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Year: 1869

Without any special complaint, except grad


ual declination of bodily strength and nervous
er ergy, will find In the TONIC A FOUNTAIN
OF VITALITY YANDEYIG0R AS RE
A POOL IN I HE DESERT TO THE SAND
SHDpnuRn Mn L INTINC TRA WEI RR
Year: 1869

RAILROAD MATTERS. - The editor of the
Nashua Telegraph gives an extended and glow
ing account of the recent railroad excursion to
Alfred and the matter is summed up as fol-
lows:


The parties interested in the Portland q
Rochester road are among the wealthiest and
most enterprising business men of Portland =
They fully appreciate the Importance OF the
Nashua connection. They see, as only those
can who understand the situation in Portland
and Maine, that this connection opens new
direct, inside route, and the shortest from M lno
Provinces and Maine to New York ana the
West We have not before comprehended TINS
enterprise, or counted half its chances OF sue
cess. A great through business is now ready
at both ends to be launched upon it, and this
alone will ensure the success of the entire
line The Nashua & Rochester link must and
will be built There is no railroad enterprise
in New Englard that promises SO well as an
Investment We but reiterate the well weigh
ed opinion OF one of the wealthiest and best
informed railroad men in eastern New Hamp-
shire when we say that the stock of the Nashua
& Rochester road will command premium oil
25 per cent. within five years from the openiug
of the line But more anon
Year: 1869

To the Editor Of the Press:


Spending thousands of dollars as we have
for identifying our city, why cannot something
be done for our comfort? l presume all who
have walked or ridden in our streets for the
past month, will admit that the great draw.
back on our pleasures in summer is the clouds
of dust that fill the air.


The street watering, depending as it does on
individual subscriptions, has been very badly
done, and our streets have not been so uncom-
Portable of late years as during the present
season.


Now why will not the City Government dc
as is done in other cities, water all the CHIEF
streets thoroughly, paying part of the expenses
from the city treasury and assessing the bal
ance on the residents on those streets?


Once cover the streets with a good coating
of salt water, and it is very easy to keep the
dust laid afterwards. 1t would add to the
beauty of thecity and to the comfort of all.
Year: 1869

THE SOMERSET RAILROAD The lease of the
Belfast and Moosehead Railroad to the Port
land and Kennebec road is causing great COM
motion among the friends of the Somerset road,
now being built. The Anson Advocate
wishes to avoid the building of competing
road, which it regards as an inevitable result
of the lease, by compromise, at the terms of
which it only hints. The Advocate says:


In view of this competing line, we believe
the Maine Central, with which our road now
proposes to connect, and which has largely
subscribed to its stock, will assent to any COM
promise that will give them idemnity for the
past-leastwise we do not believe that they de-
sire to take the risk in the face of such compe-
tltion. With the right spirit conciliation OF
all conflicting interests may be reached and a
compromise effected that will be beneficial to
all concerned. That we can save three hum
dred thousand dollars, and get rid of all compe-
tition, is sufficient to warrant an effort to that
end 7rf4aIi.4
Year: 1869

The OVERTHROW OF LAGER.-The Spring
field Republican says that the special commit
tee of the Massachusetts, Legislature to which
wasreferred the pending liquor bill has decid-
ed to retain lager among prohibited beverages,
leaving cider alone exempt from the operation
of the law
Year: 1869

THE celebrated Cornell Jewett is again on
the peace path His recent interview with
the President was for the purpose of making
statements as to his conversations with promi-
nent Englishmen during the war, and to show
that the course of the British government
was intended to avoid giving offense TO the
United States
Year: 1869

THE New York Tribune says the reason why
Plantation Bitters are SO generally used is ow-
ing to the fact that they are always made up
to the original standard, and of pure material
let the price be what twill The Tribune hits
the nail on the head, for Plantation Bitters are
not only made of pure material, but the peo-
pie are told what they are made of, as the
recipe is wrapped around each bottle. Don't
go home without a bottle.


