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Year: 1869

How Goldsmith, a Republican. got
elected Mayor OF Portland, Oregon,
is related by his friends in this wise;
Goldsmith's first name is Bernard.
which being mistaken for the more
popular one of Barney" caught
the Democracy in the door. Many
a Democratic hurrah went up for
Barney Goldsmith on the day oil
election.
Year: 1869

BILE and almost instant relief IN the spasms Of Whoop-
ing Cough. This is a complaint that all children are
expected to have; and when tcomes strange to say,
tie or nothing being done to break its intensity or
help the sufferers along. And when it is reflected
that very many OF the diseases of older and adult
years have their origin in the tear and strain OF
Whooping Cough, this neglect would be utterly un-
accountable but for the fact that childrens diseases


like many of the weaknesses of women are consider
come st ically unconcerned about them. Let them
cough it through, as we did, seems generally to be
the unfeeling word. Whooping cough is a nervous
disease, and Dodds Nervne and Invgorator treats it
with COMPLETE SUCCESS. Mothers, TRY IT, and
save your little the worst agony of this distress
ing affection. A sure and benetcent medicine.
Year: 1869

DN1zsNgRy lAAEEGE5kCJS
Young men troubled with emissions In sleep,-a
complaint generally the result of q bad habit in
youth, scientifically and perfect cure
ranted or no charge made.


Hardly day passes but we are consulted by one or
more young men with the above disease, some Of
whom are as weak and emaciated as though they had
the consumption and by their friends are supposed to
have it. All such cases yield to the proper and only
correct course OF treatment, and in short time are
made to rejoice In perfect health.
Year: 1869

reapcrs have recently occurred in this and
neighboiing counties, but we notice that the
committees of judges have not in any case
felt able to decide which is the best. The
well adapted to its purpose as to be capable
Of little more Improvement.
Year: 1869

PHILADELPHIA is promised u great Or
societies have united with the Germanid, and
thus the musical strength of the city will
not be scattered and lost Carl Sentz has
been elected leader, and it is 10 he hoped
that the new society will earnestly work to
produce the symphonies, and such great
works, as well ms they are in Boston and
New York.
Year: 1869

TIE ENGLISH PAPERS inform us that they
have their eye on our behavior concerning
Cuba, and that if We let any Alabama ships
away from our ports to capture Spanish
ships, they will not will be slow to let lis
hear oft. All this is no doubt true enough |;
they would like TO see us repeat their errors;
hut the American government is in the
hands Of men both honest and discreet.
We wish well to Cuban independence, but
so long as we pretend to be neutral, we shall
preserve real and honest neutrality.
Year: 1869

NEARLY sixteen and lalr millions rcduc-
tion in the public debt, during the month of
June is u pretty good exhibit Tor the Admin
istralion. So much for Republican honesty.
Something of that sort in the State govern
mcut would be uspful
Year: 1869

TIE SOCIETY OF WoMEN.-One of the
great benefits young man may derive from
women's society is that he is bound to be
respectful to them. The habit is of great
good to your moral man, depend upon it..
Our education makes Of us the most cmi-
nentIy selfish men in the world. We
fight FOR ourselves we push for ourselves !;
We cut the best slices out Of the joint at
club dinners for ourselves we yawn for
ourselves, and light our pipes, and say we
won't % out; we prefer ourselves and our
ease; and the greatest good that comes to
man from woman's society is that he has
to think cf somebody besides himself
somebody to whom. he is bound TO BE-
constantly attentive and respectful. Ger
tanly | don't want dear Bob TO associat,
with those of the other sex whom he does
not and canrot respect; that is worse than
billiards: worse than tavern brandy and
brandy and water; worse than smoking
seiishness at home. But | vow | would
rather see you turning over the
leaves of Miss Fiddcccmbe's music book
all night than at billiards, or smoking, or
brandy and water, or all thrce.-Thack-
cray.
Year: 1869

AN OLD BACHELORS REFLECTIONS
nestle love may be very sweet, but when
[ look at my brothers family, it strikes
me that it is also very dear.


