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Year: 1869

From the Cincinnati Ehquirer.I


The inhabitants of that staid and
sanity village, Mount Washington,


were thrown into quite a hutter of ex-
citement, few days since, by the dis
coyery that the pastor of cne of her nu-
merons churches had been guilty of a
crime the like of which Mount Wash
inrton lad read of elsewhere, but the
commission of which in their midst
they had never suspected nor sntlci-


pated.


Fortwo years past the flock OF the
Methodist Protestant Church OF that
city upon hill has beeniin charge of
shepherd who rejoiceth in the name
and title of Rev. -. New it so hap
pened that among the fpck aforesaid
was one sister who was fair to look up
on, aud who did sing and play divinely
So it came to pass that the shepherd
was tempted, and it was npticed by GER
tain of the wise men and elders of the
congregation that he did devote much
valuable time to the sister Aforesaid
more, in fact, than her spiritual welfare
req uired. The sisters of the congrega-
tion also observed that the fair sister re-
ceived more attention than did they,
and the result was that the odor of
large rodent was waited to their nos
trils, and they did learn of their olfac-
tories, the while they related with gus
to what they had seen and heard of the
doings of the shepherd and the eve
lamb of his flock. And 50 it came to
pass in the end that the sanity village
was much agitated, and measures were
taken TO ferret out the guilt of the sus
pected parties, and to bring the offend
ers to justice.


In pursuance of this plan five of the |
members were delegated 10 lie in wait
and to watch all of the outgoings and
incomings of the shepherd, and to re-
port all that he did. And they did even
as they were commanded. In short, on |
last Tuesday night the committee of
five at last procured such direct and |
convincing evidence of the improper in
timacy so long supposed to exist be-
tween the parties that on the next day
the minister was brought before the
church, when he acknowledged his guilt
and resigned his pastorage. So great
was the Indignation of the inhabitants
against this sheep in VOLTS clothing,
when it was neised about that he had
acknowledged bis guilt, and threats of
lynching were freely and loudly in
dulged in.


These coming to the ears of the pious
man, and growing stronger day by day,
the whilom pastor came to the cOnclu-
sion that the best thing he could do
under the circumstances was to change |
his base to Lebanon, Ohio. This he ac-
cordingly did last night, and so sudden
was the hegira that the prophet had no
time to take his children with him, but
left them to the cold charities of the
people he had so basely deceived.
Year: 1869

The survivors of the Army of the Po-
tomac propose to form an association
similar TO those already organized by
the other armies. The selection of a
chief army for it is already mooted. The
suggestion of General MCCLELLAN's
name is singuIarly appropriate. He
was the organizer, the creator, we may
say, OF the Army Of the Potomac, and
that be should receive the proposed
compliment is so eminently just that it
ought to command universal approval.
General MEADE is also named for the
position.
Year: 1869

To this class of persons the BITTERS, OF the
TONIC, is especially recommended.


WEAK AND DELICATE CHILDREN


Are made strong by the use Of either Of these
remedies They will cure every case Of MA
RASMUS, without fail.


Thousands Of certificates have accumulated
in the hands Of the proprietor, but space will
allow of the publication OF but few. Those
il will be observed, are men Of note, and Of such
standing that theY must be believed
Year: 1869

To CLEAN PAINT.-Therc Is avery sim.
pie method to clean paint that has become
dirty, and II our housewives should adopt
II, II would save them u great deal Of
trouble. Provide plate with some Of
tho best whiting to be had, and have
ready some clean warm water and piece
of flannel, which dip into the water and
squeeze nearly dry; then take as much
whiting rs win adhere 10 IL: apply u to
the painted surface. when little rubbing
viii instantly remove any dirt or grease.
Amer which wash tho part well with clean
wnter. rubbing Il dry with son cha,nois.
Paint thus cleaned looks as well as when
first laid ON. without any injury TO the
most delicate colors. Il Is far better than
using soap. and docs not require more
than half the timc and labor.
Year: 1869

THE Evansville JOURNAL is Ger
tainly pursuing a very dishonest
course in relation to railroads. A
short time ago, when the proposition
to order an election in Pigeon Town
ship to vote $4,000 aid to the
Straight Line Railroad was before
the Commissioners of Vanderburgh
County, that paper. With determined
effort to defeat the proposition, de-
voted column after column in argu-
ments that the success Of the propo
sition would impose a ruinous and
hlrdensome tax upon the people Of
Pigeon Township tax they could
not bear. The result was the Com
missioners refused to order the elec-
tion.


