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Year: 1869

What pleasant thing it is to deal with
pleasant men a.! How much tone helps a
trade, reconciles you to price, and sends
you off with nearer feeling of an equiva-
lent for your outlay.


A smile aud thank you go a great way
and they are so cheap, cost so lite, and go
SO far, one wonders that they are so dear,
and that SO little of minor courtesies enter
the intercourse rnd interests of men. It is
a very pleasant thing to go out of store
with the sense of favor conferred.


Indeed, one stands little pretty evident
cheating with placid complacency. if on
ly the cheater adds the suavity of manner
and of tone to his art. And what an art
that is W hich makes you buy when you
had determined not to, and reconciles you
to price that you know to be not only
abominable, but that you ought no to pay.
Is there harder thing to face than that
very insidous store phrase. sis there any
thing else to-day ?" Only let man get
the right tone and manner, and you have
more moral courage than most people if you
- begin to be rather ashamed of the
of your order OF your purchase.


nd remember that there is


md 50 run your bill Or de-


from want of eour-


yped business phrase


hieh your torment


How mean a


e, be realizes


a he has
Year: 1869

morning the murder was discovered,
aud knew nothing of it till he returned
five years after aud met with me.


am now lonely old woman. live
alone unloving and unlovcd. When
am dead, my money will go to enrich
some charitable institution, and that it
may thus do more good than it has ever
done me is my earnest prayer,
Year: 1869

If we would have powerful minds,
we must think, if we would have faith
full hearts, we must love, if we would
have strong muscles we must labor.
These include all that is valuable ia
life.
Year: 1869

VISION on eartn DolOW.


Does it not seem as though the western
sky at sunset was but an immense mir
ror, rejecting back to mortal eyes the
beautiful color of every object painted by
our Creator, only their charms arc
heightened and made more lovely by be-
ing so much nearer the Golden City, the
abode of their great Designer. We have
the emerald green of the luXuriant foli-
age; the sumptuous purple, the delicate
azure tints, and roseate hues of soft vel
vet flowers; and the transparent amber
of the purling brook, all caught up, us it
were, from the lowly recesses of earth to
the highest pinnacle of the dome high
Heaven, and there allowed to burst up
on us i'll the radiant effulgence of their
celestial glory, a thousand times more
brilliant than when in their original
state.


But sunset at the seaside battles lam
guage. Unless you have seen it for your
self, tongue and pen are alike inadequate
to cxpiate upon its magnificence and
grandeur. A sunset in any other locali-
ty is not to be compared with it. When
the shadows of the sun, clothed in tho
garb of rainbow, slowly descend from
the white capped cerulean clouds, until
they finally bathe in the liquid waters
and permit their gorgeous tints to scat
ter their radiance over the wide eXpanse
of ocean, sending forth u reflection which
would remind one of the kiss of Il pearly
dew drop upon the soft leaf of the ro 50
or lily, is it not enough to steep the SEN
Sos in oblivion, and, entirely forgetting g
all present surroundings, imagine ones
self fairly within the realms of fairy
land, or i'll close proximity TO the lovely
bowers of the graceful sea nymphs?


May we not think as we look at the
sunset that perhaps it is but feint re-
Election of the "rainbow round about the
throne, like unto an emeraid?'
Year: 1869

not, then, to at least consider very
and conscientiously before
a name from our ballots,
realizing that we have no choice but
between the Republican nominee and
a C0pperhead-that we must either
vote for the one or help the other.
For a Republican loss is inevitably a
Democratic gain. There's no dodg-
ing this point-we must either vote
for the Republican, or help the Cop
perhead by not doing it. If the diff
ferences between the two parties, in
principles and in strength, were not
as they are, the case might be differ
ent also; but since things are SO, we
do firmly believe and earnestly urge


that only the very strongest and most


urgent reasons can justify Republi-
can In this County in scratching his
ticket. Think of it, then, friend, If
you have ever meditated such action;
consider not only the present merits


of either course, but its consequences,


and see If you do not reach the same


conclusion.
Year: 1869

a few Republicans in each Township
should be laggard, If some should
stay at home and not go to the polls,
If some should be out of the County
then, II some should vote only part
of the ticket, we may be partially or
wholly beaten; but If weall come out,
without division, and do our duty
and our whole duty, the result will
be a full and glorious victory. The
State ticket is sure enough. Noble
Iowa is always bright and shining
the Star in the west that lights the
path of Progress. 1t Is our own
County that needs the effort. Let US
render it now, fully and fairly. 1t
would be a shame and disgrace If our
real majority in the County should
be overcome by our own negligence
and inaction. Let itnot be SO. Come,
then, let us rally our full force, united
and firm against the enemy, and give
them such q Waterloo Of defeat as
shall rout them now and discourage
and demoralize them forever after.