The complexion of the girl of the peri
cd differs from railway season ticket
the one is, and the other is not transfers.
Bile.


Mstrust the woman who when glass
of wine is split over her dress, smiles and
says it doesn't matter.


A cramped waist generally betokens
brains in similar condition.


When | look upon party Of young
people, console myself with the thought
lhat after all my skull is as gctd looking
AS any Of theirs, and that's what it must
resolve itself INTO at last.
Year: 1869

TIE PowER OF MoNosYLLABLEs.-To To
one whose attention has not been drawn
particularly to the subject, it will be sur
prising to call to. mind how many Of the
most sublime and comprehensive passages
in the English language consist wholly or
chiefly of monosylables. OF the sixty
six words composing the Lords Prayer,
forty-eight are of one syllable. of the
seventeen words composing the Golden
Rule, fifteen are of one syllable. The
most expressive idea Of the creative pow
of Jehovah is expocssed entirely
in monosylables: Sand God said, let
there be light, and there was light One
of the most encouraging promises of Scrip
ture, is expressed in fifteen words, all but
one of which are honosyllablcs: Il love
them that love me--and those that seek
me carly shall iind me.
Year: 1869

county. This would give more strength
and efficiency to the cause, and in the
lectures and discussions, which would
doubtless be published, there would be a
tendency to harmonic and elevate the
system of agriculture through the State.
Two or three days should be devoted to
the sessions of each institute and while
many practical ideas would be ventilated,
the main object should be to inspire farm
ers with more faith in the praeticability
ofapplyng scientific knowledge to farming
so that greater results can be obtained
with more certainty and less labor, and
make it evident that the gift of the price
of 100000 acres Of land is appreciated,
and will be improved by the farmers Of
Vermont. u. u. oAm.-s,O...
Year: 1869

An old bachelor, possessed Of fortune
of $4,000, meeting friend one day,
day, began to harangue him very learned
ly upon the detestable sin Of avarice, and
gave the following instance of it:


About three years ago." said he, "by
very odd accident | fell into well, and
was absolutely within a very few minutes
of perishing before could prevail upon a
heastless and grssping laborer, who hap
pened to DC within hearing of my cries, to
help me out for shilling. The fellow
was 50 rapacious as to insist upon having
twenty-five cents, for about a quarter OF
an hour, and verify believe he would
not have abated me single farthing if he
had not seen me at the last gasp; and |
determined rather to die than to submit
to his extortion."
Year: 1869

head has fallen upon any read or path
way, woman must not dare to pass over
it, aud mark is set up 10 shew that the
place is "taboo." There are some articles
of food which men anl wolnen nay eat
together, as there are aftwkinds of drink
which they may also share; all other
kinds of food are "taboo." If ary-
thing is thrown accidentally upon the head
it is "taboo," and must never be used !;
it is hung up in the sacred inclosure until
it rots away ANY article inadvertently
lifted over child's head is "taboo." If
a woman climbs into a tree, it is ''taboo"
for man to pass underneath it !; so the
tree has always tobe csF down. A Mar.
quesan believes that if he violates "taboo'
he will swell up till he bursts and that
il he should 60 in canoe on salt water
he would be seized and eaten by a shark,
And the most singular fact is that the
force of imagination is so great among
these people that they do invariably take
some disease and die if they unintentiou-
ally violate "taboo." If they are known
to violate it Intentionally they are imme-
diately killed. 1t is customary for men
when they are expecting death to will
away their articles to different persons of
their family thus a pig may be taboo"
to a child and the animal must never be
injured until the child arrives at cer-
tain age, when the zig is killed at a feast.
The regulations in regard to "taboo"
extend even to particular kinds of 1esti-
walls. Thus, if a chief is not tattoocd in
in certain way, he is not admissible TO
some Of these feasts.-The missionaries
established on some of the islands have
cndeavored to root these superstitons out
of the minds Of the people; bat some who
have even adopted Christianity for sever.
al years, are still found adhering to these
singular notions.
Year: 1869

