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Year: 1869

PHILADELPHIA, April 13.-Mrs. Twitchell has
furnished the press Of this city full statement In re-
gard TO the murder OF her mother 1t is Of great length


In the first place she dsavows any knowledge OF how or
by whom tho murder committed, but does not In
innate or innuate that It may have been done by her
husbsnd she then goes into a sng explanation OF her
ccasing to visit Twchell JAIL land says that after
bis conviction he leaving his CELL he pre- ssed into
her hand closely written paper which she found to be
an appeal 10 her 10 save his lilo by cohiesHhs
that rho had committed the murder. and followed by
.trv that she WAS 10 tell that she had committed the
murder in quarrel and that lawyers had been con


fed who said that she could not be harmed On SUD
s9uueut visit he gavo her another paper covering an
other story. She 10 tell that she had become crmE
nay intimate with Lee. had with her concerted
A plan 10 rob and murder Mrs Hil On another occasion
he gayo her another written appeal TO save hn ana


her to say that Mrs Hi had not been inr-
dered all, but mad fallen from tho window All these


with appeals to her love- &C. TO
sayo him They were IN TwHchens handwriting Dut
have evidently been drawn up for him by sohe legal
nud The whole statement throws but little new light
on the affair but explains the conduct OF Mrs Twiche
Year: 1869

you already, so just drink this nice
ginger-tea, and 60 to Sleep


The "poor child" got little
natural sleep, and in the morning
appeared somewhat less ghostly
than the apparition of Christmas
night. But she was still very pale,
with painfully shy, grieved look.
She was suffering less than was
expected from the exposure, but
more from the nervous shock of
the night before, and by the advice
Of her uncle, who had been sum-
moned, consented to remain with
her new friends for few days
Young John Percival was hospi
tably kind to the invalid guest not
seeming to perceive that she shranlz
from his attensions in sensitive,
disquieted way. Yet when his eye
was not on her, she was observed
to study his face with a peculiar
inquirlng expression. She could
not remember having seen that face
at the fearful moment of her awak-
ening, and she hoped he had not
been a witness of that walking
trance, which she regarded with alb
solute horror


Finally, on the last day of he1
visit, finding herself alone with him
for a moment, under a desperate
impulse, she asked: 'sDid you too
see me that night, Mr.. Percival p
He was touched by the tremble
in the voice and the wistful look in
the dark eyes; but he answered
honestly: Il cannot deny that ]
did see you"


20 sir! what must you have
thought ?''


Thought ?-why, I thought il
| ghosts would always come in such
shapes, I would never fear them
more"


The shy smile and rosy blush
that his playful answer called forth
seemed first to reveal to the young
collegian this pale, sad vision Of
the night as lovely waking flesh
and blood reality.


l never heard of Lucy Ellet ere
visiting the glimpses of the moon
as somnambulist after this, but ]
did hear that on another Christmas
night she stood on the hearth OF
the old arm-house, dressed all in
white, in the midst of the. same fam
lily circle, and that she gazed about
her, and said, II am afraid I AIN
walking in my sleep again." and
that she then put up her hands in g
pretty, deprecating way, and added
"But if I am, John, don't wake
mer'
Year: 1869

KILLED BY THE CARs.-We are
compiled this week to record anoth-
er sad case of death by being run
over by the cars. On Saturday af-
ternoon a little son of Morris Healy
was sitting on one of tracks at the
depot, when the Springfield train
backed up some cars unnoticed by
the little fellow, running over and
cutting his body in two, and of
course instantly killing him.-Dela-
acore Gazette.
Year: 1869

like Mr.. Adams, the Democratic
party may reasonably expect some
favor from the country.


An AfectiOnate Candidate.


The tender and tuching solicitude,
just at this time, manifested by Geo.
H. Pendleton for the laboring clas-
Ses, fills ones soul with the liveli-
est emotions. To an observer of
human nature it is curious to notice
how deep hold laboring men have
upon the hearts of those who are
aristocrats by birth and education.
A man like Mr.. Pendleton, for in
stance, may be born of a most aris-
tocratic family, he may be educated
at the best Universities in Europe to
escape contact with the sons OF
farmers and mechanics at home, he
may maintain the most exclusive
social relations, and visit in social
way no families that are not as old
and aristocratic as his own, and yet
when a man thus reared happens to
become a candidate for office, he
develops mysterious but extraor-
dinary affection for all men who
work with their hands and whose
faces are begrimed with the SCOT and
dust arising from their toll.


