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Year: 1869

A very good thing appeared in
the Scientific american of the goth
ult., under the above title. 1t is
as follows:


"Odr attention has been called
to an advertisement under the
above caption which recently ap.
peared in the Scientific American,
and a correspondent has sent us
one of the boxes. 1t is simply a
poorly made mouth-harmonicon,
constructed of tin and wood, and
affords music about equal to that
which can be produced by apply.
ing a piece of paper to comb, and
singing through it. The instru.
ment would amuse a small child
for few minutes, and is worth to
those who want so poor a thing
about five cents. In other words
the thing is a swindle, and the par
ties who sell it are swindlers, who
have no right outside the peniten
tiary. We do not intend to admit
such advertisements to our col.
umns, but they get into the Office
through our advertising agents ;
and in spite of all the precaution,
which we endeavor to observe In
the matter, our clerks either
thoughtlessly or stupidity take in
some which would have been re-
fused admittance had they been
previously brought to our notice.
Now, we put it to those of our rea-
ders who have been deceived by
this advertisement, does not
"swindle" appear upon. its very
face g? and is there not something
so very absurd in the thought that
a music box can be bought tor one
dollar, to play eight select tunes
that you, are not astonished at
yourselves for nibbling at the bait?
We recommend all who want
cheap music in a choice variety to
purchase a Jews-harp, upon which
a hundred tunes may be executed,
if one only knows how to breathe
forth sweet sounds.
Year: 1869

A physician in New Orleans on
being inquired OF concerning a
friend, replied that he had been
arrested for taking what did not
belong to him, and what he had
no business to NEEDLE with. "By
whom was he arrested and what
did he take ?" was the query. "He


was arrested by Death for taking
the yellow fever" was the reply.
Year: 1869

Aunt Betsy was trying to per-
suade little Jack to retire at sunset,
using as an argument that the lit
tie chickens go to roost at that
time. YES" said little Jack,
"but the old hen always goes with
them" Aunty tried no more ar
guments with him.
Year: 1869

WALKING EREoTLY.-Not only adds
to manliness of appearance, but devel-
ops the chest and promotes the general
health in high degree, because the
lungs, being relieved of the pressure made
by having the head downward and bend
ing the chest in, admit the air freely and
fully down to their very bottom.


If an effort of the mind is made to
throw the shoulders back, feeling Of
tiredness and awkwardness is soon expe-
rienced, or it is forgotten. The use of
braces to hold up the body is necessari-
ly pernicious for there can be no brace
which does not press upon some part Of
the person more than is natural, hence
cannot fail to impede injuriously the cir
culation of that part. But were there
none of these objections, the brace would
adapt itself to the bodily position, like a
hat, or shoe, or new garment, and would
cease to be brace.


To maintain an erect position or re-
cover it when lost, in manner which is
at once natural, easy and efficient, it is
only necessary to walk habitually with
the eyes fixed on an object ahead, little
higher than your own, the eve Of q
house, the top of a mans hat or simply
keep your chin very little above hor'
izontal line, or, it will answer to walk
with your hands behind you if either
of these things is done, the necessary
easy, and legitimate effect is to relieve
the chest from pressure, the air gets in
more easily, develops it more fully, and
permeates the lungs more extensively
causing more perfect purifcation o
the blood, imparting higherhealth, mor'
color to the cheek, and compelling {
throwing out of the toes. To derive tn
highest benefit from walking, hold up tn
head, keep the mouth closed, and NOV
briskly.-Jornat Of Health.
Year: 1869

You can never forget her. She was
so very young and innocent and pretty.
She had such way of looking at you
over her hymn book in church. She
alone, of all the world, did not think
you a boy at eighteen, but wondered at
your size, learning, and faint foreshad-
owing of a sandy moustache, and believed
you every inch a man. When at those
stupid evening parties, where boys who
should have been in the nursery, and
girls who should have eaten suppers of
bread and milk, and gone to sleep hours
before, waltzed and firted, and made
themselves i'll over oysters and cham
pagne, you were favored with glance of
her eye or whisper from her lip you as
cended to the seventh heaven immediate
Year: 1869




