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Year: 1868

Hundreds suffer on In silence, and hundreds
of others apply vainly to druggists and doctors,
who either merely tantalize them with the hope
OF cure, or apply remedies which make them
worse would not wish to assert anything
that would do injustice to the afflicted, but
am obliged TO say that although 1t may be pro-
duced from excessive exhaustion OF the powers
oflife, by laborious employment, unwholesome
air and food, profuse menstruation, the use of
tea and Coffee and frequent childbirth, it is ar
ottener caused by direct irritation ap-
piled to the mucous membrane of the vagina
itself.


When reviewing the causes OF these distress
ing complaints, it is most painful to contem-
plate the attendant evils consequent upon
them 1t is but simple justice to the subject to
enumerate few ofthe many additional causes
which SO largely affect the life health, and hap
piness Of woman In all classes of society, and
which, consequently, affect more or less directly
the welfare of the entire human family. The
mania that exists for precocious education and
marriage causes the years that nature designed
for corporeal development to be wasted and
peryerted in the restraints of dress. the early
confinement of school, and especially in the un-
healthy excitement of the ballroom. Thus,
with the body half clothed. and the mind un-
duly excited by pleasure, ,perverting in midnight
Ievel the hours designed by nature for sleep
and rest. the work Of destruction is half accom-.
plished.


In consequence of this early strain upon he
system unnecessary effort is required by the
delicate votary to retain her situation in school
at O later day. thus aggravating the evil. When
one excitement is over, another in prospec-
tive keeps the mind morbidly sensitive
10 impression, while the now constant
restraint of fashionable dress, absolutely
forbidding the exercise indispensable to
the attainment and retention of or
ganic health and strength; the exposure to
night air; the sudden change of temperature
the complete prostTation produced by excessive
dancing must of necessity, produce their le-
gitimate effect. At last, an early marriage caps
the climax of misery, and the unfortunate one.
hitherto so utterly regardless of the plain die
tates and remonstrances OF her delicate nature
becomes an unwilling subject of medical treat
ment This is but truthful picture OF the ex.
perience of thousands of our young women.


Long before the ability to exercise theIfunc-
tions OF their peculiar organs, they require an
education OF their peculiar nervous system
composed of what is called the tissue, which is
In common with the female breast and lips, evil
IDENTIFY under the control of mental emotions
and associations at an early period of Iife and,
as we shall subsequently see, these emotions,
when excessive, lead, long before puberty, to
habits which sap the very life OF their Victims
ere nature has self completed their develop.
ment.


None are genuine unless done up in steel
engraved wrapper, with fac-simile of my
Chemical Warehouse, and signed


l262m IL. T. HELMB0LD.
Year: 1868

Females, owing to the peculiar and impor'
tant relations which they sustain their pecu-
liar organization, and the offices they perform
are subject to many suferings. Freedom from
these contribute in no small degree to their
happiness and welfare, for none can be happy
who are Ill. Not only so, but no one of these
various female complaints can long be suffered
10 run on without involving the general health
OF the individual, and ere long producing per-
manent sickness and premature decline. Nor
is 1t pleasant to consult physician for the
relief Of these various delicate affections, and
only upon the most urgent necessity will a true
woman do this. The sex will then thank us
for placing in their hands simple specifics which
will be found efficacious in relieving and curing
almost every one of those troublesome COM
plants peculiar to the sex.
Year: 1868

Special Despatch TO The Evening Telegraph.


League Island.


WASHINGTON, Dec. l2.--The League Island
question is rapidly approaching final adjust
ment. Yesterday afternoon Attorney General
Evarts made report to the Secretary OF the
Navy, stating that he had examined the alb
stract of the title presented by the city OF
Philadelphia and found that it was clear and
unclouded. The transfer of the island to the
United States, and its formal acceptance by
the Government, therefore. await : only the
formal signing OF the deeds by the Hon. Nor
ton McMichael, Mayor of Philadelphia, as the
representative of that city. Toe documents
were returned to Philadelphia last evening by
special messenger for that purpose. Early
next week the committee having the matter
In charge will again visit this city, and make
the formal presentation of the deeds, and with
that ceremony the title will be fully vested in
the United States.
Year: 1868

"You could not have pleased me more than by
paying this compliment to my wife" These
words were said Sy MIR. Disraell year ago In
his speech, while acknowledging the manner in
which Mr. Dtsraei's health had been drunk at
the Edinburgh banquet In whatever way we
choose to regard the elevation of the new Wis
countess Besconsfeld, whether as symbollcal
of an act of self .abnegation on the part of the
Premier, or as of the investibure of q lady re-
spected by all who know her with an accession
of dignity and rank, IL will be equally accepta.
bic TO the public, just as Its significance Will be
equally we'll understood
Year: 1868

