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Year: 1868

Multiudes Of persons have a great horror,
says HaEs journal Of Heath, Of going ont
Of doors for fear of taking cold; if it is lit
tie damp or a little windy, or q little cold,
they wait, and wait and wait; meanwhile,
weeks and even months pass away, and they
never, during the whole time, breathe a
single breath of pure air The reason is,
they become so enfeebled, that their consti-
tutions, have no power Of resistance; the
least thing In the world gives them a cold;
even going from one room to another, and
before they know itthev have a cold all the
time, and this is nothing more or less than
consumption; whereas, if an opposite prac-
tice had been followed Of going out for an
hour or two every day, regardless Of the
weather, so it is not actually falling rain, a
very different result would have taken place.
The truth is. the more a person is out OF
doors, the less easily does he take cold. 1t
is a widely known fact that persons who
camp out every night, or sleep under tree
The truth is, many OF our ailments, aud
those Of a most fatal form, are taken IN the
house. and not out Of doors; taken by re-
moving parts Of clothing too soon after com


ing into the house, or laying down on bed
or sofa when in a tired or exhausted eonGi
tion from having engaged too vigorously il
domestic employment. Many pic has cost
an industrious man hundred dollars. A
human life has many a time paid for an ap


pie dumping. When our wives get to work
thew become so interested in it tbas they
lind themselves in an utterly exhausted con


dition; their ambition to complete a thing


to do some work well, sustains them until i


is completed. The mental ana physical
condition Is one of exhaustion, when {
breath ofair will give a cold to settle in thC
Joints, to wake up next day with iufamma
tory rheumatism, or with feeling Of stiff


ness or soreness. as if they had been poun
ded in bag; or a sore throat to worry anC
trouble them for months; OF lung fever t
put them in the grave in less than week
Our wives should work By the day ifthey mus


work at all, and not by the job; It is NOR,
economical in the end to see how little worl
they can do in an hour instead OF how much
| Ii is slow, steady, continuous labor whiel
brings health and strength and good di
gestion. Fitful labor is ruinous to all.
Year: 1868

In our American life the natural depen-
dence Of woman upon circumstances is in
creased by variety Of causes Here wo-
man has. a peculiar delicacy Of physical
constitution that makes her especially SEN
sltlve to influence, even when in tOIerable
health, and renders it very difficult for her to
keep herself in fall health. Whether it Is
the climate, or our way Of living, or what
ever may be the cause, the fact is certain
that the American giri is a very delicate
plant: beautiful, indeed, in comparison with
Others, more eXgulsitely organized than
the English and German girl, and more self
relying than the Italian, yet not generally
strong in nerve and muscle, and too ready to
fade before her true midsummer has come.
The statistics given of American woman,
may be too partial, and too exclusively with
the dark side of the subject; yet the facts
stated cannot be questioned, and if there be
a brighter side the dark side must still be
recognized. We have heard persons who
might be expected to know what they say,
declare that they can hardly name a single
instance ofperfect health among the young
women Of their acquaintance, aud the
physicians whom we her speaking of the sub
iect not seldom lose their patience in setting
forth the miseries of feminine invalidism,
with its shattered nerves aud morbid circu-
latioBs


IF half of what is said is true, it Is one
half more than ought to be 50, and If our
mothers had not been better gifted with
maternal faculties than the candidates now
ready for the bridal ring, the present mum
ber Of the native American population could
be accounted for only By miracle, not by
natural descent.
Year: 1868

HAPpINEss. He cannot be an unhappy
man who has the love and smiles of woman
to accompany him every department of life.
The world may look dark and cherries with
out enemies may gather in his path-but
when he returns to his fre-side, and feels
the tender love of woman, he forgets his
troubles, andis comparatively happy man.
lie is but half prepared for the journey of
life who takes not with him that friend who
divide his sorrows, increase his Joys, lift the
miserable who has such a companion, be he
ever so poor, despised and trodden upon by
the world
Year: 1868

