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Year: 1868

CONCERNING CoMETs.-A writer re-
marks in the Intellectual Observer:


when first seen in the telescope,
comet usually presents small round disc
of hazy light, somewhat brighter near the
centre. AS the comet approaches the sun
the disc lengthens, and, if the comet is to
be tailed one, traces begin to be seen of
streakiness in the comets light. Gradu-
ally tail is formed, turned always from
the sun. The tail grows brighter and lon
ger, and the head becomes developed into a
coma surrounding distinct Unmarked nu-
cleus. Presently the comet is lost to view
through its near approach to the sun. But
after while it is again seen, sometimes
wonderfully changed in aspect through the
effects of solar heat Some comets are
brighter and more striking after passing
their perihelion than before: others are
quite shorn of their splendor when they re-
appear.


The latter was the case with the comet
of 1896, as We learn from Sir John
Herschel, who watched it in the Southern
skies after it had become invisible to
Northen observers. On the other hand,
the comet of 1861 burst upon us in its full
splendor after perihelion passage. Some
comets have more than one tail


One appeared in l744 which had no less
than six tails, symmetrically disposed (if
one can trust the pictures handed down to
us) in the figure of half-opened fan.
Others have presented a yet more peculiar
appearance, having, besides tail in the
usual position, a second uncomfortable
tail at right angles to the first, or inclined
to it at some incongruous, out-of the way
angle for instance, in one case, one hum
dred and sixty degrees. Sometimes the
popularity is presented of perfectly dark
gap sepa-ating the tail from the head.
More commonly a dark space is seen be-
hind the head, but on each side of this
space the light from the head is continued
so as to form a bright border on each side
of the tail"
Year: 1868

THE ABsURDITY OF DRINKING.-It has
become sort of popular-almost national
faith that it is not possible to be truly
happy unless you drink. Among certain
classes-and they are by no means exclu-
sively the lowest-drink is the beginning
and end of everything The very name of
liquor is held to be synonymous with en-
ioyment, and the dearer the liquor the
more it is priced and coveted. Yet every
man who is not a downright drunkard, is
well aware that the pleasures of drinking
are, beyond a certain point, mockery,
delusion and snare. [ put it to any one
who has stood half the night at bar or
sat half the night in club room, drink
ing, smoking, and bandying reckless talk.
if the enjoyment of such an evening has
been anything like that of a few hours
spent at home with book or newspaper
The evil influence of tavern pleasure on
the health is too obvious to be denied by
any one, and the illusory nature of the
pleasures themselves would be undeniable
also, if the persons who indulge in them
did not deceive themselves and put the
truth out of sight.


No one ever brought any good out of
drinking bout yet. 1t is short, feverish
spasm of animal enjoyment, which leaves
nothing behind but moroseness, regret, bad
temper, self reproach and headache. 1
should like to ask you, sir, if you say your
prayers when you come home in that state?
No, you don't. You are ashamed to say
them. You postpone them until you have
purged yourself, your mind and your lips
| BY more sober and rational behavior. Next
night when you pass the hours quietly at
home with book or friend, you feel that
you have had real enjoyment, and that the
time has passed pleasantly, that you have
learned something, and that you have not
injured your health. You are not ashamed
to say your prayers, and you get up next
morning with clear head, good appe-
tite, and an increased facility for work and
enjoyment of life.-AH the Year Round.
Year: 1868

crater, and begins to play at throwing
stones. The third issues from lateral
opening on the verge of the precipice, with
a smooth, quiet flow like that of molten
iron from furnace. We approach it from
above, and look down upon it; we burn
our canes in it, at its very fountain-head
and an offcious guide carrying basket
goes through the ceremony of roasting eggs
in it. While we are thus occupied, the
eruption begins to show symptoms of in
creasing violence, and a large stone falling
within Il dozen yards of us gives warning
that it is time to depart. We descend the
mountain the same way by which We came,
and as we look back from the distance to-
ward the summit, where by day we saw
rising pillar of cloud, now, on returning
by night we see pillar of fire.
Year: 1868

