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Year: 1868

You ask me to prescribe for you. You
expect medicine, perhaps you hope for
whisky, just now the rage for chronic
maladies, but I shall give you nothing to
swallow you have swallowed too much
already. OF all the maladies dyspepsia
is the most distressing; to get rid Of its
horrors you would part with your right
arm; I believe you but would you part
with portion Of your table luxuries? ? I
fear not; but presuming you are in ear
nest, / will prescribe for you.


/. Rise early, drecs warm and go out
if strong. walk; if weak, saunter. Drink
three times--of all cold baths, this is the
best for dyspepsia; after half an hour Or
more, come in for breakfast.


2. For breakfast eat piece Of good
steak half as large as your hand, slice
of coarse bread and baked apple eat
very slowly; talk very pleasantly with
your neighbors avoid hot biscuits and
strong coffee; drink nothing.


3. Digest for an hour and then to
your work I trust it is in the open air.
Work hard till noon, and then rest body
and mind till dinner sleep little ; drink
water.


4. For dinner-two or three O'clock
eat slice of mutton or fish as large as
your hand, potato, two or three spoon
fuls of other vegetables, q slice of coarse
bread give more than half an hour to
this meal; use no drink.


5. After dinner, play anaconda for an
hour now for the social; for pleasant
games good time.


6. No supper little toast and tea,
even, for supper, will make your recovery
very slow.


7. In warm room bathe your skin
with cold water, hastily, and go to bed in
we'll ventilated room before 8 o'clock.


Follow this prescription for three
months and your stomach viii be 50 far
recovered that you can indulge, for some
time, in all sorts of irregular and gluttin-
GUS eating; or if you have resolved in the
fear of heaven, to present your bodies,
living sacrifices unto God, and will con-
tinue to eat and work like Christian,
your distressing malady viii soon be for
gotten.-Dio Lepis, H. d.
Year: 1868

NEVER OUTLAws.-By law of Congress
for the encouragement Of publishers, the
proprietor Of newspaper IS permitted TO-
continue sending his paper to subscribers
who are in arrears, whether taken from the
post Office or not, and collect payment for
the same up to the time Of settlement. Nor
does the amount against delinquent outlaw
by the statute of limitation as do other debts
In consequence of this it is plain that no
debtor for newspaper can ever enter the
Kingdom of Heaven. One can easily mag.
inc the CONSERVATION that must seize upon
the guilty man, when at the gate st. Peter
presents 3 score of unpaid newspaper bills
and closes the door against the damned soul,
Verify there shall be gnashing OF teeth
D0s0nie1iEIe Messenger.
Year: 1868

RAILRoADs.-As showing the prosperity
that invariably follows in the train of rail.
roads, we copy the following, clipped from o
Missouri paper


sBuild railroad into country without
railroad communication, and the value Of
real estate will be doubled in five years. The
statement may seem incredible to some peo.
pie, but the experiment has been tried all
over the Northern States, and the result is
as certain as the law of gravitation. Now,
if any country has real estate worth five mil
lions, and no railroad outlet, it can afford tc
give two millions to build one. Not the pit
iful sum of one or two hundred thousand
dollars, as is usual, but two millions and
the people in the country will make three
millions in five years by the operation. BY
giving largely, the country can control, o.
partly control, the road that it builds.
2. /,
Year: 1868

Why in marriage easy and universal
in such country as JAPAN Life there
is simple ; two or three small rooms, a
few dishes, mat upon which TO sleep,
one dress, little rice, and some fruit
these suffice for all, rich and poor alike,
in a great city like Yeddo, which has q
civilization as perfect and as old as ours.
And it is not life of stupidity or barba-
rism all can read and write; manners
are good books and pictures are plenty /;
theaters abound professions and festival
days enliven life. 1t is easy to see, thore-
fore, why marriage is not a fearful thing
in that far off land; and, by contrast, it
is easy to understand why few have the
courage to dare it here.-Putnam' Aag-
a1tne.
Year: 1868

In rainy weather, if you have your
corn husked out, it is a good plan to see
to your pIows, harrows, ETC., and repair
them if repairs are needed, and not let
them go till wanted, as much valuable
time is wasted. Every farmer should
have small workshop, whore he can
make a handle to plow, or head q rake,
or shoe his own sled, or do a thousand
such things which nine out Of ten farmers
can do themselves as well as to employ a
mechanic, who, perhaps, lives two or
three miles away. And you can teach
your sons, so that they can use a saw or
plane for many purposes just as q Carpen-
ter,
Year: 1868

A CHrLp's EIoQUEHcE.-Not long since, little child the only offspring of her parents. looked mp in her fath- CTS face, and. with marked pathos and interest, asked: "Papa, will you pray for us tonight r The father had been absent from home, and from other causes had too often neglected family prayer. But these tender, eloquent lit tie words of the little child stirred his heart, and he promised the Innocent prattler that he would comply with her request which assurance seemed to be received with grateful satisfaction. In- deed. how could he say nos How could he refuse to invoke Heavens blessing upon his tender ofspring?

