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Year: 1869

Hes pIiiiiaht anu sa-aciouS " aSHiuS- ton correspondent, who is one ol the eli tors of the Cincinnati Enquirer, remarks as follows upon tho muddle called Ma tional Finances. which we commendto the special reading ot all deicaiely organized advocates of ''the payment ofthe last cent of the debt contracted in d war between sovereign States:

 | One of the self constituted and self cleo ted fnanciers of the Jaco5in party said to me the other day that it was impossible for editors or others, who had not given lifetime to the study, to comprehend this great theme asked him in reply. how long he had given to the study of this ''great themeg' and finally cornered him into the admission that three wears ago he had never even read Smiths "Wealth of nations" or given an hours thought to the subject of great national

 debts. So there is happy uniformity t ci iSuoiauOO "u tho Sicdt tHciue WHtSu Is the next thing to wisdom. It takes very little natural genius or acquired knowl, e ige to understand that as the debt now stands it draws about two hundred mil lions of gold annually from the Treasury to pay the interest on it; that that gold

 before it can be paid out by the Treas

 urer must first be paid in by the people; that it is paid in by an enormous tariff. which doubles the price of every article of commerce; that the people cannot con tinue to pay the interest without contin uing to be taxed and that the sooner they repeal the tariff and repudiate the debt, the sooner they will relieve themselves from burden which they are fools to bear It is worth while to remark in this con necton tat no idea has ever grown in popularity with anything like the rapidity os this one of repudiation. Mir Pendle- tons greenback theory was the Sybils last offer to Tarquin-but Tarquin was wiser than the bond holders, for he accepted from fear, while they rejected with conf dence. Thousands who would, last year have voted to pay the bonds in greenbacks are now for paying them with the sponge and the day is not far distant when, if neither the Democrat nor the epublican party will boldly advocate Repudiaton party will spring up fresh from the peo

 pie, carrying this great banner of Relief. and as certain of success as the morrows sun is of rising. This was some time a paradox, but now the time gives it proof
Year: 1869

A Kentucky youth, having planned an
elopement, was met by the father Of his be.
loved and big pistol, just as he stepped
into the chamber window. He held the an.
cry parent while the girl tew to the window
and stepped out on the rope ladder. The
ladder broke and she fell into the arms of
two groomsmen, and while the agonized
father was hurrying down stairs to ascertain
her hurt, the lover jumped out the same
way, hurried the girl into carriage, drove
off and was married.
Year: 1869

1t has been deemed essential to the guaran,
tee of Republican form of government to
remove two daughters of the late Chief Jus
tice Taney from positions in the patent Of
fee, where they have earned a living which
the poverty of their father did not provide
them before his death.
Year: 1869

A Milwaukee servant girl went to gipsy
to have her fortune told, and it was done
with such truth that she actually discarded
an honest lover to run off with young man
with black hair, who plundered her Of her
earnings and deserted her the next day.
Year: 1869

It needs argument to show that First Mrtgag" al S2
per upon what long time he the only railroad
connecting the Atlantic and Pacific States SECrKE
The Of the will be- about S3OOOOOO
and the 81 per gold Tn" present
this interest is less than S2jOO0OO annum
w, the gross earnings tor the year Iss FROM WAY BCSI
Ness only u AN AVERAGE OF LESS THAN 100 MILES
OF ROAD IN OPERATION WE'RE MORE THAN
Year: 1869

The L. Supreme Court has recently decided that this
tract in all respects valid and of legal obligation.


securities generally valuable in proportion tO the
time they The longest six cent gold interest
bonds L. ti will b. due in II ami they
worth II had 30 t" they would stand AT not
less than l2 perfectly safe First Mortgage Bond like the
Pacific should approach this rate. The demand for EU-
ropcan investment already considerable. AMI the compile
ton Of the work will doubtless carry the price large
| mil
Year: 1869

We invite the attention of capitalists to
the valuable real estate advertised for sale
in this issue, located in Kent county, Nd.
The inquirers after land in Kent have now
another opportunity of supplying them
selves with desirable and productive farms.
No better soil can be found this side of the
valley of the Mississippi.
Year: 1869

