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Year: 1869

For oar own and tho convenience Of regular
advertisers. and to prevent any misunderstsnd-
ing, we have carefully prepared and scaled the
rates of advertising n the GAZETTE, for the year
1861, and present the following table OF space
aud prices from ohich there will be no deria ton.
Year: 1869

reject that sound mind and body are the n cst
necessary requisites TO promote connubial hap
piness Indeed, without these the journey
through lie becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prosp CT hourly dsrkens TO The WOW, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness ce
another becomes blighted with your own.
Year: 1869

OF seed as above, except the land was
sown to oats the previous year without
plaster or any fertilizer On the plot
next to Bradley's raw bone, | sowed 81
bushels of coarse salt. On the next plot
put two barrels lime, slaked and mix
ed with about fifty bushels of loan, and
spread as even as possible. The next
and sixth plot had nothing as a fertilizer.
lhe seed was prepared the same as all
the rest, except that plaster and ashes
were used for drying it fit for sowing.
lhe result was that the salt was better
than Paddock's phosphate and the
lime p lot was equal to any of the six
for | sowed the whole 10 grass, and the
herdsgrass did not head-out on only two
plots-on Bradley's phosphate and on
the lime plot. The difference in the
amount of wheat on the three plots where
phosphate was used and the three other
plots was:


Three plots with phosphate SPY bushels


Three Z" without 81


The above was my experience.


DAVID CURRIER


Peacham, April :, 1869.
Year: 1869

AS construction train laden with railroad
iron was rounding curve near the SchIosburg
depot, on the Erie railway, some of the
loose rails came in contact with the Cincin-
natl Express which was just passing, and
we're thrown with considerable velocity into
the smoking car, severely injuring three
persona
Year: 1869

DEAR Sla.-I sent to you by this day
express a coffin in payment for your pack
age of maps. could not remember your
size or age Have therefore sent one suth.
ciently large and left the plate blank.
hope and believe you will be perfectly salts
fed with this as have been in the udertak'
ing business for over twenty years, and have
never had complaint offered by any man
for whom | made a coffin,
Year: 1869

W Franklin said once: "I noticed a
mechanic, among number of others, at
work on house being erected but little
way from my Office, who always appeared
to be in merry humor, and had kind
word and cheerful smile for every one he
met. Let the sky be ever so cold, gloomy
and sunless, happy smiles danced like sun
beams on his cheerful countenancG. Meet
ing him one morning, asked him to tell
me the secret of his constant happy flow of
spirits" "No secret, DOCTOR" he replied.
"I have got one of the best wives. When
go to work she always has kind word
of encouragement for me; and when so
home, meets me with smile or kiss.
And then tea is sure to be ready, and she
has done so many little things through the
day to please me that ! cannot find it in
my heart to speak an unkind word to any
body" What an influence, Their, woman
hath over the heart Of iHan, to soften and
make it the foundation of cheerful and
pure emotions! Speak gently, then! Greet
ing, after the tolls of the day are over, costs
nothing; and goes far toward making home
happy and peaceful.
Year: 1869

How TO GET SlcK.-To unhealthy
persons who desire to patronizc the proics--
sion by getting themselves in condition for
course of medical treatment, few hints
arc here given, free of charge. We say
free Of charge, because the victim will
have charge enough when the doctor pre-
sents his bill.


Use no exercise. Never walk when you
can ride. If you must go a mile on bust
ness, hire horse. Employ a boy to take
care of the garden. Shun the wood pile.
Be little deaf when pail Of water is
called for. Have your hair combed, your
boots blacked, and coat brushed, at the
BARRIERS. When dire necessity compcls
the action of your feet move slowly. Never
90 to fire, for you may become excited
and run. Drop into cushioned chair
whenever one is convenient. In summer
time do your best to keep from sweating.


Eat like threshcr at dinner and break
fast and supper. Be 1.-The first at tie table
and the last one to leave it. Swallow every
thing that looks tough and rich. Boiled
dough buildings, softened with wine sauce,
after dish of we'll peppered pork and
beans, weekly for several months, will try
the metal of the stomach admirably.