PRACTIcAL EDUcATIoN.-Education should
consist much more than it does in learning
to do, to act, to perform. The successful
men of the world are those who can accom-
plish the ends of life, who can by their
own energy and skill bring about grand
and useful results Our educational insti-
tutions make us learned, cultured, but not
sufficiently actors. One reason why very
often the young men who have but little
education from the schools surpass those
who have lived for years in college walls,
is because they have been trained to action.
Action gives health and strength. Culture
gives ease, grace and finish. They belong
together, but have been separated. Let
them be brought once more into some
grand scheme of education. and we shall
have men and women as the result who can
not only accomplish noble work, but have
at the same time fine scholars, with culti-
waited manners, with grace and dignity of
demeanor.-Herald of Health.
Year: 1868

of the long way that humanity has yet to
walk before it comes 10 the blossom, to say
nothing of the fruit perceive that things
do move so slowly, that it seems to me as
though if l were jeremiah, l too could
pray that my head might become a toun-
tain of tears.


Well, that tends, you know, to useless
sympathy That tends to kind of senti-
mental dependency. l do not know but
in some sense a little bath once in while
in the Dead Sea of despair may be bene-
fetal but do not believe those brackish
waters are good for a man to bathe in every
day. Hope is better. Confidence in God
is better Cheer is better. Expectation
in respect to the future of the human
race is better. 1t does not do to take too
close an inspection of the facts of the hu-
man condition. We are to have kind of
campaigning spirit. When soldiers are on
campaign, they do not stop for comforts.
They do not look very closely at anything
They look at the great ends which they
expect to realize, and sink out of sight ten
thousand things which they would look at
if they were at home. And there is need
of a great deal of this in Christians. The
world will not bear much examination un-
less we have better glasses than our eyes
to reveal to us the hidden counsels and in
tents of God among men. And, on the
other hand, the love of working for the sake
of work ; working from motive of sympa-
thy with men , of gratitude that
makes us thankful for a little; patience to
work under discouragement, to work even





and to work no matter how dark the night
or how heavy the load-that is the better
Christian state And this state patience,
and gentleness, and expectancy, founded on
faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, will be
sweet to the taste and strengthening to the
heart
Year: 1868

granary, the fine he had to pay was milch
eve, with her lamb and fleece, or as much
wheat as would cover the cat when held
up by the tail, with its head touching the
floor. No reduction was to be made. The
very tip of pussy's tail must be covered
with the culprit's wheat. Thus the price
given for cats was high, considering the
value of specie at that period, and the fact
of laws being made to protect the breed of
an animal which multiplies so fast, shows
that in the Middle Ages it must have been
scarce in Wales
Year: 1868

After the infamatory symptoms of acute
disease have been subdued. and the patient
has been pronounced "out of danger" there
is still tle prostration which always follows
fever to contend with. The whole art and
mystery of medical treatment does not con-
sist in eradicating a malady. Indeed. the
violent operation of the drugs administered
for that purpose. sometimes reduces the sick
persons so terribly that it is found impossible
to create a reaction, aud they sink and die
from sheer exhaustion. In diptheria. for ex-
ample, the weakness which succeeds the re-
moval Of the distractions from the throat
often proves fatal.


What the feeble convalescent needs is med
icine that will brace the nerves. stimulate
the appetite and tone the stomach. Nature
always makes gallant effort to retrieve her.
self after the pressure of disease has been
taken of, but it is unwise TO leave her to
fight alone in her disabled and dropping con-
dtion. He must rally with the most active
and thorough OF invigorants.
Year: 1868

Are offered in every Department and will be
punctually paid. THE ATTENTION OF
THE LADIES is particularly directed to the
SPECIAL PREMIUMS which render the
PREMIUM LIST very attractive.


LARGE POSTERS, containing the LIST
OF PREMIUMS will be sent to all the prin-
cipal points in the District. and the friends
of the Society are requested to attend to their
distribution.
Year: 1868

ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT AssAssINATIoN.-
On Friday, week since, a Frenchman,
whose name We have not learned, was shot
and seriously wounded, near El Dorado.
He was travelling along the road. about
dusk, when he was fired upon, a charge of
buckshot taking effect in his face. No at
tempt at robbery was made, murder appa-
rently being the only object of the assassin.
The wounded man managed to reach home,
and is, we understand, in a fair way to re-
cover. Ell Dorado appears to be infested
with gang of robbers and murderers who
render it unsafe for any one to travel in that
locality. Prompt measures should be taken
to bring them to justice.
Year: 1868