An eminent physician, in Hearth
and Home, tells the following excel
lent story for the benefit of young
mothers, He says: "An intelligent
young mother inquired some days
since how she could best preserve
her child's linen clean and sweet
when changed frequently during the
day. / directed her never to dry it
by the fire, but in the sun and open
air if the weather permitted. You
thus not only avoid saturating the
air of your room with the volatile
and poisonous gases driven out of
the linen, but the suns rays have
powers of cleansing and disinfecting,
which artificial heat has not, and will
purify and preserve the linen. She
followed my directions, but as is too
often the practice, dried and aired
it in the nursery window. Her fas-
tidious husband demonstrated III
vain against this unseemly exposure.
Believing that if she saw her prac-
tice as others saw it, she would de
sist, he so directed their afternoon
walks as to bring the nursery-win
dow in full view from a central part
in town. Stopping abruptly, he
pointed to the offending linen flap
ping conspicuously in the breeze, and
asked sarcastically: "My dear
what is that displayed from our win
dow p "Why," she promptly re
piled, "that is the flag of our Union!
Conquered by this pungent retort
he saluted the flag with a swing o
his hat, and pressing his wife's arm
closer within his own, said, as the,
walked homeward, "And long ma.
it wave"
Year: 1869

The record of a mans moral and
intellectual life is written in his face,
in such indellible and striking lines
that anybody tolerahly well skilled
in the science of physiogmomy can
can quickly and accurately measure
subtle, unseen character. There is
an old maxim that L" blood tells, y and
it does reveal its gentle or borish, its
virtuouS or vicious nature in physi-
cal movements of the body and modes
Of expression, and also in prevailing
and related ideas. So likewise char
acter is perpetually struggling
against the bonds of restraint and
pushing out into the broad daylight
of actual recognition. By careful
reticence at the right time, and com
bined with shrewd management,
man may pass current for altogether
more than his actual value. But
sooner or later the muscles of his
face and the speaking eye let out the
secret of the interior life.


1t is a great study, these human
faces looking up from the audience
room, the social circle, the street, the
car, booming out an eifulgence of
goodness and sympathy, or frowning
under the rigors of disappointment
or flashing out defiance and contempt
for the sources of their discomfort.
! The young man, who aspires to no
thing higher than the character of a
universal bruiser,n may forget that
his coarse passions are all photo
graphed on his face in such a man
ner that all discerning people can
read him through at almost the first
glance. We cannot see ourselves as
others see us, and that explains away
very much of the impudence and
swagger of the multitude, which pass
for genuine energy and life,


If you would know more of an ac
9uaintance than age, occupation, ca
pacity and temper-if you would in
spect the secret sources where III
draws the supplies of impulse ant
comfort along life's toilsome ant
dusty pathway, look into his face ana
read the whole elaborate story Of hi


striving, his loves and aversions, hi


triumphs and failures, it is all there
locked upon tieShy characters, in til,


folds and furrowsmadeby the plough


share of time andtoil, or the exhaust


ing stimulants of prodlgality. w
; literally turn ourselves inside on


through the face. The love, tn
composure, the passion, the unrest


the weakness, the angel and tn


beast of our natures, all collect an,
come TO a focus in the face and max


disclosures that no magical arts ca
conceal. And it seems to us tina
when the Apostle said, & some men
sinsare open beforehand, going bef6r
to Judgment" he must have bee
looking into the hypocritical face
E of the old Scribes and Pharisee'
Throughout all her wonderful dive


sity and magniticence, Nature al


hors concealment; and this account
!. for, and magnifies too, the revel;
8 tiOns of character shining in the HI
! man face divine.
Year: 1869

Meta Victoria Fuller. in sis-erfy
way, thus talks to country girls:


The farmers daughters are soon
to be the life as well as the pride of
this country-a glorious race of wo-
men which no other land can show.
| seek not to f1atter them; for before
they can become this will have to
make an earnest effort of one or two
kinds. There are some who odepreeiate
their condition, they demand more
consideration than they merit. A
want oflntelllgence upon all the sub
jects of the day and of a refined ed
ucation is more eXcusable in a coun-
try girl in these days of many books
and newspapers.