Power OF KINDNESS, "A poor woman
used to give an elephant, who often passed
her stall in the market, handful of greens
of which he was very fond. One day he
was-jn ? ~QTeat- fi1rN- and hgoke away from
ket-place. Every one fed, and in her haste
the market woman forgot her little child.
But the elephant, instead of tramphng it
to death, picked it up tenderly and laid it
on one side in place of safety. Do you
think she was sorry she gave him his hand
ful of greens as he went by? No. We
never lose by kind action, no matter to
whom it is done.
Year: 1868

A STORY is told of New England city
clergyman who, one Monday last summer,
visited the market early in the morning.
While there his attention was called to some
very fine Strawberries. He wished very
much to purchase some, but it being very
early in the morning it occurred to him that
they must have been picked on Sunday, and
of course he could not purchase or use any
thing which had been procured under such
circumstances. "Mr. Smith, were these
berries picked on Sundays" MrSm with
sly twinkle in his eye, replied, No, Doc
tor they were picked this morning, but they
grow on Sunday.
Year: 1868

GoIDoN RULES. Remember the golden
rule: Do unto others as you would they
should do unto you.


Between virtue and vice there is no mid
die path.


He whoriscs late never does good days
work.


Defer not tillto-morrow what should be
done to-day


Be not found of change. a rolling stone
gathers no moss.


A contented mind is cctinual feast.


Waste not; want not. Wilful waste makes
woeful want.


Take not even pin that is not your own.


a civil word is rs soon spoken as rude
one.
Year: 1868

Dir BRIGHT. jesse D Bright is making
himself homein Kentucky, though ifthere
be, in any part Of our heritage a more ais
loyal locality, he ought to find il, for it Is
not certain that even kentuekey is sufficient
ly atrooious and infamous to be in perfect
accord with his sympathies and sentiments
His last demonstration is in favor OF repu-
dating the National debt and paying for all
the property Of Rebels destroyed by the
Union army,
Year: 1868

RowDIEs AT C0NEY IsLAND-THEY THROW


TRAIN FROM THE TRACK.


A crowd of roughs from this city and Brook
lyn who spent the greater part of Sunday on Coney
Island in drinking and carousng in causing the
destucton OF one OF the dummy steam engines employed
on the Coney Island Railroad their return to Brook
yn Ii appears that at about 10 O'Clock at night as te
dummy with two excursion cars attached, which were
loaded their utmost capacity had nearly reached Con-
overs Lane the engine was stopped In consequences oI


pump being of order and the water being low in
the Done. The crowd Of roughs board becoming lm
patient on Account OF the delay thus occasoned began 10
use the most violent and insulting language and the re-
specttDe portion Of the passengers were oQmpeed 10
leave tho cars for fear OF being forced OF
or pitched over tho embankment The disorderly
gang then made attack upon engineer and con
ductOr both Of whom saved themselves by Find
ing no person whom TO wreak their vengeance, ana
being screened from detection by the darkness they
pitched the down the embankment The dummy
TOOK fire and was destroyed and the rowdes made their
escape The passengers comprising women and children
made their way TO the city best they could The 10
lice Precinct were not Informed Of the disgracefu AFFAIR
until after midnight and all implicated In the proceed
ings had by that time reached safe distance NO arrests
we're consequently made.
Year: 1868

Shortly before noon, yesterday, Benjamin
Hertz boy employed by the firm of d. A. Boody Of No.
"a wast while returning the banking office OF his
employers on the second floor Of the abovenamed build
ing having in possession $50 900 worth Of United states
bonds was met on the stairs by unknown man, who
kuocked him down and beat his head against the wall
The boy finally released his hold OF the bonds ana tnese
the thief seized dashed into the street He ran up wall
~ m Rroad crossed To RectOrst and on the way down
RectorHt ran with considerable force against man
coming mp stranger indignant at being run against
made IL To strike the thief, when the latter
dropped package OF bonds and running across the
street disappeared I'm the crowd. The bonds were re-
stored TO Messrs Boody & Co. The boy, although bear
ing marks OF III usage on his head and face Is not
seriously injured No clue to the thief has yet been OBJ
tained although the boy is enabled TO give very good
description his general appearance, aud would readily
recognize him In Of his arrest
Year: 1868

