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Year: 1869

Many writer invalid physician while visiting the
Island Of st. cx for their health experienced and wnemany surprising and
beneficial effects the Rum there produced upon many sinvais e
ourvs seeking health; and inquiry and investigation obtained full history
Of It's medicinal virtues he delighted and surprised and after recovery,
which occurred determined possible procure the right
and sell 1t the United States


The result his s glorious for himself suffering humanity
for the celebrated PLANTATION HITTERS PLAN
TATN 5TTTERs being article real merit founded upon principles
relying wholly the vegetable world for its medicinal effects worked
tcn the history medicine and became household civilized
world The eabass Tisso health the demand for
the PLANTATION eTEs far exceeded the abilities rrorto supply
Notwithstanding the largo importation Of st. cz Ru expressly
pounding these Ne the quantity inadequate therefore necessary


that arrangements extensive scale abroad should agent
dispatched St Thomas for that purpose securing
leasing several plantations the largest and productive the
Island Houses stills and erected as If BY magic which utterly aston
shea the natives The services experienced and natives the island
cured and the rrrs the PLANTATION BTERs position
osupp their baywi all the perfectly pure St. cz Rum needed manuias


turing the GREAT DYSPETc TONIC represents
the natives crushing the and otherwise preparing for the stills and presses
As ande Fever and Ague Intermittent and Maous Dyspepsia
other kindred Diseases the the PLANTATION BTTTERs unsurpassed
history the world Over Eve million disposed annually They
adapted old and young male and female They agreeable taste and always
produce an immediate beneficial result
Year: 1869

Preparation is warranted
for Tobacco, in any per-
strong the habit may be.
the money will be refund.
and harmless in all cases
break off the use Of To-
else of the Will. Some.
nature in overcoming a
Year: 1869

terrible night she sccludes herself
III her room and dcvotes the hour
Of darkness to solitary prayer.
"hs for me said the traveller,
while a faint blush tingcd his brow.
"tho accident reduced me to the
the condition of physical coward
at the sight of q mountain prcci-
picc'


But the driver" asked the lady
passenger, who had listcncd.to the
story with much attention, "vhat
became Of the driver, and did you
ever learn the reason Of lis dcSor-
ting his post ?"


"1t!sbody was found on the road,
within q few steps of the place
where the coach went over. lie
had been struck dead by the same
flash of lightning that blinded the
rcstivc horses"


And thus ended the thrilling
and remarkable Story Of life.
Year: 1869

GRANT Cry, Mo.--A friend, writing from
that place, says: "a man with small foundry
and sickle shop could do 'ocH here, as there is q
splendid opening for that business There Is also
No 1 chance for a man to make . small fortune,
in two or three years, with a steam Touring mill
with two run of stone. Send some one out
here" .t.W ...' r
Year: 1869

KILLED BY A FALL.-On Wednesday forenoon .
man named John Chaunon met his death by falling
from the top of the new bridge in course of con.
struction across the illinois river at this city for
the use of the Ottawa and Fox River Valley X. X.
Co. He was engaged on the top of the bridge in
moving a. heavy piece Of iron with crew bar,
standing on plank covered With snow and ice,
when his loot slipped, and he fell forward striking
with his breast heavily on . cross stick of timber
in front of him, thence he fell upon beam on the
lower side Of the bridge and passing through struck
with his head upon the ice near the foot of the pier,
falling in all some Is feet. He was picked up alive
and carried to his boarding house, and though no
limbs we're broken. he died in . few hours from


internal injuries. He was bridge builder by trade,
an Engshmsn BY birth, and had no relatives, ws
understand. in this country. DR.. Olin was prompt.
y called to his side but soon found his case to Be
past surgery. He Was an honest, steady, faithful
man, and had been in the employ of the bridge
contractors for the last three years.
Year: 1869

of rocks and projecting spurs of ice,
he broke his fall, so that he reached
the bottom alive, but only to face
death in more terrible form. On
either hand the icy walls rose up to-
wards heaven, above which he saw
only a strip of blue sky. At his feet
trickled n little stream formed from
the slowly melting glacier. There
was but one possible chance of es-
.cape-to, follow this rivulet which
might lead to some unknown crevice
or passage. In silence and terror he
picked his way down the mountain
side, till his farther advance was
stopped by giant cliff that rose up
before him.. while the river rolled
darkly below. He heard the roaring
of the waters below, which seemed to
wait for him. What should he do ?
Death was beside him and behind
him, and he might fear before him.
There was no time for reflection or
delay. He paused but an instant, and
plunged into the stream. One min
ute of breathless suspense-a sense of
darkness and cOldness, and vet of
swift motion, as if he was gliding
through the shades below, and then a
light began to glimmer family in the
waters, and the next instant he was
among the green fields and flowers
and the summer sunshine of the vale
of Chamouny.