MAGNOLIA WATER.-Superior to the best
imported German Cologne, and sold at hall
the price. may22eod1wSw
Year: 1869

WHAT does the savant of the Argus mean
by saying that though the national debt will
be reduced seven millions during the month,
there will be no consequent saving of inter
estY Piea-s expound A desire to find fault
should not drl., one into nonsense.
Year: 1869

The WEATHER. Yesterday was another
hot day, the thermometer standing at 80 deg.
in the shade. A heavy black cloud overspread


the heavens in the afternoon, and it was hoped


that we should have grateful shower, but on
Year: 1869

THE ANGELS CHARITY-Once upon
time poor man sheltered an angel in
his thatched cottage. He rejoiced at
this high privilege with all his heart and
offered his holy guest everything he had.
The angel sat by his side half the night,
speaking heavenly wisdom about the val
ue of faith and virtue. The next morn
ing, when he had taken leave of the poor
man, he took a match and set fire to the
cottage, which in short time was burnt
to the ground


The poor man was disconsolate at hay
ing no longer roof to shelter him; but
his distress was all the greater that his
guest whom he had SO generously enter
tained could have brought about such an
eyent. He doubted the holiness of the
angel, and began to disbelieye all that
he had told him and taught him in the
night.


When the ashes were cool he cleared
away the rubbish saying, 81 will build
another house with my own hands !;
if I have but roof to cover me, have
enough"


And 10 when he put his hand to the
work, in the old foundation he found a
great treasure, with which he was able
to build house, and save riches besides.
Then he perceived the angels charity,
and believed in the wise though unseen
Providence all the rest of his life.
Year: 1869

The number of deaths from small pox
at the Sandwich Islands in 1852 was
estimated at 10000. The principal cause
assigned for this terrible mortality was
want of proper vaccine matter. It was
considered unsafe to use that obtained
from the natives, as there is not one of
them whose system is entirely free from
all taint of disease. This is said to be
a melancholy fact and is attributed to
the immortality not only of the present
generation, but of those preceding it.
Year: 1869

When cavalry march or "a cavalry
fight is concerned, says the New York
Tribune neatly, in alluding to the recent
battles on the Plains, there is no need
to enquire further than that Sheridan
commanded. When we add that Custar
was in the advance, we know the result
as well as if we had read the the satisfac-
tory official report.
Year: 1869

Several wealthy chinamen have pur-
cahsed a number of blocks Of land in
Chicago, upon which they intend erect
store houses for storing goods from China,
by the China steamship line and Pacific
railroad. John is awake to the great
important fact of being in time, and act
ing accordingly.
Year: 1869

In Florida, there is a negro Justice of
the Peace who decided a case recently
in a perfectly impartial. manner. After
listening to the evidence, he ordered the
plaintiff and defendant to pay fine Of
one dollar each, and the Constable to
pay the cost of the Court
Year: 1869

How TO Court IN CHURCH.-A
young gentleman happening to sit at
church in a pew adjoining one in which
sat young lady OF whom he conceived a
sudden and violent passion, was desirous
of entering into a courtship on the spot,
but the place not being suitable for an
informal declaration, the case suggested
the following plan. He politely handed
his fair neighbor a Bible opened, with a
pin stuck in the following text-Second
Epistle of John: verse fve-"and now |
beseech thee, not as though [ wrote a
new commandment unto thee, but that
which we had from the beginning, that
we love one another"


She returned it, pointing to the sec
ond chapter of Ruth, tenth verse /:
sThen she fell on her face, and bowed
herself to the ground and said to him i:
"Why have I found grace in thine eyes,
seeing I am a stanger p


He returned the book, pointing to the
thirteenth verse of the third Epistle of
John: "Having many things to write
unto you, [ would not write with pen and
ink, but trust shortly to come unto you
to speak face to face, that your JOY may
be full"


From the above interview a marriage
took place the ensuing week.
Year: 1869

The New York Obsereer speaks Of the
horse race and the human race. 1t does
not believe that those who attend horse
races do it because they have so much
love for the horse, since they not unset
dom abuse their horses unmercifull at
these places. This love which they bear
to horses is one that springs from the
qualification of certain selfish instincts,
and that has no scruples about sacrafic-
ing the object of affection to pander with
its own passions. Is there any question,
it asks, as to whether the race-course IS
to be included in the course of the christ
ian Itis like attempting to make two
trains pass one another on the same track.
How strange to see people absorbed on
Saturday in the pool for the "Sweep-
stakes" and the pool for the "Feather-
stakes" and on the following day turn
ing to the pool of Bethesda or the pool
of Siloma.
Year: 1869

