of time we can use is this very
moment--Nowl
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

A gentleman of Norfolk, Va, who
had been tortured for some time will,
neuralgia. hearing of a noted physi-
elan in Germany who invariably cured
that disease, visited him for treatment.
He was permanently cured after a
short soiourn, and the doctor freely
gave him the simple remedy used,
which was nothing but a poultice of
tea made from our common field this
tie. The leaves are macerated and
used on the parts affected, as a poul-
tlce, while small quantity of the
leaves are boiled down. in the proper
tlon of quart to a pint, and a small
wine glass of the decoctien drank be-
fore each meal.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
"What are We dancing around fur ?"

inquired a boothlack yesterday of a
boy acquaintance whose face was COW
cred with smiles, and who was execu-
ting double shuttle GLORY, 'nuff
for one day T. replied the lad, jumping
still higher. Cow got into the gar
den this morning and tramped every
bed fat as yer hat, aud [ won't have
to pull a weed this summer. ."-Vicks-
burg Herald.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

what did you hang that cat for.
Isaac? asked the school marin. The
boy looked up. and, with grave look.
answered: For mewtiny, marm!''
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

Our inside contains today says
country editor, Dyspepsia, Cook
ed Whiskey. A Chinese Restaurant
and various other interesting arti-
cles. .'-Oswego Times.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

Why does duck go under water :?
For divers reasons. Why does she
go on land For sun-dry reasons.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

When we read in an exchange that
an editor has just received from Eu-
rope the sorrowful intelligence of the
death Of the aged mother oi his
brother-in- law. the fraternal feeling
OF the editorial bosom goes out to
that man in gush of deep sympathy.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
carthaeenian Relics.

Over 1900 inscriptions in the Phe-
nician tongue, engraved in stone, have
now been discovered among the ruins
OF Carthage, lying on one particular
spot, or rather hole Of ground. Fifty
years ago only FIVE or six Carthacen-
ian inscriptions were extant. The
more recent findings prove clearly
that two styles of forming the letters
OF the alphabet we're prevalent among
the inhabitants of North Africa. and
also furnish valua BILE historical dates.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
a Look Around the World.

The latest and best authority gives
the population Of the globe at 1885,
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

cS.o oON per Day at home. Ternsfr free.
0C - DLU Address q. sSTINsoN & co
Jan. 19, 1865. lIyl Portland, Maine
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11

STOCK sPECULATIONs.
Conducted by us in every form, on Commits
sion only. Puts and Calls, on best houses
and lowest rates. Cost, S00 to e2t.0, and Of
ten pay 5000 Profit Pamphlet, explaining
how Wall street specula,ions are conducted,
sent free. Send for copy.
TUMBRIDG 4 CO.,
Bankers and Brokers'
14.4 Wall street, N. Y.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-08-11
TRANSMISSION OF BLOOD.

The Progress of Science-Remark.
able Effects of the New Practice
Miraculous Cases of Restoration
from Impending Dfsso1utfOn--Hu- n
man Life saved by n supply of the
vital Fluid from the Lower Order
nF 10
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01
Portrait of Pocahontas.

The Richmond Journal says that DIR.
James Beale has deposited in the state H.
brary of Virginia p rtralt of the Indian
princess PocahOntas, to whom many of the
leading families of Virginia trace their or
igin. The paper says this portrait makes
focahontas very pretty woman OF about
70 years of age, and clothed in the upper
crust toggery prevalent in the nation of
her father, king Powhatan. The portrait
deposited by DR.. Beale is an exact COPY by
the elder Sully, made in 1880, of an origi-
nal portrait of Pocahontas, painted between
the years 1916 and 1917, during her visit
to England in company with Der hus;., : q.
John Rolfe. The remains of the original
portrait were, in 1923, in possession of DR..
Robinson, in Petersburg Thomas Rolfe,
a son OF Pocahontas. was born at Plymouth,
England, in 1916, soon after his mother
arrived there, and his mother died at
Gravesend in 1917. Her son, after his ar
rival at mans estate. returned to Virginia
and married, and died, leaving an only
child, John Boiling whose daughter. Jane
married Richard Randolph, of Curles, in
the county of Henrico. state of Virginia.
Ryland Randolph, son of the latter, pro-
cured from England the original portraits
of John Rolie and Pocahontas, and placed
them, where they hung for many years, in
his mansion at Turkey Island Mr.. Ran
dolph died in 1884, when both pictures
passed into the possession of Thomas Boil
ing, of Cobbs, in Chesterfield county
These pictures are named in an enumera
ton of the estate Of Mr.. Randolph, record
ed in HenrlcO county court in 1884.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01