The power is in our own hands.
only union gives us strength. Let


the watchword be, full, round vote,


no trading, no scratching; and every


Republican in the County can stand


up straighter with honest pride and
joy over the grand victory of Tues
day, the twelfth of October.
Year: 1869

Next Tuesday the political status
of the County will be settled. This
is our last opportunity to speak to
the people before then. For our
selves, we have done our duty to the
best Of our ability. On Tuesday we
shall, ii alive, vote the straight ticket
showing our faith by our works.
IF all the professed Republicans in
the County do likewise, we shall
carry the County by about 100 major
ity. But words alone will avail


nothing: it is the votes that tell. II
Year: 1869

Come hither, my baby, my darling,


My lily, my wonderful rose!
The white bosomed flowers in the garden
Begin their soft petals to close,
The bees have gone home from the clover,
The swallows are under the caves,
And down in the orchard the robin


Broods over her nest in the leaves.
Come baby, my beauty, my darling!


Your eyes are heavy with sleep;
Your little red mouth has grown SILENT


And scarcely its laughter can keep;
Lay off the white robes from your shoulders


Unelasp the small shoes from your feet
Oh, daintiest blossom of Eden,


kiss you, my lily, my sweet!
Do you feel the cool wind coming softly,


And see the young moon in the sky?
The clouds sailing over the sunset,


The bats fitting silently byl
Do you hear how the cattle are lowing


Along the green lane by the hill9
And the brook running over the pebbles,


With music that neveri is still
Now hush while sing to you, baby,


A song of the angels above,
That come on invisible pinions


To watch DER the children they love
So all through YOUR beautiful dreaming


The voice of your mother shall creep,
Lest, caring the harpings celestial,


Your soul shall fly homeward in sleep!
Year: 1869

as helpless as ship on dry ground.
The worst of it is, that nobody
can help anybody who cannot help
himself. Imbecility in practical
affairs leaves one to hang like a
weight around the neck of those
would aid him. " t'.


It is foolish for one to say, ''My
children will never need manual
craft; they are to have wealth
and influential connections" In
the everrolling food of society in
America, nobody's children are
secure agaist going in their turn
to the bottom. If they can neither
swim or wade, they must drown.
Boys should be educated to use
their eyes and hands in the ex-
pectation that they may some day
depend wholly on them for sup
port Henry Ward Beecher auto.
biography.
Year: 1869




A MODEL CHARGE TO A JURY.
1t seems to US that the following
is worthy of the defunct but never
forgotten Wouter Van Twiller:


eff the jury believe, from the
evidence, that the plaintiff and
defendant were partners in the gro
Gerry, and that the plaintiff bought
out the defendant, and that the de.
fendant paid the note BY deliver
ing to the plaintiff a COW, which he
warranted not breachy, and the
warranty was broken by reason
of the breachiness of the COW, and
he drove the cow back and tender,
ed her to the defendant but he
refused to receive her, and the
plaintiff took her home again and
put heavy yoke on her to pre-
vent her from jumping fences and
by reason of the yoke she broke
her neck and died and if the jury
believe that the defendants in
terest in the grocery was worthy
anything, the plaintiffs note was
worthless and the COW good fol
nothing, either for beef or milk
then the jury must find out fol
themselves how they will decide
the case for the court, if she un
derstands herself-and she think
she does-don't know how such :
id case should be decided.
Year: 1869

U Never ask a favor. It is
better to suffer than to supplicate,
and asking a favor, even from your
dearest friend or your nearest rel.
ative, is only mild form of sup.
plication. Get what you want by
your own unaided exertions, or &c
without it. There is more dinity
in in penury, no matter how
abject, coupled with Independence
than an indolent comfort gained
through the grant of a favor.
Year: 1869