was spending night in q hotel in
Freeport, Illinois. After breakfast l
went into the sitting room, where met
pleasant, chatty, good humored trav-
eller who, like myself, was waiting for
the morning train from Galena. We
conversed freely and pleasantly on diff
erent topics, until seeing two young ladies
meet and kiss each other in the station,
Just about the time the train was ap-
preaching, Come" said he taking up
his carpet bag, "since we are on so sweet
subject, let us have practical appli-
cation. win make a proposition to you.
will agree to kiss the most beautiful
lady in the cars from Galena, you being
the Judge, if you will kiss the next pref
test, I being the judge" This PROPOSE
ton staggered me little, and could
hardly tell whether he was in earnest or
in fun but as he would be as deeply in
it as could be, I agreed, providing he
would do the first kissing, though my
heart failed somewhat when saw his jet
black eyes fairly dance with daring.


eyes," said he, "I'll try it first. You
take the back car, and go in from the
front end, where you can see the faces Of
the ladies, and stand by the one you think
the handsomest, and then will come in
from behind and kiss her"


had hardly stepped inside the cars
when I beheld at the first glance one Of
the lovliest looking women my eye had
ever seen. A beautiful blonde with au-
burn hair, and a bright sunny face, full
of love and affection, and as radiant as
the morning. Any further search was
totally unnecessary, l Immediately took
my stand in the aisle at her side. She
was looking out Of the window earnestly,
as if expecting some one.


The back door of the car opened, and
in stepped my hotel friend. / pointed
my finger at her, little dreaming that he
would carry out his pledge and you may
imagine my horror and amazement when
he stepped up quickly behind her, and
stopped over her, kissed her with a relish
that made my mouth water" expect
ed, of course, shrek of terror and a
row generally, followed by knock down
but astonishment succeeded astonishment
when saw her return the kisses with at
least compound interest. Quick as a
| flash he turned around and said Now,
my dear sir, it is your turn" pointing at
hideously ugly wrinkled old woman
who was sitting in the seat behind. "Oh,
| you must" exclaimed, +" am sold this
time. l give up. Do tell me who you
have been kissing" 90 Well" said he,
since you are a man of so much taste
and quick perception, I'll let you off,
And we all burst into hearty peal of
laughter as he said, This is my wife
have been waiting for her. knew it
was safe proposition" He then told
the story to his wife, who looked ten-fold
sweeter as she heardit. Before we reach
ed Chicago we had exchanged cards, and
discovered that my genial companion
was an Episcopalian preacher Of Chicago,
whose name I had frequently heard
Whenever l go to Chicago, I always 60
to hear him, and a heartier, more natur-
al preacher is hard to find. He was a
young man then he is now one Of the
ablest divines in the West. r
Year: 1869

A sensible article in the last Phreno-
logical Journal ON the subject of "What
to Drink" contains the following in re-
gard to hot weather drinks:


The warm season, now upon us, will
increase our thirst. Water, pure water,
will be too thin for those who chew or
smoke tobacco, and they will want some-
thing they can taste something pun
gent, something bitter, tingling, bitter
They find what they crave in whiskey,
with fusil oil in it, or other similar
drinks. But to an appetite that is
healthy, nothing is more grateful or re-
viving, when thirsty, than water.


ITO the days Of the aged it addeth length;,


To the might of the strong it addeth strength;


Il freshens the heart, i brightens the sight,


'ris like quafing a goblet of morning light"


But even this should be used temper.
ately and in moderation. Many drink
too much. Nor should it be drank on q
full stomach. The less we drink of tea
coffee or water with our meals the better
Very hot drinks are bad. We are liza
BILE to take cold on going out after par
taking of hot drinks. Pure soft water
is the best. Hard lime water is much
used, and many prefer it; but no horse
OK, or other animal will drink it wher
he can get soft water. For the physio
logical effects of hard and soft water OIL
our bodies, see Pereira's great work OF
"Food and Diet" The people wan
knowledge on the whole subject. The
physicians are not agreed, and the worlt
is in a muddle. Quacks and imposter
step in with their nostrums, and sell bar
rels of their slops-"i in large quart bot
ties, to the destruction of the bodie
and sonls of men, women and children
"Light, light, more light is what i
wanted, and that light may be fonnd il
knowledge of the constitution Of man
Year: 1869

Any amount and every class Of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies.
and at low rates at any agency in the country


Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Year: 1869

suOulu udNc Detli III tho huieCiy, anu
girls who should have eaten suppers of
bread and milk, and gone to sleep hours
before, waltzed and firted, and made
themselves ill over oysters and cham
pagne, you were favored with glance of
her eye or a whisper from her lip you as
cended to the seventh heaven immediate
ly.