So it is when believers die. They
come to the bank of the river, and it
is cold and dark. Nature shrinks
from the fatal plunge. Yetone chill
ing moment, and all fear is left be-
hind, and the Christian is amid the
fields of the paradise of God.
Year: 1869

The latest information from the Su-
preme Court is, that that body will
defer giving an opinion on the con-
stitutionality of the greenback issue
until some time next year. We shall
regard that as unfortunate. The de-
cision of that question, one way or
the other, Is necessary to enable the
people to settle down upon q finan-
cial policy. The Strengthening plas-
ter lately applied by Congress to what
is called our government credit,
amounts really to nothing at all. 1t
proclaims that the bonds of the Gov
ernment shall be paid in gold, and
that the legal-tender notes shall be
brought to par with gold. That
shocks the, sense of justice in the
people, ana no measure that does so
can be considered permanent or de-
cisive.


Should the Supreme Court decide
that Congress had the constitutional
power to issue. the United States cur
rency notes, then the issue will be
again pressed to pay the bonded debt
with greenbacks. TO pay in that
currency is so just-.iust to the people
and the bOndholders-and its direct
and incidental advantages 10 the bus
mess Interests of the country so great,
that Congress would be compelled by
publ ic sentiment to adopt that policy
We believe that policy would have
prevailed mt the polls, In the fall cleo
tions of 1868, had it been presented
relieved of the partisan political iss-
ues that engrosscd the attention of
the people to its exclusion. II pre-
sents the only feasible plan to relieve
the country of the mountain of debt
that is pressing upon it, except the
plan of reputation.


Should the Supreme Court decide
that Congress had no constitutional
power to issue such currency, then to
pay the bonded debt with greenbacks
will be out Of the question. The
bonds must be paid In gold or repudi-
.ated. When we say the bonds must
be paid in gold, we don't mean that
literally, for nobody expects the prin-
cipal to be paid at any time in gold,
only the interest; the principal to he
made perpetual debt. The question
Will then be presented squarely
whether the people will consent that
themselves and their posterity shall
be made hewers of wood and drawers
of water for the bondholders, or will
refuse Ia any longer bear the burden.


The sacredness of the public debt
i not so deep seated i'm the public
mind rs Congress seems to suspect I;
nor viii the affirmation by that body
of its sacredness have the least innu-
ence with the people. When one of
the wealthiest members of the Sen
ate, and one truly loyal, shall declare
IN public speech in the Senate
Chamber that he does not "sympa.
thlze WIN lnut class of men who are
holding up Ia the gaze of the people
pf tla | nttaI SIata. IL
Year: 1869

Prof. Law, of the Cornell Unfver-
sity, in a. treatise on "garget" and its
cause, says;


Diseases of the teats will sometimes
induce garget, as when they have
been injured by the reckless use OF
teat tubes, or, if the milk is only
partly drawn off, in consequence of
open sores, resulting from foot and
mouth disease, cow-poX or warty
growths. But the retention of milk
in the udder rs not the only evil at
tendant on bad milking. Some milk
ers seize the root of the teat between
the thumb and forefnger, and then
drag upon it until it slips out of their
grasp. In this way, teat and udder
are subjected to severe traction for an
indefinite number of times, and i'm
rude hands, are often severely injured
The proper mode of milking is to
take the teat in the entire hand, and,
after pressing it upward, that it may
be well filled from the capacious milk
reservoir above, to compress 1t first at
the base between the thumb and fore
finger, then successively by each OF
the three succeeding fingers, until
completely emptied. The teat is at
the same time gently drawn, but any
severe traction is altogether unneces-
sary, and highly injurious. These re-
marks on the mode of milking, and
those on the mode of milking clean,
are of more moment than many at
first suppose; and in some localities
more cows are ruined from faults of
this kind than from all other causes
which act specially on the udder.
Year: 1869

