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Year: 1869

We beg leave to call your attention to an
entirely new article known as Patent Metal
lie White Wire, possessing qualities which
prevent it from every corrodiDg or turning
from its uniform color during any number Of
years, and on which letters patent have been
secured. 1t has been found to be the only
article suitable for clothes-line. The old
fashioned rope or cord always causes so much
trouble and annoyance by breaking, rotting
out, and discoloring clothes, and by being
obliged to be put up and taken down every
time used. With this Wire Clothes Line
YOU have none of these annoyances, and
when it is once put up it gives you no more
trouble, After using it we are confident you
will fully corroborate the statements of thou
sands of others ia its praise, Every family
should, and will eventually have one! 1t
will not rust nor corrOde, though you may
keep it in water for any length Of time, even
salt water.


Seven reasons why every family should
have one of thsse Patent White Wire Clothes
Line:


Ist. You never have to take it in, no mat
ter what the weather may be; for the wealth
er cannot effect it.


2d. It will last from twenty to fifty years
or more, and during that time you Will wear
out great many rope lines, besides suffer-
ing an untold amount of trouble and annoy
ance with them.


Sd: 1t is the cheapest Clothes Line in the
world, to say nothing of its great convent
ence. A good rope line costs about l 16c per
foot, and this only 3cts. This viii last a life
time, while that with good care will last but
one or two seasons. This Wire, al 25 cents
per foot, is cheaper in the end than rope
line.


4th. You cannot load it heavy enough
with clothes to break it. 1860 lbs. being its
breaking weight,


5th. 1t does not in any way discolor, wear
or iBiure the clothes that are hung upon it,
and they never freeze to it. The finest
fabrics can be removed instantly in the
coolest weather without injury. This is a
decided advantage over rope lines.


9Th. 1t will save its price in saving your
clothes every six months you own it.


7th. Last, though not least, this Wire will
save yours clothes-posts as well as your
clothes. You may set posts ever so firmly
and the shrinking of a rope will poll them
loose. Who every saw, clothes-posts, three
months set, that we're not staggering in all
directions2 Not so when this Wire is used
for it does not shrink, and posts will stand
erect and firmly till they rot off.
Year: 1869

We Agent for BynO Coal and Wood Furnaces The Wood Fqne is
enye used throughout the country for the last Twelve and has proved to be the
Of them use at the present time than Of other patterns There have been
reducing the number of joints the weak points DC The new and Prov
feet in its operation and economical fuel We believe be the most perfect
seCang the Radiator and the sepakg of the Joints two strong
Another
feature this furnace found the small number Of joints their position and the



where the radiator connects with the body and the body with the pot these



side and made perfectly gasght The form the castings SUCH that
liable thicker
Furnace in the market It also which another great recommendation for
Coal by the addition Smoke Collar the body for direct draft and
exeu eordes son hOt notice
Year: 1869

COOP COOKING STOVE the articles household
which health
family so much depends is therefore the duty Of wanting Cooking
of DILLON and will be get just the kind need We think that



the use fuel better heaters and bakers far ahead of anything the
Year: 1869

If we may rely implicitly on the re-
ports of affairs in Cuba sent out from
Washington, Providence is evidently
helping the Cubans. We hear that the
cholera is doing the business for the
Spaniards, while the Cubans are in fine
health. We suspect those who go down
there to see for themselves will find the
grim old fool killer not SO choice about
the nationality of his victims.
Year: 1869

THE steady reduction in the clerical
force of the departments at Washing
ton, causes considerable distress, and
illustrates the mistake which. young
men make when they seek employ
ment in this department OF the govern
ment service. We mean young men OF
spirit and capacity, and of reasonable
ambition. For drones, and for young
men who are content with the mere
means of present livelihood, with no
desire to better themselves, and no wish
for settled, permanent occupation,
the departments doubtless present at
fractions. For married man to take
such place is folly. The cost of sup
plying family in Washington, cannot
be met by the compensation OF the great
majority of the department clerks.
There is little vnance of promotion, or
oven of permauency of the situation,
for with every change of administration
even if there be no change in its pO-
litical character, there is a general over
hauling of the departments, to make
place for new comers, who have just
the claims that the existing incumbents
had when their predecessors were turn
ed out to make place for them. We
cannot too strongly dissuade any young
man, who has anything in him tit to
make man of, from seeking or accept
ing these unsatisfactory and doubtful
and dependent places under govern
meut. r.... o..
Year: 1869