Now it is subject for curious
speculation, how to account for this
periodical growth and development
of the human affections. That Mr..
Pendleton regards all working men
with mothers tenderness and a
fathers fondness, there seems to be
no manner Of doubt. But why his
heart should go out for them at this
precise period of time, why his af-
fections should be fastened upon
them like barnacle upon a ships
bottom, why he should yearn for
working men SO, when there. has
been ''nary yearn'' for them be-
fore during the whole course of his
luxurious life and pampered exis-
tence, is a psychological mystery
which will bear investigation. Is
there anything in the nature of the
human affections to cause them to
grow weak OF become impetuous al
particular periods Of life, or during
certain months in the year2 Mems
animal affections for women are
doubtless stronger at one period o.
life than another, but is this true Of
mems affection for men? From the
fact that there is an unusual out
burst of tender feeling for the work
ing man who happens to be a voter
on the part of Democratic politi-
clans, the key to the problem is
probably found in the fact that there
is something peculiar in the atmos-
phe1e of September or Octobel
which dissolyes the Democratic
heart in tears and tenderness, when
ever laboring men are mentioned
This accounts for the extraordinay
growth of genuine election day
affection for men who work, as de
veloped in the speech of Mr.. Pendle
ton from the drawing-room Of his
palace in Clifton. September is {
good month for lovers of all kinds
why not for lover of laboring men
like the princely Pendleton The
near approach of the October cleo
ton does not of course affect the
strength of this attachment. 1t has
simply through natural causes reach.
ed depth and power befors un
known. And it is safe to say thai
an attachment such as this will bt
hereafter unknown. The twelfth oi
October will be the last day we shall
see laboring men patted on the bach
by Prince George.





! Time was, in the history of De
mocracy, when it's discipline was
'shoot deserters,' and make rene
Year: 1869

Bow-LEGs AND KNOCK -KNEEs-Bowed legs and
Knocking knees are among the commonest de-
formities of humanity; and wise mothers as
sert that the crookedness in either case arises
from the afflicted one having been put upon his
or her feet too early in babyhood. But a Man
chester physician, DR.. Crompton, who has
watched for the true cause, thinks differently
He attributes the first mentioned distortion to a
habit some youngsters delight in of rubbing the
sole of one foot against that of the other; some
will 60 to sleep with the soles pressed together.
They appear to enjoy the contact only when the
feet are naked they don't attempt to make it
when they socked or sippered. So the rem
edy is obvious; keep the baby's soles covered.
Knockipgknees the doctor ascrbes to a differ
ent childish habit, that of sleeping on the side,
with one leg tucked into the hollow behind the
other. He has found that where one leg has been
bowed inward more than the other, the patient
has always slept on one side, and the uppermost
member has been the most deformed Here the
preventive is to pad the nsides OF the knees SO
as to keep them apart and let the limbs grow
freely their own way. All of which is COM
mended to mothers who desire the physical up
rightness of their progeny.
Year: 1869

INFLUENCE OF FEMALE SOCIETY.--lt is better
for you TO pass an evening once or twice week,
in a ladys drawing room, even though the cou-
versatiop is slow and you know the girls song
by heart, than in a club, tavern, or pit of
theatre All amusements of youth to which vir-
tuous women are not admitted, rely on it, are
deletrious in their nature. All men who avoid
female society have dull perceptions, and are
stupid, or have gross tastes and revolt against
what is pure. Your club swaggerers, who are
sucking the butts of billiard cues all night, call
female society insipid Poetry is uninspiring to
a yokel beauty has no charms for blind man
music does not please poor beast who does not
know one tune from another, but, as a true cpl
cure is hardly ever tired of water, sauce, and
brown bread and butter protest can sit for
whole night talking to well regulated kindly
woman about her girl Fanny or her boy Frank,
and like the evenings entertainment. One of
the great benefits man may derive from wo-
man s society, is that he is bound to be respect
full to her. The habit is of great good to your
moral man, depend upon it. Our education
makes us the most eminently selfish men in the
world. We fight for ourselves, we yawn for
ourselves, we light our pipes and say we won't
60 out. We prefer ourselves and our ease and
the greatest benefit that comes to man from
woman's society is, that he has to think of
somebody to whom he is bound to be constantly
attentive and respectful
Year: 1869

