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Year: 1869

A gentleman of Portland while away on
business, had the misfortune to have his
Tocket picked of some $500, After his
return home he received letter from the
thief, stating that he had taken the money
because his necessities were great at the
time; that with the money he had started
in business, and should pay interest on it
until he was able to return the principal.
Two payments of interest have been made
cn far
Year: 1869

Half of the people of the world are un.
happy because of the worry and fuss they
insist in putting upon their shoulders.
The world is an exceedingly clever place
in which to spend twenty, forty, seventy
years and more, but the people in it are
perpetually engaged in blocking their own
and one another's happiness. There might
be sunshine every day and starshine every
night if things were arranged as they
should and might be.
Year: 1869

CRoss-CUT SAw.-Leave every third
tooth straight. Don't set it either way
File it straight and square-not at an an
gle as you do the others. The saw will
cut twice as fast as one set and filed in the
old way. So says writer in the Southern
Cultivator.


Reason-It trues the bottom of the cut
and lets the bevel teeth points enter the
solid wood more freely.1
Year: 1869

Poisonous PorAToEs.-The sprouts OF
a potato contain an alkaloid, termed by
chemists solanine, which is very poisonous
if taken into the system. This alkaloid
does not exist in the potato itself, unless
it has been exposed to the light and air,
during its growth, by which it takes on
blackish green color upon the exposed
side. Potatoes presenting such an appear
anoe should never be cooked or fed to
stock-they are poisonous to both man and
beast.
Year: 1869

TAKE HEED.-Failure and success are
part of life. We all succeed and we all
TAIL. The brave and resolute are topmost
The stout hearted go up; the faint hearted
60 down Atlas with the world on his
broad shoulders is pluck, persistency, sue
cess. The head the word believes in is
ahead The daring and determened go
in this direction Their route is not all
sunshine and pleasure, but it has a good
share. Whether we succeed or faill-do
something or notLing-depends upon the
individual. Faith and pluck aud work
will do for man all that can be done. If
he fails with these it is failure worth all
the successes the world ever saw.
Year: 1869

UsURY LAws.-The usury laws OF several Of the
States are III process OF revision. The new law IN
New Hampshire provides that the lender may re.
ceve interest nigh as nine per cent, by special
contract the legal rate remaining at SIX per cent
unless otherwise specified. The Usury bill now
pending in the Connecticut Legislature Is sub5tan-
TALLY a COPY OF the Massachusetts, law, provldllg
tnat six per cent snail continue 10 be the legal rate
where no rate mentioned, but that borrowers and
lenders may agree In writing to any other. The
House hesitates to interfere with the ancient usages
of the State IN tins respect but It's hesitation VIII
hardly affect the practice OF business men, who have
settled this question for themselves i'll spite of usage
ana law together.-BostOn Advertiser, June "a.
Year: 1869

A recent number of the "Chicaso
Tribune" tells al amusing story of a
highly sentimental dry goods clerk in
that city. He lately married and was
So filed with his own happiness that he
was impelled TO impart it 10 surround
ing objects. 1t has been his habit to
write rhymes OF love-sicS sort on
scraps Of paper that lay about the store,
and oa .he piles of wrapping paper in
which goods are enclosed This pecu-
liarity has been the source of much
amiscment to his fellow clerks


A few days ago, when the store was
crowded with customers, q man came in
with excitement visible ia his hands,
bis hair, and his heaving breast, who
stepped up to the happy poet, ana,
pointing to some lines, asked him if he
wrote them. He was oblidged to own
them.


The scene had now attracted all per-
sons in the store to the spot. The irate
Visitor directed the clerk to read the
lines, which he did aloud as follows:


Come in the evening, come in the NOR
ming,


Come when you're looked for, come
without warning,


Kisses and welcome shall be there be.
fore you.


And the oftener you como here, the
more I'll adore you


There, sir, how dare you give such
stuff TO my wife-my wife whom /
adore? You wretch.
1t was some time before the explana-
ton, which was easy to make, proved
satisfactory. Il is needless to say that
scribbling poetry on wrapping paper is
forbidden In that store, lest solna loving
swain should again make the mistake Of
wrapping up a dress pattern for an inno-
cent lady in verse intended by the au-
thor for the maiden of his own heart
Year: 1869

/ In all probability our Republican
| State Convention will be held, as usu-
| al, in Februare-though Oh a postponement
| until a few months later would, we be-
/ lieve, be iutl;cous and it is not amiss
| to look over the groaud now to see who
| would be the most available and proper
persons to choose to make up strong
| ticfe. that will insure SUCCESS at the
October election.


