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Year: 1865

HINDoo FANATICS II have seen some who
have stood on one leg for years, while others
engage the sympathy and extort the charity of
many by holding one arm erect overhead until
| in time, the flesh withers and the bones set in
that position. A lew l have met who firmly
clenching one hand, have kept il closed until
the nails have grown right through the palm to
the other side, and it is well known that many
have travelled the whole extent Of land, from
the Himalayas to Cape Comorin, ,measur ns with
their bodies AS they went. Also there is Chamb
Puja. or hook Worship, in which the devotee
allows n s.eel hook to be placed through the
muscles of his back, and, in this manner, 10
suspended from machine like wind mill, to
one OF the arms OF which the victim is attach.
ed. On their great feast days, they can be
seen thus, whirling round and round. and look
ing, all the time, as pleased as il they really
enjoyed their ride. All this is done with u
devotion worthy of better cause.
Year: 1865

GETTING MARRIED.-.A rather laughable
Transaction took place week or two ago in the
town OF Dewitt, Clinton 'unty, Michigan, in
which love and business are so intermxed that
it requires an adept to distinguish between the
two. A milks.fe peddler called at house to
sell safe. he woman informed him that
she was widow, aud would much rather have
a MI" (sater). The peddIer informed her that,
it she would take safe he would send her
man. She took it and the pedd!er went on his
way rejoicing He soon met man who he
ascertaned had no bosom companion, and
directed him to the widow. Going on, he cali
ed at Il house to sell safe, and was informed
that the m,u was a widOwer, and would prefer
wife. He told him il he would take a safe
he would direct him to where he Gould get a
woman He took the safe and the pediler
directed him TO the same widow. When he
reached her, he was about an hour too late, the
first having just secured the prize. The kind
hearted woman, however. sent him t- second
woman. whom he secured; and both loving
couples were married that afternoon
chance.
Year: 1865

DOC LAw.-We wish to call the attention of
our Sen ,tOr and Representative from this coun.
ty, 70 the Importance Of law for the pr0tec.
ton Of dogs. such has bee,. the havoc among
them in this city during the last year, that
scarcely u thousand are now rem .nng-and
many OF these are too small to be "f much
service in consuming the vast surplus of bread
and meat that seems likely to spoil in our
market.


1t something is not speedily done to prot ect
them from the wages OF the terocius sheep,
and other destructive and poisonous animals,
We shall not only be compelled to feed to the
pigs and chickens what the dog has heretofore
consumed, but shall have 70 resort to pig styes
Tor = supply OF feas.


Cannot our City Council do something in the
matter until the Legisl .t,re meets?


How long has it been since no less than
three valuable dogs were found dead in our
streets, supposed to have been the victim of
vicious buck which Judge .ldwn had brought
into town tor exhibition ut Our- County Fair
And strange Ms it may appear, thar same buck
took the first premium. the committee well
knowing ut the time, what mischief he had
been doing But such is public opinion
Council Bluff Noapdriel.
Year: 1865

The military auth rites at. Memphis have
fund it necessary to issue stringent Orde's in
regard to the vagrant negroes who infest that
city All without employment or money are
to be arrested and handed over to the first plan.
ter who will put them to work. There are -.
OOO negros in the city, and unless some such
course is pursued, they will almost create a
famine when cold weather sets .-Erchaage
Year: 1865

CONGRESSIONAL QUALIFIcATIoNs why
don't you present yourself as a candidate
for Congress ? asked lady of her hus.
band, who was confined with the rheu-
matism.


why should I, my dear p inquired he
I've no qualifications for the station


But l think you have returned The
wife; your language and actions are tru.
ly PARLIAMENTARY. When bills are pre-
sented, you either order them to be laid
on the table or you make motion to rise;
though often out of ordee you are still
supported by the chair; and often poke
nose into measures which are calculated
to destroy the Constitution
Year: 1865

SADNESS. There is mysterious feeling
that frequently passes like a cloud over
the spirit. 1t comes upon the soul in the
busy hustle of life, in the social circle, in
the calm and silent retreat OF solitude
It's power is alike supreme over the weak,
and the iron hearted. At one time it is
caused by a single thought across the
mind. Again, sound will come booming
across the ocean of memory, gloomy and
solemn as the death -knell overshadowing
all the bright hopes and sunny feelings Of
the heart. Who can describe it. and who
has not felt its bewildering influence p
Still it is delicious sort of sorrow and
like cloud dimming the sunshine of the
river, although casting momentary shade
of gloom, it enhances the beauty Of re-
turning brightness.
Year: 1865