Many girls are discouraged be-
cause they cannot be sent away from
home to boarding school; but men
of superior mind and knowledge of
this world would rather have for
wives, women well and properly edu-
Gated at home. And this education
can be had whenever the desire is
not wanting. A taste for reading
does wonders; an earnest thirst after
knowledge is to attain certain as weet
draught from the Pierian Spring.
There is a farmers daughter in the
room in which lam writing beau
tiful, refined and intelligent woman.
in whose girlhood books were not so
plenty as now, and obtained her ed


ucation unde difficulties which weuld
have discouraged any but one who
had ne love for study.
Year: 1869

Did you know that wedding has happened on high.


And who were the parties invited1
T the Sun and the Moon in the halls of the sky
They joined. and continent witnessed the tie;


No continent else was invited.
Their courtship tedious, for seldom they met


Tetea-fets, while long centuries gded,
But the warmth of his love she could hardly forget
For though distant afar, he would smile on her yet,


Save when Earth the fond couple divided
But why wpS'tse court=hir prolix, and why


Was postponed so long their connection
That the bridegroom anxious twere vain to deny
Since the heat of his passion pervaded the sky;


But the bride renowned for reflection.
Besides, It's reported their friends all vexed,


The match deemed, somehow, unequal;
And when bid to the wedding each made some pretex
To decline, till the lovers out and perplexed,


Were compelled to elope in the sequel.
Mars and Jupiter such business could bear


So they haughty kept themselves from it;
Herschel dwet at such distance he could be there
Saturn sent with reluctance his ring to the fair


By the hands of a trustworthy comet
Only one dim, pale planet of planets the least


Condescended the nuptals honor;
And that seemed like skulking away to the Eastf
Some assert that it was Mercury acting Priest;


Some Venus apeepms shame her


Earth in silence rejoiced the bridegroom and bride
In their nuptial embrace would Hnger,


Whilst eareerng through regions of light his side
She displayed the bright ring world too wide
With a eonjugal ring on her finger.


Henceforth shall these orbs to all husbands and wive
| Shine patterns of duty respected;
All her splendor and glory from him she derives
And she shows TO the world that the kindness he give
| Is faithfully priced and reflected.
Year: 1869

The Mobile Register says: "a negro man
and his white wife, brazen, shameless
looking thing, made their appearance on the
streets yesterday. Of the two the negro
looked the worst ashamed in being seen in
company with such low white trash"
Year: 1869

Harper's Bazar enlightens an Inex-
perienced housekeeper" as follows


The etiquette of the table depends
greatly upon the style Of life of the
host and hostess. 4 formal dinner of
the fashionable world is now mostly Ser
we'd Ia R1ssse. The table is adorned
solely with fruits and flowers, and the
dishes are all cut up at a side table, and
served by the servants to each guest, who
Of course is not expected to take every
thing offered to him. On more familiar
occasions, where the various meats and
vegetables are placed upon the table, it
is customary for the host and hostess to
consult the wishes of a guest before
serving him, in regard to the main dish
es but the vegetables are all handed
round by the servants. The bread
should be placed within the napkin at
the side of each person. 1t would not
be proper to make all the others wait
until one is served with everything he
may require. A brisk waiter will man
age to supply the ct ceteras to those
who may require them in the intervals Of
the carving. The salt, pepper, ETC., are
generally placed in easy reach; and as
for butter, that, if used at all, should
be kept at side table, or only placed at
dinner with the cheese. A servant
should pass a glass, knife and fork, a
spoon or plate always on salyer, but
this is not necessary when handling the
side dishes, etc, to the guests. 1t is
not customary to solicit apersOn to take
together two such articles as "pie and
pudding" and milk toast and mullins. :"
Both may be passed at different times
By servant, or the choice between the
two offered by the hostess. If so unfor-
tunate a contretemps happen that the
hostess be obliged to leave her guests,
she must do it quietly ss possible, whis-
periug her excuses to her nearest friend
at the table, who if necessary, can soften
the awkward incident by some graceful
explanation.
Year: 1869

Rev. Ireneus Prime, who enjoys the
reputation Of being not only as the most
literal and comprehensive, but the most
agreeable writer upon Eastern social
life and scenery, is this winter giving an
interesting lecture on Turkey and the
Turks, of which We copy sketch from
the Brooklyn Eagle