AS Treasurer of State, General Kim
bal, is serving his second term, and is
not eligible under our statute sor a third
term. Therefore a new man viii have
10 be chosen, and who shall it be?
Among the politicians of the State there
are, doubtless, a number who would


accept the place if it were thrust upon
them, and no doubt many of them would


make good and efficient Off i,ers. But it


seems to US that just at this timo homes
ty, integrity and efficiency, combined.


should have the preference in making


up our ticket over simply political and


military prominence Viewing the sits


uation from this stand point, and hay
ing the material wherewith to make a


Treasurer of State that would be an
honor to our common wealth, we pre-


sent Shelby county's claims for place


on the ticket. in the person of AUGUSTUS
D LYNCH, for that Office.


That the people Of our S ate may the
better know Mr. Lynch, we will briefly


sum him up thus: A son Of Rev. Thos.
| II Lynch, D D; a graduate Of Asbury
versity;-President for some time Of
Brookyilie College, and for the past four
years, Cashier of the sFrst National


Bank, Of this city. In what ever capac-
ity Mr. Ly nch has served, he has always
pre- -eminently shown his ability for the


task before him, and his financial abili-
| ty is heartily acknowledged By all who,


as stockholders Or otherwise, arc inter
ested in, and familiar with the conduct


Of that enrcrprising Banking House
Modest and of unassuming manners
Mr.. Lynch would never pvt himself for


ward and struggle for place, but his
| friends in Eastern Indiana, knowing his


merits, have determined that he shall at
| least have formidable strength in the
coming convention.


Mr. Lynch was chosen Chairman Of


our County Republican Central Commit


tee at the opening of the last campaign,


and labored zealously and donated lib


orally for the success of our ticket He
is an ardent and live Republican, and a
=. man who would conduct the office of
| Treasurer Of State, if not better, at least
as we'll rs it has been heretofore.


The Republicans of Shelby county,
although in minority, have never been


known to flag or fall behind in The work
heretofore we have always been on
hand at our State Convention to do our
duty, and have never asked anything
for ourselves. This time we intend to


ask, and expect to receive.
Year: 1869

Curiously enough; the physical work
er is being better ana better paid and
less and less, hardly tasked in this land
of ours. while just the reverse obtains
in increasing ratios for those who live
by the lower form of brainwork; so that
luckily, the bribe to use hand is grow


ing daily, and pure mechanical labor,
as opposed to that of the clerk, is being
.leveled upward with a fortunate celeri-
Year: 1869

Since the Administration of General
Grant went into power, the public debt
has steadily diminished, at the average
rate Of about eight millions of dollars
month Should this average be main
tanned till the first of March next, the
debt will be less by ninety-six millions
of dollars than it was when General
Grant was sworn into Office. It is the
ambition Of Secretary Boutwell, to exceed
that amount, and to make the reduction
q round one hundred millions at the cx.
piration of the first year Of his terms as
Secretary of the Treasury. He believes
that i'm demonstrated ability to pay lies
the hope Of negotiating such loan as
will enable him to reduce the rate Of in
terest on Outstanding obligations from
six and a half per cent. to four and q
half. This accomplished without any ad
dition to the present volume OF currency
it will be possible to tighten the bnrdens
Of taxation. provide revenue to meet
constantly accruing expenses, leave
large surplus to apply to the debt, and
open direct way to the resumption Of
specie payments. The scheme looks
feasible, and the desired result will fol-
low as surely as effect fellows cause.