These directions, faithfully observed for
a year or two, will doubtless give you some
trouble in the right liver.
Year: 1869

Be F1RM.-The winds and the waves
may beat against the rock, planted in a
troubled sea, but it remains unmoved. Be
you like that rock, young man. Vice may
entice, and the song Of the cup may in
vite. Beware! Stand firmly atyour post.
Let your principles shine forth unobscured.
There is glory in the thought that you
have resisted temptation and conquered.
Your bright example will be to the wonld
what the lighthouse is to the mariner upon
a sea shore; it will guide hundreds to the
point of virtue and safety.
Year: 1869

A BIT OF BRowNLow.--In one Of his
characteristic sketches Of an opponent, old
Parson Senator Brownlow said:


He would walk across h-il on rotten
rail for shilling; and if the angel Cab.
riel should come down from Heaven and
offer him hissoul's salvation for a sixpence,
he would hunt out one with hole in il
with which to close the bargain.
Year: 1869

The physiological properties Of tea arc
similar to those of coffee it is slightly as
tringent and tonic, and when used without
milk or sugar is similar remedial agent
in nausea and indigestion; but if sugar is
added, it is converted into thin syrup,
which is more apt to produce indigestion
than the consumption Of many times its
weight Of pure candy, since sugar is more
indigestible in the concentrated than in
the dilute state. 1t is mild stimulant to
the skin and kidneys, it prevents slcepi-
ness, counteracts the effects of alchohOl,
and reduces the rate of waste to the It's
sues, an action supposed to be due to the
theme, or peculiar principle of this plant,
the quantity of which is variously cstimat-
cd at from one half of one to four per
cent, and which closely resembles caffeine,
or the principle of coffee 1t is also an
aphrodisiac of considerable power, and the
rapid increase of population in China by
some is supposed to be due to its universal
use by all classes. In addition to its other
properties, the Chinese regard it as pre-
vcntivc of gout and calculus. 1t no doubt
has the power of preventing the latter; but
this action is probably due to the fact that
if water is boiled, the greater part of the
carbonate Of lime it contains, and which
would enter into the composition Of a cal
culus, is ipitated-thercfor the drink
ing of boiled water would be as effective
in influencing the prevalence of this dis
ease. 1t is also narcotic and sedativc, like
opium but, like it, its action varies with
the individual and the dose. To some it
is exhilarating to the nervous and calming
to the vascular system. In the words Of
Waller


The MUSES. friend, tea, does our fancy aid,


Repress those vapOrs which the head invade
To others, on the contrary, it is highly
deleterious, producing headache, and some
times even causing paralysis aud diabetes,
especially when used to excess, as in tea
tastcrs. The time of day at which tea is
taken in different countries varies with the
custom of each nation. as docs almost every
other human habit The Chinese drink it
all times, and keep the pot on the fire SO
that they may moisten their lips, after the
fashion of Sairey Camp; others consider
it almost sacrilcgc to take it at any other
hour than in the evening and at tea, while
many say with Gay


At noon (the lady's matin hour)
sip teas delicious flower.


At whatever time it may be used there
is no doubt that it acts more cnergctically
when taken on an empty stomach, and
without any other food.
Year: 1869

1t is said that artificial marble may be
made as follows Mix platter of Paris in q
solution Of alum; bake in an oven, and
grind to powder; it may hen be mixed
with water and formed luto a.y shape. 1t
will bear high polish.
Year: 1869

q


l work in that direction because, as
an American citizen, / do not desire,
and if my voice has any effect, l will
not permit, that we shall be any but
the foremost nation in civilization, rs


But, my, friends, when I examine
the position, the character and the pro-
gress of the nations which are fore
most With us in civilization, / am not
encouraged as to our own POSITION
And it is for that reason, alone, that ]
have come before you, and / raise my
voice every where in deep anxiety
concerning the fate of the nation
The fate of this nation, it may not be
strange in your reflections personal to
yourselves that the nation itself should
be considered when. there is deep and
anxious concern touching the living
of each individual. Bear in mind
with all this that / do not come before
YOU for your votes, do not come be-
fore YOU for any consideration touch
ing me personally. 1 stand here ad-
yocating a plan that will give prosper
ity to the individual, through him to
the nation, aud more than all else will
give, or rather you will give by your
strength, perpetuity to the present re-
publican form of government, Il APP
plause.l When say to you that not
h 20 hn hot
have Just finished, that in my judg