VIRGINIA ELECrIoN.-Al the ac-
counts received In Washington from
Virginia say that the excitement
throughout the State over the approach
ing election is becoming very intense.
The canvass is carried on with u good
deal of bitterness on both sides. The
leading Repu bIicans from that State
now think that Wells. the Republican
candidate for Governor, will be elect
ed by from fifteen to twenty thousand
majority, although many claim that
these figures are too low. 1t seems to
be understood that the disiranchising
clause will be stricken out of the Con-
stitution. But few Republicans are
supporting 1t.
Year: 1869

A SPEECH of little French girl Is re-
ported by Mr.. Legouve of the Institute,
which, as a youthful defiance OF public
opinion, is something at once peculiar
and profound. The little girl had been
naughty, and on being threatened by
her preceptor that he would tell every
one he knew OF her misconduct, she
said. Very we'll, tell ii you want to;
don't care. There are great many


people that you don't know, and they
will never hear a word about it, The
appeal here to the great majority seems
to us far beyond the years of the little
school girl, but what will Mrs. Grundy
say to such hagrant characterization?
Year: 1869

1t is freely reported, and appears to
be currently believed, that a prize


fight has been arranged for Wednes-
day morning somewhere along the
Ohio river in the vicinity of this city.
One of the fistic knights is said to be
Barney Duffey, of fCleveland and Burns,
OF Pittsburgh. Duhey is said to have
been at Bellaire in training for some
time, and Burns was stopping here in
the city yesterday. 1t is gaid boat
will leave Bellaire with the party about
midnight, and go down the river to
some Island, where the fight will take
place at Q O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Enough has become known beyond the
limits of sporting circles to make 1t the
duty of the officers to keep sharp look
out for the party. No gang believed to
going off on any such business ought
to be suffered to leave Bellaire or any
other point. Some vigilant officer will
do himself credit and earn the thanks
of the decent part OF the community by
nosing out the expedition and nabbinR
the principals at the right time.
Year: 1869

There is no medicine extant equal to these
remedies In such cases. A tone and vigor Is
Impaired TO the whole system; the appetite is
dIgesIs properly, the blood Is purified, the
mplexion becomes sound and healthy,
the yellow tinge Is eradlcated from the eY es, a
bloom is given to the cheeks and the weak
and nervous invalid becomes astrOng and
healthy
Year: 1869

am sitting again by the old oak tree,
Now m old, and grav and alone;
And think Of the lesson You taught to me,
Though it's many year a-gOne.
And many brave tree has bent and broke,
And many heart since then,
But MINE is strong the brave old oak,
And as green as the broOm in the glen.
The harvest moon lent tiny beam
Of white for each golden tress,
And you seemed like a spirit one sees in a dream,
In your wondrous lovelness.
Like spirit ? Oh, no it was real and true,
That story of love, ween:
That read as it trembled in love.wrung dew
On the lash of your violet cen.
So loved-was it strange-though mind but few
OF the burning words 1 said;
1t was cruel-but oh it was kind of you
To be deaf to my prayer to wed
You were pale as death. you to go,
Your brow in its cold pain knit
Your voice in its agony, lOw-so lsw!-
But it faltered never whit.
"'Twere death, where love so we'll. to be wed
To be loved for a sweet short hour;
But shunnd when the morn of my bloom has fed,
And left but the faded flower.
q Be rather the gift TO another one


Than you of my life and its truth,
For when he grows cold can still live on,
In the dream of my early youth
You have wed since then, but you have not loved,
have loved but have not we'd
And my lifes experience has but proved