PoIsoN PERFUME.-It is well-know fact
that the perfume of some kinds of flowers is in
jurious to health, and even cause death, if aow-
ers are kept in a confined space frequented by
men at the same time. One of the local papers
Of the city of Lyons now records the fact of
death by asphyxia, suffered by lady who slept
in room wherein a large quantity of ounces
were kept. According to scientific evidence
given in this instance, the air of the room was
largely ytiated with peculiarly suffocatinr
perfume, and a very considerable amount of both
carbonic acid and carbonic oxide gas The
room in question was always used as a bedroom .
no fire had been lighted in it, nor was any other
liscernible cause for the death of this lady
found, but the exhalations of the fruit.
Year: 1869

MATRIMONIAL ADvAyCEs.-The Rev. DR.. Bush
nell, in his new book, "The Reform Agains,
Nature" writes on this subject as follows:


There is one matter where genuine reform
would accomplish more for women, as verify
believe, and take them out Of the corner that
now pinches them a great deal more certainly
than to give them right of suffrage and Of civil
office having also the further advantage, that
it would give them more open way to the
proper woman's life, for which they are better
made, instead of taking them off into quasi bat
ties with men for points of precedence and pre-
negatives of government which do not belong to
them and never can. speak here of reform
that takes off or somehow loosens the embargo
on women, as respects advances toward marriage
The assumption now is that women must first be
lassoed and taken. courted long and skillfully
then and almost to the death, before they can
venture an approving look. If they cannot be
conquered then, they must not be had, and they
must take this ground themselves. On one side
there must be a close fence, of prudery, hard as
possible to get over, and on the other, the man
who will try must go to it bravely, which, for
his modesty, is likely to be quite impossible
Full tbree-quarters of the men who get stuck IN
their bachelor life and never married, are, in
fact, the most Unborn adorers of women such as
never in their lives muster courage for any
advance Just because the shrine they look upon
has too much divinity in it for their mortal ap-
proach. Of course it will not do for unmarried
women to put themselves in way of being
suitors to men. That kind of suitorshp would
even be an offence, and raise sense of revul-
sion nobody would recommend to women that
they get over their moGesty, but the almost
chronic strngency of what are called good man.
ners in this matter might be relaxed. without
real impropriety and with great advantage. The
present iron-clad modesty, which is simply
ridiculous in either party, might be so far miti-
gated as to let feeling feel its way and carry on
its own courtship-requiring no restriction save
the restriction of words and formal advances,
and allowing nature to interpret and work out
her problem, hampered by no unnatural coyish-
ness. Women cannot be forward and bold, but
they are now great way further off than they
need be.
Year: 1869

counties return badly. The Democratic
State ticket has probably carried the day
entire. The efforts OF the Democratic lead.
ers appear to have been chiefly directed 10
reverse the control Of tho State Senate and
the election of majority of Assemblymen
more especially the former, with the purpose
of bringing the Senate 10 accord with Gov,
Hoffman


The World saYa; In this State the Demo
cratic State ticket appears TO have been
elected by u majority of at least 10000. In
almost every county there are reports Of
Radical losses as compared with the vote of
Grant. General Sgel ran ahead OF his tick.
ct in this and other large cities, and his total
vote proablo exceeds that cast for Mr. Gree.
ley or any other candidate on the Radical
ticket. At this writing Is a. nj the Demo
Gratis appear to have secured ma ajority in
each branch Of the State Legislature, though
full returns may record majorety in the
Senate to the Radicals.


The Herald says: The returns of our State
Indicate the success of the Democratic State
ticket, but the Republicans have working
majority in the Legislature. The Democrats
lose heavily in the city, but the Republicans
lose heavily throughout the State. The
election has gone by default in short vote,
after the fashion OF tho late October elect.
ion
Year: 1869

The New York Express says that the
statement that the use of tobacco b. persons
who do not use alcoholic drinks will cause
blindness, is leading many to foolishIy add
whisky drinking to tobacco smoking and
chewing.
Year: 1869

A man and his wife in Boston are making
a fortune by the manufacture of dolls shoes.
The shoes go through some twenty changeu
illustrating the latest styles as the peculiar
genius of merican industry.
Year: 1869

