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Year: 1869

Judge Miller Of the United State
Circuit Court, has made a decision that
will have an important effect upon fer
~ companies. He decides that no
State has the power to grant the exclu-
siye right Of operating ferries on our
rivers. This rather demOlishes the
theory that an individual OF company
may obtain charter to the exclusive
use off given number Ofmiles Of river
crossing, and then DO as they please,
and prevent any other person from
interfering with them. It viii put
ferry companies upon their good beha-
viOr. ei
Year: 1869

Some corn has been raised in Die
go county, Cali the ears Of (which have
been pronounced by the editor Of 3 pa
per in that section TO be as long Is his
own, which decision was considered
compliment to the corn.
Year: 1869

JuHt ~, lcuV.

 DR. JOHN BULL--Dedr Sir: I have recent ily given your s'Worm Destroyer" several trials, and find it wonderfully eficacious. It has not failed in single instance to have the wished for effect. am doing pretty large country practice, and have daily use for some article of the kind. am free to confess that know of no remedy recommended by the ablest authors that is so certain and speedy in it's effects On the contrary they are un- certeain in the extreme. My object in writ ing you is to find upon what terms can get the medicine directly from you. If can get it upon easy terms, shall use great deal of it. I am awarethat the use of such articles is contrary to theteachings and practice of q great majority of the rs9uiar line of NJ. D s, but see no just cause or good sense in dis carding remedy which we know to be efil- cient, simply because we may be ignorant of it's combination. For my part, shall make it rule to use all and any means to alleviate suffering humanity which may be able to command--not hcsitating because some one more ingerious than myself may have learned its effects first and secured the sole right to secure that knowledge. However, am by no means an advocate or supporter of the thousands of worthless nostrnms that flood the country. that purport to cure all manner of disease to which human flesh is heir. Please reply soon, and inform me of your best terms. am. sir, most respectfully.

 JULIUS P. CLEMENT, M. D.
Year: 1869

n@-We find great many do not un- derstand cur terms. They think a subscription is not due until the tune is fully expired. This is not the case i; our terms are strictly ill advance. IL is impossible for us to publish this pa- per without following this course in every instance. We are compelled 10 mark names from the book as fast as their times expire,
Year: 1869

What Makes Money Scarce.


A great many persons are
complaining Of the extraordi-
mary scarcity Of money at this
time. The complaint is a just
one, too. Everybody feels
the oppression Of tight
money market. But people
don't seem tounderstand why
money is scarce just now
The great cause of this scar
city is owing to the fact that
the Secretary Of the Treasury
has been paying off the bond
holders the semi-annual in
terest on their bonds. The
bondholder must get his in
terest though the country
suffers. The Democracy don't
believe these bondholders
should rob the people any
longer. They have already
received in gold interest more
than they loaned the Govern
ment. They should receive
no more, Help the Democra-
cy into power; that party
believes it is better to work
for the benefit Of the poor
taxpayers, than for these
non-producing gentry who
live off the earnings Of the
farmer and mechanic.
Year: 1869

In order to induce an almost uni
versal circulation lof the Democratic
Inquirer during the Campaign, and
contribute to the advancement OF
sound principles and the success of
tho Democratic organization, we
propose to send the Democratic En-.
4airer until after the election for
Year: 1869

GRUMBLERs. y We hear many com
plaints that the late Fair was managed
almost exclusively in the interest of the
town, and that the country people didn't
have a faIr show. In the new Society,
Just formed, every one of the Directors
are taken from the county, and each
aud all of them are practical farmers.
1t is trusted that this arrangement will
prove satisfactory, and that in future
there vii be no occasion for complaint.
Only those who have tried it, know how
difficult it is to manage fairs so as to sat.
isfy every one, and in behalf of the mau,
agers Of the late Fair, we have to say
that they intended to do justice to all,
and if they failed, 1t WAS because it i:
not possible for human beings to be per
feet
Year: 1869

AssAULTISG A WOMAN old man
named Boise, who has seen better days,
visited the house of his former wife on
Monday night, and beat her in a shock
ing manner. Boise was drunk at the
time of the commission of the outrage,
but whether this will avail to screen
him from the law is doubtful.
Year: 1869