LORD BACON says that the friendships
in this world are very few. Acquaintan-
ces are made and forgotten all the way
through life, and many 60 through life
without anything more, without eyer
knowing the high and beautiful, and al
most sacred meaning of the word friend,
Year: 1865

A JOLLY old doctor said that people
who were prompt in their payment al.
ways recovered from their sickness, as
they were good customers, and physi-
clans could not afford to lose them. A
good hint and sensible doctor.


A WRITER on natural history gives the
following definition Of ram "a ram Is
an animal whose bntt is on the wrong
end"
Year: 1865

FRANXNEss. BE frank with the world.
Frankness is the child of honesty and
courage. Say just what you mean to do
or ro9er;' eC>Gsi2a, and take it for granted
you mean to do what is right. If friend
ask you favor, you should grant it, If il
is reasonable; if it is not tell him plainly
why you cannot. You will wrong him
and wrong yourself by cquivocation ol
any kind. Never do a wrong thing to
make friend or to keep one; the man who
requires you to do so is dearlypurchased,
and at sacrifice. Deal kindly and firmly
with all men, and you will find it the pol
icy which wears the best. Above all, do
not appear to others what you are not. =
If you have any fault to find with any
one, tell him, not others, Of what you
complain. There is no more dangerous
experiment tthan that of undertaking to
be one thing to a mans face, and another
behind lis back. We should live, act and
speak out of doors, as the phrase is, and
say and do what we are willing should be
known and read by all men. 1t is moi
only best as matter of principle, but as
a matter of policy.
Year: 1865

To DIMINISH envy, let US consider not
what others possess, but what they enjoy:
mere riches may be the gift of lucky ac-
cident or blind chance, but happiness must
be the result of prudence, preference and
rational design. >~
Year: 1865

come, bat which, having continued
through His appointed time, He now
wills 70 remove, and that he gives %
both North and South this terrible war,
as the woe due TO them by whom The Of
feuse came, shall We discern therein,
any departure from those Divine attri-
butes which the believers in living God
always ascribed to Him7 Fondly do We
hope, fervently do We pray, that this
mighty scozrge Of war may speedily
pass away. Yet, If God wills that L
continue till all the wealth piled by the
boudman's two hundred and 6fty years
Of unrequited toll shall be suak, and until
every drop Of blood drawn with the lash
shall be paid BY another drawn With the
sword, as was said three thousand years
ago, 50 still it must be said, "The jgdg.
meuts of the Lord are true and right.
eous altogether.


With malice toward none, with charity
for all, with frmness in the right, as
God gives Us to sae the right, let as strive
on to finish the work VIC are in; 70 bind
up the nation wounds; to care for him
who shall have borne the battle, and for
his widow and bis orphan-to do all
which may achieve and cherish q Just
and lasting peace among ourselves, and
with All nations
Year: 1865

Board. Oar city must no longer remain
behiB4 the age on any matter Of public
improvement, nor must she wildly and
recklessly plunge into extrayagant dem
onstrations-squandering thousands Of
dollars and then be compelled 70 suspend
operations with work only half done.
Only such work should be undertaken
which it is reasonable to conclude can
be finished during the year.


We have said this much with refer
ence to our City Council In our aext
we may speak Of other matters connect
ed with our city Offices, and the kind Of
men we should choose to fill them.
Year: 1865

Has determined to sell out
his present stock regardless
of what it has cost him, and
will not be undersold any
wherel


Come and price our goods
for your own satisfaction.
Now is your time. Prices
may be higher again.