MISUNDERSTANDING is womans one ca
reer, let women rebel against the edict
as they may; and though there may be word
rebellion here and there, women learn the
truth earlier in b ,ir lives. And women know
it latter in life when they think of their girls;
and men know it, too, when they have to deal
with their daughters. Girls, too, now acknowl-
edge aloud that they have learned the lesson
and Saturday Reviewers and others blame them
for their lack of rnodesty in doing so-most
unreasonably; most uselessly, and. as far IS
the nhienco Of these Censors may go, most
perniciousiy. Nature prompts the desire, the
world acknowledges lis ubiquity, circumstan-
ces show that it is reasonable, the whole theo-
that the person most concerned should falsely
repudiate it, in order that mock modesty may
be maintained in which no human being can
believe! Such is the theory Of the censors who
deal heavily with our Er glish women Of the
present day. Oar daughters should te educa>
ted to be wives. but forsooth they should new
er wish to be wooed! The very idea is but .
remnant of the tawdry sentimentality of an
age in which the mawkish insipidity of the
women was the reaction from the vice of that
preceding 1t. That our girls are in quest of
husbands, and know well in what their lines
in life should be laid. is a fact which none can
dispute. Let men be taught to recognize tho
same truth as regards themselves, and we
shall cease to hear of the necessity of new
career for women From The VICAR OF Bull.
HAMPTON. in the November number of Lippin-
COTS Magazine. -.
Year: 1869

y married man who elopad with
another woman has just written to
see his deserted wife to educate his
there children respectfully, as he
hopes to meet them in heaven, if
circumstances over which be has no
control should forbid their meeting
again on earth.
Year: 1869

THE OYSTER LAW TO BE ENFORCED
General Webb has instructed the command
ing officer at Norfolk to furnish whatever
military force may be necessary to aid the
oyster inspectors in the enforcement OF the


oyster law. In some quarters their au-
thori;y has been set OF defiance by whole
bodies of oystermen, and they have been
unable to collect any tax from them. Now,
with the aid of the military, they expect to
bring the refractory delinquents to terms.
Year: 1869

The FORTY THIEvEs.-The Theatre was
crowded last night, the occasion being the
first representation of the pleasing specta-
cular burlesque bearing this title. The
performance closed at an hour 60 late as to
preclude O full notice. Tonight the
same piece will be presented, with all the
favorites in the cast.
Year: 1869

MALE ORPHAN SoC1ETY.-The regular
monthly meeting Of the Board of Mana
gers of this Society was held yesterday
afternoon. The only business of public
Importance transacted was the appointment
Of committee to make arrangements for
the annual meeting of the Society, which
will be held on Monday next.
Year: 1869

THE RELIGIOUS HERALD, common medium
OF communication among Baptists Of the south, is
an excellent medium for advertising. It is read
by thousands who rarely see any other paper
Ofllce Main street opposite Dispatch Office.
Year: 1869

A SENSIBLE VIEW The Old Guard says
A woman's rights paper calls us an old fogy.
We hope we are so. distinguished from the
abominabe new fooleries which now tear our
country TO pieces. We believe that children
have soIe rights for instance, that they have
right to be bnrn of quiet, orderly, and
modest mothers, whose temper is very likely
to imnress itself upon the character of their
offspring. And that they have right to be
nursed by attentive and affectionate mothers,
who sweeten home with the constant presence
of contentment end purity of heart. And as
we DO not believe that brawling women, who
run about after balot-boxes and negroes, can
ever properly administer these sacred and
charming rights Of children, we proudly en-
roll ourselves as an old fogy to all these vile
mott ms of modern harlotry and humbug.
From the depth of our heart we pity the
husband and the children of these strong
tongued and fiery -passioped women, who can
not be content with the angelic duties of
home. For the benefi. of the state, such fierce
Amazons ought never to have children. Nor
ought they TO have husbands, unless the State
should inflict such women upon its criminals
as punishment more to be dreaded than
hard work in the State prison for life.
Year: 1869

God bless the cheerful person =
man, woman or child, old or young,
illiterate or educated, handsome or
homely. Over and above every
other social trait stands cheerfulness.
What the sun is to nature, what God
is to the stricken heart which knows
how to lean upon Him, are cheerful
persons in the house and by the way
side. They go unobtrusively, un-
consciously about their silent mis-
sion, frightening up society around
them with the happiness beaming
from their faces. We love to sit
near them; we love the glance of
their eye, the tone of their voice.
Little children find them out, oh so
quickly, amid the densest crowd,
and, passing by the knotted brow
and compressed lip, glide near, and,
laying a confiding little hand on
their knee, lift their clear young eyes
to those loving faces.
Year: 1869