Now the JOURNAL, a few weeks
later, day after day, lit lengthy articles.
is urging the citizens of Evansville to
subscribe $500, 600 to aid In the build
ing of the Evansville q Carmi Road.
If there is anything honest in the
JOURNALS S course we fail to see it.
Petersbrgh Press.


We regret that the ill-nature of the
Press has caused it to deviate 50
widely from the truth. The JOURNAL
never devoted column after column
il arguments against a donation to
the Straight Line Road, on the ground
that it would impose a burdensome
and ruinous tax upon the people o1
Pigeon Township. The position the
JOURNAL did take was, that the
County Commissioners had no right
to order an election in the Township
after the county had exhausted its
power to donate in its appropriation
OF two per cent. to the Evansville
Carmi & st. Louis Railroad. The
Commissioners were sustained in the
same view of the subject by the bes
legal talent in the city. and the
friends of the Straight Lice ROAD
conceded the point by not bring
ing the whole subject before tht
Courts as we repeatedly advised then
to do, if they thought the action o
the Commissioners was wrong.


The friends of the Straight Line
Road were repeatedly urged to asl
the City Council to take stock IN thei
enterprise, but refused to do so, OIL
the ground that they did not wan
any more stockholders. Donation
were what they wanted, not partners
Had they asked the city to take stool
in their enterprise the Straight Lin
would, in all probability, have take
precedence over the last subscriptio
to the Carmi and st. Louis Road.


But does it not come.with poo
grace from the Press or the people G
Pike County to lecture US in behalf
the Straight Line Road, after votin
down donation Eto that enterprise
as they did few weeks ago, b
an overwhelming majority2 Is no
such conduct what the Press call
downright impudence coupled wit
pure cussidness?" 1t strikes us tia
way.
Year: 1869

CHICAGO, Nov. I'm the case of
the United States er rel, Henry Army
VS.. the Mayor aud Aldermen of the
city of Galene, which was a proceed
ing by n1andamus instituted against
the Common Council Of the city of
Galena, to compel them to levy a tax
to pay certain bonds held by the re-
lator, writ of attachment was issued
out of the Circuit Court of the United
States for the Northern District OF
Illinois, and the Mayor and Aldermen
were brought to this city to-. day in
charge of the United States Marshal
to answer for contempt of Court, in
their refusal and failure to levy a tax
and pay creditors of the city as here
tofore ordered by the Court. The
Court not being ready to hear their
answer, they were released upon THEN
own rccognizance to appear from day
to day until the cases are settled,
Year: 1869

|


Senator Sprague of Rhode Island
has recently given to the country some
very important information concern
ing the condition of the business affairs
Of the country land his lifting of the
curtain exhibits anything but a lovely
picture of how things are managed in.
our National Congress. During de.
bate in the Senate, on the 3Oth ult., Mr..
Sprague said.


"Any man who takes an independent
position in this country contrary to
those who are welding unbounded
capital over the business, the legisla-
ton, and the capital of this country
those who make Senators here the point
for their attack and who corrupt whcr
ever they touch--must expect to be met
by such means as these. Ii there is a
man in this chamber, or in the other
House, or occupying any official posi-
ton, who can stand against the cor
ruptivc influences and powers that in
these times are brought to bear upon
him, he is surely more than human.
1t cannot be done by ordinary man.
These corruptive influences are to-day
riding rough-shod over all the indus
trial interests of this country Yet
the Senator from massachusetts Mr..
WILSON, tells us all is serene and pros
porous. The capitalists Of the coun-
try, he said, were controlling everything
and capitalist was a man who had q
large amount of money, or whose po.
sition enabled him to command it, and
and who generally knew nothing about
the business interests of the people of
the country, and cared nothing about
them except to use them for his own
profit The great banks of New York
and other places, which welded the
capital of the country, were managed
by men who knew nothing about the
business interests and relations of the
people, and yet the Congress and legis-
lation of the country were influenced
and governed by the managers of the
banks both by open and indirect in
fiuence. He knew himself OF q legisla.
tor, a member of a committee, who
had been asked to report upon a mat
ter certain way, and the the tempta.
ton held out before him was 800, 900.
The worst and most alarming feature
of the matter was that the moving pow
ers could not be punished. Some
times the people become aroused and
strike out some mere tool of the cor
ruptions, but they could never reach
the root of the matter except by the
plan embodied in this bill to provide
the loaning Of the public money. He
had studied the country deeply, for
the last three years, and he believed
that he fully apprehended it, and be
had not exaggerated it,