ment that form Of government is
more in jeopardy to-day than atRany
time since it began to exist. / do not
say that as any idle expression or idle
word. ssil.g ge4 Hoisssa3 as si 5i


e When the American citizen is un-
able to speak his impressions then goes
liberty; their freedom is not worth a
snap. Whether 1t is here or else
where, whether 1t Is in the presence
of power Or in the presence of weak
ness, no matter where it is, let the
voice speak the impressions of the
heart and the mind; and when that
does not meets response, or when
that meets opposition, your liberties
are beginning to wane., / thank you,
my friends, for your attention. ] am
sorry that delayed you as long as l
did, but you came to hear me because
you are interested, as every American
citizen is interested in the subject
matter which affects the interests of
the country, and ! need not make any
apology to You, because ] am but an
American citizen, and stand here de-
string simply that I may DO proud of
my nativity. Good night. 'fContin-
ued cheering.l '-'a''
Year: 1869

- AlSMAAAtSEAENIu uf sHOkhlA6MEN.


II 1 have assumed high duties and OBJ
legations, and in assuming them l have
sworn to discharge my duty regard
less of consequences. And in the dis
charge of that duty I have in the in
vestigation of your affairs come to the
conclusion that they are mismanaged
from ignorance, or from willfulness,
care not which, Each is equally
criminal in its way. Il have come to
the conclusion that the great interests
of this country are jeopartlized and in
danger, and j have sworn to show the
people wherein those interests are
jeopardized and in danger And i'll
the consideration of these subjects, ]
have brought into these considera-
tions the progress of other people as


favorably situated as you yourselves
are. -
Year: 1869

49, -!I-.tl f.t .tr- 81 1901. f-Et4 sL4 ts4-'Ft'


FELLOW CITIZENS: You are from


New Jersey and am from New Eng
land 1 have in presenting myself to


you no mans interest in view. L am


for the people of this country for one
reason, and that is, that by and through
the people of the country the nation
is great. 1 have come from my home
late to meet you, and to apologize for
that lateness and for the shortness of
my address here tonight, because on
tomorrow it is my expectation to
give you those utterances which be-
lieve is for your benefit, and for the
benefit of the nation. Applause. J.
stand here simply as the advocate of
those interests which will contribute
to the nations Advancement. stand
here in the advocacy of any special IN
terest tending in that direction. Why
do 1 stand before you or before any
portion of the American people in the
advocacy of peculiar views? l do sc
because have assumed the high pre-.
rogative of Senator of the United
States voluntarily. d.
Year: 1869

Indeed, she came down the very
next day. And when the oven had
beenrcconstructed, the first thing she
did was to give invitations for large
tea-drinking, on which occasion the
| loaFes came out right:
Year: 1869




Before the imprint of the Jour1lal bears
the date 1900, science and art will have so
advanced as to have effected complete reyolu-
tons in many Of the industrial processes and
methods Of securing health, comfort and con-
venience of the human race.


Vast gas manufactures will be found in
all Of the great cities and towns, in which the
invisible agent will be manufactured solely
for the purpose of cooking the food and warm-
ing the dwellings of the inhabitants. These
works will be Independent of those established
for Illuminating gas, 1t will not be necessa-
ry to purify the fuel gas so fully, and it will,
in most places, be made from wood, The
cost will be so low, and the convenience so
great, other kinds Of fuel will, in large
measure, be dispensed with. No ashes, no
smoke, no dust--what glorious realization
this will be At that time the air, the earth
and the sea will be full of conducting wires,
and electric currents will flow constantly in
every direction A new order of things will
prevail it our Post Offices. The click of the
telegraph instrument will be heard, instead of
the snap Of the lock which closes up the
mouth of the mailbags. The small sum of
ten cents (perhaps less) will place correspond
onts in instant communication with each
other, no matter how widely they may be
separated, Although the industrial arts will
have enormously increased, less steam power
will be employed. Electrical or some other
of the hidden forces of nature will be har-
messed to the primary moving wheels Of
the great manufacturing establishments and
smoke and vapor will no longer mark their
location to the distant traveller.