COMPLIMENTARY. After the riding at
the race course, on Saturday last,
purse of S43 was made up and presented
to Miss johnson, as an expression of the
estimation of the audience of her skill
in the mana ement OF her horse.
Year: 1869

Every boy should have his head,
his heart and his hand educated. Let
this truth never be forgotten. By
the proper education Of the head, he
will be taught what is good and what
is evil, what is wise and what is fool
ish, what is right and what is wrong.
BY the proper education of the heart
he will be taught to love what is good,
wise and right, and to hate what is
evil, foolish and wrong And by the
proper education of the hand, he will
be enabled to supply his wants, to add
to his comforts, and to assist those
around him. The highest objects Of
a good education are, to reverence and
obey God, and to love and serve man
kind. Everything that helps US in
attaining these objects is of great val
ue, and everything that hindcrs us is
comparatively worthless. When wis
dsm reigns in the head, and love in
heart, the man is ever ready to do
good; order and peace reign around,
and sin and sorrow are almost un-
known. ~
Year: 1869

A shoemaker over in Jersey bought


a halfacre lot. He was fond of fruit


and read the papers. The soil was
clay, and he selected fruit suitable to
the climate. He built house and
put his land into condition to pro.
duce fruit. He had no manure but
the droppings of street cattle. In his
leisure he brought from the woods
bark, rotten wood, moss and leaf.
mold, which he mixed with the soil
three feet deep. This was done by
degrees, and as fast as the ground was
prepared he planted fruit. He be-
come so interested and successful that
he retired from the cobbler's bench.
was his neighbor and knew him
intimately. His halt acre supported
himself and wife comfortably-almost
in elegance. She had no servant, and
had plenty of time to cultivate
flowers. Strangers inquired about
their beautiful home. Isabel grapes
and common currants formed the
bulk of his fruit. With a better selec-
ton his income would have been
larger. Others had the same SUCCESS
on small pieces of ground. One 1
knew who supported his family on an
acre. Half of his was grapes, the
crop of which in one season sold for
$500, and he had no bills to pay.


All this can be done in the South,
and even more. But we lack market
faSilitics. In the North railroad and
steamboat companies understand and
are awake to their true interest, and
furnish every facility for rapid, safe
and cheap transportation. In the
South there is almost nothing of the
sort. We are cursed with monopolies.
Last year, owing to the miserable
system of utter disregard for the
interests of producers, which obtains
here, the proceeds of tho peach crop
were so small that probably but few
will venture this year to send peaches
North. Fruit is handled carelessly
like travellers baggage. The railroad
and steamboat connections arc incom-
plete the agents are often discourte-
GUS; have no more manners than an
ELEPHANT, and both the companies
and growers of fruit suffer. Passen-
gers even are sometimes treated like
baggage.
Year: 1869

a scheme has BEEN proposed for


unitibg ireland and Scotland, so as to


do away with tho necessity of making
"a sea passage altogether. The en-
trance. to the railway. tunnel, by it is
to behcconplished, on tho Irish side
is to be from q. point about midway
Cushenden and Cushendall, on the
coast of Antrim, and on the Scotch
side, at Glenstrone, from whence it
would run through the head of the
Null oof Cahtyre. The total length
Of the tunnel under the water would
be fourteen miles three furlongs, and
it is said that the ground through
which it would have to be made is ex-
actly suietd for tunnelling operations,
and the sandstone for. lining it can be
had in any quantity on tho Irish side.
1t is proposed, however, to lay down
three lines Of rails to accommodate
wide and narrow guage carriages.
The gradient at the entrance of the
tunnel On the Irish side would be
one in sixty for about FIVE miles it
would then fall to one in eighty-two
for about half that distance, and one
in seven hundred and seventy-three
for about five miles in the centre of
the tunnel under the water, rising
from that one in TWO hundred and
seventy-two, then to one in one hun
dred and thirteen, then to one in sixty
for about the same distance as on the
Irish side, which continues to the en-
trance of the tunnel on the Scotch
side. The estimated time that would
be occupied in completing the tunnel
is, allowing for all contingencies,
under six years, and the cost under
four and a quarter millions. TO pay
dividend Of five per cent, the week
~ earning must be forty-two pounds
per mile, and an estimate is appended
to show that the gross earnings would
be largely in excess of this amount,
and that the mineral resources of the
land in the immediate vicinity of the
Irish end Of the tunnel would be i'm
menseiy developed. Nobody will be
disposed to deny that railway CON-
munieation between the two countries
would be very desirable thing if it
can bs accomplished.-CasselPs Maga-
zine.
Year: 1869