A TERRIBLE cOnhagration is often the
result Of the merest spark Simply the
contact of the little teeth of a mouse with
the end of match has caused the loss of
hundreds Of thousands of dollars. We
are often prone to place too little value
upon tae trifes of life. We never think
a single word may result in the saving of
a fellow creature from the darkest sin, or
that ilippant speech may ruin the earth
ly prospects of another. Yet oftentimes
great crimes are the result of the merest
tritie, and great Teformations have been
made by simply uttering a kind word.
We were never more strongly reminded
of this fact than during a brief experience
among the cOnyicts of a shop in the prison
of this place. We became acquainted
with young man, whose kind disposi-
tion and willingness to perform his tasks
could not fail TO attract the attention Of
those interested in obtaining as much and
as good work per day as is possible in a
place of this kind, And with the az
quaintance, as is usually the case, our
sympathy became excited in his behalf,
and we at last asked and obtained his his.
tory. 1t is little remarkable that we
were conversant with the trihe which had
changed his earthly career from one of





and misery, We will not attempt to re.
peat his story, but simply give the facts
In the case as they have come to our
knowledge:


A year or more ago, young man Of
this city. visited New York, and iu the
course OF his sight seeing, with friend,
called at one Of the theateTs. Each left
an oVercoat in the cloak-room, taking
checks therefor. The Auburnian In.
tended TO leave for home that night, and
could not therefore remain until the con.
clusion OF the performance, and so left the
theater in ndderable haste but on put
ting his hand in his pocket for the check
for his coat, could not fud II. He re.
quested the man ia charge of the cloak
room TO give him his coat, which he point
ed out to him, without the check. This
the man refused to do Time was precious;
the time for the departure Of the train had
nearly arrived 50 stepping into the room,
he took hold OF his coat, aud partly by
persuasion, prevailed upon the man TO re-.
lease the coat Throwing the garment
over his arm he hastanad 10 the danot and
Year: 1869

THE text Is the keystone of that formal
structure, the modern sermon. 1t was not,
however, so In former times, for we are
told that the old divines frequently
preached without any text at all; and we
knew celebrated clergyman who gener-
ally wrote his sermons before he selected
phrase from Scripture to prefix to them.
The connection of the text and sermon is
often forced Rowland Hill, the eccentric
English preacher, wiz hing to denounce the
practice then prevalent among the women
of wearing snowy head dresses called
top knots preached from this text (;
Matthew xiv IL" Let him that is on
the house tap not come dOtcR," and pointed
to the latter part of the phrase, "top knot
come down." as a Scriptural denuncialion
of the coiffurc in vsgue. Rowland Hill
was an inyetcrate clerical punster


Preaching on one occasion at Mapping,
a low district near London, he assured his
hearers, who had been among the most
dissolute OF that unsavory quarter, that
such Wrapping (whopping) sinners even as


they were might hope TO be forgiven.


One preacher took for his text the word
"and,' and another "but." The latter,
as Dean Ramsay tells the story, was a
candidate for a lectureship, and had to de
liver discourse before the trustees of the
endowment, in the way of competition I;
so he was determined to show how
clever he could be, and took for his text
the single word "but" He deduced from
thence the great truth and the important
doctrine that no position is without some
corresponding cross or opposite trial.
Naaman was a mighty man of valor and
honorable bit he was leper. The five
cities OF the plain were fruitful as the gar.
den of Eden, 6m the men of Sodom were
awful sinners. / called you, but ye an
swered not, etc When he came down
into the vestry after his sermon the senior
trustee of the lectureship met him and said,
Sir, you give us most ingenious dis.
course, and we are much obliged to you;
but we don't think you are the preacher
that will DO for us" This WAS practical
application of his sermon that the pulpit
orator had not calculated upon. One of
DR.. Hawks most effective "charity" ser
mons was preached from the text, "to beg
am ashamed" but "a meaning was given
to 1t quite different from the original in
tention. He turned it effectively to his
purpose by the gloss that he was ashamed
for his hearers that the neglect of so good
a cause rs that for which he was pleading
rendered it necessary TO beg for it,-Ro5.
Grt IJm:s, IN HarpeES Magazine.
Year: 1869