= An Individual in Berlin undertook on
wager to sit four hours in barber's win
dow, without moving, in place of the wax
figure customarily displayed there At
three In the afternoon he appeared at his
post, dressed in white sheet and with
huge wig on his head surmounted by fez
cap. Every effort was made by the by
etanders to make him show some sign OF
life. Street boys were tempted by the
promise of large rewards to make their
most ridiculous grimaces. and address
him With all manner Of funny speeches !;
but all in vain. He remained immovable
until the clock struck seven, when he rose,
bowed gravey to the assembled crowd,
and retired into the shop.
Year: 1869

BEECHER on ADJUSTMENTS. In a lecture
in Boston a few days since Beecher said


No man can work without amusements.
Men languish and then pray for strength.
Many robust men regarded amusement
with contempt it would be time enough
to be amused when their fortune was made.
He spoke of work as brain power, and
alluded to that class of business men who
are tied down to their business cares, and
never have rational amusement. By and
by you will see them nibblng a Graham
cracker and asking doctor in spite of the
scripture injunction, what shall | eat =?
and what shall | drink let commer>
cal revulsion come when all their energies
are needed, and whore are they? Some
of them have soffeuing of the brain and
perish in mad house. IF they had not
been soft in the FIRST place, their brains
would not have troubled them. Every
community ha, its tail business men hang
ing on behind --men who hold back against
all rational enjoyment If a young man
wears himself away by excessive dissipation
every body knows it and he IS talked about,
bat let a man ignore all amusemcnts aud
on that account die, and he will be buried
uhler The SOD With honor.
Year: 1869

Radical rule is injuring the business
of the country. This fact will not be
denied by those who have paid any
atten ton to the subject. Expenses are
too high, the debt too enormous and
taxation piled upon property and labor
until each and both are staggering un-
der the load. The yearly expenses OF
the National asd State governments are
more than the six millions of wealth
the creators can provide for, unless they
are stinted iu food and clothing; unless
they forego a portion of the necessaries
of life. This is just the point. The real
wealth producers of the country are
stinting themselves in order TO contrib
ute their quota to the expenses of the
nation. They wear less clothing, meat
is more rarely seen upon their tables,
bltter has been exiled and tea aud
coffee are only for special occasions.
In the weautime, children are forced
from school at au earlier age, be-
cause their parents cannot feed and
clothe them, and put into manufactories
and workshops and other places of labor
to earn their OVID liviHgs, and come
upon the stage of action men without
education to fit them for the struggle ol
life. These are some of the effects OF
Radical rule.
Year: 1869




Not long since two cent dog sprang
from an alley, followed by two cent
brick. Rounding a corner at right
angles he came in contact with the feet
of woman who was carrying jug OF
molasses in one hand and basket OF
eggs in the other. The sudden collision
of the dog with her lower extremltles
threw her from. .her feet, and she sat
down on the basket of eggs, at the
same time breaking the jug OF molas-
ses on the pavement. A young gentle
man, carpet bag in hand, anxious 10
catch the train, was running clese be-
hind, and stepping upon the fragment
of the jug and its contents, fell down on
the chest of the Dutch woman, who said
"Mine Cot" The young man. said some
thing about mad dog. but in a moment
said it backward. Iu the meantime the
dog had run against the feet of team
of horses attacked to a wagon loaded
with potatoes, and they taking fright
started home. The end board being oRt,
they unloaded the potatoes as they
went. Crossing the railroad track, the
wagon caught in a rail and tore it from
its place. A freight Car coming along a
few moments later was thrown from
the track, smashing up dozen cars and
killing thirty or forty hogs. The horses
on reaching home, ran through barn
ward and overturned a milk pail, the
contents of which another two cent dog
licked up. One of the horses, having
broken his leg, was killed, and the other
was crippled for life. 1t is now mooted
question whether the man who threw
the brick at the two cent dog, or the
man who owns it is responsible for the
chapter of accidents which followed.
Year: 1869

\, pertinent TO the discussion of the


snblcctioi vaccination, allow me to call
attention 10 the case of young man
who ht> long been the subject of treat
mru' by The most eminent of the medi-
cal r-rf.,,ion in New York in hospital
and private practice. The per-
son referred to is at present a patient in
the lioue for IucHrables, in this viii
lagc