Michigan papers state that a youLg
man named George Denslow, living
near Rome Centre, in that State.
dreamed on the night Of March 13,
that he was deaf and dumb, and
on waking was horrified to find that
he could neither speak nor hear.
From that time till the 4th of Nav,
ffty-three days, he remained totally
deaf and dumb. On. the evening Of
that day, while. returning from the
fold where he had been at work, On
odd feeling came over him, and he
was obliged to lean against the fence
for support. Presently he heard bird
sing, and he found also that his voice
had returned to him. During this
suspension Of voice and hearing he
had enjoyed uncommonly good health.
Year: 1869

AR1 WE TO HAVE AN EXPIRE p
Following the agitation for universal
SUFFRAGE in this country eomes natu-
rally from various sources the sug-
gestion Of an empire, The two
things, though seeming wide apart,
are really correlated. It would be no
paradox to say that an empire is as
legitimately as republic the product
of universal suffrage. Look at
France. There is country where
the suffrage is universal, and there is
an empire in which the power of one
man is greater and more absolute than
in any other European nation, save
Russia. In this connection it is not
necessary to contrast the merits and
faults of the Napoleonic Government.
Our business is only to show that
there is an empirein in which the right
to vote is in fact as freely exercised as
in this Republic and we only desire
to call the attention of thoughtful
persons TO the comparatively unsus-
pected dangers which lurk at the
bottom of that mnch overpraised in
stitution-uniyersal suffrage. so far
from being guarantee of our liber-
ties, 1t. may. prove their destruction.
Instead Of ensuring the perpetuity of
the Presidential Office and the other
present republican forms, it may, if
unchecked, some day put an Emperor
on throne, make tho. Senate a mere
pension house for imperial favofites,
and pack Congress with the willing
tools. Of some daring genius who has
won the hearts of the people and
clothed himself with the imperial
Universal suffrage actually makes
this astounding revolution in our sys


tenn possible. Universal suffrage is
the only thing that does make it
possible. In universal, suffrage is the
danger and not the protection of the
Republic.-N. Y. Journal Of Cpma.sres.


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Year: 1869

A remarkable story comes from
Bodega Bay California, of a ter
rife battle between a sperm whale
and number of swordfsh, which
resulted in the defeat of the whale.
The fight was witnessed by a far
mer plowing in his field near the
coast, only few miles north of
the "Golden Gate" The sea
smooth, and the first indication
of the conflict was a colnmotion
in the water nearly a mile from
shore, but as the combatants rap
idly approached the land, their
movements became distinctly Wis,
ible. The swordfish were Eve in
number; the whale, though dia-
playing great activity, was no
match for them. In making their
thrusts into the sides of the whale,
the swordfish kept clear Of his
tail, one blow from which would
have been fatal to either of them.
With maddened fury, the whale
struch right and left, thenF dived
to escape his tormentors; but they
followed quickly, and soon brought
him to the surface. Blood was seen
spirting from deep gashes in his
sides. The contest lasted nearly
one hour, when the whale, with
a mighty effort, flung himself upon
some low rocks, and soon died.
Many persons from the neighbor-
ing village of Peteluma went out
to view the carcass. 1t was fifty
or sixty feet in length, and there
were gashes two feet deep and
six feet long in its sides.
Year: 1869

OF truthfulness. But it is only an evil
denee OF the proneness Of some people
to lie and misrepresent, and as such We
give it. 1t was evident enough that be
got up the romance 10 create sympathy
for himself, for In concluding be ex
pressed his intention OF c2nvsssiDg the
city to-day in quest of situation as car
riage trimmer. o, don't we hope that
he'll get it
Year: 1869