ONE Of the most remarkable cases, in
the long list Of wonderful blind cases, is
that of Martin Weaver, of this city. He
was stricken with blindness by disease,
when but two years old. He was brought
TO this country by his parents, in 1S45,
when he was eight years of age, and since
that time (he is now thirty-one) has been
living in Cincinnati. AT present he is in
the employ of Mr.. Benz. Kicking, corner
of Plum and Columbia streets, doing
chores about the house and store, and TAX
ing caIe of the horse and stable. From
long residence in this city, and by stimu-
lated use Of his sense of hearing, and his
memory, he is enabled to freely move
about the city, knowing the name of every
street or alley when he reaches it, (by
paces) ana other peCuliarities He goes
about without the use of cane, and seems
to have a knowledge of danger ahead sole
ly by instinct. He drives the horse and
wagon from the stable to the store with
more accuracy than many other drivers
who are less afflicted His knowledge of
names of persons by their voices is also
marvellous, never failing to detect a voice
when once heard, The case of Martin
Weaver is OF G OF the most wonderful we
have met.---CtHcjHHdH ChrOHtcls
Year: 1869

succeeded In jumping on the train as Il
was moving out of the station. He was
great deal surprised TO see. however
upon placing his overcOat on the back of
a seat, that 1t was not his own, but much
better and more expensive one, although
similar In color. There was now no way
by which the mistake could be rectifed
until he arrived home, and so dismissing
the subject tfom his mind rs q tritle of no
moment, save TO the owner of the coat, he
went TO sleep, and dreamed Of the expect.
ed rise in Merchants Union Express stock,
and golden future of ease and enjoyment
as the result of his visit to the metropolis.
Arrived home, his first duty was to tele-
graph TO the manager Of the theater, and
to inclose In letter the missing check
which he had subsequently found. But
neither telegraph nor letter was answered,
and so the matter was again dismissed
from his mind as of no consequence, and
only alluded to occasionally when com
plimented upon his good taste and judg-
ment In the selection Of an overcoat.
But now we come to the result of this
trine, which can be stated in the few fol-
lowing words;


The owner Of this overcoat refused to be
comforted by the cloakroom attendant,
I
who could do no less, he thought than
discharge his unfortunate employe Thus
discharged in the winter, he sought long
and faithfully for employment, but could
not find It his money gone turned from
his boarding house; starvation fairly star.
ing him in the face; dissolute companions
at last prevailed upon him to become
member of their gang, and he was soon
arrested and sentenced to Sing Sing prison
for term of years-to be afterwards, with
a party of fellow. convicts, transferred to
the prison at this place. And all this
mans disgrace, suffering and moral death,
was the result of trihe that has not
caused its author the loss of a moments
sleep or the variation of a single beat to
his calm and healthy pulse. Had he
known what was to have been the result
of that nights haste and carelessness, he
would have willingly made pilgrimage
from here to New York, to have saved that
poor fellow from the trouble his careless
ness produced Now he can only regret
his hasty act, when he shall learn for the
first time, that his trile was anothcr's ruin.
Auburn (M ~ NeioS.
Year: 1869

ONE year ago a ringing voice,


\ clear blue eve
And clustering curls Of sunny hair,


Too fair to die.
only year--no voice. no smile,


No glaAce Of eye,
No clustering cnrls Of golden hair,


Fair but to die.
One year AGO, what love, what schemes


Far into life
What Joyous hopes, what high resolves,
What generous strife
The silent picture on the wall,


The burial stone,
OF al that beauty, life aud Joy


Remain alone
One year, one year, one little year.