Turkey is already, the speaker re-
marked, engaging the attention of the
whole civilized world, and her present
misunderstanding with Greece brings
together at the present moment in Paris
a congress Of the representatives of the
Great Powers of Europe but it is not
in Turkey itself they are SO much inter
ested; that small island of Crete causes
the excitement. What does France,
England; Prussia or the others care
about Turkey? The question is will
Greece and Turkey go to war !? for if
they do, it is well known that Russia
with her immense armies will come down
on the Turks, take Oonstantinople and
have full command of the Black Sea-
That is now what brings the powers to-
gether in Paris, for they are afraid of
Russia and are anxious to prevent any
extension Of her territory or increase Of
power.


Mr.. Prime then went on to picture
Constantinople, and gave. most vivid
description Of his visit to the seraglio of
the Sultan. His attention was especially
directed to one doorway in particular,
which was a richly ornamented one, and
very pleasant for visitors to look at.
1t opened on the banks Of Bosphorus,
and through it were not unfrequently
brought offending wives OF His Majesty,
who were tied up in sacks, and in this
ignominieus manner thrown into the
Bosphorous and drowned. The streets
Of Gonstantinople are narrow, and the
houses low. Dogs are in abundance, and
to be met with at every point; for that
animal is a very important individual in
Turkey, being held almost sacred by the
Turks.


Or. Prime went on to give his expert
ences Of a Turkish bath, which is a
peculiar institution of the country, and
not to have suffered one was not to be
there, for when in Rome you must do as
the Romans do so in Turkey one must
also do as the Turks do. The Turks al.
though always washing, are scarcely ever
clean; washing is more form with
them, and they 60 through it most reg
ularly without any benefit or improve
ment to their appearance. No matter
how often they wash, they are still
greasy, and the odor from them is any
thing but agreeable. There are great
many bathing houses and these estab-
lishments are as plenty in Constantinople
as hotels are here, There are two
kinds, one for women and another for
men. The floors are of marble, and
around the sides of the rooms are placed
most luxurious divans, which with the
soft air Of the place is sufficient to IN
duee the languid to repose.


Catering the bath, the frst room is
agreeably warm, and here one unmakes
their toilet and is supplied with > tur-
Year: 1869

-Thoss can most easily dispense with
society who are the most calculated to
adorn it; they only are dependent on it
who possess no mental resources for
though they bring nothing to the general
mart, ike beggars, they are too poor to
stay at home.
Year: 1869

Men speak too much about the
world. Each one Of US here, let the
world ge how it will, and be victorious
or not victorious, has ne not life Of
his own to lead? The worlds being
saved, will not save US; nor the worlds
being lost, destroy US. We should look
to ourselves; there is great merit here
in the duty of staying at home.
Year: 1869

Al who have committed an excess OF any kind
whether it be the solitary vice of YOUTH the sting
ing rebuke Of misplaced confidence in maturer years,
SEEK FOR An ANTIDOTE IN SEASON.
The Pains and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
Prostration that may follow Impure Cotton,
are the Barometer to the whole system.
Do not wait for the consummation that is to fol-
low; do not wait for Unsightly Ulcers, for


Disabled Limbs, for Loss of Beauty


and
Year: 1869

Every Intelligent and thinking person must know
their efficacy established by well tested experience in
the hands of regularly educated physician, whose
preparatory studies tit him for all the duties he must
fulfl yet the country is flooded with poor nostrums
and cufe-als purs lg to be the best in the world,
which are not onsy seess, but always injurious.
his physician as 1t is lamentable yet incontroVert
BILE TACT that many syphilitic patients are made mis-
erable with ruined constitutions by maltreatment
from inexperienced physicians in general practice for
point generally conceded by the best syphilogrs
dhers that the study and management Of these come
dlants should engross the whole time Of those who
would be competent and successful in their treaf-
ment and cure. The inexperienced general pract-
TONER, having neither opportunity nor tilHe to maxi
himself acquainted with their pathology, commonly
ing an indiscrmnate that antiquated and dan
geToua weapon. the Mercury.
Year: 1869

New Sharon, Me, April IT, 1868.
Messrs. Editors-I have used Bradley's Super
Phosphate OF Lime on corn and potatoes for several
years past, to my entire satisfaction. Last year
too particular notice of the corn grown where used
his Super Phosphate, compared with corn raised with
barn-yard manure in the same feld and found the
ears raise OH the rows where Bradley's Phosphate
was applied were l-2 inches longer, and filed out
to the end with an increased crop Of at least one
on the rows where barn-yard manure was used was
two weeks later, with considerable soft corn, and
none OF the filled out to the end was the case
where the Phosphate was applied.