Sa- Daily Subscribers to the Argus, rho
do not receiUe their papers regularly and
promptly are requested TO report at the
business office
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01
ghe dlailg Argns.
THE EXECUTIVES wEIsKEY
What Did the President Drink at the
Lexington and Concord Gel
ebration2

BosToN, May 26.-The inquiry of how
much whiskey Gen. Grant and his party
drank on the occasion of his visit to the
Concord and Lexington centennial PROM
ises to be an interesting and disturbing
question. At meeting Of the State
Temperance Allinace this afternoon, pre-
sided over by ex-Gov Trask. MIR. II. d.
Gushing stirred up the meeting by offer
ing a resolution that a committee be APP
pointed to ascertain and report whether
liquors were furnished by the state to its
guests on the occasion of the Lexington
and Concord centennial
Mr.. Gushing explained that his reason for
offering the resolution was the fact that
the newspapers have published a bill,
from the Revere House, giving as one OF
the items in the entertainment of the
President and party over $500 for wines
and cigars. Mr. Cushing added that, he
had it from the the intimate friends, not
the.enemies. of President Grant, that there
is danger of Grants falling back into the
condition he was in preceding the war.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01
SOUTH z II ~
ST. LOUIS.
Fronting on Walnut, 18th and 9Th Sts
LAVEILLE, WARN r & CO,
PROPRIETORs.

During the past year this Hotel has been
thoroughly overhauled, re-painted, re-fres
coed, re-carpeted and re-furnished from
top to bottom, and is frst-class in all re-
spects.
The SOUTHERN is located near the
center of business, the theaters, and all
places of amusements. Its tables are sup
piled with the best the markets afford, and
there is in the Hotel building the neatest
RESTAURANT in the city for Ladies and
Gentlemen.
There have been added twenty-five bath
rooms and closets; also, fourteen large
sample rooms on the Office floor, especially
suited to travelling men who have goods to
show.
The proprietors are determined that the
SOUTHERN HOTEL" shall be among the
best hotels of the country, and hope to
greet their old friends, as well as many
new ones, promising every attention that
will add to their comfort, and make then
feel at home.
There is an improved elevator leading
| from the first floor. Railroad and steam
| boat ticket offices, news stand, and West
ern Union Telegraph Office in rotunda O.
Hotel.
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01

IMMk- gA-G-Y RELIEVED, BY SYRUP BRO
] MIDk ~-rDRAL. A harmless preparation.
quieting pain, relieving headache, promoting steep
and absolutely certain to allay all nervous excite
ment. Persons afflicted with nervous diseases are
requested to try this syrup. Prepared by w. II.
ADDERLEY, Apothecary, corner Sixth and Mound
streets Cincinnati .. Price 50 cents and 81 90 per
bottle Sold by John Bengston and E. Breun'rt
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01

THIS IS THE ONLY LINE THAT RUNS THE
celebra ed PULLMAN PALACE CARS from Chicago 10
New York, W thouI change Ask for tickets via
For Wayne and Pennsylvania Line.
Through tickets for sale at all principal ticket
Offices at the lowest current rates.
F. II. MYERS, G. p. s T. A
The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-01
RAILROADS.

= Trains with Through No.2. No. g. NOD,
u Cars Day Ex. Pac. Elk Milk
- TO NEW YORK. EXSun. Daily Elk, Sat
& Sun.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-31

WHoLEsALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN CLor.f
w ing are invited 70 call AZ the MEfkoPOLluAE
PRINTING kSTA BLiSHMENT In the Herald Building,
- obtain esfimstes on their printing, which CAD ~
carefully done there at exceedingly low prices
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-31

A -GoOD BOARD WANTED, BY A GENrLEMAl
II. and wife location batween Fourth and Eight
Eighth and Twente IN streets state prtc
ana acco,rmoda tons Address INDUSTRY. box ~
Herald Office.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-31

A GENTLEMAN, WIFE AND DACoHTER OYER :
n years old wish . comfortable. permanent home
They dc sire fab sized Room, with good Board. in a
central location below Twenty bird street prefcrrcd
terms about 80 per month. Address ALEX. MAO
DONNELL. lis West Twelfth street.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-31

WAHTED-BOARD, IN STAMFORD, KY SINGLE
w gentleman, in a private family Address A w. b.,
Greenwich, Conn.