Their own wickedness will certainly
overtake them. E.
Year: 1869

The fear of the weather has sen


multitudes to the grave, who other
wise might have lived in health many
years longer. The fierce north wint
and the furious snow storm kill com
paratively few, while hot winter rooms
and scorching summer suns have
counted hecatombs Of human victims
to attest their power. Exceptin local


tiles where miasms prevail, and that
only in warm weather, out door life is
the healthiest and happiest, from the
tropics to the poles. The general fact
speaks for itself, that persons who arc
out of doors must take cold least. In
some parts of the country nearly one.
half of the adult deaths are from dis.
cases Of the air passages. These all.
ments arise from catching cold in some
way or another; and surely the reader
will take some interest in subject
which, by at least one chance out Of
four, his own life may be lost. All
colds arise from one of two causes.
1st, by getting cold too quick after ex-
ercise, either as to the whole body. or
any part of it; I'd, by being chilled and
remaining so for a long time, from
want of exercise. 10 avoid colds from
the former, we have only to go to
q fire the moment the exercises cease
in the winter. If in summer, repair at
once to a closed room, and their re-
main with the same clothing on, until
roolcd Off TO avoid colds from the
latter cause (and these engender the
most speedily fatal diseases, such as
plcurisies, Group, and inflammation Of
the lungs, called pneumonia, we have
only to compel ourselves to walk with
sufficient yigor to keep off feeling Of
chillness. Attention to precept con-
tanned in less than q dozen words,
would add twenty years to the average
of civilized life. Keep array chillness By
exercise cool of slosoly. Then you
never will take cold. in door or out.
Year: 1869

Time for Planting Strawberries.


Some advocate setting strawberry
plants in the fall; others in June or
July; and still others, and we believe
the larger number, think the last OF
April or first of May the better time.
After many years of experience, we
have no hesitation in saying that the
best time Of the whole year is Spring.
The frequent and genial flowers of that
season are favorable to the growth OF
the plants; and they soon get hold
so as to be able to Withstand the heat
of summer and the frosts of winter.
When in summer, unless frequently
watered. the plants soon dry up and
die. If set in the fall, they are very
likely to be thrown out and destroyed
the following winter.
Year: 1869

An English paper in this pleasan'
and forcible way begs people to dra"
the important distinction between
regulating their expenditures by other
peoples instead Of by their own wants
and purses:


eff you want to live in vain show,
regulate your expenditure by the ex-
penditurc of your neighbors; if you
want to live wisely and mantully, regu,
late your expenditure by your actual
wants, including, Of course. the wants
ofyour mind as we'll as those of your
body, and the wants ofyour family as
well as your own, Comely dress is a
good thing, and a proper application
of your money but dress of Iar-
ticular cut and color, not wanted for
any other reason except that Mrs.
Goldsmith or Miss Filagree over the
way has got one, is not Legitimate or
thrifty expenditure. If you really
want better house than that you now
inhabit, more airy, more free from
damp, more fitted to the size of q
glowing family, the likelihood is that
you could not make more likely use
of your money; but if neighbor Gil.
pin has recently had windfall, and on
the strength of it has taken q handsome
villa, and seems to hold his nose in
rather higher stratum of the atmos-
phere than he used to, don't you take
the villa opposite merely to be on an
equality with him. A phaeton is a
nice thing to have, and drive in a
clear summer day brings bloom to
the checks Of the wife and children. All
right; have you a phaeton-providcd
always that your reason of buying it is
not that your wife cannot bear to sec
Mrs. Tomkins dodging from phaeton
while she walks afoot, and provided
also that the money thus laid out is
not not required for more substantial
wants, such as a good schooling for
the boys and fair provision against a
rainy day. A trip to the seaside may
be of such benefit to the family as to
pay itself in the way of shortening
doctors bills; but the seaside breezes
and the bracing waves have never en-
tered the service of fashion, and they
will do you and yours as much good at
a cheap watering place as dear one.
1t is needless for us to extend our it,
lustrations. Every reader who keeps
his eyes open and can observe what is
going on in society around him, will
be able to add to the list. There is
practically no great difficulty in dis.
tinguishing between the expenditure
which is incurred for show and that
which is incurred for sound and sub
stantial reasons.
Year: 1869

The following tribute to the local
paper, from the Chicago Republican,
contains so much truth that we trans
fer it to our columns and commend it
to the careful consideration of our
business men and those interested in
our town.