They do not eat their dead friends, but
hang them up in the sacred incosure, un-
til their body is thoroughly dried. The
skull is carefully preserved as an heirloom
in the family. The rest of the remains
arc left to take their chance. 1t is a
mark of quality to possess a great pumber
of skulls AM when the islanl lers attack
the town of another ttihe their most ca
ger desire is to ride the houses Of all the
skulls they contain These are borne off
in triumph AMI allcd to their own private
collection of crania.
Year: 1869

These people wear very little clothing.
What they have is made of a material
called tapa. 1t is manufactured from
the bark Of tree, beaten or pounded
with stones to any required thickness.
Some Of it is made as thin as the finest
muslin. Very frequently they wear a
simple drapery Of leaves.
Year: 1869

\ busy man is q locomotive. and
lite track. Every night he driven
into the house and stop. Every
morning he is fired up anew, and ava y
he goes switching oil in one direction
and then in another.
Year: 1869

rounds of the Offices of the Territory
and submit the follwing report:


Gov. Ballard we found enjoying
his usual rotundity and beaaiiug
with good nature NOTWITHSTANDING
the malice of the Idaho World, at
whose feeble attacks he but laughs
and cannot find it in his heart to get
angry. Rather than injure the World,
the Governor who is by profession a
physician, would in pure kindness
and sympathy willingtly administer


dose Of blue mass or other altera-
tive to purge it of the over-accumu-
lation of bile that is nauseating its
stomach and souring all the juices of
its system. The World needs pur-
gatiye, an Alternative, and perhaps a
diuretic, to be followed by a bottle
of soothing sirup to quiet its nerves.
The silly charge that with Repub-
lican Treasurer in that office
the Governor had stipulated and
agreed with Democratic Legisla-
ture to nominate a man of their Sc
lection for that position was too
foolish for belief at the time, but in
the absence of any positive knowl-
edge to the contrary we deferred its
contradiction until we could ascer-
tain the facts, which are, that being
approached with request by the
Legislature that he should divide
the offices between the two parties,
the Governor told them that he rec
ognized the fairness of the PROPOSE
ton and that be should send ia the
name of Democrat for Treasurer
and of a Republican for Auditor,
and never thought nor intimated that
they were to take the whole matter
out of his hands entirely and foist e
man on the Territory of their own
manufacture out and out. Had he
made such a promise be would have
been submitting both the appoint
ment and confirmation of an officer
into their hands that, the law ex-
pressly declares shall be the joint
work of the two departments. He
said he would send in the name of a
Democrat he chose an honest one
and did send him in. No one doubts
Mr.. PauPs Democracy, his honesty
or his capacity, but that was not
what they wanted and he was re-
iected. The consequence was, the
old officers held over, and the Gov
error, feeling that the rights of the
people are secure and that he did
even more than his duty to the De-
mocracy, is happy and content.


Capt. Porter, his Private Secreta-
ry, however, whose vivacious pres
enoe was wont to enliven every
circle, is. in very poor health, but
full of humor and ready to lift him.
self in bed. to respond to or laugh at
any question or suggestion as the
case may require.


Major Hewlett, Territorial Secre-
tary, of whom, in l849, in a log
cabin at Lower Springs, Shasta Co.,
California, we purchased the means
OF subsistence while we tore up tie
ground and removed ancient rocks
from their resting places" in quest
of gold, has recently had his picture
taken by Chas. Ostner, and. we sus-
pect, bribed the artist to put on a
remarkably youthful appearance
The Major has had the forethonght
to sit for a portrait in his own house
showing all the domestic surround
Year: 1869

ioICiuIy vi houo DAcuUioi
Dream" The Major is a widower,
and any intelligent single lady to
whom the picture is shown may
readily divine its import and supply
the deficiency, as there appears TO be
but one object wanting to render it
complete.


Major Alvord, the Marshal, is by
habit very active man, and has lost
neither muscle nor flesh in his almost
constant employment in the saddle
for many years past in the prosecn-
ton ofa mercantile business at Flor
ence and Slate Creek and the addi-
tional duties of late incident to his
Office. Major Alvord is one of the
live men of Idaho, to whom she owes
much of her advanced state of de-
velopment, and to whom the Repub-
lican party are under obligations for
the little prestige they have been
able from time to time to command
in Nez Perce and Idaho Counties =
He started on Wednesday morning
on a visit East, and will witness the
inauguration of Grant on the 4th of
March, at Washington.