When once upon certain memorable
eve she polked with the druggists clerk,
and never looked at you, how miserable
you were. 1t is funny to think of now,
but it was not funny then, for you were
awfully in earnest. Once at picnic,
she wore a white dress, and had roses
twined in her black hair and she looked
so like bride that you fairly trembled
sometime, you thought, in just such snowy
costume, with just such blossoms in her
hair, she might stand beside the altar,
and you, most blessed of mortals, might
place a golden ring upon her finger; and
when you we're left alone with her for a
moment, some of your thoughts would
form themselves into words, and though
she blushed and ran away, and would
not let you kiss her, she did not seem an
CRY.


And then you were parted, somehow,
fer little while, and when you met
again she was walking with gentleman,
large well-whiskered man, Of twenty
eight or thirty, and had neither word
nor smile for you. And some well-mean-
ing gossip informed you shortly after
that she was engaged to the tall gentle
man with black whiskers, and that it
was splendid match" 1t was terrible
news to you then, and sent you off to
some great city, far from your native
place, where, after great deal of youth.
full grief, and many resolutions to die and
haunt her, you recovered your equanim


ity and began to make money, and tc
call love stuff and nonsense.


You have rich wife of your own now


and grown-up children--aye, even two o,


three toddling grandchildren about youl


hearth your hair is gray, and you lock


your heart up in the fre-proof safe o.


your counting-house when you go home
at night. And you thought you had for


gotten the little episode of your nine
; teenth year, until the other day when yor
read of her death in the papers. Yor
: know she was stout lady, who wore
} glasses, and had daughters older thar
; she was in that olden time but you
! heart went back and you saw her smil
} ing and blushing, with her golden hal


about her face, and yourself boy again
dreaming of wedding robes and rings
: and you laid your gray old head upol
, your ofice-desk and wept for the memo
ry of your first sweet-heart.-Maay Kyl
Dallas.
Year: 1869

How TO CURE A CoLD.-One method
of getting rid of cold in the head, ac-
cordingto Good Health, although trouble
some, is sometimes very successful. 1t
consists in abstaining, as much as posi-
BILE, from drinking any liquids. By this
means the supply of fluid to the blood,
which goes to keep up the discharge from
the nostrils, is cut off, and with it the
discharge itself. In this way bad cold
in the head may sometimes be cured IN a
single day. An equable temperature
also conduces to recovery. 1t is always
desirable in winter to remain few days
altogether within doors, and to keep
ones apartment at a constant heat Of
about sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit
This gradually induces the skin to per.
spire. by which its sympathetic friend


the mucous membrane, which has been
trying, however imperfectly, to do the
work of its neighbor in discharging the
secretions of the system, is relieved from
its efforts. Sometimes, and especially al
the very commencement of a cold, q
forced action of the skin, by which il
is made to sweat profusely, succeeds
This may be effected by internal medi


cines, aided by hot drinks, while the
body is well covered with bed Clothes
But far more effectual sodorific is pre-


sented in the Turkish bath. The cold
douche generally used after the bath
should be dispensed with, and tepid
! water used instead, as it is desirable tina,
the pores should remain relaxed.
cold douche would close them.
Year: 1869

"To man it is appointed once to die"
an appointment that isn't generally rel
ished by the most oficious of Us. We
like to go on foreign missions, but on
this one we don't exactly know how our
credentials will be received.
Year: 1869

EnIroRs JOURNAL DO you keep the clerk of
the weather in Weaverville? If you do advise
You to impeach- him for high crimes and misde-
meanors. We can get as much water as we
want to drink by going to the spring for 1t, and
we have some grub left from our last talfs pur-
chase, but'we want a new supply. II you have
any friends who want Office next fall, tell them
instead of spending their money for whisky to
lay 1t out in -four and bacon to- distribute
around, and their election is sure. Messsrs.
Cunningham and Kellogg, who have the best
claim in this part Of the country and,who have
been to heavy expense in fitting 1T up, have
done but little piping this winter. and al! for the
want of wather wather y They are good
fellows and deserve better luck, but good fell
lows don't seem to have any more of the good
things of this world than ''them other fellows.
Speaking Of babies, friend Cunningham and lady
have as handsome a baby as anybody, and for
muscle-wel, he has to wear suspenders to his
stockings to keep them on his feet. Friend Ba-
ker is working some rich ground and will clean
up some FIVE thousand dollars. more or less.
Squire c. and started a rocker today. Made
50-that's one dollar and fifty cents-that is
grub. and grub is cash article. Good bye for
the present. RED CLOVER
Year: 1869