"What tells as readily the standard
of town or city as the appearance
ofits paper2 And its youth or its age
can as we'll be determined by the OBJ
serving as by personal notice. The
enterprise of its citizens is depicted
by its advertisements, their reliability
by the looks of the paper. Some pa
pers show a good, solid, healthy
foundation, plethoric purses, and a
welI-to-do appearance generally; 9TH
ers show a striving to contend with
the grasping thousands around them,
trying hard to wrench out an exis-
tence from the close-fsted community
around them.


Take your home paper. 1t gives
you more news of Immediate interest
than New York or other papers; it
talks for you when other localities be-
lie you; it stands up for your rights;
you always have a champion in your
home paper, and those who stand up
for you should certainly be sustained.
Your interests are kindred and equal,
and you must rise or fall together.
Therefore, it is to your interest to
support your home paper, not grudg-
ingly, but in a liberal spirit; as a
pleasure, not as a disagreoable duty;
but as an investment that will amply
pay the expenditure"
Year: 1869

It is said that any nose which is less
than the height of the forehead is an in
dication of defective intellectual power.
The eyes indicate character rather by their
color than form. The dark blue are found
most commonly in persons of a genial and
refined character, light blue and grey in
the rude and energetic. Lavater says:
"Hazei eyes are more usual indications of
a mind masculine, vigorous and profound;
just as genius, properly so called, is almost
always associated with eyes of a yellOwish
cast, bordering on hazel" The higher the
brows rise the more the possessor is sup
posed to be under the influence of feeling,
and the lower the better controlled by his
reason. A very small eyebrow is an indi
cation of want of force of character. A
tOlerably large mouth is essential to vigor
and energy, and a very small one is indie
ative of weakness and Incidence. In a
manly face-the upper lip should extend


beyond and dominate the lower. Fleshy
lips are often found associated with volup-
tuous, and meager ones with passionIess
nature. The retfeating chin indicates
weakness; the perpendicular, strength; the
sharp, acuteness Ofmind.
Year: 1869

Few persons are at all aware Of the


evil done to others, or the injury im-


hicted on themselves, by the neglect


of punctuality as to the payment Of


debts. There are many men Of busl-


ness who would not have their note in


bank unpaid at maturity for any thing,
or debt of honor forgotten and yet
they will say to their poor creditors,
90 and come again, time upon time.
Indeed, with many men, the whole
balance lying in their bankers hands,
SO OstentatiOusly to keep up theit
credit, is made up of small sums long
overdue, bat out of which the proper
owners are kept by various devices.


With some it is mere careles5nes5,
with others a settled principle, that it
is never safe or wise pay any sum Of
money 50 long as the payment can, by
any art or artitice, be delayed. They
are net dishonest. They mean to pay,
but not till the last practical moment
Were it a debt of honor, they would
pay it direct; but a mechanics ae-
count Of 4 few dollars, may be sent for
a dozen times, and there is no sense OF
wrong or even impolicy in all this de-
lay. ~.


The Queen of England Is notoriOAS
for her prompt payment of all ac-
counts. Not long since, on the mar
riage Of her daughter, she employed 4
distinguished artist, at the price Of
about two hundred dollars, to design
the bridal veil to be worn on The great
occasion. A piece Of fOrgetfdluess or a
mistake, by which the artist was left
unpaid for a short time, cost her life,
and caused her death, in absolute
want, in garret. She was told to
call at the palace at a given time for
But the Queen had gone
out and forgotten to leave the money,
or an order to pay with the proper Of