About 1850 John p. SandersOn OF Jacksenvlle,
Florida commenced action in the Supreme Court OF
this State against Morgan and others upon an insurance
claim After the election Of Mr. Lincoln the plaintiff was
an active secessionis and held Office under the Rebel
Government In September, 1861 on motion OF defend
ants counsel those facts allowed to be set up by
way of supplemental anaYer defense TO the further
coRtlhuahM OF this action. The plaintiff delnurred 10
that answer and Justice HogeboOm decided against the
plaintiff In May 1852 On appeal, the Supreme Court IN
the Third District affirmed that Judgment IN May 1868
The plaintiff thereupOn carried the case to the Court OF
Appeals where the Judgment has just been affirmed II
ia thus established by the highest Court In this state tat
the plaintiff being enemy during the last war could
not maintain an action Courts lie Is placed IN the
same position all public enemies during the time OF
war This is believed 10 be the first case where that
Mieston was presented in our Courts after the war
heean but since that time the same doctrine has been
foowed by all the States and by the Supreme Court OF
,.aI al State
Year: 1868

Notwithstanding the damper which yesterdays
rain put upon the proceedings at the course there
was quite large sprinkling Of velvet Jackets and
white hats at the subscription rooms corner OF
Broadway and Twenty. first street last evening" The
attendance being mainly composed OF proprietors of
fast cattle and "nobe sports" betting was brisk,
some very respectable sums being booked during the
evening" The pool market decidedly lively.
The sale commenced at $3.50 and closed at 1915.


The following is an average statement Of the lots
"a af.
Year: 1868

Ofhow little apparent consequence
is one individual life in this world Of
teeming millions. One after another
drop from among the crowd, the gap
closes, the throng moves on, and the
absent are forgotten-save by few
fond and loving hearts who keep their
memory fresh and green, till they in
turn are called to "take their place
within the silent balls of Death"


What an impressive lesson upon the
vanity of human aspirations! Men toll
for honor, or power, or wealth, or fame
something which will distinguish
them above their fellows--when in
few brief hours, or days, or years, at
most, they shall have passed away, leav-
ing scarce a memory even in the myriad
hearts that still toll and waste their en-"
ergies in the same unsatisfying round.


Oh, it is in the hour of death alone
that life assumes its true significance!
Standing upon the verge OF another
world and looking back from that SOL
emn tand-point, the spiritual vision,
cleared from the mists of earth, sees
things in their true proportions; and
the loftiest pursuits and attainments,
which are merely earthly in their scope
and aim, dwindle into utter nothing
ness in comparison with those which
are heavenward and immortal. How
slow we are to learn the things
which pertain to our everlasting peace,
though such apt scholars in the worlds
lore. The present and the temporal
engross our thoughts to the exclusion
of the future and eternal. The children
of this world are in their generation
wiser than the children of light. Pri-
vation and toll, and WEAKNESS, and anx-
ious days and sleepless nights, and sick
ness and peril-all have been cheerfully
encountered to attain someIposs BILE goo1
in the far off future. But the golden
prize which lies within the reach ofall,
which will secure every needed bless
ing, smoothing ife's thOrnyIpathway
bearing the soul triumphantly above
the waves of death, and lighting the
parting spirit with peaceful radiance
to the celestial shores beyond, with
what utter indifference the multitude
regard it; how few put forth the hand
to attain it! The glomour fsin is ov-
er their eyes, and the Circean song is
in their ears, Turing them on to destruc.
ton; for the syren has woven her spell
with resistless power which nothing
but Divine grace can overcome.