THE GREAT PROSPERITY


4 attending the INDUSTRIAL INTER-
ESTS of this District. and more especially
the AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT, in
spires the Managers with the hope that the
exhibition of this year will be an improve
ment upon all the FAIRS previously held
by the Society.
Year: 1868

A medicine that excites appetite without
promoting digestion is always injurious. Its
effect is to impose task on the stomach
which it is unable to perform, and the result
is chronic arrangement of that organ, and
of its dependents-the liver and the bowels.
The operatiOn of
Year: 1868

The BIG SNAKE AGAIN.-Sometime ago
snake, reported to have been seen by several
persons in the neighborhood of Young's
ranch, near Spring Valley. While its size
may have been exaggerated by those who
saw it. We never have had any doubts but
that an enormous reptile was actually seen
in that vicinity. As if to settle the matter,
however, in regard to the reality Of his ex-
-istence, his snakeship has again deisned to
make his appearance in public, in different
locality. As Mr.. w. P. Peek, Of our town,
I gentleman whose reputation fer truth and
veracity is "above suspicion" and whose
habits of life are such as to preclude the pos
sibility of his carrying around imaginary
serpents in his boots. was returning from
Alexander s. Co.'S. mill, in old Rich Gulch,
one day last week, he saw the monster. The
road leading from the gulch is exceedingly
steep, and winds around the side of the hill
so that it is difficult for teams to pass each
other when they meet. Mr.. Peek was driv-
ing up the grade in buggy, when he heard
peculiar, kissing kind of noise which he
supposed was caused by loaded wagon
coming down the hill with the brake on.
Being at the time in the most eligible place
in the road to pass team, he endeavored to
stop his horses for that purpose; but they
reared and plunged SO violently that he was
obliged to proceed to avoid being precipitat-
ed over the embankment. The road is firing
ed with dense thickets of chaparral. and
hearing a rustling among the bushes, Mr..
Peek cast his eyes upon the bank above him
to discover the cause. when he saw huge
snake gliding away into the brush. As it
was just at dark, he was unable to get full
view of the reptile, but the portion of him
which he saw. some six or eight feet of his
tail. be says "was as large as mans leg"
Mr.. Peek met no team. The noise that he
heard must have proceeded from the snake.
As it was the night of the meeting of the
'Chaparral Confederacy Copperhead Club"
it is more than probable that the "reptile.
was on his way to join that institution.
Year: 1868

Is very different from this. The preparation
developes appetite. and invigoI ates and en-
ergizes the digestive powers at the same
time. Hence. when Indifference to the enjoy
ments of the table. or absolute disgust for
food is combined with gastric weakness or
any other form of dyspepsia. this far-reaching
restorative removes the entire difficulty. It
is not tonic that does its work by halves.
Year: 1868

themselves TO the most ready game, Sc
cured in the most ready manner, namely (:
by forming the acquaintance Of rustics,
overcoming them with liquor, and then
conducting them IN their drunkenness
to the faro table. Scarce one intoxicated
man on Broadway out Of ten escapes their
clutches.


A favorite device, and generally sue.
cessful one with certain class Of ropers-
in, ia TO assume the appearance and garb,
the wondering look, and the homsspun
or old-fashionsd attire of the rustic, as
also to pretend an utter ignorance of
city ways. By these means the conf.
dence Of the countryman is completely
secured-only to be abused.


Figures have q language Of their own,
often more powerful than words. And
when we state that in New York reside
about four hundred and fifty men who
earn their livelihood solely by decoying
fools to faro, some conception can be
had of the extent to which this fearful
profession Of roper-in is carried.
Year: 1868

TIE destitution is said to be very great
in various parts of South Carolina. 1t is
stated that there is great distress in the
neigkborhood of Marion Court House,
and that, unless help comes soon from
some source, starvation will result One
or two persons have already died of star
vation in that neighborhood, and the des-
titution is said to be about equally divi-
ded between the whites and blacks.
Year: 1868

A PLOT has been discovered to blow
up the House of Parliament by means
of nitro-glycerine. 1t produced the
most intense excitement in every circle.
Extreme vigilance is maintained by the
civil and military authorities to prevent
any outbreak.
Year: 1868