icer. She was told to call again, and
again. At last, nervous, as lady Of
refined sensibilities would be, hot and
weary with long walk, she was taken
sick with fever, and died before the
money came, in absolute want. Ia
litaAC VI OCOl EO IL. lAttNltSluCII > UlllT
to amount of hundreds of thousands of
dollars were left unpaid for years.
The father Of the present Queen Of
England borrowed money on the Con-
tinent to take his wife to England, for
Victoria to be born within the King
dom Of Great Britain. That money
was never returned until after the
present Queen came to the throne In
this country many neglect their aC-
counts to the ruin Of those who trust
them.
Year: 1869

| AAC H Al 81 \ AAU --sFaAAAl ADOAAa4A -


The first thousand dollars that a
young man makes, after going nut in


to the world-tO act for himself, earns


and SdUeS, will generally settle the
question of business life with him,


There may be exceptions to this state-
ment; yet, for fule, We think it will
| hold true. The first condition is that
the young man actually earns the
thousand dollars in question. He does


not inherit this sum. It does not
come to him by a streak Of good luck,
as the result Of a fortunate venture in
the purchase and sale of hundred
shares of stock. It is the fruit of per-
IsonaI industry. Hegives his time and
labor for it. While he is thus earning
and saving it, he must earn two or
three, or perhaps four times as much


to pay his current expenses. He is
consequently held sternIy to the task
OF industry for a considerable, period.
The direct consequence to him is r
steady, continuous and solid discipline
in the habits Of industry, patient, per-
sisteut, foTecasting and seIfdeHying eff
fort, breaking all the Tendencies to In
dolence and frivolity, and making him
an earnest and WatchfuI economist of
time He not only learns how to
work, but he also acquires the love of
work, and moreover he learns the
UaIte of the sum which he has saved
out of his earnings. He has tniled for
it; he has observed its slow increase
from time to time; and in his esti-
mate ii represents so many months or
years Of practical lubor. His ideas of
life are shaped by his own experience.


These natural effects of earning the
first thousand dollars we hold to be
very great benefits. They are just the
qualities Of mind and body which are
most likely to secure business success
IL after years. They constitute the
best practical education which a man
can have as a 10Orker in this working
world. They are gained in season for
life's purposes, at the opening period,
just when they are Waptei, when fool
ish notions are most likely to mislead
an inexperienced brain, and when,
too, there is full opportunity for
their expansion and development in
later years. Men have but one life to
live; and, hence, they start from
opening manhood but once. And the
manner in which they start, the pur-
poses they have in view, and the hab-
its they form, will ordinarily deter
mine the entire sequel Of their career
on earth. To succeed, men must have
the elements of success in hen5SeLge$.
One great reason why there are so
many useless, inefficient or poverty
stricken men on earth-Or rather, boys
seeming to be men-cOnsists in the
simple fact that they did not start
right. A prominent reason why the
children of the rich 50 frequently
amount to nothing may be found in the
luxury, ease, and Incidence which mark
ed. the commencement of their lives


1t is the law of God that we should be
lrOrkerS on earth; and no one 50 well
cOnsUlts the development of his being
.as when he conforms his practice to
the law. The workers in some suit
able sphere are the only really strong
men in this world.
Year: 1869

ATTENTION, YOUNG LADIEs.-The
character of the young men of the
community depends much on that of
the young women. If the latter are
cultivated, intelligent, accomplished,
the young men will feel that they
themselves should be upright, gentle
manly, and refined; but if their fe-
male friends are frivolous and silly,
the young men will be found to be
dissipated and worthless Remember,
always, that a sister is the best guar
dian of brothers integrity. She is
the surest incubator of faith in fe-
male purity. AS a daughter she is
the true light of home. The pride OF
the father is oftener centered in his
sons, but affection is lavished on his
daughter. She should, therefore, be
the sun and centre of all.
Year: 1869

Lord PalmerstOn was once appealed to
on the subject of marriage with the sister
of ones deceased wife, and in reply, with
his we'll known chuckle, he said: ''If Il
man who married once, and had the good
fortune to bury his wife, is fool enough to
marry again, by all means let It be the de-
ceased wife's sister; as then, at any rate,
he will only be afflicted with one mother
in-Iaw.n
Year: 1869

Blushing is a sign that something of the
angel is left to woman, beautiful to the
eye and bespeaking the purity of the
heart. When Woman ceases to blush,
she has lost her greatest charm.