How TO HELP A PRINTER.-We
write says the Holmes County Far
mer, for ourselves and all our breth-
ren. We are writing, dear reader, to
you. If you want to help n newspa-
per always pay your subscription in
advance. Live right up to this rule.
Send the editor at least one new sub
scription besides your own, and often
it may happen, you can pick up half
dozen among your neighbors and
friends. Such things make a prin-
ter grin from ear to ear; they make
his heart light; they make him feel
young, they make him work with
new grit; and in short, they make
him happy.
Year: 1869

After much tOrturing experience /
have come to this conclusion, that
nine in ten do not know the value OF
time, nor the morality of promise.
Why is not an engagement to meet
me at nine o'clock as sacred as any
bond? Why Is not the understand
ing that church service or a lecture
commences at a given hour, an ac-
.ceptance on your part, if you go, of
an agreement, and why are you false
to it by your tardiness, and why are
you not a bad friend because of all the
little miseries your intidelity entails?


The world, Intercourse, affection,
great affairs, little details are cursed (;
prosperity, temper, character, life
jeoparded, lost by want of punctual-
ity. Unpunctual people are every
where, and everything encourages
them. 1t is taken for granted that
nothing will be "on time" and so
everybody holds Off to insure ii. The
first ten minutes of n religious service
are apt TO be n martyrdom to preach
ers and punctual people. There ought
to be some contrivance by which the
tardy shall be made as uncomfortable
as they, and they might hope for a
change. But in this world it too
much happens that comfortable sto-
lidity possesses the sufferings come
upon those who must take their COM
fort out in doing their duty.
Year: 1869

THE Water Valley Miss Eagle
says: Another grand influx of mules
from Kentucky and Tennessee, to the
far South, has set in. Nearly every
southward passenger train during the
last week or ten days had from two
to four car loads of the long cared
quadrupeds hitched on in front of the
baggage ear. It's estimated that the
border States will sell from fifteen To
twenty million dollars worth OF
mules TO the cotton States this year
not TO speak Of horses"
Year: 1869

quence of the public debt bearing
heavily upon them, drifting, as /
verify believe, into the condition OF
Spanish and Mexican society, would
any one demand that state OF slavery
rather than cancellation of the
debt ?'-we say, when such Sena-
tor gives public expression to such
views, 1t may be taken for granted
that those upon whom the debt is
most sorely pressing, are thinking
about the best way to slough off the
incubus. And when they are salts
fled that the debt is to be an ever
lasting burthen unless they throw it
off, they will not be long in finding
the best way to rid themselves and
their posterity of it.-Cin. Enquirer.





Life's vagarics-A Man Marries His
Mother.


From the Athens (Ala.) Post l3th.l


1t will be remembered by many OF
our citizens that at a wedding which
was solemnized near Rustyhut, Geor-
mia, some time in 1915, that the brides
father was killed in II difficulty with
the brother of her husband. This oc-
currence, perhaps is, brought too read
lily to the minds of many of our read
ers. 1t is, to those acquainted with
the circumstance, known that the
bride of but few hours attempted to
kill her husband with pistol. The
wife and husband parted. She we
went to an enterior village in Texas,
and he remained until the breaking
out of the war on his plantation, al
though he married in the meantime,
and to him was born q son, which
son entered the army of the Confed-
crate States, and followed the banners
of Dick Taylor, Magruder, and others
of the noble chieftains who COM
manded the soldiers around the Gulf
After the war the young man
wandered about through the Gulf
States, and finally located in Texas,
where his fathers former wife lived
She had resumed her maiden name,
and was the proprietress of n large
and well paying hotel, where she had
accumulated an immense fortune
Arriving at the village the young
man stopped at the hotel, and was
well provided for by the enterprising
matron. Neither knew the relation
of one to the other, and although
there is vast difference in their
ages-he but STRIPPING youth, and
she a well preserved, comely woman
of nearly forty-an intimacy sprang
up between them which ripenened
into affection, and resulted in the pro-
position, by the young man, of mar
riage. He was accepted, and in n few
days the quiet hotel was the scene of
marriage revelry. Thus the solemn
wedding ceremony united man to
the wife of his father-his mother,
nearly-and to the would-be assassin
of his father. Verify, truth is stranger
than fiction.
Year: 1869