We are about TO lay In
another stock at panic
prices, and we will sell off
the present at cost and un-
der.
Year: 1865

The Collectors are about to serve the


notices to the taxpayers that their an


ual contributions towards paving the


liabilities of the Government are now


due. As the Philadelphia Ledger says,


every man should be prepared to give


the Government all that belongs to it,


aud not be driven to the expedient Of


explaining how the published report of


his income is SO much below what is ex


pected of him from his known mode of


iiflng ana the supposed prOnts of his


business If there is q great financial
truth lying under the notion that "a
national debt is a national blessing" we
hope those who see it clearly and
know SO we'll how eo~-xpound il. will set
themselves diligently at work to make
the income tax universally popular
Some people are so dull in this matter
that they try to escape their liabilities,
and indulge in all kinds of equivocations
and reservations to keep down their tax.
They are even so blind to their own good
that they are desirous Of putting the
taxes all upon their neighbors. But if
there is any one in the notion that the
debt is blessing, they ought to assume
their share of it with the most lively
sentiments of gratitude to the Govern
ment for such bOuntiful distribution of
1t, that every man with an income over
5000 is sure OF enjoying his share il he
is only honest enough to make q correct
return What would generally commend
It to popular favor, if this idea be true, |
v would be the fact that the blessing ia |
one of those likely to stick to US during |
,ur lifetime. The joys of this world /
ire proverbially evanescent, but the |
blessings OF debt, national or individual, |
ire usually hard to get rid Of
Year: 1865

Gradual rel eatlnce is like man
who wants to be taken out Of q burn.
ing building, but who says to those
about him, Now don't take me out
too suddenly; take me down Grst TO
n room where it is not so hot as it,is
here; and then TO another room where
there is still less heat, and so take
me out gradually" Why, the man
would be cinder before you could
get him out. a man who wants TO
rolorm shsuld reform Ut once.
Year: 1865

She is no true wife who sustains not hel
husband in the day Of calamity; who is not
when the worlds great frOWn makes the
heart chill with anguish, his guardian angel,
growing brighter and more beautiful as mis-
fortunes crowd along his path. Then is tn G
time for the trial of her gentleness; then is
the time for testing whether the sweetness
of her temper beams only with a transient
light, or like the steady glory of the morning
star, shines just as brightly under the
clouds. Has she then smiles just as charm
ing2 Does she say "aflietion cannot touch
our purity, and should not quench our lOve?'
Does she try by happy little inventions to
lift from his sensitive spirit the burden of
thought?


There are wives-nay, there are beings,
who, in dark hours, fall to repining and
upbraiding, thus adding to outside anxiety
the narrowing scenes of domestic strife, as
if all the blame in the world would make
one hair white or black, or change the de-
cree gone immutably forth Such know not
that our darkness is heavens light our
trials put steps in the golden ladder, by
which, if we rightly ascend, we may at last
BAN bhaO OOOA H1A ~ NJ ehO DabAO AOAONOt ~
its fulness and beauty.


Is that all p and the gentle face Of the
wife beamed with joy. Her husband had
been on the verge of distraction-all his
earthly possessions were gone, and he feared
the result of her knowledge, she had been
so tenderly cared for all her life. But, says
Irving's beautiful story, a friend advised
him not to give sleep to his eyes nor slum-
Der to his eyelids until he had unfolded her
all his hapless case.


And that was her answer, with the smile
of an angels that all d? I feared by your
sadness it was worse. Let these beautiful
things be taken-all this splendor, let it 60,
1 care not for it-I only care for my hus-
bands love and confidence You shall for
get, in my affection, that you were ever in
prosperity. Only still love me, and I will
aid you to bear these little reverses with
cheerfulness"


Still love her aye, liken her to the very
angels, for such woman is a living reyala-
ton of heaven.-MRs. DENNIsON.
Year: 1865

THE Viceroy of Egypt some months ago
shut himself up in the fort at the mouth Of
the Nile, with his mother, his eldest daugh-
ter, portion of his harem and his astrolo-
gers. The latter, by series of observations,
were to consult the stars in order to know
whether it was proper that the Viceroy
should undertake the journey to Europe,
which he has so long contemplated. If the
reply was made favorable, Ismail Pacha was
to have set out about the middle of May on
visit to France and England
Year: 1865

A FELLOW was doubling whether or not
he should volunteer to fight. One of the
flags waving before his eyes bearing the in
scription Victory or DEATH" somewhat
troubled and discouraged him. "Victory is
very good thing" said he but why
make it Victory or Death p Just put it
Victory or Crippled and I'll go that"
Year: 1865

Below we give list OF income returns over twenty
thousand dollars in the Sixth district The names
arranged In alphabetical Order and accompanying the
returns for the year 1854 those for the year pre-
ceding The Sixth district includes the Ninth Fifteenth
and sixteenth wards and IL sub divided into fourteen
assessment distrcts-
Year: 1865