Not alone is the evil of pOlygamy confined
to the sundering of ties and the destruction
Of the fne feelings of the heart. Its evil
influence extends to the health of the body
and mind OF the coming generations. If We
credit the assertions Of men Of Silence, if we
believe that marriages of blood relatives
bring i'll on the children of such unions, the
assertion of the existence of this evil among
this people cannot be denied Men have
been pointed out to me, who have for their
wives two sisters, and they have raised chill
dren by both Another case was brought
to my notice, where the three wives of man
were a mother and two daughters. Another
man was pointed out, as the husband of his
half sister, she being the daughter of his
father by another woman. Such cases as
those quoted above are not rare they are
common. Who shall undertake to say, or
even imagine, what the final result of such
licentious and incestuous marriages will be
on the coming generations Who shall say
what will be the result, if this custom COM
tinues if the Mormons are allowed to make
women of less account than their beasts of
burden, caring for them only in ratio of the
children they bring into the world? All
men must marry, who belong to the church,
as soon as they arrive at proper age. The
young men, as we'll as maidens, are taught
to be strictly virtuous.
Year: 1869

This letter is from her,
| see the pink flush all over the sheet;
1t was covered, know by her innocent bushes


So shy and So sweet.
fancy, almost, twas whisper, Ny dear !"
low the pen hung around it, that term of en-
dearmcnt-


So much sweeter 10 hear.


All, what sweet letter
She tells me she s lonesome, now IN away
Well, IN glad, and m sorry-I m glad she
Can miss me,


IN sorry to say,


Ere | tell her " Good morning"
And hold just for a moment, her hand in my own,
Aud perhaps may kiss her, if no one is look
ing,


Or We are alone


How | wish tue days were shorter
She SAWS she longing TO see me again
For she has something to tell me, the dear lit
tie charmer,


Too sweet for a pen.


And the musical ending
O. Your true heart forever ~ On magical words
They ring through my heart till the echoes are
sweeter


Than singing of birds
Year: 1869

TIE London Horse Book says: Never strike
an animalnpon the head. Never touch a
spirited horse with the whip, until he has
been told to move faster either by voice OF
sign. Balky horses are generally made SO,
by i'll treatment when young, or handling Of
the animal if of highly nervous tempera-
ment-and no horse was ever cured of it by
excessive whipping. 1t comes of spirited
temper, and is uggly-or from nervousness
which confuses the animal, and it stops in
the road from excessive fear"
Year: 1869

T not poverty so much as pretense that
harnesses ruined nan-the struggle be-
tween proud mind and an empty purse
the keeping up hollow show that must
soon come to an end. Have the courage to
appear poor, and you disarm poverty Of its
sharpest sting
Year: 1869

Is THERE Room IN ANGEL.LAND "A
mother who was preparing some -four to bake
into bread, left it for a few moments when
little Mary-with childish curiosity to see
what it was, took hold of the dish, which
fell to the foOr, spiling the contents. The
mother struck the child a severe blow, say
ing with anger, that she was always in the
way. Two weeks after, little Mary sickened
aud died. On her death>bed, while deliri>
Gus, she asked her mother if there would be
no room for her among the angels. II was
always in your way, mother-you had no
room for little Mary. And will be in the
angels way? viii they have no room for
mel" The broken hearted mother then felt
no sacrifice loo great could she have saved
the child.
Year: 1869

Is there room among the angels


For the spirit Of your child?
Will they take your little Mary,


In their loving arms so mild2
Will they ever love me fondly,


As my story books have said ?
Will they find home for Mary
Mary numbered with the dead
Tell me truly, darling mother


Is there room for such as me?
Will gain the home of spirits,


And the shining angels see ?
l have sorely tried you, mother
Been your constant care
And you will not miss me, mother,
When dwell among the fair
For you have not room for Mary
She was ever in your way,
And she fears the good will shun her I
Will they, darling mother, say
Tell me-tell me truly, mother,


Ere life's closing hour doth come !
Do you think that they will keep me,
In the shining angels home?
Year: 1869

TEE Denver Tribune reports the inaugur-
al address Of the new broad brimmed Indian
Agents, as follows: How? How good and
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together
in unity! Dearly beloved, the spirit hath
moved the Great Father to appoint me
steward for the children ofthe forest. Verify,
in former times there have been unjust stew>
ards who were liars, and the truth was not
in them; for they provided moth>eaten raj
ment, or, as the vanity Of human reason
praiseth it, shoddy. Yea, a multitude of
wicked devices have thine adverssries devils.
ed against thee, but let not the sun go down
upon thy wrath. Friend Lo, exhOrt thee
to be clothed with the garment of peace, and
turn from the error of thy ways, and from
the war-path, to the path wherein thou
shouldst go. Be not double-minded in the
inward man, beseech thee, but wax more
and more steadfast in those covenants which
thou hast covenanted when thou didst feel
the rod of correction
Year: 1869

xnv years aso the writer invalid physician while visiting the
Island their health experienced and witnessed surprising and
beneficial effects produced upon Of the nids who ke
usve seeking inquiry and investigation obtained full history
delighted and surprised and after his recovery
which occurred determined possible to the sole right manufacture
and sell 1t IN the United States.