The wisdom of all you said.
Now years have lent you a tiny beam


OF white for each golden tress,
And II am somewhat too old to dream
Yet worship you none the less.
But have but to think of the past to prove,
Here, under the old oak tree,
That tits better were married, love,
Aye better for you and mel
Year: 1869

of the common cares and labors of life, but
an idol that he must pass his days in adjoining
for the admiration of others. A poor man who
marries such "A woman without dowry would
be capable of buying horse which had to be
fed II pom tcpazes and emera!ds instead of oats.
So it is now rare TO find Il husband of the kind,
and soon it will be impossible. This is what
they are coming to in France, according to a
very good authority.


Let our countrywomen take this warning,
fresh from Paris, together with the other fash
ions they are so fond Of getting from the same
quarter and, thus using the one as an antdote
to the excess Of the other, avoid throwing away
the chances of marriage .-Sunday Dispatch.
Year: 1869

In the course of an inquest held in London,
lately, Mr.. Wakely, the coroner, observed that
it would be well to acquaint the public with the
fact that if persons in house on fire had
presence of mind to apply damp cloth or
handkerchief to their mouth and nostrils, they
could effect passage through the dense,t
smoke; but the surest way would be to envel-
op the head and face completely in damp
CLOTH
Year: 1869

1t is better to sleep on the right side,
for then the stomach is very much in the
position Of bottle turned upside down.
and the contents of it are aided in pass
ing out by grayitation. If one goes to
sleep on the left side the operation of
emptying the stomach of its contents is
more like drawing water from a we'll


After going to sleep, let the body take
its own position. If you sleep on your
back, especially soon after a hearty meal


the weight Of the digestive organs and
that of the food, resting on the great
vein of the body, near the backbone,
congresses it, and arrests the flow of
the blood more OF less. If the arrest is
partial, the sleep is disturbed, and there
are unpleasant dreams. If the meal has
been recent and hearty, the arrest is
moro decided and the various sensa-
tiOns-such as falling over a precipiee,
or the pursuit of a wild beast, or other
impending danger, and the desperate
effort to get rid of it-arouse US, and
send on the stagnating blood and we
wake in a fright, or trembling, or in
perspiration, or feeling exhaustion ae-
cording to the degree Of stagnatiOn, and
the lenghth and strength Of the efforts
made to overcome the danger But
when we are unable to escape the danger
when we do fall over the precipiee,
when the tumbiing building crushes US
what then? That is death That is
the death of those of whom it is said,
when found lifeless in the morning


. That they were as well as ever they
were the day before !" and often it is
added, and ate heartier than common Z"
This last as a frequent cause of death
to those who have gone to bed to wake
no more, we give merely as private
opinion. The possibility Of its truth is
enough to deter any man from late and
hearty meal This we do know with
certainty, that waking up in the night
with painful diarrhea, or cholera, or
bilious collie, ending in death in very
short time, is probably traceable to a
late meal. The truly wise will take the
safe side. For persons to eat three times
a day, it is amply sufficient to make the
last meal of cold bread and butter, and
a cup of some warm drink. No one can
starve on it; while a perseverance in the
habit soon begets vigorous appetite for
breakfast, 50 promising of day Of
comfort.-HdWs Journal Of Health.
Year: 1869