PHILADELPHIA. April 26.-The
whole city Is decorated with flags and
the Odd Fellows procession Is very
large. The celebration was com
menced by an anniversary hymn
written by Ben Shillaber, an address
of welcome and an oration in the
Academy this morning. At noon a
salute was fired in Pennsylvania
Square, when the procession began to
move.
Year: 1869

Many the writer these lines and an Invalid physician while
Eana Of St ciz for their health experienced and witnessed many n
beneficial there Of the nahds WHO
ouves seeking health; ana inquiry and investigation obtained M
Of its medicinal virtues delighted and surprised and after his own re
possible the sole r mnusufs
sell tin the United States
himself ana suffering
made the world sA
BITTERs being article merit founded upon new rrr ana
H worked RAPID revolt
history medicine and household WORD al ever the 0zz
uman Of health and the demand s
abilities the rrrrs TO supply
Notwithstanding importation Of st. crdz Bum, made expressly Tor the COM
pounding 5r the quantity was inadequate therefore became necessary





dispatched ST. Thomas for that Es was fortunate In securing
leasing Of the largest and most productive estates
erected as By magic which utterly aston
and natives Of the Island Ws
the pers Of the PLANTATION B!gTEHs were N
laboratory perfectly St. crdx Bum needed IN
turing the NvaoRATa The above cut
crushing and otherwise preparing 1t for the sa and
and klar Fevera Dyspepsia
the PLANTATION BTERs unsurpassed N
million bottles disposed Of annually They ae1
ycung female They agreeable TASTE and ~
produce immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

"oH Eternal have mercy upon me-


because | am passing awayl o Infinite !
because l am weak. o SOVEREIGN If
Life' because draw nigh to the crave O
Omniscient because I am in darkness
y All Bounteous because 1 am poor
v All Sufficient because I am moth.
ing" Said to be the prayer of a SAVAGE
Year: 1869

The following beautiful passage is


by the Rev. j. F. Corning. 1t will


be appreciated by all ''brain work.


ers :''


''While i sit at my study-tabls


with my pen in hand, the fingers
moving with tardy pace at the beck
on of brain, i hear right below my
window, in the adjacent field, the
monotonous ring OF laborer's hoe
upon the corn hills. While he hoes,
he whistles hour by hour till the
CLOCK strikes twelve, and then with
ravenous appetite repairs to his boun-
tiful yet simple meal, only to resume
his task again and pursue 1t to The
setting of the sun. As stood at the
window watching his toll, and turned
again to my pen and paper, I asked
m yself how it happened that the man
with his hoe will labor bis eight or
ten hours day with less loss Of vital
power than the man with his pen will
toll his three or four. Hugh Miller
was a great worker with the shovel
and pick-would have made: good
hand in a slate quarry, in grading
railroad, or digging canal. But
one night. az you know, he shot him
self in q fit OF nervous fever. What


was the difference between the great
geologist and the man with the hoe
whistIing under nv window? Sim
ply that that the former was q worker
of brain, and the latter a worker of
muscle. Let this man with the hoe
lay down his kusbandry for a little
while and set himself to studying one
ofthe stalks of corn, or the chemistry
of one OF those hills, and very likely
he would soon learn what it is to lose
ones appetite, and hear the clock
strike nearly all the night hours in
feverish wakefulness. And thus we
get at a great organic law of our be-
ing, viz: that brain work subtracts
from the fountain, while mus
,le work only makes draughts uoon
one OF the ramifying streams Of life.
1t is estimated by scientific observ-
srs that a man will use up as much
Titai force in working his brains two
hours as he will in working his mus
lies eight H H-J g
Year: 1869




The report of the Managers of the
House of Refuge on Randalps Island,
New York, says; There are num-
bers of young men beyond the age
of sixteen, serving sentences in our
peniLentiaries, who by the disgrace
and denoralizing influence of apenal
institution, are shut out from all
hopes of reformation and of a better
life. That these young men, even
up to the age of 20 or %, may be re-
formed by a system analogous to
that pursued in a house OF refuge,
the managers are fully pursuaded.