Should not our prayers ascend with
out ceasing for those who are still on
the broad way that leads to everlasting
death? Goods arm is not shortened
that it cannot save, nor his ear heavy
that it cannot hear" Should we not
, 90 out into the highways and hedges,
r and, with importunate earnestness and
zeal which will take no denial, en-
treat them to come in7 The Gospel
feast is spread for all. "Whosover will,
let him take ofthe water Of life freely"


E. " s.
Year: 1868

The amenities of the political
canvass are pleasantly illustrated in
the fact that a Republican paper in
Kentucky borrowed a cut of rooster
of its Democratic neighbor to crow over
the election.
Year: 1868

right. Gambling has been carried on to
fearful extent, and this abominable gang do
not recognize the right Of property. f'hey
cannot obtain a mans money by cheating
at cards, they try some ingenious dodge to
make him produce. his money and then
seize it and make of. Port Byron is get.
ting to be notorious, and we doubt not but
fine perspective wood cut OF the village
will shortly appear in the Police Gazette.
In the mean time We would advise the citi.
zens of Port Byron to organize volunteer
police, and prevail on this interesting co.
terio of thieves and sharpcrs to 90 into the
retirement of the county jail for awhile, for
their countys good.
Year: 1868

THE SOLDIERS MoNUNENF-The stones
for the base of the soldiers monument ar.
rived Monday and are now on the spot
They are of lime stone from the fine quarry
Of Athens, twenty miles from Joliet; are
large pieces of excellent quality, and are cut
as smooth as the quality the stone permits.
copper box will be deposited between the
marble and limestone bases, and it ia pro.
posed to place in it newspapers and docu.
ments whico relate to the services of our
brave soldiers. All who have any such, or
any early historical sketches of the county
which they would like to devote to such a
purpose can forward them to the county
clerk
Year: 1868

The regular monthly business meeting Of
the Young Mems Christian Association will
take place on Tuesday evening December
lst The annual election of officers will also
take place on the same evening.
Year: 1868

THE HAY TRADE.-There is every ap,
pearance that the price of hay will increase
and continue high during the entire winter.
The farmers are selling their hay ordinarily
for from 81 to 50 per ton at their farms,
and it brings from $l2 to $l5 in the market
of this city. Some attribute the high price
of hay to the roads being muddy. This has
but little if any effect upon it. For it is
well known among such buyers as circulate
among the farmers at their farms that a
comparatively small crop of hay was cut
this year, most attention being given to the
saving of grain.
Year: 1868

FESTIVAL AT TURNER HLLL.-An adver.
tisement Of the fair and festival at Turner
Hall, will be found in the proper place in
this paper, and to which attention is invited
We hope thero will be large and liberal
attendance.
Year: 1868

A YOUNG lady in Snyder County, Pennsyl-
vania, was in the garden picking blackber-
ries. A piercing scream from her alarmed
tie rest of the family, who were at the tea.
table. fastening to the spot, they found
her on the ground insensible She was car
ried into the house, and, sad to relate, exam
ination proved that she was dead. Her
friends, on proceeding to prepare the body
for interment, were horrified to find an i'm
mense black snake coiled tightly around her
person, underneath her clothing. There
being no evidence of the snake having bitten
her. the inference was that the young lady
died from fright.
Year: 1868

OHro Democratic politicians are not nota-
blv discreet. Pendleton telegraphed to Me
Clernand that the condition of the canvass
in his own State would not permit him to
leave it for stumping tour in illinois,
That was an unfortunate admission it was
a cry of distress. Now. Sunset Cox, who is
an Ohio carpet-bagger in New York, returns
from most discouraging canvass in Maine,
and admits the whole case thus: - l tell
Won sir. it is no use shutting our eyes to
Main facts. The popular enthusiasm for
Grant is irresistible; he will sweep every
thing before him." Cox's heart is not in the
work, or he has an unlucky way Of telling
the truth. His remark is published in the
New York Sun, and is not commented upon
by any Democratic paper,
Year: 1868