IIl0- 7777TI ~ o = n. sI1-I4u 400


This splendid Tonic is now used by all classes of people for
every symptom Of Stomach out Of ORDER,


The secret this Plantation Bjtters arc certain 10
correct the juices of the stomach all is machinery at
work. and enable it to resist and throw the approaching
danger The tendency Of the operations of Nature is always
towards cure all she needs is little assistance the
proper time. How much reasonable and sensible is it
help her along with gentle yet powerful Tonic than
deuge and weaken and defeat her curative processes with
poisonous drugs and fiery mixtures which only stupefy and
plant the seeds Of disease and death.
Year: 1869

great French Physician says: 'More than half of the
disease the world comes from neglect fortfy the
against changes of climate weather food The great
cret of health is to keep the condition of Stomach and
Blood regular and uniforms 50 ths IcLagde bm Heat
Cold from Dry to Ramp esc cannot upset the
the body, and breed diseases


Now fact positive and well-known that there is nc
such bulwark and assistant for the Sto1iach as 5r 1875
Year: 1869

SINGpLAR ACCIDENT George Hndlev, of this
place, recently lost valuable mule at nndley' S
ranch, on Stewards fork, in the following singu-
lar manner The stable the premises is sit
uated upon a slope that allows the loft upper
story to be entered from the ground The an
imal entered the loft from the hillside and find
ing weak place in the floor fell through, alight-
ing upon its back in the manger below in snch
manner as to be unable to extricate itself, and
died from starvation in that position.
Year: 1869

PRESS MEETNG.-A meeting of the pre- SIS


committee appointed on the occasion OF the
visit to the Washington press will be held
to-day at ten O'Clock, at the office of the as
sistarit editor of the Enquirer and E9dn'-
Year: 1869

n. c., and Atlanta promises at no distant
day to open O rich tribute to its northern
connections, of which your line is naturally
the chief. Other lines of more or less value
to your interests, starting from Greensboro
and other points in North Carolina, are
under way that give significance and value
to your Piedmont outlet, which it is clearly
the duty Of the management to watch and
develop with all assiduity and yieor. The
Norfolk and Great Western Railroad Com
pany is now under full and active organ1za-
ton, and its officers earnest in their efforts
so to organize its resources as TO be able at
no distant day to commence the regular
construction Of the line. That section OF
this work from Danville west will be valll-
able development in the interests OF this
company as well as of n large portion OF
the people of Virginia and North Carolina.


NO ELECTION, ETC.


The report concludes with copy Of the
military order postponing all elections OF
officers. No collisions or other destructive
casualties have occurred on the line during
the year, and the officers and employees OF
the company have in the main discharged
their respective duties with their accustom-
ed fidelity and devotion to the best interests
Of the company.
The report of Superintendent Dodamead
accompanies that of the President, but the
principal facts given therein are embodied
in that of the latter.
Year: 1869

SENATOR MORTON is preparing an ar
gument on what constitutes quorum
ofthc Indiana Legislature. He main
tains that it is two thirds of the actual
membership of either House, and the
number will vary with the variance in
actual membership. In the case of the
resignation OF forty members the House
consists of what Is left, and two thirds
of them Is q quorum.
Year: 1869

II was said that tho Government had supplied Col Pc
tropouakes with 10000 drachmas for this expedition,
ana that he had 900 ready Join him In Maina At
syra. report said tho Government had paid $1,000
drachmas for fitting out the EnOss and Crete armed
cruisers and supplied them with Armstrong guns and
ammunition rroin the arsenal at Naupa and the dock


yard POros NJ Bulgares who is Minister Of the Into
solicited by Photades Bey the Turkish Minister to send


police force to protect the Crean families a Argos and


Egna who desired to return to their homes but
intimidated by armed mObs. The Ottoman Government
could not overlook this open hostility Ph0tiades Bey