The result Of his ars glorious himself and suffering humanity


made the world PLAN
TAToN sITTERs being article Of real founded principles and


relying wholly the vegetable world for its medicinal effects worked rapid u-
ton in the history medicine and became household word all the civilized
world The cahass TlssoZ tanan health and the demand for
the PLANTATION BTTR far exceeded the abilities Of the prcror
Notwithstanding the large importation Of st. cz Rum made expressly for the
pounding these Ee the quantity inadequate therefore became necessary
that arrangements extensive scale abroad should at made and agent
dispatched St. Thomas for that purpose He fortunate securing and
leasing several plantations the largest and most productive estates the
island Houses stills and erected as BY magic which utterly aston
hea the natives" The services experienced and natives the island
cured and very the ps the PLANTATION BTEas position
osupry their laboratory with all the perfectly st. cz Rum needed manu


turing the GREAT DysPEPo TONIC AND TzoaAToa The above represents
the natives crushing the and otherwise preparing for the stills and
As ande Fever aad Ague Intermittent and Mlaus Dyspepsia and
kindred PLANTATION gTERs unsurpassed
history the world Over FIVE million bottles disposed annually They
adapted old and male and female They agreeable always
produce immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

LIBERTY, like Love, is as hard to keep as
to win, and the exertions by which it was
originally gained will be worse than fruitless
II they be not followed up by the assiduitics
by which alone it can be preserved.
Year: 1869

PARALYsIs.-We find the following in an
exchange, and give it for what it is worth :
" We lately met Q gentleman who, although
he walked with perfect ease, said he had
been almost hopeless paralytic, but had
been substantially cured by the use of an
air pump. The theory of the cure, and
the application of the instrument, we're as
follows; Paralysis is produced by the failure
OF some of the organs of life to perform
their functions. They need recuperating.
lie applied a cup or receiver to the part af.
feeted, and by means Of the external atmos,
phere. There was then a rush of air inter
nally, as much as the clogged condition Of
the system would admit, towards the vacuum
produced by the plmp The blood was car
rled along by the air, and by mere mechani-
cal force made to circulate in the affected
hub, which thus recovered its vigOr and
activity
Year: 1869

MANNERs.-There is 2othing which adds
so much to young mans success in lifc-next
to hoUesty Of purpose-as the practice of
good manners. A polite man will show
good breeding wherever he goes-on the side
walks, in the buggy, as well as in your par>
lor. Ii you meet man who refuses to give
you half the road, Vi to tern out on the side
walk, you may class him as . nen with no
sense Of justice in his soul. When We
speak of polite men we do not wish to Ic
understood as referring to one who bows low
and takes off his hat to ladies and men of
position, aud turns away from the poor mau. /;
but we mean the honest face-thc man who
always carries smile on his countenauce,
and who never turns his face away from the
poor we mean the man who has kind sa-
lutation when he meets you in the morning
and pleasant good night in the evening ;
man whose face is always void Of offence
Such man is bound to succeed-such a one
will find friends. Young men, be polite.
Year: 1869

AIMLEss EDUCATIoN.-Her is the itch
mans son who has been educated at great
expense and pains, and who has graduated
from college, and has come out gentleman.
He has studied not with a view to fitting
himself for any avocation in life but with the
view of being gentleman. He learns not
for the sake of knowing anything, but for
the sake Of being a gentleman. Soon Lis
father breaks down aud he, when he is
about twenty-five years old, finds himself q
poor mans son and dependent on his own
exertiOns: And he says to himself, "What
shall | do for living? "He asks his feet, and
his feet says, 81 do not know" He asks his
head and it says, 81 never learnt anything
about living There IS but one man that
can be friend this poor wretch, aud that is
the sexton Could anything be more useless
than such person? Can there be anything
more pitiable than such histories And vet
they are happening every day.