A curious case has just been tried in
the New Orleans courts. The children
of blind mendicant having been enticed
away by another professional beggar, the
father brought suit. One of the witness
es testified that nine out of ten, who are
led about as blind, have good, sound
eyes. The plan to make blind beggars is
this: The imposters secure a piece of
peculiar bluestone, which when dissolved
in water will make fifteen men blind for
four days. The lids of the eyes are then
tattooed with the liquid which acts as an
astringent, and the beggar cannot see
until the effect wears off. The lids are
tightly closed, and if they are forced
open, there is temporary film over the
pupil which would deceive any but the
most skillful oculist The judge sentenced
the men who had enticed away the boy
and the mother of the boy to six months
in the workhousc in default OF one
thousand dollar bond for good behavior.
It is interesting to know that these one
thousand dollar bonds were given by the
bcggars on the spot. One of the de-
PENDANTS had three thousand dollars on
his person and certificate OF deposit
for twelve thousand dollars more.
Year: 1869

ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL
GRANT.-The Virginia conservative COM
mittee had another interview with Grant
to-day, wherein he is said to have expressed
himself earnestly in favor Of settling their
questions of Virginia reconstruction on the
basis they propose: the retention of man
hood suffrage in the new State constitution,
and expunging all provisions for disabili-
ties not embraced in existing laws of Con-
gress and the fourteenth amendment to the
Constitution. hear that he expressed the
opinion that if Congress will SO act upon
the roposition-will so shape what is to be
submitted to the people of Virginia-Texas
and Mississippi will be very shortly and
very quietly reconstructed upon similar
terms. The committee are evidently highly
pleased with General Grants reception Of
them, and the interest in and tone mani
tested towards their errand here.-Na-
ti0nal Republican.
Year: 1869

OLD DOMINION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.-
The Niagara will sail on Friday next for
New York, and after that time there will
be three steamers of this line leaving per
week. They will sail on Tuesdays, Fridays,
and Sundays, and arrive on Mondays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays This increase
in the number of trips between this port
and New York is good indication, and we
trust that the company will be fully encou-
ragged in this addition to their enterprise.
Year: 1869

THE VIRG1NIAN CoMMITTEE.-The indica


tions are that the mission of the Virginia
conference committee will be in a great
measure successful, if not entirely 30. A
written plan has been submitted to the Ju


dietary Committee OF the House which
meets with very general approval, and
thcreis more prospect to-day Of matters in
Virginia being amicably and satisfactorily
settled than there has as yet been. Co.
vernon Wells and one or two other leading
Republicans oppose any substitute which
may be offered in lieu of the Underwood
constitution, but the majority of the peo-
pie are conscious of SO many defects in the
latter that they will willingly support a
constitution under the proposed plan. The
embryo substitute will restore harmony
and peace, and the best evidence Of its
worth is the fact that nearly all of the
members of Congress endorse it, whilst the
fire eating Democracy of Virginia condemn
it.-Forney'S PreSS-WaShinJton telegram.
Year: 1869

There is o strong movement among the
Democracy Of Virginia and other southern
States to accept and endorse negro suffrage
if they are permitted to have full and uni
versal amnesty, practical as we'll as theoreti-
Cal. With our present views, We would not,
if We were citizen Of the South, join in
such movement, but we have no words Of
censure for those who make it. They pro-
badly deem pacifcation necessary condi-
ton of their continued existence.-Louis-
uiue Courier,
Year: 1869

ACC1DENT.-Last Monday night as Mr..
Effenback, a worthy German citizen of this
place, was passing down Main street, he was
struck upon the head with a large falling
cinder, which almost cleaved his hat in
twain and made very ugly wound on his
Year: 1869

THE VIRGINIA RECONSTRUCTION CUES
TloN.-On Saturday evening there was o
joint meeting of the so-callcd Conservative
and the Radical committees of Virginians
now in attendance on Congress, at which
the plan proposed by the former for the set
tlement of their difficulties was discussed.
If l am correctly informed, o majority of
the Radical committee approved their pro-
position, though no formal vote on it was
taken.


Neither the Judiciary nor the Recon
struction Committee have had any action
on this question, and no conclusion, there
fore, has been arrived at.


All statements which have been tele-
graphed to the country to the effect that
these committees have decided upon the
policy are premature.


Premature" observe not untrue.l


IF the difficulty is settled here as pro-
posed, their [the opponents Of the planl
abuse will be in vain. They will be beaten
at the polls by majority of 10000 votes Z;
after which the country will hear no more
of Bourbonism as power in the South.