A Highlander, much flattered because
Queen Victoria noticed him on the Alps,
writes to an Inverness paper: The Queen
looked well and perfectly happy. AS she
passed to and fro the gentlemen touched
their hats. l lifted my Highland bonnet,
and as her Majesty passed heard her say
to the gillie, 1 wonder who that Scotch
gentleman is The Highlander eyed me
very keenly, but he could only report that
| wore knickerbockers of certain hunt
ing tartan. Shortly afterward the eqnerry
came up. Pardon me, sir, he said; but
her Majesty, who takes an interest in all
around her, requested me te come and ask
your name, as she is anxious to know it,
In reply, l said l was Captain -, late of
the = regiment, and that on one occa-
sion had the honor of being on a guard
of honor to her Majesty at Balmoral' He
then gave me his name, and went of down


hill to satisfy the Queens curiosity as to
the Highland bonnet and the tartan. This
little incident shows the prediction that
her Majesty has for everything Highland"
Year: 1868

BEEoHER.-H Henry Ward Beecher used to
be teacher in New Orleans, in the base
ment of the old Presbyterian Church on
Lafayette square. That was in 1872. Henry
was young man then, and could jump the
old barriers of the square with the agility
of billy-goat. Henry was newly mar
ried at the time.
Year: 1868

The Pittsburg Commercial says that since
the election two Democratic candidates for
Council, and a leading German Democratic
orator of that city have announced their IN
tention to support Grant and Coliax,
Year: 1868

reflect that sound mind and body arc the laost
necessary requisites to promote connubial hap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; thg;
prospect hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed W't!
the melancholy reflection that the happiness q
another becomes blighted with your own
Year: 1868

with ideas of absolutism, and Parliament
elected by the most democratic system
that can be conceived. If we have seen a
struggle between the President of the
United States and Congress-both elected
by the nation-is there not conflict to be
apprehended between two forces evidently
belonging to two different worlds? As
long as Germany believes that the situa-
tion of Europe is perilous, and may lead
to war, she will be willing and ready to
make all the sacrifices Of men and money
necessary for her defense; but when,
through some celestial favor, peace is in
sured, she will wish to apply her resources
to the pursuits of industry, and the ques-
ton is whether the sovereign, who, with
single word, can send anillion of soldiers
into the field, will consent to lessen the
military expenses and bend his will to the
wishes of an assembly of Civilians armed
with nothing but their rights and their
eloquence.
Year: 1868

GENERAL FUN-In Wisconsin there is
town called Oshkosh. 1t is regarded by
the people of that section as great
place for fun" And if we admit that the
local definition of Z" fun be correct, its re-
pute is not undeserved. 1t CHANGED re-
Gently that minister from another part
Of the State started to go to Oshkosh.
He had gone few miles ON his journey
when he was shocked by meeting a man
limping along, with the blood streaming
down one side of his face. On being ques-
toned, the man said he had been to Osh-
kosh having little fun with the boys"
Two miles further on, another man was
met, with an arm in sling bunged eye,
and torn clothing. He told the distance
to Oshkosh, said it was live town and
that he had been up there having a little
fun with the boys" Pondering on these
facts, the minister proceeded pensively un-
til he came to man seated by the side of
the road with sprained arm and only
one ear. He was washing the locality
whence the other had been bitten off.
The minister stopped and expressed his
sympathy. The man said that it was no
thing he had merely been up to Oshkosh
having a little fun with the boys. "But"
said the minister severly, "what DO you
suppose your wife will say when she sees
you in this state?" The man smiled
sardonic, and putting his hand in his pock-
ct brought forth piece ofnose, a section
of scalp, with hair attached, and piece of
cheek bitten from his antagonists face,
and holding them up to the minister said
" What do you suppose has wife will say
when she sees him?" The minister silent
ly went his way, sadder and sager
MANN, Y. c. A.
Year: 1868

Fort Street, opposite Odd Fellows Hall,


Is prepared to execute with promptness all work in
his line Of business such Watch and Clock repair
ing, Manufacturing Jewelry and Engraving. SS-3m
Year: 1868

The outrage upon few French sailors in
Japan has caused orders to be issued by their
government to send an increased naval force
ment take q hint from foreign Powers in this
respect? We have had plenty of reasons why
we should keep large feet in distant ports.
But there is general remissness in taking ad-
vantage of opportunities to augment our power
abroad which other countries never neglect.
stead of taking possession of 1t we negotiated
for the purchase of California at q large sum,
and permitted Mexico to remain a political
ulcer upon our frontier The United States
have an especial right and duty to maintain
large feet at Japan; for our interests are more
extensively represented there than those of
any other nation. It was we who, with our
ships and friendly diplomacy, through the mis-
sion of Commodore Perry, opened the portals
of the Orient to the civilization and commerce
of all the world. II was by the confidence
which Americans inspired in the minds of the
Chinese and japanese that the exclusivencss
of these people was mainly removed While
other nations came to conquer and oppress
we came to counsel and cultivate friendly
relations. and we have been successful il
any government, then, seeks pretext for in
creasng their naval force in the ports of China
and Japan, it is not pretext but positive
duty which should lead us TO follow the same
course