Austin Savage, the Internal Reve-
nue. Collector, we approached and
found not nearly so ferocious as his
name would indicate. He was busy
with his books clphering out the
mysteries of the Internal Revenue
system, which are about as incom-
prehensible as any of the curious
paradoxes in the book OF a thousand
puzzles. Abstruse, however, as the
science of Internal Revenue may be
Mr.. Savage has made himself master
of it, and when it shall be introduced
as department in colleges Mr.. S.
may apply for professorship with
no misgivings of his capacity to teach.


Mr.. Geer, the Collector, we saw
once in the street, but not within
hailing distance. Being the doting
parent of a lovely child be was oc
cupying his leisure in trundling his
tender offspring along the sidewalk
in baby wagon. We called twice
at his Office, bni as it was after busi
ness hours he was not in and we
failed to meet bim.


Ned Sterling, Territorial Treasur-
er, was everywhere and ready to
show either the sights of the city or
the condition of the books and funds
of his office and to refute and prove
false all the malicious charges of
designing slandermongers, either
by an exhibition of the books and
funds themselves or by the testimo-
ny of the two experts appointed by
the Legislature to report on the mat
ter. and when the charge is seriously
made by morally responsible parties
he expresses desire, and will take |
special pains to lay the whole busi-
ness of the Treasurer's office open to |
the investigation of the public, with |
such explanations as will enable
them to understand it; but until
that shall be done be feels content |
to invite them to an inspection of
the books and funds personally or
by experts.


D. Cram, Territorial Auditor, is
the same correct business man he
was sixteen years ago, and pursues
the even tenor of bis way as was bis
wont when we were clerks in the
same employ from 1852 to 1855. He
is natural born Auditor and should
be retained tor life


4
Year: 1869

The friends of Judge Dent, the Con-
servative candidate for Governor OF
Missippi, say that the statement
printed in the Associated Press dis
patches, places Judge Dent in false
position, and is sure to mislead the
public as TO the character Of the rela-
tions existing between him and the
President. They say that Judge Dent
never pretended that the President
preferred him to the regular Repubii-
can candidate for Governor OF Mis-
sissippi. He merely intimated in
several of his speeches the kind feel
ing of the President toward him, and
OF his intention to fully support his
administration.


THE PRESIDENTS LETTER.


To prove the correctness of the claim
of the Presidents friendship for Dent,
the following letter is given to the
public. 1t was written by the Presi-
dent at the time when the Conserve
tives of Mississippi asked Dent to be-
come their candidate for the Governor
ship:


"LoNG BRANCH, Aug. l. 1869.


DEAR JUDGE: l am so thoroughly
satisfied in my own mind THAI the
success Of the sO-called Conservative
Republican party in Mississippi would
result In the defeat OF what / believe
to be for the best interest of the State
and country, thatI have determined
to say so to you lin writing, of course. f.
l know, or believe, that your intCh-
tiOns are good in accepting the n0Jfii-
nation from the Conservative party.
l would regret to see you run for
an Office and be defeated by my
act; but as matters now look,
must throw the weight Of my
influence in favor of the party op-
posed to you. l earnestly hope that
before the election there viii be such
concessions on either side in Missis-
Sippi as to unite all true supporters
in the State Of reconstruction and OF
the administration together, in sup
port of one ticket. Here follows a
passage of a private nature. The let
ter then concludes as follows write
this to you solely that you may not
be under any wrong impressions as TO
what ! regard, or may hereafter re-
gard, as public duty. Personally, |
wish you well, and would do all in my
power proper to be done to secure
your success, but in public matters
personal feelings will not influence
me.