The Earl of Athol has rival in a
Keutuckian who recently ordered off his
grounds fishing party consisting of the
editor of the Frankfort Yeoman, the
Clerk of the Court of Appeals, the At
torney- General and the Governor Of the
Commonwealth. They demonstrated,
but he muttered something about a shot
gun and they left
Year: 1868

TIE Ohio House of Representatives
adopted resolution on Tuesday author
izing the Governor to cause the firing of
salute of three hundred guns, in honor
Of the Democratic triumph in Ohio.
Year: 1868

The Louisville Journal thus refers
to General Hindman


General Hindman was native OF
Tennessee, and in the fiftieth year of
his age. He began his military career,
which from time to time was marked
with no little brilliancy, In the Mex
lean war, serving as second Lieuten-
ant of Mississippi volunteers. After
the close of that war, General Hind
man settled in Arkansas, where he
subsequently gained a prominent po-
sition among the leading public men
of that State. He was Representa-
tive from Arkansas In the thirty-sixth
Congress, and was reelected to the
thirty-seventh. At the breaking out
of the late war, he was among the
first 10 buckle on his armor In the
service of his adopted State, his mil
ilary prestige and his position procur-
ing for him at once the commission OF
a Brigadier General. Subsequently
he was commissioned as Major Gen
eral, which rank he held at the cessa-
tiOn of hostilities. General Hindman
was q dashing, fearless soldier, and,
though fretting at times towards the
close of the war at the control Of those
of his superiOrs In whom he suspected
lack Of military skill, was never
found wanting when called upon to
perform his part In the unequal strug.
gle In which the army Of Tennessee
was so long engaged.
Year: 1868

A RADICAL writer thus gives
the cause of the discomfort so preva-
lent among the people with the Rad
ical Congressional managers


"We have seen..a powerful majority
denying the minority the poor right
of being heard in debate. We have
seen the most timpOrtants statues forced
through without discussion, reflection
or consideration. With much blath-
er about the groans of the taxpayer,
we have seen the representatives of q
party and nation covertly and mean
ly refuse to reform tho civil service,
though well knowing enat its PROPER
administration would .ave to the
country at least S5O, 900, 900 q year
We have seen them, too, after four
years of such power as no other party
In the House Of Representatives ever
held, still without policy for the
great subject Of public debt, or for any
other subject reaching far into the flu
ture and demanding asettled, defined
and well kept policy"


And the above counts are the least
formidable I'm the indictment against
the the political charlatans and i'm
beetles that have been running the
Radical party for the past three years.
They are enough to sink them so deep
that the hand of resurrection could
never reach them; but are as nothing
compared y with ih tbeira tbeiraJ@ay J@asyrnpienfv&f
gance and corruption, and attempts
to change the character :.of the Gov
ernment by military power. No
wonder there Is general discomfort
among the people, and desire for q
change so prevalent. If 1t were 9TH
erwise, if the people showed an indif-
ference, their apathy would be the un-
erring precursor of the downfall of the
Republic; for public liberty can only
when the people are keenly
alive to their rights, and prompt to
avenge any aggrcssions on them.-
Gin. Enquirer.
Year: 1868

The Philadelphia Star says: "An
observant sexton OF this city informs
US that the remains Of those who are
buried with flowers In the coffin inva-
riably decay sooner than the bodies Of
those buried without them"
Year: 1868

The poets month is here. Across
the river there is a slight tendency to
brown. The green Is no longer the
summer green, but the sober green
Just beginning to assume the last tint
the leaves shall wear ere the winds OF
full ripe autumn coquette with them
Tor o time before dashing them to the
earth. The river floats by these for
estsso noiselessly, yet sograntily that,
mirrored in its waves, they seem to
grow from its depths and partake Of
its gentleness. But there fioats leaf
torn from its stem. It Is not yet sere
and yellow, but like meridian man
hood rudely stricken down, it advanc-
es TO Its destiny.