wider circulation and enlarge the field of our labors we have placed the rates of subscription below that of any other paper of it's size in the State. To clubs of twenty, which can be made up at almost any postoffice, it will be fur nished for Sl 50--chcaper than most of the Northern prints. There is no family too poor to pay this small sum for newspaper; ten times this amount is often spent during the year for mere trihes. We hope our friends who have been reading the Citizen during the campaign, and were pleased with it's course and conduct, will go to work and make up clubs, keeping their names upon our books. The country is now in a better condition than at any time since the war, and the time of year is at hand when men are making their arrangements for the incoming year. Now is the best time to try to form clubs. Go to work al

 once and make up the list, and we

 promise to give you paper worth all

 of the money.
Year: 1868

This is tho last number of the Citi- zen that will be sent to our campaign subscribers, and before taking leave of them we would like to present some of the claims we think it has upon

 them and others of the community. During the campaign we have labored

 with what ability we could command

 for the advancement of the principles

 of Democracy and all objects that tended to subserve the best interests of our country. In the great political fight the battle went against us, but the defeat was not one to discourage, but rather to nerve and prepare us for more steady and determined line of action in the future. The base of the Republican party in the North is prej- udice, which time will soon destroy and leave it without any foundation. We have only 10 make united aud per- sistent effort and all will be well. Aid in the execution of the law, and labor to preserve peace and quiet and good results will follow. We have 6 part to perform in the work before us as people, and to perform that part well we need the aid and support of those who are interested in the great ends to be attained. A newspaper has influ- ence and is effective in the advance ment the cause it is supporting just in proportion to the amount of patron age that is given it. If the Citizen re- ceives that encouragement and sup port we have right to expect it Will enable us to give the people much | better paper than heretofore; and we | shall spare neither pains nor labor to make it valuable and attractive as family newspaper. Aside from all other considerations in it's favor we propose to publish without compensa- tion the legal advertisements of sur rounding counties, now taken from all | Democratic papers by force of party | power, thereby saving to great many | the expense of paying for papers to learn this kind of intelligence. We contemplate making great many inn provements upon the Citizen the com ing year, and iA order to induce
Year: 1868

A correspondent of the New York

 Herald gives an account of an interview of number ofrepresentatives of the press with Gen. Grant on Tuesday, from which

 we make the following extract:

 It having been mentioned that he en- joyed reputation for cautiously avoiding

 politics, the General replied that it was true he did not like to talk about politics because that which may be regarded as right and proper in politics today may be all wrong six months hence, and he thought that politics is subject about which the least said the better.

 in reply to the remark that no Presi- dent ever entered upon his executive du- ties with fairer opportunity to adminis- ter the affairs of the country so as to se- cure tranquility and prosperity, the Gen. eral said that it would be his constant care to seek an early restoration of peace and harmony throughout the Union The successful manner in which the President elect eluded the elaborate reception preparations in this city having been referred to, the General remarked that all such public demonstrations found no favor in his sight In travelling through the country it frequently happened that such displays were in full operation. In such cases they cannot well be avoided. "But this city," said he, ''is my home, and to have qualifications of that kind here would be repugnant to my feelings. Nothing of that kind will be done with my appoba- tion. It had been published that he would hold public reception at his resi- dence. This was not true. He had not expressed any intention of doing so. He would be happy to receive all who may wish to favor him with call, either at his house or at his headquarters, but public reception at this time did not appear to him as just the proper thing If they meaning the political organizations which Threatened him with an ovstion) wish to hold jubilee-if the result of the election pleases them--let them parade, fife and drum away only I hope they will not dis furh ms, or require me to take suy part ID the proeeedinesn
Year: 1868

Everywhere could save much time and money among their hands by keeping constant supply of King of Chills on hand, as it makes quick and permanent cures without affecting the head. and is a powerful tonic to prevent a return.

 We appeal to all who suffer with chills.

 DROMGOoLE < CO.'S