"With kindest regard, yours truly,


4 A =
Year: 1869

The Catholics Of Washington CITY
have taken a decided stand against
Hyacinthe. In the sermon Of the most
prominent priest, on Sunday, just pub
lished, he alluded to Hyacinthe as a
poor, unfortunate member of the
Catholic Church, who, in moment Of
vexation, published a vacillating, or
indeterminate protest against those
Who had raised him out of the Obscu-
rity in which he was living to place
him in one of the most conspicuous
positions.
Year: 1869

/" My DEAR inquired young wife
OF her husband on his return from bus
mess, have you seen the beautiful
set OF walnut furniture which the
Smiths have bOught?p Aheml no.
my love; but have seen the bin, and
it quite satisfies me,
Year: 1869

DETECTIVE DoRNEY was sitting in
his room on the morning Of the follow :
ing day. He felt tired in body and
mind. 1t seemed impossible for him
to fix his thoughts upon one particular
thing, and his mind went wandering
about from one matter 10 another. But
though pining for rest, he could not
find it. The fate Of the forester filed
his heart with care; but he did not
know that Hill was already arrested.
He saw, however, what was pending
over his friend; for he perfectly knew
the resolute character of the Judge and
he thought Of the grief and sorrow that
would come over Hills mother and sis
ter. In vain he endeavored to find
some way out, but he could not.


His thoughts fell on Hills sister.
He had made her acquaintance though
her brother, and he had since then fire.
quently called upon her at her mothers
Year: 1869

We leave it to you if the "beauty OF
the family" don't invariably turn
out" the worst of the lot?


If she don't cultivate the outsid OF
her head to the forgetfulness of the in
side?


If she is not petted, and fondIed,
and flattered; and shown off, till sell
fishness is written all over her?


If she is not sure to marry some Ia
Zy fellow, or some drunken brute, who
will bruise her bOdy-or heart-to a
jelly, and be glad to come home with
her forlorn children, for a morsel of
bread, to the comfortable home of that
snubbed member of the family who
was only our John" or Martha and
who never by any possibility, was
supposed by them capable of doing or
being anything?


We leave it to you, if the 'beauty
of the family" ".be he a boy, don't
grow up an ass? If he don't disgust
everybody with his conceit and affec-
ton, while he fancies he is the admir-
ed of all eyes-even if he don't squan-
der all the money he can lay his hands
on, and die in the gutter?


We never saw a very handsome
child of either sex, set upon the fami-
ly pedestal to be>admired by that fam
lily and its friends, 70 the exclusion of
the other children, that we did not
feel like patting these children on the
head, and saying, "Thank Providence
my dears, that you were not born
beauties"
Year: 1869

We long for the day when this Gus
tom shall be obsolete. 1t is unbeeom-
ing the truly afflicted one. The wear
er says by the black garments: 81
have lost a dear friend. / am in deep
SORROW" But true grief does not wish
to parade itself before the eyes of the
stranger; much less does it exert its
extent. The stricken one naturally
gOes apart from the world to pour out
the tears. Real afflictiOn seeks priva-
ey. II is no respect to the departed
friend to say we are in sorrow. If we
have real grief it will be discovered.


When God has entered household
in the awful chastisement of death it
is time for religious communion and
meditation, with God on the part of
the survivors. How sadly out of place,
then are the milliner and dress maker
the trying on of dresses and the trim
ming Of bOnnets. There is something
profane in exciting the vanity of a
young girl by fitting a waist or try
ing on a hat, when the corpse of a
father is lying in an adjoining room.
1t is a sacrilege to drag the widow
forth from her grief to be fitted for a
gown, or to select a veil. 1t is terribly
oppressive to the poor. The widow,
left desOlate, with half a dozen little
children, the family means already
reduced by sickness of the father,
must draw on her scanty purse to pay
for a new wardrobe throughout, for
herself and children, throwing away
the gOodly stock of garments already
prepared, when she most Likely knows
not where she is to get bread for those
little ones. Truly may fashion be
called tyrant, when it robs a widow
of her last dollar. Surely your sorrow
will not be questioned, even if you
should not call in the milliner to help
you display it. Do not, in your affiie-
ton, help uphold custom which will
turn the affiictiOns of your poorer
neighbOr to deeper poverty, as well as
sorrOw-IRe Central Baptist.