Yesterday was opened at the Cooper
Institute a school of instruction in tel
graphy for the benefit of young ladies
who wish to profit by the chance afford
ed them by the Western Union Tele-
graph Company to learn the business of
telegraphy. Twelve tables were erected
in the room off the large reading-roOm,
and on each of these tables was placed
an instrument, the tables and instrument
being furnished by the telegraph COM
pany, and the room by the trustees OF
the Cooper Institute. a large number
of young ladies applied for admission to
the class, but only twelve had been ad-
mitted, as that is the limited number,
until they have been thoroughly taught,
when new class will be formed. The
class is in the charge of Miss Lydia H,
Snow, an accomplished operator, who
receives her salary as an instruetress
from the company. The term COM
menced on the 10Th of February, and
will end on the first of July,
1869. Applications must be made
in the handwriting of the applicant, and
examinations for admission will be held
on Fridays at II o'clock. Those who
apply must be at least seventeen years
old and not over twenty and they
must also bring satisfactory reference.
Pupils absent more than three times
without leave from the manager will for
felt their positions in the school. The
school hours each day will be from $3.50
am. to $3.50 pm, and no girl will be adj
mitted who is not willing to accept a
situation outside of the city when Of
fered. No entrance fee will be required
from the pupil, and the instruction will
be entirely gratuitOus. Visitors to the
pupils will only be admitted by card on
Fridays. Yesterday. the class was full
and very praiseworthy spirit was OBJ
servable among the pupils, none Of
whom had ever before learned the art Of
telegraphing. The business is light
and profitable one, as girls, when prop
erly instructed, can earn weekly salaries
of twenty to forty dollars week as oP-
orators. They are more apt to learn
and more patient under discipline than
men, and will make excellent operators
~ Y. World.
Year: 1869

The experiments commenced last year
on the Place de lHotel de Vile, in
Paris, on the oxyhydrogen light, are
about to be continued by order of the
Emperor, in the court of the Tuilleries.
The magnesia cylinders having been
found to corrode and waste away too
rapidly for the purpose of a continuous
light, an artillery officer, NJ Caron, after
experimenting with a variety Of sub
stances, has adopted zircon, substance
which Berzelius pointed out as infusible
and giving forth very brilliant light
under the blowpipe. 1t is said that NJ
Caron has had a cylinder of this sub
stance in use with the Oxyhydroger
light for a month, without the slightest
trace of volatilization The luminous
power of zircon, under the oxyhydro-
gen Jet, is about one-ffth more thar
that of magnesia. The zircon employed
IS an oxide of chromium; it is found
principally near Mask, at the foot of the
Ural Mountains. NJ Caron economies
the zircon by mounting point Of it OF
small stick of magnesia or fre-clay
the zircon being made to adhere by com
preston and afterwards baking
nal Of Society Of Arts.
Year: 1869

any rational temperance measures, into
opposition to the Law. II puts the very


best friends Of temperance in the attitude
not only Of opposing law, but law which
processes to be intended to promote tenn
perenee. Every effort to enforce such a
Law must practically fail and in failing post
pones, if not dcseats, all such measures for
the decrease Of intemperance as have been
found efhcacious. In small Villages or
towns, where the public sentiment is unit
edly opposed to tho establishment Of any
places for the sale Of liquor, it is easy to en-
force such law. Any town in this State
has the power within its limits to FAKE that
exclusion. But in large citiea, which do a
large business in supplying the families and
clubs OF the country villagrs where tho sale
OF liquor is suppressed, and in which public
sentiment is opposed to such Inv, the pro-
hlhition cannot be enforced, md the result
IN Boston will be repeated every where else.
Year: 1869

TO THE TRADE.


Being desirous of accommodating the mer-
chant the farmer. and the mechanic, have
fitted up the commodious Warehouse, No. 46
King street, and l am now prepared to furnish
them with every variety of COOKING, PAX.
LOR, DINING ROOM and CHA III B E r
STOVES also, with all the varieties of Tin,
JAPANNED, COPPER and SHEET IRON
WARE, OF the latest improved patterns. l
can also furnish to order goods of any descrip-
ton that may be wanted in my line. Particu-
lar attention is given to the workmanship and
material used in filing all orders of my patrons,
and | pledge satisfaction ne TO styleand quality.
My work is equal to any done in Northern
cities l also ask the favor Of all who wish to
examine or purchase goods in my line to call
and see for themselves. Having an experience
of thirty years in this business, / feel confident
l can suit them both in goods and prices.


also would call the attention Of the public
to the fact that have just received the agency
Of the celebrated ST y RT COO Kl n u
STOVE, which needs no recommendation, as
persons in our good Old Dominion can fully
testify to its economy and great saving OF fuel
and labor.


will close by extending my most heartfelt
thanks for the liberal patronage extended to
me in the old year just past, and truly hope a
continuance of the same, during the new year
Just set in. ENOCH GRl M GS.