Several Circuit Judges have already de-
cided this law to be unconstitutional,
besides Judge Watts, whose opinion was
given here during the past week, adverse
to the law, Judges Smylie and Campbell,
have also pronounced it unconstitutional
AS yet We have heard of no Circuit Judge
who has sustained it. The matter will
soon come before the High Court and a
final decision had on this important ques-
ton. While we do not consider the
matter as wholly free from doubt, the
opinion of the most eminent members of
the bar here is very decided that the de-
cision of Judge Watts will be sustained.
Tne exemption law, so far as it applies to
existing contracts at the time of its pas
sage, will doubtless also be decided un-
constitutional and thus every vestige of
the relief the Legislature tancied they
were giving the people of the State will
be swept away.
Year: 1865

mlnutise of that noble institution as any
other man not directly connected wit H..


de was passionately devoted to the
Smithsonian Institute, of which he was
Regent in former times. He devoted
himself to the decoration of this capital,
and stood by Captain, now Gen. Meigs in
All his efforts to construct the water
works, to finish the capital building on
the grandest scale, and to push forward
the extensions of the Interior and Treas
ury Departments. He was undoubtedly
a great Secretary of War, and in this high
office nothing so much delighted him as
to take young men by the hand, and
when worthy, to advance them. If he
educated Beauregard to destroy the Re
public. he conferred many advantages
upon Mcclellan to save it. If he assisted
Lee and Johnston, and thus strength
ened their hands for injury against the
flag, he greatly favored Meigs and Frank
lin.
Year: 1865

BI The officers of the Veteran Re-
serve Corps have been all relieved by the
order of Gen. Grant. The officers were
not needed after the discharge of the
men. 1t appears that the privates all
very naturally desired to be sent home,
while the officers, allured by the prospect
OF good pay, and very little to do, fond of
the pride, pomp and circumstances of
glorious war, were very anxious to remain
in the service. The public debt is already
large, and as the people are taxed heavily
to pay it, we hope there will be a clean
sweep made of all surplus officers, not
only in this corps, but in the whole army.
Gen. Grant can do positive service to
the country by relieving the Treasury
from this swarm of idle consumers.
Year: 1865

Manhood will come and old age will come,
and the dying bed will come, and the very last
look you shall ever cast on your acquaintances
will come, and the agony of the parting breath
will come, and the time when you are stretch
ed liteless corpse before the eyes of weeping
relatives will come, and the coffin that is TO
enclose you will come, and that hour when the
company assemble TO carry you to the church
yard viii come, and that minute when YOU are
put into the grave will come. and the throw
ing OF the loose earth into the narrow house
where you are laid, and the Spreading of the
green sod over it-al will come OIL, every ljv-
ing creature who now hears me; and in a few
little years the minister who now speaks, and
the people who now listen, will be carried to
their long homes, and make room fer another
generation. Now all this, you know. must
and viii happen-your common sense aud
common experience serve to convince YOU of
it. Perhaps it may have been little thought
of in the days of careless, and thoughtless
and thankless unconcern, which you have
spent hitherto; but | call upon you to think
of it now, to lay it seriously to heart,
and no longer to trifie and delay when the
high matters Of death and judgment, and
eternity are thus set so evidently before YOU
And the tidings wherewith / am charged
and the blood lieth upon your own head, and
not upon mine, if you viii not listen to them
the object of my coming amongst you is to
Let you know Whist more things are to come;
ITS to carry you beyond. the regions Of sight
and Of sense, to the regions of faith, and to as
sure you in the name of Him who cannot lie,
that as sure as the hour of laying the body in
the grave comes, so surely will also come the
houriof the spirit returning to the God who
gave it. Yes,sand the day of final reckoning
will come, and the appearance of the Son Of
God in Heaven, and His mighty angels around
Him, will come, and the opening Of the books
will come, and the standing of men Of ali gen-
erations before the judgment-seat viii come
and the solemn passing of that sentence
which is to fix you for eternity viii come
DR.. Chalmers.
Year: 1865

ana kneel down and ask God that he may be
Eeiped to tell mamma the truth about this ?"
lie was greatly grieved, but went away and
came back with the same assertion, given with
still greater hesitation. Our hearts were all
heavy, but he was sent to play with the exhor-
tation TO think it over. The understanding
was clear in his mind that the thing expected
OF him was to say that he did meddle with the
pen. What temptation to lying had been
put in the dear child's way


"Do you know anything about my pen be-
ing injured sow asked carelessly, of little
coored girl, vino came into the room in the
course of the afternoon. / had no expectation
OF learning anything about it from her, but
asked, as thought, by mere accident, though
itproVed to be providential.