No other conceivable plan of ohliterating
from southern public affairs the influence
of the class of men who forced the South
into rebellion, and who yet strive to revive
the supremacy Of their ante-rebellion
ideas, can be resorted to that promises
half as much as that of securing 10000
majority in Virginia for the adoption of
the manhood-sutfrage principle as the basis
on which that great States future is to be
built up.-National Republican.
Year: 1869

On ALL rUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALES OF REAL
ESTATE MADE BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF
JANUARY AND THE FIRST DAY OF JULY THE
PURCHASER PAYS THE TAxKs FOR THE PRE-
SENT YEAR, BUT on ALL SALES BETWEEN THE
FIRST DAY OF JULY AND THE rHIRTY-FIRsT
DAY OF DECEMBER THE SELLER PAYs THEM
Year: 1869

TIE IRHErREssiRLE NIGGER.-Wecl clip
from an exchange the following account Of
a raid made by negroes on the Treasury
occasioncd by tho joke of some was:


"Thc other day at Washington, a wog
possessed of keen sense Of the ludicrous
and very small amount of conscience,
circulated story among the colored popu-
lation that five hundred Of their number
were to be given situations in the Treasury
Department to ill the places made vacant
by the discharge of female employees. The
effect was all that could have been desired.
For days the lower passage ways ofgthe
Treasury building were blocked up with the
woody heads and burly forms of negro Of
fec seekers, cmuLatinS the example oftheir'
lighter skinned brethren. -.
Year: 1869

The effect Of DR.. Walkers Vinegar Bit.
ters, even when taken for its cathartic
properties. are very different from those OF
any other medicine prepared specifically
for that purpose.


There is no nausea or disturbance of the
stomach, and instead of causing any sense
Of languor, or debility, it seems rather to in.
visoratc the whole system, and excite the
kcencst appetite.
Year: 1869

Gen. Butler said to-day that he is in
favor of an immediate war with Eng
land, and that such a step was desira-
BILE at this time as a measure of econo-
my, inasmuch as itwould stop our ex-
cessive importatiOns, and compel US to
develop our own resources. He also
said it would discontinue the twaddle
about heAlabama claims and the ex-
pensive cable telegrams of the State
Department. He said that such a war
would be purely naval, and that with
our experience of the past eight years,
we would be able to sweep the entire
English navy and commerce from the
seas, and that we would bring back
with us enough booty to pay the whole
cost of the enterprise, and for the in
Jury done orr own commerce by Eng
lish rebel pirates during the war, he
afJn-
Year: 1869

NASHVILLE, May 2j.---An important
decision was made in the Chancery
Court of Davidson county to-day.
The Legislature of 1866 passed an act
setting apartall the coin returned from
the South after the war as a school
fund. A bill was fled in the Chancery
Court 70 carry out the purpose of the
law, and NJ. r. Cockrlll, large indi-
yidual deposition, filed a cross bill,
claiming that the Legislature had no
authority to dispose Of the coin as it
had done, and that the act was in
violation of the clause Of the Federal
Constitution preserving the sacred
ness of contracts; that the returned
coin was properly part Of the assets of
the bank and should be used TO pay
individual depositors. Chancellor
Otis decided that the Legislature had
not exceeded it; power and ordered
the enforcement of the law. Cockriil
appealed the case to the Supreme
Court.
Year: 1869

AT HIS OLD BUsINEss.-We have
received copy of the Mower County
Transcript published at Austin, Minnesota,
with the name of GEo. H. 0rIs as editor
and publisher. We are glad to welcome
the Major to the editorial fraternity again,
and expect much pleasure in reading the
Transcript each week. Success attend you
"TooSY.' We ewill risk your enterprise and
ability to make good paper for the people
of Mower County.
Year: 1869

The CHICAGO tribune. In an.
other column Of this paper will be found
the prospectus of the Chicago Tribune for
1870 If we were out of the newspaper
business, and could afford no more, we
should take lin addition to local paper)
the Chicago Tribune in preference to any
other in the United States. 1t is undeni-
ably the leading radical paper of the west.
See the liberal offers to clubs.
Year: 1869