Instead of sending ships TO the West Indies,
as the Navy Department is disposed to do,
or keeping up Mediterranean squadron, our
feet at Japan ought 10 be doubled and placed
under the command of fighting admiral.
We know not yet what important questions,
materially affecting our interests, may have to
be settled in that quarter, and we should be
prepared for any events which may arise.
Year: 1868

For some time past crime has been in
creasing at an alarming pace in Brooklyn. The
worst feature of it is, perhaps, the frequency
night. Passing over the burglaries, assaults
and cuttings and maimings in private dwellings
and tenements, outrages in public institutions
and other evidences of defective morality, the
insecurity of travel in the streets after night
fall appears to have reached a point where
police vigilance is at fault or fails utterly to
afford protection. We can only account for
this by attributing it to two cause.-the insult
ficiency of the police force and the wretched
manner in which the city is lighted by the gas
companies. There are wide tracts in Brook
lyn which it is impossible for the officers to
visit on their extended beats more than once
or twice during a nighttime, yet people who
are detained out late are compelled to traverse
these very localities The streets are so dimly
lighted that even in the most public thorough
fares it is not difficult for an evil disposed per-
son to lie in wait for an unsuspecting traveller
and entrap him. In view of these facts it is
evident that the police force should be increased
in some fair proportion to the area to be pro-
tected. If policemen were relieved from the
duty of spying after drinking saloons, and put
to their Legitimate business of protecting pro-
perty and life, there would be less street out
RACES and burglaries to record.


If the Corporation of Brooklyn have any
regard for the good repute of their city they
will insist upon the gas companies paying more
attention to lighting the streets. Unless this
is done there can be no safety in certain lonely
districts for any one whose business keeps him
out after dark.
Year: 1868

Both pastors and organists have hitherto ex-
perienced much trouble and annoyance with
the freaks Of operatic or concert artists whom
they engaged for their choirs. Besides the
enormous salaries which these people de-
manded they have been constantly in the habit
of disappointing their employers and sending
incompetent substitutes in their stead when
ever some lucrative concert engagement might
tempt them away from the church. There is
movement on foot at present in largo number
of the metropolitan churches Of all denomina-
tions which will not only remove this evil, but
will considerably accelerate the progress Of
music in our midst. 1t is suggested by some
pastors of churches that the organist shall for
the future endeavor to. organize choir COM
posed of members of the congregation alone
who may have musical talents. The expert
ment is one attendant in the beginning with
much difficulty, but Is nevertheless worth trial


The result of it, promising, of course, necessary
ability, energy and good will on the part Of the
musical director of each choir, will be that, In
stead of single quartet Of voices, church
choir will have double one, with large
chorus to assist. A desire to improve them
selves in music and render themselves worthy
of singing the great works which composers in
every age have written for the service of God,
will be engendered among the young people in
every congregation by the opportunity thus
afforded them. Now, it often happens that
persons who are gifted with excellent voices
and great musical talents are kept entirely in
the background, not wishing to compete with
artists whose names are more prominently be-
fore the public, When they receive the en-
coarageement Ge eent that Is due to them and are pro
perly trained, both pastor and organist will be
astonished at the success Of their experiment.
There is a mine of musical talent lying perau
in this city, and this is the only available
means to bring it before tho public. The ex-
penses of choir will be also considerably les
sened by such course; for volunteers may be
obtained by the dozen who will work more
faithfully in the service Of the Choir than any OF
those cxtravagantly paid artists who regard
the church, opera and concert as one.
Year: 1868

ers not being counted; no additional charge W
be made for the cost Of delivery by special foo'
messenger within certain reasonable limits.
The payments for kilograms are to be made In
postage stamps. Messages may be deposited
in pillar letter boxes, with the payments en-
closed with them. The bill provides for an equit-
able and satisfactory arrangement for the trans
fer Of telegraph lines to the Postmaster Gene
raj from the existing companies. The tele-
graph has become now as necessary means of
communication as the Post Office, and some
such legislation is necessary for the con-
venience of the public. In this country the
evils of private corporations holding entire con-
troll of it are 30 glarng as to call for the inter-
ference of Congress. The telegraph should be
under the sole management of the government,
in the same manner as the Post Office Depart
ment is, and no stockjobbing monopoly should
be permitted to interfere in it. Telegraphic
communication has become such vital neces-
sity for business and news, in this country
particularly, that its importance should be at
once recognized in the proper manner by the
proper authorities.
Year: 1868

The Physiology of the Earth-The Laws Of


storms, EARTHQUAKES, &c.