And 50 much gone
And vet the even flow of life


Moves calmly on.
Tho grave grows green, the flowers bloom fail
Above that head;
No sorrowing tint Of leaf or spray


Says he is dead.
No pause or hush or merry birds,


That sing above,
Tell US how coldly sleeps below


The form we love.
Where hast thou been this year, belovedY
What hast thou seeuS
What rising fair, what glorious life


Where thou hast been'
The veil the veil so thin, so strongy
'rwixt us and thee;
The mystic veil when shall it fall


That we may see
Not dead not sleeping, not even gone,
But present still,
And waiting for the coming hour


or Gods sweet will.
Lord of the living and the dead


Our Saviour dear!
We lay in silence at Thy feet


This sad, sad year
Year: 1869

WASHINGTON had accepted an invitation
from Arnold To breakfast with him al
West Point the very day the plot was dis
covered, but was prevented from keeping
his engagement by what men call chance
by the earnest request, namely, of an
old oihcer near whose station they passed,
10 spend the night there and inspect some
works IN the neighbOrhood, Next day


while Washington with his staff, inolud


Ing La Fayette, were seated at table al
TINS officers quarters, dispatch wa.
brought TO the American General, which
Year: 1869

For excellent fits and fashionable work
Weare not beat in this or any other State.
This is not blowing but sober fact, as all
our work does show. Please give us a call


ResDectfuIIy
Year: 1869

w z have had eur Banner on the
outer wall, with PRICES SO Low that
no firm in the State of Ohio undertook TO
meet US. We have driven our foe to the
wall, and occupy the held without fear.


We have silenced all men who years ago
assumed some powerof competition They
are now willing to confess conhdentiaHy
that there is no use trying to meet or beat
US in prices, because we are game on a
Clothing "set-tO.'' Their only hope is in the
ignorance of their customers, who viii not
look around to see the difference in our
prices and theirs. which amounts to at least


80 per cent. ON Clothing,
80 per cent. on Piece Goods,
SO p ct. ON Furnishing Goods,
so per cent. ON Hats, Caps,
Trunks and Carpet Bags.
Al Of which 5. amounts IN they could save by

We do CASH business, and therefore
can afford to undersen those dealing on
Credit.


Especial attention is called to our
Merchant Tailoring De-


paPtnnemt.


For excellent fits and fashionable work.
we are not beat in this or any other State.
This is not blowing but sober fact, all |
our work does show. Please give us a call


Respectfully,
REYNOLDS & FRANK. |
Year: 1869

The present frait season has been better one
than any during the past ten years. This Is true
not only with reference TO few fruits Dut to fruit
generally The supply has not only been plentiful to
unprecedented extent but the fruit has generally
been OF an excellent quality.


Comparatively few OF the people OF New York
have any idea Of the amount OF business done, and
OF the mode OF transactiug It, In the wholesale fruit
market of this city. Washington Market s the head
quarters OF the wholesale fruit trade and forms n
little word III Itself, reDlete with animation
and WIN peculiarities unknown TO the out
side world. the aInount OF business trans
acted there between ave O'Clock in the morn
ing and six In the afternoon IL something
OF which the peach-eating, fruit-consuming people
OF this vast metropolis have hardly an idea Peaches
are cheap or "watermeloas are pentifuin are the
expressions by which the majority OF the New
Yorkers express heu IDEAS Of the state OF the fruit
season. Figures from the most conclusive logic and
o. glance at the following VIII give the reader some
idea Of the vast amount OF fun requisite 10 supply
this great city and OF the relative abundance and
therefore, comparative cheapnese, OF fruit com
pared with former years


Peaches are, OF course, the great feature Of the
Year: 1869

Notice to News Dealers.-The Proprietcrs
OF the EVENING TELEGRAM urge upon the dealera
supplying the public with their paper the necessity OF send
ne In their orders early each day Owing to the immense
the of yesterday, containing
"Motey's Instructions" and "Boutwen in Wall
Street, great dlcuy experienced In filling all the
large orders The circulation OF the TELEGRAM growing
such proportions that these necessary
insure satisfaction To the dealers.
Year: 1869

zeal Of the Prince Of Satsuma, whose esti-
nation of the value of foreign commerce led
him to plant forty thousand mulberry trees in
the single year of 1865, we may anticipate
Extraordinary and speedy development of
Japanese agricultural industry in California.


The arrival of these Japanese families in that
State is but one of the daily multiplying illus
trations of the pregnant fact that Asia and the
United States have already been brought as it
were into contact. The completion of the Pacific
Railway will be followed by the occurrence of
many more events illustrating the same fact
and pointing towards momentous ultimate re-
suits which as yet can be but dimly foreseen.