LEMONS FOR FEVER. hen persons are
ieveIish and thirsty beyond what is natu-
rail- indicated in some cases by a metallic
taste in the mouth, especially after drink
ing water. or by a whitish appearance of
the greater part OF the surface OF the tongue.
one Of the best coolers" internal or ex.
tsrnal, is to take lemon, cut off the top,
sprinkle over it some loaf sugar, working
it downward into the lemon with spoon,
aad then suck i. slowly, squeezing the
lemon aad adding more sugar as the acid
ity increases from being brought up from
the lower point. Invslids with feversh'
ness may take two or three lemons a day
in this manner with the most marked bene-
iii manifested by sense of coolness, com.
folt and inauguration. A lemon or two
thus taken at "tea time" as an entire sub
stitute for the ordinary supper of sum
insr. would give many comfortable nights
sleep and an awakening after rest and in.
vigoration with an appetite for breakfast o
which they sre strangers who will have
their cup Of tea, or supper q " relish and
"cake" and berries, or peaches and cream
HGPs Journal Of Health.
Year: 1869

fortnight we shall have war on the inc Frame
persists in her territorial demands. She asks wat
we neither can nor will give her. Prussia wi
never yield an inch OF German ground;
ing all Germany against u.s. and, II It
comes to that we would rather raise
her against France than against our
selves. That step OF the Tuileries Cabinet, so
profoundly impolitic and unskillful at such a mo-
ment, and which resulted In check given TO French
diplomacy, was Of wonderful service TO NJ. Bismark


in all his enterprises on Germany 1t furnished him
with an irresistible argument tn prove the necessity
OF great armaments against France, at the same
time that his refusal TO give up the least morse Of
German soil still further exalted the prestige OF
Prussia I'm the eyes Of every German patriot"
Year: 1869

Board oil Ab0ernDeus


The Board OF Aldermen met yesterday afternoon,
Alderman Bergen In the chair.


A communication was received from the Mayor
enclosing communication from A. +. Campbell
secretary of the wallabout Commissioners, in rela-
ton the payment Of the awards for land taken for
the extension Of Washington avenue. The Mayor
deems the subject Of sufcent Importance request
the Board to take such action in the matter as win
enable the Commissioners to complete the improve
ment at the earliest moment possible


The secretary OF the commissioners states In his
communication that the work is SO far progressed
that in the opinion OF the commissioners the same
can and should be completed early tins summer, so
as soon possible. With this view 1t Is OF absolute
importance that the city have the strip OF land taken
from Taylor street TO Kent avenue for the compile
ton OF the new portion OF Washington avenue az
extended. The land can only be obtained by the
city either paying the award or allowing interest for
the amount 50 taken until collected. As the
commissioners have no authority to expend
funds for this purpose they ask the Board OF Alder
men to take such action as Will renquish the use Of
the land to the city. thus insring the early compile
tion OF the work. The subject was referred " the
Law Committee to report.


The Committee on Public Lands and Buildings re-
ported IN favor OF putting an additional story on
the Porty fourth precinct station house. Adopted.


Alderman McGroaty submitted q resolution request
ing the members OF the Legislature to suspend all fur
ther action In regard TO the bills empowering the
Prospect Park Commissioners to make further I'm
provements, or sell that portion OF the land lying


Alderman whitney moved to amend the resolution
by adding thahe Board OF Aldermen protest against
the perpetuation OF the plans now LAID Out by the
commissioners.


Alderman whitney, chairman OF the Park nvestl-
eating committee, opposed the resolution. on the
ground that IL was impossible for the committee to
tell at present whether the commissioners were In
fault or not


Aldermen whiting Fisher and McGroarty spoke In
favor OF the resolution, and IL was finally adopted.
The Board then adjourned.
Year: 1869

Jersey City.