In another place in this days HERALD
we print long, and, from its own point OF
view, an able paper on the Physiology of the
Earth-a paper in which the science of storms,
of earthquakes, of volcanoes is discussed with
considerable ability and with not little origi-
nality. To the public generally the paper is
valuable, as it holds out the prospects of full
explanation of the recent disturbances in earth
and sea and air, and encourages the hope that
the time will come when these strange phenom-
ena, which periodically disturb the nations and
shake scientific men out Of their easy propriety,
will be brought entirely under the control Of
man. We give place in our pages to the COM
munication all the more readily that 1t is at
least an attempt to do what our professors of
natural science have notoriously neglected. It
was only natural TO expect that after the
recent terrific storms and earthquakes which
followed each other in such rapid succession,
and which were almost worldwide in the range
Of their influence, and the startling, magnificent
and unprecedentedly brilliant display of me-
toOrb Will WulCu JH0 btOTInb anu eaTCHQudheB
were accompanied, that our men of science
would offer us some explanation. This, how
ever, they have failed to do. Our correspondent
is, therefore, entitled to all praise for having
undertaken the task and If he has not been
completely successful in every part, If his de-
scription of the physiology of the earth should
be found little defective, and his account Of
the laws which regulate meteoric phenomena
not altogether satisfactory, 1t is at least to be
admitted that he has done good work by for
mally directing attention to the subject. Our
correspondent is, perhaps, little too confident
in the belief that all such natural disturbances
are of easy explanation, and little too san
guine in the hope that the disturbing forces will
yet all be fully brought under the control Of
man. 1t Is certainly consummation devoutly
to be wished that 1t were In human power to
guide the whirlwind and direct the storm, to
make the earthquake innocuous II not impossi-
BILE, to take death and destruction from the
lightning's wing, and to reduce the entire at
mosphere Of the globe to one unchangng, uni
form and genial temperature. On all these
points our correspondent is confident and full
of hope. We commend his paper to the public
generally, to scientific men in particular Hin,
and all who, like him, are striving to give mind
the absolute and entire control Of matter. We
wish God speed.
Year: 1868

tnree times greater than in 1857 The greatly
increased shipments to New Granada have
L'een caused by the development of traffic over
the Panama route. With China the increase
of trade in ten years has been hundred and
ninety per cent. Next to these countries the de-
velopment has been greatest in the States of the
Rio de la Plata, such as the Argentine Republic,
Montevideo and Uruguay. 1t is believed that
when the Paraguayan war is over there will be
a much larger increase throughout the rich
valley of the Rio de la Plata. To Turkey the
increase was a hundred and thirty per cent.
To France, Belgium, Germany, and to nearly
all the countries of Europe, there had been a
considerable advance. The United States
shows only an increase of fourteen per cent for
the ten years; but for the last year the Times
says the worst feature of the foreign shipments
was with the United States, where there had
been heavy falling of, Notwithstanding the
very large increase in the quantity of bread
stuffs and cotton drawn from this country.


The countries to which British exports have
most increased are those to which, from our
geographical position and other advantages,
we should have the largest trade, such as the
States of South America, New Granada and
China. But we are shortsighted and behind in
this matter, and our government spends its
time in miserable party politics instead of pay
ing attention to our commercial interests. The
falling of Of exports to this country, notwth-
standing the. large imports of breadstufs and
cotton last year into England, may be accounted
for in part from the large sum that had to
be paid there as interest on the debt held
abroad 1t will be well if this balance Of ex-
ports from here over imports should continue.
Our great object should be, like that of Eng
land, to have always balance of trade in our
favor. A debtor nation is always poor and
the exchanges against her. England derives
immense wealth not only on the direct profits Of
her exports and in the employment of her
shipping and manufactures, but also from
the exchanges being kept in her favor. 1t is
this long pursued policy of making other
nations her debtors, and, therefore, of having
the exchanges in her favor, which is mainly
the cause of her immense wealth and her posi-
tiOn as the financial centre Of the world We
have claimed to be the second commercial
nation on the globe, and few years ago our
shipping rivalled that of England, but we are
far behind now. We have larger population
than Great Britain, far more natural resources,
and our coasts, harbors, inland seas and geo.
graphical position would every way give the
United States the first place as a commercial
nation if we understood our own interests and
the government knew it's duty. Let us take
a lesson, then, from this extraordinary exhibit
of progress in British commerce, and let US
follow the example of that government in keep
ing, under all circumstances, steady eye to
commercial development irs every part of the
world.
Year: 1868

Advertisers should bear in mind that, in order
to insure the proper classification of their business
announcements, all advertisements for insertion in
the HERALD should be left at the counting room by
half-past eight O'Clock p. NJ.