In reference to which the Tribune
remarks '.In the reform CT prison
treatment which, sooner or later,
must be effected, unless we fail to
perform an obvious and imperative
duty, the first step, and without
which no reform is possible, will be
classification by which criminals
will be associated according to their
moral condition One class will
naturally be of young men not yet
hardened, and in whom affection and
kindness are not wholly obscured, or
in whom these qualities can be arous-
ed. The percentage ofsuch must be
large-even larger than the benevo-
lent might suppose-and, containing
within themselves the elements Of
much good endeavor, they must be
saved from contamination, as pre-
|liminary to the establishment of hsb-
its which will fit them for leading
useful lives. This would seem q
subject of such momentous impor-
tance as to call for energetic and
increasing action. of Legislators and
intelligent men, not only in our own
State, but through the whole land
Year: 1869

In hiring teacher than In numerous
other matters Of inferior Importance.
Somebody must teach, and in order
to get it off your mind, you act hast
lily, and in general wrongly.


The time is coming when men will
begin to look at education in differ
lent light. Instead of its being re-
garded q matter of little or. no con-
sequence, they will esteem it a. de-
serving more attention than the cor.
poreal organization. 1t is not 50
now. Men, as class, act as il the
body was all there is : Of man.
and regard the proper keeping
thereof as the great end Of iifs.--
They live only for the present. Let
as hope that the men, who, q hun
dred years from now, shall tread our
valleys and gaze up into our broad
sky, will fully comprehend the fact
that the soul Of man lives when his
body crumbles to dust; that when
the stars have gone out in the heav-
ems, and the pyramids have dwin-
died to a speck, it continues to in
crease in beauty and splendor, and
will while eternity lasts.


Then will education receive its
due consideration, Then win men
the great object Of life.
Then will they comprehend what ID
folded up in the one word-devel-
Dpment. More anon.


A. TEACHER.
Year: 1869

"Not many years ago. said Mr..
F. -, "the mercantile community
were annoyed by an immense amount
of spurious paper most dextrously
put in circulation. Checks we've
presented at the principal banks
signed by the firms OF prominent
houses, and money in the aggregate
amounting to nearly fifty thousand
dollars obtained upon it. The pc
culiar circumstances of the case dis
closed the fact that the forgerresided
in the city, and for months we were
on the gui rice to detect the criminal.
Every new face, every stranger whose
occupation and pursuits were not
thoroughly understood, were sub
jected by Mr.. = and myself to
a most rigid scrutiny. Still we were
at fault. 1t is not difficult to find out
the person who is not guilty of an
offence the trouble is to discover
who is. And thus our search went
on. Baflled in one direction, we took
another. Aside from the reward,
which was ample, our pride was in
terested in detecting the person who,
almost before our eyes, practced
such open frauds. One day 1 saw a
lady paying for bill of goods with
a check. Before she had time to
leave the store l obtained a look st
the paper, and was satisfied it was
not genuine. Still L was not certain.
The lady was deeply veiled, and
was subjected to the alternative Of
following her. This l did and traced
her home.


1t was a besutiiul little cottage.
with large yard and garden. Taste
and culture had fashioned tue gray
eled walks, and trained the dense but
beautiful foliage into parterres, as
curious as novel and pretty. Vines
crept over the portico and trailed
along the network of the gallery
The white and red hollyhock bloomed
at the gate, and the margin of the
walks was bedded with ylolets and
/


thesweetscented yer bena.@ The per


fume of orange blossoms mingled
with the odor of the rose, and the
senses were delighted with the evil
dent beauty that peryaded the place.


l FASTENED back to the place where
the check was passed, and which Mr..
- had already. eascertained TO
nave been forged. We had now OBJ
tanned a clue, which, if carefully
pursued, we were satisfied would
| lead to the detection OF the criminal
g We waited till morning, and it was
then determined that should visit
her alone. / did so, and found the
lady seated in q pleasant little parlor,
looking out ON the miniature lawn
The room was exquisitely furnished,
Year: 1869

PHILADELPHIA, August 2O.-The
labor Congress met at 8 am. The
Committee on Organization made a
report with amendments, but after
debate the matter was laid on the
table and the Committee discharged.
The Committee on Female Labor
made a report which was adopted, as
follows:


Res0lred, That this Congress recon-
mend that all Trades Unions make
immediate effort to secure a thorough
organization OF female labor, and de-
mand the same pay for work equally
well done by women as By men. Ev-
cry avenue of labor for which woman
is physically capaeitated should be