On potatoes it acted equally as well as it did on
my corn. think no farmer in Maine should raise
corn or potatoes without Bradley's Phosphate and
am sure if they will once give it trial thev will be
so well satisfied that they would be unwilling as
am to do without it.


Yours resDectf1lly. LUTHER CURTIS.
Year: 1869

packages, although it had upon it old in
spcction brands Of "tax paid" and it is
contcnded that they hereby violated thi5
section rs.


This section requires only that goods
" sold or offered for sale should be stamped
and placed in packages. The burden Of
proof is on the Government to show that
these goods were sold or offered for sale.
There is no evidence tending to show TINT
they were sold, and the proof that they were
in the store exposed to view does not make
out an offer to sell. 1t was only one day
after the date that the law fixed as the time
when these provisions should take effect.
The law did not prevent them keeping un-
stamped goods on hand and packing and
stamping them from time to time rs they
should wish to open them for sale. 1t merely
requires that those acts must be performed
before the actual offer to sell is made. 1t
may be that this would open the door to
fraud or evasion by tobacco dealers, but
the cnactments cannot be pressed to such
considerations beyond their just construc-
ton.


The defendants have proved by their
clerk that he never knew of any sale of to-
bacco that was unstamped. They have
proved that they stamped great deal of
tobacco. They have proved their compli-
ance with the law so far as, probably, it
was susceptible Of proof. I see no reason,
upon the testimony, even to suspect that
they have ever sold or offered for sale any
tobacco that had not the required stamps,
or that had not paid the proper tax.


The defendants are discharged.
Year: 1869

"ISCIDENTs IN THE LIFE OF BLIND
GIRL" This is the title of neatly printed
and we'll bound volume of over 200 pages,
n copy of which has been laid on our table
by the author, Miss Mary L. Day, a
graduate of the Maryland Institution for
the Blind.


Miss Day visits our city for the purpose
of selling her books, from the proceeds of
which she is enabled to travel for the
benefit of her health, which has been de-
clining. The book itself is worth the money
asked for it--one dollar-apart from any
other consideration to induce persons to
purchase it. 1t is written in plain and
interesting style, giving the experiences OF
the writer, who, at an early age, was sud
denly shut out from the glorious sunlight
and the beauties of nature. The sale of
her book is her only pecuniary resource,
and we checrfully commend her and her
book to the kindly reception of our citizens.
Year: 1869

RETURN OF ADvENTURERs.-Some weeks
since it will be remembered that number
of our young men left the city, under the
auspices of Captain" F." Smith, for New
York, to take part in the Cuban expedition.
Their fares were paid to New York, but the
action of the United States authorities threw
them high and dry in New York. Yesterday
five of them returned to the city pretty well
disguised with the Cuban expedition. They
state that some of their comrades have gone
to work in New York, ashamed to return to
the city after their failure to cover them
selves with the much-coveted glory and to
get the promised liberal bounties.
Year: 1869

The MrzzLING OF DoGs.--We have fire.
quent, and we think very just, complaints
against the abominablc and useless muzzling
of dogs at this season. 1t is n cruel thing,
to say the least Of it, and we should ina
ginc, from the worry it must cause the ami
nal, that it would be better calculated to
make them mad than the hot weather. 1t
has been of little or no benefit, and we ven
turc to say that there have been no fewer
cases of hydrophobia on account of muzzles.
The mad-dog fever is over, and it would
seem an act of humanity to relieve the poor
dogs of this great canine torment.
Year: 1869

MEETING OF BUILDING FUND CoMPANY.-
A meeting of those who have subscribed to
the building fund company about to be or
ranized Oh Church and Union Hills will be
held in Sweeney's bakery, on Broad street
between Twenty-fourth and Twenty fifth,
at half-past 8 O'clock this evening for the
purpose of organization.