THANKs.- wish to make public
acknowledgment of the kind treatment
given me during last week by the people of
western Mlfilin, and the eastern border of
Grant County. In my journeyings among
them | everywhere discovered that great
hearted hospitality peculiar to the western
farmer. To give the names of all to whom
! am indebted for hospitalities is scarcely
practicabe-without exception every body
was kind. To canvass for newspaper
among such people is pleasant occupation,
and the large additions to the subscription
lists of the TRIBUNE attest their llberality


j, H.. r.
Year: 1869

WHIPPING IN School. Our little
article Of last week on this subject, we find
it necessary to explain, was not intended
as a reprmand or threat toward any of the
corps of teachers in our public schools. -
The punishment complained of was not by
a regular teacher.
Year: 1869

SoLD--All you who read the story
Broken Home, " in the TRIBUNE last week,
doubtless feel sold BONNER paid us liber
ally for inserting it, and we hope none will
blame us for turning an honest penny in
that way.
Year: 1869

PEOPLE are inquiring what will be
the result of the levy of S36, 900 by the
County Board to pay part of the railroad
debt We have sought diligently for in
formation concerning the matter, but thus
far without success.
Year: 1869

The GENERAL SMITH monument,
description of which we gave in our last
weeks issue is certainly Il magnificent piece
OF work. SHEPARD n Bush are prepared to
do as good for any one who will give them
an order
Year: 1869

DIscoNTINuING HIS SUBscRIPrIoN.-
An exchange has the following allegory,
which VIC commend to careful considera.
tion: "a certain man hit his toe against
a pebble, and fell headlong to the ground.
He was vexed, and under the influence Of
anger and selfsuficieucy he kicked the
mother earth right saucily. With imper.
tubable gravity he looked to see the earth
itself dissolve aud come to naught. But
the earth remained, and only his poor foot
was injured in the encounter This is the
way Of man. An article in newspaper
touches him in weak spot, and forthwith
he sends to stop his paper. With great
complacency he looks to see the crash
when he finds he only hit his own toe
against world that does not perceptibly
feel the shock, and Injuries no one but
himself"
Year: 1869

BoYHooD's PLEASURES AND PENAL.
rIEs-A youngster came home after g'o-
rious time in the puddles, his face all aglow'
and his boots full of water. The punish
ment for staying in the house the rest Of
the day, did not seem very hard; but as his
little heart warmed upwith the recollection
Of the triumphs Of the morning when he
had waded deeper than any Of his play
mates dared to, he could bear the restraint
no longer, and went to his mother saying :;
" Please, mother whip ME, and let me 60
out again. Human nature could not re-
sist such an appeal, and though the moth
ers heart had some misgivings a. to the
propriety of indulging her son, he was al
lowed his liberty, and received carcss in
stead Of flogging.
Year: 1869

- The other day, says an exchange, q
young lady called at the house Of a friend


and seeing a couple Of not large sized pin
cushions lying upon table which, upon
inquiry, she found had been in use for five
years, suggested to the lady Of the house
that it would be good idea to rip them
open and get the needles. At this the Ia
dy laughed and replied that she thought it
would hardly pay; but upon the other in
sisting that she would find as many as 800,
the experiment was finally tried, when, to
the astonishment of all, 800 needles were
counted out! We don't charge the ladies
anything for this bit ofintormation.
Year: 1869

STOPPED HIS PApER.-The following
anecdotc of the late Swain, from the
Philadelphia Press, is not without its moral
in other latitudes than Pennsylvania


Many years ago Swain, then editor of
the Public Ledger, was hailed at the cor
ner of Eighteenth and Chestnut streets
by very excited individual, who informed
him in the most emphatic terms I" l have
stopped your paper, sir" and proceeded to
explain the why and wherefore, all the
time gesticulating wildly. my gracious,
sir, you don't SO! Come with me to the
Office and let us see if we cannot remedy
the matter. 1t gricves me that any one
should stop my paper" Down Chestnut
to Third, the two proceeded. Arriving at
the Office, Swain said: Why, my dear
sir, everything appears to be going on
here as usual I thought you had stopped
my paper" Then and there the excited
gentleman, whom the long walk, by the
way, had partly cooled, said that he had
stopped his one copy Of the Ledger.
Swain was profuse in his apologies for
having misunderstood the meaning of his
late subscribers words, and regretted that
he had given him the tramp from Eigh-
tcenth street to Third, down Chestnut.
The gentleman went home, wiser if not
better man, marvcling at the stupidity
of editors in general, and Swain in partic-
ular. Before he left, however, he ordered
that the Ledger be still sent to his address.