His case not only illustrates the class
Of patients cared for, and the work done
by this noble charity, but also shows
one Of 'he many dangers to which all
are liable from the mistaken views
entertained by physicians on the subject
of vaccination. The recently pub
lishcd report of the Superintend'
ent of the above mentioned in
stitrti0n contains the following
statement of the case: cone year age
the Pastor of the Home was requested
to visit at Bellevue Hospital a young
man who was dtsirOus of being admit
ted to the Home, and on entering the
ward was directed to n youth whose
case ftly illustrates the necessity oI
such a home as this. The person re-
frrred to was q victim in childhood OF
an error on the part of aphysician, and
had received in vaccination the virus
of that formidable disease, elephanti
asis, in its most fearful form. He had
lost both hands and one entire foot
with portion of the remaining one
and yet thus afflicted, and with
the malady still advancing steadily TO
ward the vital organs, there was added
to his attiictions-peculiar and over
powering beyond anything We have met
with in all our walks with sorrow w-the
fear Of being discharged from Bellevue
and obliged, consequently, to spend The
remainder of his weary life i'll the aims
house,


While we rejoice at the establishment
Of an institution where a fellow being
So terribly afflicted can be amply pro
yided for, we have yet to regret that II
this nineteenth century science caDne
afford as some immunity or protection
against these fearful diseases. SIGMA.


WEST FARMS, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 1869.
Year: 1869

We have received from Pocahontas
county some facts in relation to the
enormities now being perpetrated in
that county in the way of disfranchise'
ment. The extreme Radical candidate
for. the House ef Delegates from the
District of Pecahontas and Webster,
one CHARLES MORRISON, is President OF
the Board of Registration in Pocabon
tas. He is bitter and unscrupulous
man, and is said to be the creature OF
CYRUS NEwLIN, q notorious demagogue
in that region. A Conservative Repub'
lican named BARLOW is the opponent
of MORRISON, and as the Democrats are
RAINING no candidate, was likely to
win the race.


Now what course does the registrar
MORRISON, adopti In order to secure
his own election he has summoned be-
fore his Board, for disfrauchisement,
some sixty-fve persons. friends of his
opponent, nearly all of whom are Re-
publicans, and all of whom have been
on the registration books three or four
years. In other words he is just using
his Office to secure his own election
Republicans and Democrats alike are to
be disfranchised for the crime of failing
to vote for him as their next delegate.


The registered vote in Pocahontas is
light at best. Tho Same is true of Web.
ster. In both counties the work Of pro
scription has been carried on until the
number Of votes is suspiciousIy y, scan-
dalously small. The same course of re-
newed disfranchisement which has
been begun in Pocahontas has also been
inaugurated in Webster. About one
half the voters in that county have
been notified to "prove their loyalty"
or in plain English, have been assured
that they are to be permitted to vote no
longer.


The Governor, it will be remembered,
has pledged himself to remove any reg
istrar who shall become candidate, A
large number of registrars throughout
the State have become candidates with
ont being removed. This in Poca-
hontas is merely another instance Of
the unreliable character of Guberna-
tOrial pledges in this State.


In the prescription which has been
going on this Fail the disfranchisement
Of the Republicans is leading feature.
Not only arc the Democrats being
stricken off in the same sweeping and
iniquitious manner as heretofore, but
the heads of ebstreperous Republicans,
who want to call halt in the work of
prescription, are dropping beneath the
registration axe. The Democratic
voters are rather used to it.
For four years they have seen
others of their political faith
disfranchised unjustly and by
wholesale, and they have be-
become accustomed to the reflection
that the same fate is likely to befall
them at any time. With the Ropubli-
cans the case is different. They have
acquired they the notion that their
rights were safe. They are discovering
their mistakes, and those of them who
are about to be made the victims Of
registration wrath are fully as noisy
and demenstVatjvc in their Indignation
as the Democrats have ever been. Now
that the power of the Governor aud his
registrars to destroy the franchises of
the people OF both parties appears so
clearly, it is to be hoped that measures
will be promptly set on foot to apply
the proper remedy at the next session of
the Legislature.