"Why, yes'm," she said "Mary brushed it off
the desk and stepped ON il, and then she tried
to make it round again with her teeth" / felt
as il mountain was removed from my heart,
and did not wait many minutes before took
the load off from Eddie's spirits. With face
and heart all sunshine, he went to his play
again, but mother could not help calling him
back tor one more kiss. As oftan as look at
the dents in the case hold, 1 think of that
unhappy morning when [ almost pressed my
little boy into telling lie.-[ Mothers Maga-
zine
Year: 1865

fest in him. Rejoice that through hin,
emancipation was proclaimed. Above all,
see to it that his constant vows are fulfilled
and that the promises of the Fathers are
maintained, so that no person iE the up-
right form of man can be shut out from
their protection. Then will the uuity of
the Republic be fixed on foundation that
cannot fail, and other nations will enjov
its security. The corner stone of National
Independence is already in its place. and
on it is inscribed the name of George Wash
iEgton. There is another stone which must
have it's place at the corner also. This is
the Declaration Of Independence, With III
gratefully inscribe the name Of Abraham
Tiucr1n lt - f-s.s.
Year: 1865

qualified by education and experience.
The institution is under the control Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, though
it cannot be very strongly sectarian, as
many Of the teachers in the MeLane
Institute, which was Presbyterian in
doctrine, have been retained. However,
it looks principally to the Methodists of
the State for support and encourage


ment. We are confident it will not sp-
peal to them in vain.
Year: 1865

TIE CHURCH OF CHRIsT.-The Church
of Christ was designed to represent him
on earth, and to minister to all the
moral needs of the human race. Her
work, then, is not done when abe sends
out preachers; when she exhibits saera-
ments and litanies; when abe set up
churches at home and mission stations
abroad. She must grope her way into
the alleys and courts and purlieus Of
the city, and up the broken stair case,
and into the bar room, and beside the
loathsome sufferer. She must 90 down
into the pit with the miner, into the fore
castle with the sailor, into the tent with
the soldier, into the shop with the me-
chanic, into the factory with the opera
tive, into the field with the farmer, into
the counting-room with the merchant
Like the air, the Church must press
equally in ell the surfaces of society
like the sea, How into every nook Of the
shore line Of humanity, and like the sun,
shine in all things foul and low as we'll
as the fair and high, for she was organ
lied, commissioned and equipped for
the moral renovation of the world.


ass Bishop Sinpion.
Year: 1865

We regard the Western Christian Ad-
vocate as one of our very best exchanges.
We never look over its carefully pre-
pared columns without finding much
worthy of consideration and reflection /.
The editorial department is well sus-
tanned, while the religious and secular
news summary is compiled with much
labor and research. It is not surpris-
ing that the Advocate has an extensive
circulation. Were this not so ii would
be discreditable to the good tasteyof the
denomination of which it is the repre-
sentative.
Year: 1865

The communication in regard to the
Mission Sabbath School, which we eint
in another. .places ia worthy attention.
The Mission School is one in which we
all feel pride, because it has hitherto
stood 6rst in the State. 1t ought not to
suffer for want Of suitable room in
which to meet. oA rs to a--kx
Year: 1865

The Chicago Republican says the
registers of voters in the State Of Mary
land held convention in Baltimore re-
Gently, and resolved to enroll no man as
Q voter who had the general reputation
Of having sympathizsd with the rebel
lion. This will exclude from the polls
about half those who have hitherto exer.
cised the elective franchise in that Htats.
Maryland stands with ITsnnssses and
Missouri in her resolution that the trail
tors who have been engaged in destroy
ing the Government shall for some tims
to come have no share Ia its sdministra-
ton. 1t is not bad rule for those
States which have known the atrocity OF
the rebellion by experience; and We are
glad to know that the officers Of the law
in Maryland are resolved to do their daty
in accordance with the Constitutions OF
the State. A