who 10 man OF talent, Greek and sincere friend Of
Christian progress and good the East
ordered to demand from the Greek Government direct
assurance that It would prevent the departure Of the
troops from Mama and the armed from
families that wished to embark for Crete In case the
Government refused to give this the Minister
ordered to break of all relations with King Georges
Government and quit Athens tho 18th inst. At tho
Same time he was 10 inform the Hellenic Government
that IN case of rupture the ports Of the Ottoman
Empire would be closed against Greek vessels, and all
Greek subjects would be ordered to depart from Turkey
within fixed term The writer then proceeds TO show
By quotations from the Greek papers the spirit In which
(he says generally argue that all the European Powers
except Russia, dread the opening OF the Eastern ques
tion They have manifested their terror by the vaca
t0 OF their conduct during the Cretan insurrec0n and
when their advice not listened to they announced
that they would leave to Turkey alone the whole
sbity of the II adopted On the whole Ii evi.
dent that the Greeks persuade themselves they arc
entitled to act they have acted and they believe conf
IDENTIFY that the protection Of the three great Powers Will
them from any disastrous that might
result from rupture with the Ottoman Government.
Year: 1869

ToRoNTo, Dec. 31.-The Whalcn case was up
to-day before the fun Court Of Error and Appeal The
Hon. j. II. Cameron said 1t doubtful whether the
case should be brought before the Court by Writ of
issued by the Queens Bench Writ Of Appeal issued
by the Court Of Error and Appeal To be certain he
adopted both methods He preferred to proceed by Writ
Of Error under that writ he could assign grounds
Of not argued before the lower Court The Court
adjourned until Monday.
Year: 1869




The New TEXTILE, RAM1E.-Fully
one-third of the entire commerce Of
the world is based on textiles and
their fabrics, and any improvements
in their production or handling affect
the interests of mankind to an extent
only surpassed by those which affect
food. We have, therefore, viewed
with great interest specimen of the
cleaned fibre of the ramie, which has
been sent to us from Louisiana, where
it has been introduced and is now Of
fered as q substitute for cotton in the
labors of the planter. The plant is a
native of Java, and was first brought
to Europe in 1914, where, by the
beauty and strength of it's fibre, It re-
oeived much attention in manufaotur-
ing circles. It is now stated that a
, considerable quantity is annually re-
ceived there and manufactured into
fabrics of the finest quality, excelling
linen in strength, beauty and finish,
and rivalling silk in lustre. But
what most concerns US now is tho
question of its cost of production. Is
it cheap? Can it be produced cheap
er than cotton


The great disadvantages of cotton
culture in our Southern States now
are, first, that the labors of a cotton
plantation are continuous from the
beginning Of January to the ending Of
December, involving the payment of
twelve months' wages to the agrioultu-
raj laborer; and, second, that this
unexampled cost of labor does not by
any means secure a crop, as the cotton
plant is very sensitive to an excess
both of rain and dry weather and is
the frequent prey Of the army worm.
With these disadvantages the cotton
planter rarely makes profitable crop
' oftener than one season in three. If,
therefore, he can find a substitute for
i the cotton plant, which shall give him
equal marketable returns, with less
cost of production and less liability to
injury from natural eanses during
growth, he will be very likely to let
cotton slide and turn his attention to
the new article of produotion.--N Y
Herald.
Year: 1869

We rejoice in the information,
which we hope is true, that the
Tennessee Legislature, which is
to meet next Monday, will refuse
to ratify the Fifteenth Amend
ment. We do not doubt that
Congress will find or make a pre-
text for officially declaring the
amendment to have been ratified
by the requisite number of States
and to be a part of the Constitu-
ton, but such a declaration, if
unsustained by fact and law, will
not, we trust, be allowed to stand
for a single day after the friends
Of the Constitution shall have
the constitutional power to
annul it. The amendment has
not been ratified by Indiana, al
though the unprincipled Radical
leaders Of that State assert that
it has been; and, if it shall be
nominally ratified by Virginia,
Mississippi and Texas, the thing
will be done under the influence
of duress and for that reason will
be to all intents void. Let the
Democracy, wherever they have
the power, as they certainly have
in Tennessee, see to it that the
amendment is not legally or le-
ultimately ratified, and we may
confidently trust that the wrongs
perpetrated by the party now
unfortunately dominant will in
time be corrected. AS surely as
the republic shall live, that good
time will come.-Courier-Journol.