The sick will not be required to swallow
disgusting doses Of medicine Remedies will
be administered through other avenues than
the stomach. Chemistry will have elimina-
ted the vital, active principles from all eura-
tive agents and through the cellular subcu-
taneous coverings, and by other at present
closed doors of access, the influence Of thera-
peutic agents will be brought to bear directly
upon diseased parts. Light will be let in
upon nearly all the organs Of the body, so
that the physician can observe the extent and
nature of disease, and no longer be compelled
to diagnose in the dark.


The publishers Of this and other journals
will perhaps be able to issue simultaneous
editions in all the great central cities OF the
country. A knowledge of practical science
will be more generally difused among the
people, elevating and improving the masses,
and consequently rendering them happier,
healthier and better fitted for the duties and
responsibilities of liie.-BostoR Journal Of
Chemistry. AHs. "a,


AT the present rate of destruction Mich,
Year: 1869

nr JOHN HROuGHAM.
We have crossed the bridge o'er the middle lifs


My old woman and /,
Taking our share In the calm and the strife,


With the travellers passing by.
And though on our pathway the shadows are riie


Thert's a light In the western sky.
Some losses and crosses, OF course we've had


My old woman and
But bless YOU we never found time to be sad,


And very good reason why.
We were az busy as bees and we wern't 80 mad


AZ to stop in our work to cry.
On our changcahle road as we journeycd along


My old woman and /,
The kindly companions we met in the throng


Made our lives like vision hyi
AHd therefore the few that imagined us wrong


Scarcely cost Ms single sigh.
The weak and the weary we've striycn to cheer


My old woman and
For we each Of Us thought that our duty while her
Was to do as we'd be done by,
In the hope to exhibit a balance clear


When the reckoning day is nigh.
Year: 1869

selves the question with painful solicitude,
s'should it be prescribed in this case, or not?"
They are certainly under the highest obliga-
ton to exercise discrimination and consider
results. The answer comes with most empha-
sis sometimes at the bedside, wnen the physi-
clan is realizing most deeply the full burden OF
his personal responsibilities for his patient.
when prescribed in appropriate cases, with
proper precautions, and with proper oversight.
it is believed that there is little or no risk of
developing an appetite for alcohol. Such true
use Of it as medicine is very different thing
from It's use in health. In cases in which, in
medical parlance, it is indicated, the system is
always, In some of its activities at least, below
the equilibrium of health. There is want
temporarily present which the remedy sup
plies. When the emergency of the system is
past that want no longer exists, and there is
usually no desire for the alcohol. In the case
of persons who have previously been intem-
perate its use as a medicine is scarcely to be
thought of under any circumstances.


An eminent writer says: In no case in


which have employed alcoholic stimulants
has there been developed, SO far as know, a


desire for them, or reliance upon them, rem.
dering it difficult to relinquish their use.
have directed my attention particularly to


this point, and have not yet found an i'm
stance in which there was any reustance to


discontinue alcoholic stimulants whenever 1t
was deemed advisable"


| Physicians as class are perhaps as heartily


interested in the cause of temperance as any


other class of men. They cannot however de.
| ny or ignore any fact of their observation be.


cause any theory is not coniormable to it. Il


sure of the fact they must conclude the theory


is at fault and SO look for better one. But


that they will ever, as class, be found stand


ing in any other position on the grand issue


than shoulder to shoulder with the friends o.


temperance is not the opinion of


| MEDICUs
Year: 1869

CNDERELLA.-Of all the pantomimes and
burlesques that are now crowded upon the
stage, to the exclusion of everything else of a
dramatic character, we doubt if any take such
adecided hold upon the public as those found
ed upon the old nursery tales. The children
readily understand and appreciate them, and
the glance of childhood is thrown round
grown persons who, under the influence of the
hour, are once more carried back to the happy
days of youth. l5el


Cinderella reconstructed is worthy of far
more than passing notice, and if we could
only spare the space, which the crowded state
of our columns this morning will not allow,
we should like to go into detail and show how
admirably all the requirements of the piece
have been met by the s. P. Society. We
thought their former pantomimes were won
derfully gotten up and acted, but they have
surpassed themselves on this occasion. The
scenery is, some of it, new, their dresses and
properties all elegant, and the children are as
much at home on the stage as veteran actors.
They had splendid house last night, and Of
one thing they may rest assured that they
lave justly earned reputation in the specta-
cular line of which they may feel proud.
Year: 1869