DARING OUTRAGE-A YOUNG WOMAN F0ROgBLy
TAKEN gR0M HORSE CAR AND CARRIED OFF.-Be-
tween ten and eleven O'Clock on Sunday night one
OF the Jersey City and HoboEen horse cars was turn
ing around the corner leading from the swamp at
the corner OF North Seventh and Provost streets
when q rough looking fellow Jumped into the car
ana SAT beside q young woman He addressed
some conversation to her which was not heard
by the conductor, but the woman turned away
from him with look OF contempt. He then seized
ner ana dragged her TO the platform, when the con-
ametor @ young German who has been lately put ton on
him, bat he was hurled over the dashboard and had
his face severely cut. The young woman screamed
sight There only another passenger In the car,
iull grown man, who was cowardly enough TO slt
70 az. q s
out OF the scoundrels. pocket, and this was
damper on him Nothing further has been
where this occurred is infested by villains whose
presence renders 1t hazardous for people to travel
there at night The only houses near are two small
snanties into each Of which family is crammed.
1t now becomes q question whether police are
needed s % there FOR none are ever seen within seve,
not 70 blame, for he made q bold but unsuccessful
resistance. Only few nights previously young
fellows at the same corner, when he drew a revoi-
yer, and they retired without exchanging word or
approaching nearer.


REALLY REc0vERED.-The second attempt TO
raise the engine Paterson. sunk beneath the
Hackensack bridge Of the Morris and Essex Rail-
roao, has been successful The engine is now firmly
on the track


THE RECENT TRAGEDy.-There being no mystery
about the manner In which the life Of Miss Augusta
Beckerle was taken by her lover Frederick Knittal,
and also In the way the rash youth disposed Of his
own life, the county physician has decided that an
inquest In either case s unnecessary. Accordingly
none will be held.


Du>


DAsTARDLY OUTRAGE.-A man named Charles
lion, alias Shepherd, was arrested on Sunday for
committing an outrage upon the person OF young
woman who resides at Ringwood, week ago. The
woman unintentionay got into the Erie instead
OF the Northern Railroad, and was taken 10 Passaic
lion saw her alight, and at her request proceeded
to conduct her to hotel. but instead led her to an
obscure place and perpetrated the outrage. Detec-
tives set at upon LIONS track, and he was
arrested on Sunday night by oficer Albrecht. He
at once admitted the crime, and was accordingly
committed for trial. The woman has always borne
o high cnaracter, and the sympathy for her Is very
great. lion s married, although not living with
his wife.
Year: 1869

Eos our own and the convenience OF regular


advertisers, and TO prevent any misunderstand-
ing, We have carefully prepared and scaled the
rates Of advertising in the GAZETTE, for the year
ls69, and present the following table OF space
Year: 1869

The sun shone out brightly yesterday
and everything was proptitious for the
Fair. Thus favored by the weather, the
attendance was very large, aud the
grounds were crowded all day. On
Thursday the Judges commenced award
ing premiu ms, and all day yesterday was
occupied in passing upon the merits of
the various articles on exhibition. The
Brass Band was in attendance at an
early hour yesterday afternoon, and dis
coursing sweet strains of music contrib
uted materially to the enjoyment OF the
occasion.
Year: 1869

GRAIN MARKET The mlIlers are cow
buying all the wheat that offers, and
are paying 80 cents bushel, cash. As
a rule, the farmers prefer to sell small
lots, and keep the bulk Of their crop
back, anticipating an advance There
can be but little doubt that wheat will
be worth one dollar by spring.
Year: 1869

tits announced by telegram from
Washington to the New York World
that a special session of Congress is to
be called within sixty days for the pur-
pose ofprocuring the sanction of that
body to steps for the annexation of Gu
ba, and that Grant has laid out a radi.
cal programme on that subject.
Year: 1869

General Il. is with us-Eeart and soul; and
who but the most envious can deny that the
Committee has done great deal Of good.


Fe6rud'y-We have determined to come
home for the present; Congress, to be sure
has done nothing, but we are in higher spirits
than ever before; the fact is, this Congress al.
ways did hate us, and some of our friends told
us that we had better wait for Grant to come in
before we moved in the matter, but the truth
IS we have entirely modified and modified Grant
tby coming here; already we can see that we
have induced great coldness between him and
the leading Radicals. The fact is, We ourselves
are utterly aghast at the good we have done,
and It any thing good turns up in the next
twenty years you may safely ascribe it to our
action, and if there is any mishap it will result
from the foolish habit which some Virginians
aoM not abandon of saying that their souls are
their own


?: S.-We may stay to the Inauguration
Ball. COL +. tells US that great deal of good
may be accomplished BY our doing so, and he
promises that the band shall be instructed to
play every other time, There's good time
coming" Tickets will be sent to every body
without distinction Of color) in Virginia. Per
haps you could induce the editor of the O6serv-
er and Gen. W. to come on. [ am sure it
would do great deal Of gooes Good bye!