No. as King st.,


Opposite old stand.
P. S.-Roofng and Spouting in town and
country, promptly attended to, and all work
fully warranted to please. feb III
Year: 1869

The STRUGGLE FOR LIFE Round
able is painting very diScouraging picture OF
ne hardships and poverty among the masses
o. he people, arising from the oppressive
1urthens which the tax collector is directly or
Indirectly placing upon their shoulders. The
writer says


Almost everywhere there are signs OF pinch
,nd grind. 1t is hard work to pay the rent,
he butcher, the grocer and baker hard work
0 pay for the children 5 schooling and clothes;
3auey hard work to squeeze out the install
nents for the summer jaunt or the sewing
machine; with many, every little comfort or
:dxury once a matter of course is now either
entirely cut off or measured out with an anxi-
Gus scrutiny and heSltatlng caution, that turns
ne pleasure half into pain. Friends. s..whisper
o each other that they do not see how they
,an pay their way this year and live. The
cherished scheme of sending the eldest boy to
college must be given up The hope of buying
me pleasant little country home must be for
soften The piano the patient wife has been
rafting for these many long years must be put
Of to an indefinite future. Meanwhile TO keep
Joul and body respectfully together, most peo
Die are working harder than they ever worked
before in their lives. They are wearing out the
.hysica machine by running it at baleiul speed,
nd keeping up appearances at the cost OF ner-
res, peace of mind, and the chance OF healthy
cid age. This is no exaggerated picture 1t
ia familiar to almost every eye that rests upon
ais page, Only the very rich are just now
thoroughly at ease-although even their seren
'ig is too often inspired by the speculative
1ania that so lew having anything to speculate
nth escape; while nearly every one 10 the
community who has to work for bread-who
aepends on salary or stated wages for stated
7ork-is in a chronic alienation of apprehen-
sicp and despondency.
Year: 1869

reflect that sound mind and body are th. t<o-t
necessary requisites to promote connubal hap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes u weary pilgrimsgei tho
prospt ct hourly dsrkens to the view, the mind
becomes shsdowed with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness a
another becomes blighted with your own.
Year: 1869

GRAND BALL IN HONOR OF THE PRESS AT
THE WHITE SuLPHUR.-The following para
graph from one of our daily contemporaries
will be welcomed by many of our young
folks who were unable to get up to the last
ball:


"The Staunton Spectator states that it is
the purpose of Messrs. Peyton & Co., of the
Grcenbricr White Sulphur Springs, to give
a grand and imposing mask and fancy
ball in honor Of the press. The members
of the press throughout the country will be
invited to attend. The Spectator is assured
by Mcssrs. Peyton & Co. that it will excel
any ball which has yet been given at the
Springs. Those who properly appreciate
the press and award it meritcd honor de-
serve success, and will be lifted by that
more than Archimedean lever to the pima
Gle of earthly prosperity. We have no
doubt that the fraternity will be largely
represented on the interesting OCCASION"
Year: 1869

DEPREDATIoNs IN HoLLYwooD.-It is
very strange that with the various depre-
datiOns committed at Hollywood nothing
has been done to prevent their repetition.
4 reward is offered to-day of twenty dol
lars, in the DiSpatch, for an outrage upon
the section Of the late Colonel Branch.
. Some time ago a young man offered to
act as guard on the grounds, taking for COM
pcnsation whatever the section holders
might voluntarily give him, and yet this
offer was refused. If the Board of Man
ayers of this cemetery can devise more
economical arrangement than this, they
may be regarded as managers indeed.


As the visitors to these grounds will be
quadrupled in few weeks by the extension
of the city railway, it is hoped something
will be done to prevent further depreda-
tions, and also secure unprotected ladies
from insult