So much Is required of the physician that it
Is n" more than fair that his opportunities for
acquiring Information and skill should be, so
far as possible, commensurate with his respon.
s.bilities. 1t is unreasonable to expect of him
such an acquaintance with the delicate and
Complicated machinery of the human body as
to be able to make instant prescription ior
rsmedyipg any arrangements thereof, unless
b has opportunities fol- legitimate study and
observation OF its anatomy and the functions OF
its various parts. We therefore most heartily
a sree with the Argus that the time has come
wHen Maine should follow Massachus,
New York and other States in making go
provision, for the advancement Ia an"'o,0ai
silence The physicians of Maine nave oiten
represented to the Legislature tuaS there is
now no nossible means by which they may le.
u.lIv obtain bodies for dissection, and that the
facilities they ask for are such only as tie exi-
gencies of their profession imperatively de-
maud The pressure of other business at Au-
gusta, certain old-fashioned preiudices and
so ne other very unworthy and unscientific
considerations have hitherto prevented their
request from being granted This winter it is
proposed to make renewed application. The
law which physicians desire, as we under
stand, is so framed as to preclude the possbili-
ty of objection on the ground of inhumanity
or disregard of the rights and feelings of the
poor and friendless. IF it were otherwise, the
Press would be the last to utter word in its
favor, and the first to denoGnce 1t. 1t is not
proposed that the bodies of all persons who
die friendless in public institutions shall be
delivered TO the medical faculty, but only tho
bodies of those who have themselves expressed
no repugnance to such disposal Of their re.
mains as Is contemplated. The wish Of the
inmate of the workhouse OF hospital for burial
after death without dissection is to be an abso-
Lutte veto upon the physicians. Such wish
would no doubt be often expressed, but, on the
other hand, many persons would express the
opposite feeling. OLe of the most prominent
physicians in this city informs us that patients
in the workhouse have often voluntarily ex-
pressed 10 him their desire that their bodies
might be used after death for the advancement
of science; but under the law as it now stands
physicians cannot even avail themselves of
propositions of this kind s4t aa


The old superstition about medical men
that they are ghouls who revel in. corruption
and death and take exquisite pleasure in scut-
ting up dead bodies" is fast dying out. Only
the absolute requirements Of the healing art
are sufficient to overcome the natural repug-
nance which is felt by them in common with
all mankind toward so unpleasant a duty as
dissection. But the world cannot afford to
indulge them or itself in any faint-hearted-
ness In this matter, or to deny them proper IA
eilities for obtaining subjects. -~
Year: 1869

) The REMARKABLE TRANCE CASE AaAIN.-It
is now cnnIradicted tnat the young woman,
Mina'Rousch, who has been lying IN trance
so many days in Burlington, Wis, is dead
which he SAYS that the girl still remains in the
condition reported some time ago Quite a
number of physicians over twenty-have Wis
tied her, but could rot arrive at definite con-
cusion IN relation to the case. There Is no
perceptible trace of deco npesition. Her right
ear reddens for hours at time, and on one oc-
casion assumed and retained the color for an
entire day Her father is decidedly opposed
to any experiments with a view to reaDima-
ton, as proposed 0y those who do not believe
that she is dead. This opposition to an inves-
tigation of the kind gives rather suspicious
aspect to the case
Year: 1869

The Spiritualists give their seventh Social
Assembly this evening. Judging the future
by the past there will be no happier party than
this which meets at Congress Hail. The COM
pany is always good, while the floor and music
are unsurpassed.
Year: 1869

We were particularly pleased with the dis
tinctness of enunciation of one class in read
ing belonging to girls school, the drawing Of
maps and explanation by another class in
another girls school, and the arithmetic class
in one of the boys schools. The playing and
singing was well executed. In conclusion, q
public examination, while it displays the abili-
ties of some, is often apt to conceal the merits
of others, particularly girls, owing to their
natural shyness, and prevents their doing
themselves justice, so that committee men and
visitors should make allowance for such eases.


We should not forget to mention that the
prevailing influenza epidemic has seriously af-
fected the attendance at several of the schools,
and none have been entirely free from it