The bosom of the river floats not
only leaf, but tho wrecks Of forests.
Torn from their foundations where
they had defied the billow and the
blast for hundred years, great oaks
strew the waves. Trees dead and
limbless, oaks still green from the life
the past summer gave them, diversity
the same. 1t was only yesterday
that an oak with limbs and branches
and green leaves, sailed majestically
out OF the Tennessee, and reminded
us for a moment of the moving forest
that appalled, the guilty soul of Mac
beth. But this Is not the work of Oc-
tober, the gentle, the pensive, the
beautiful. There Is no violence In its
soft winds and no poison In its bright
dews. 1t tears up no forests with
whirlwinds and breaks no faith with
him who, escaping from the perils of
the long summer, laughs in its tenn
pered beam. 1t can boast few flowers,
but how many bowers does It gently
fold to their inevitable sleep? But II
1t comes upon scenes that fade and
decay, II it knows not the early bios
som and the bright bird of song, its
moderated airs watt balm to the
sick soul


And bring back the features


That JOY used to wear.


Delightful month how the weary
have longed for thee! Here the glO-
ries and the terrors OF the summer
end, and here the afflicted lay down
their summer stats, dismiss their
fears and reknit the raveled skein of
life. They walk forth the lOosed pris-
Oners of disease, and part with des-
pair underneath the wild glory of an
October sun. The hot winds and
burning days are overnow. The haze
lifts its soft form to the horizon and
unrolls the gorgeous sunset. There
lie the clouds, broken, fragmented and
asleep, and as they catch the last beam
of the level sun, suggest to the fancy
the aspect of the ruins of a golden
city. 1t Is the poets month, the low
er's month, the month of every one
who possesses soul capable Of loving
life, or that without which life is not
life, but lingering death. Rcntuckian.
Year: 1868

We are constantly hearing favorabl reports iron wife of Mark Anthony, of this city, and living a No Locust Street, afflicted with felon on tht finger, was recently induced to make trial of tho Salve. Almost instantly she experienced relic from the pain. which had been almost unendura ble. Every other remedy proved unavailing. Those who have tried it once are satisfied of it's merits and nothing will induce them to be without SUD- ply.-FdU Ricer Neecs. .-s-
Year: 1868

From Down the

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  To the People of Litchf1eld County: Greeting- Great additions have just been made to our already large Stock and we can offer you some rare bargains in all kinds of
Year: 1868

You will see how soon it will dispel your bad feelings and gloomy forebodings. How soon it will chase away any species of Dyspep- sia. How soon it will give you new life and or woman of you. For your own sake, for the sake of everybody suffering, we beg, we en- treat you try to it.

 For Liver Complaint and Bilious Derange- ments, il is Sovereign Remedy, while for Fever and Ague, and and all those diseases which are generated in a miasmatic climate, it is a certain preventive and cure.

 That it's wonderful medicinal virtues may not stand alone upon our statement, we ap- pend a few unsolicited testimonials from those whose position in society and reputation as citizens will place their evidence beyond all question, and carry with them strength and conviction to the most incredulous!
Year: 1868

What a wonder That the doors Are open wide; Ever since the First of August Thousands have f Pain Paint applied. Those who lie, Or call it humbug. Are the doctors, Not acquaint; For they always Have been jealous When their patients Use Pain Paint Pile up facts As high as mountains. Flash the truth Before their eyes, But the cry Is always humbug, Men of science Full of lies.
Year: 1868

in currency. from the date of payment of the last coupon At the present rates of gold they yield more than Eight per cent upon the in- vestment, with the prospect of steady appre- ciation of the premium upon the bonds.
Year: 1868

We shall constantly admOnish the Southern
people TO be self-reliant. and shall do what we
may be ablo to induce the estAblishment Of
manuiactories in our midst for Ou7 home pro-
ducts. To this end wo will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manuiacturing
and eEert ourselves TO encourage the diversih-
cation Of Southern industries aud the develop
uont of Southern resources. .H.H
Year: 1868

Father Williams, the veteran soldier in
the temperance cause, delivered one Of his
powerful and eloquent addresses here last
evening. lie is certainly an interesting
speaker, and was listened to with marked
attention by a large and intelligent
audience, many of whom are old and tried
veterans in that great army, some of whom
I remember wore the white collar when the
First Division OF Sons of Temperance was
organized here twenty years ago, and they
are still battling for the right. Father
Williams speech will have good effect.
He was followed by Prof Ryan in an
eloquent and telling speech. The division
here Numbers about sixty members, en-
braeing some Of the best and most sub
stantial citizeas of the place. So. .a.