 Reader, do you pray in your family? Do you allow any trivial excuse to pre- vent you from offering prayer regularly in your family? Have not your chill. dren the right to expect-to. demand that you pray for them i? What a happy influence may such an example exert upon your ofhprins. ..'
Year: 1868

LITTLE THINGs.--Little things and little people, Sys Dr. Chalmers, have often brought great things to pass. The large world in which we exist is made up of little particles as small as sand on the sea-shore. The vast sea Is composed of small drops of water. The little busy bees, how much honey they gather! Do not be discouraged because you are little. A little star shines brightly in the sky on 8 dark night, and may be the means of saving many a poor sailor from shipwreck 1; and little Christian may do great deal of good, if he or she will try. There is nothing like trying.
Year: 1868

am his wife now. Nevertheless, as sit here and write, miles and miles away from the spot, my heart grows faint and sick within me, remembering, as if it were but yesterday, all the horror and misery of the night in that old house in the cornfield, and the black pine wilderness beyond.
Year: 1868

The whole Democratic press now agree
that there Is but one course for all the
friends of good and honast government to
pursue. They have taken that course, and
no agencies, however powerful, can jostle
them from 1t. They are, If possible, even
more firm and resolute than they were be-
lore the recent elections. Not one jot or
title OF their confidence is abated. On the
the contrary, those who were confident are
quite as confident now, while portion of
the few who had but feeble and flicker
ing hope have now blazing one.


The late elections showed what the De-
mocracy could accomplish, under every
condition Of encouragement, within brief
period, and therefore indicate what they
can achieve when all disadvantages are, as
they will be on the day of the Presidential
election, removed. We have beaten down
radiealism TO most meagre majorities ID
spite OF such vast corruption fund as can
not be raised again, in spite of such an
amount OF colouiz4tion as for obvious rea.
sons will be impossible et the Presidt ntia
election, in sptto of the general atSence
from the polls of the Roman Catholics and
! tho Hebrews, who in November will all bt
in array, and in spite of various other in.
nuences whose power is expended. Let
every Democrat confide in his cause. Let
every Democratic eye burn with patriotic
ire. Let every Democratic heart and
pulse beat high. Let every Democratic
muscle and sinew be strung. Let every
Democratic voice call fbrth thousand stir.
ring echos from hill and mountain. Lei
every Democratic stepbe onward Blasted
| DO he who falters - Lou. Jour.
Year: 1868

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We understand that there is petition to
the Governor, which is gotten up for the
purpose of recommending certain citizens
of our place 10 the Presidency and Director
ship OF the V. & T. X. Il. We have nothing
TO say as to the claims of such candidates
tor the offices which they 80 earnestly seek,
but II shall be the purpose of this paper to
advocate the claims of Gen. Wm. Malone
to the continued Presidency of the consoI.
idated line from Norfolk TO Bristol. Had
our late war continued several years longer,
we do not doubt that General Malone would
have been one ot the leaders OF our South
ern struggle. With the uudoubted courage
OF tue soldier, which led him fearlessly
through terrific storms OF shot and shell and
the high untalteriBg trust IN the justice Of
our cause, he has presented to history the
example OF SJuthron whom no difficulty
could disconcert, and no threat dishearten.
Having proved himself an able commander
ot soldiers aud what can be more difficult
than the endless series OF military manjpu-
ations upon which the success of General
devolves!-having won the glory which men
are 80 slow to accord to their leaders--hav-
ing triumphantly soived many problems OF
military economy, he now stands before
Virginia puolic as man equally capacitsted
to achieve peaceful Lriumphs, as well as
glory in the stirring times OF war. General
Malone is emphatlcally the person to whose
guidance our interests lead us to consign
the safe keeping Of our State roads from the
Atlantic to tennessee. HIS analytic, in
ventve, and executive skill in every de-
partment of business has established for
htm name not easily approached or ex.
celled by that OF any other man in Virginia.
We shall take occasion hereafter to partic.
ularize the great merits of our countryman
to whom We would most willingly cOnsign
the keeping Of our railroad interests. No
state rival ut least can in any wise compare
with this favored leader of Southern soldier S
in times agOne.
Year: 1868

BUENOs AYREs, May IA, 1868.
Yesterday Governor Alsna, OF this province opened
the Legislature with speech that rung with its CEN
sures Of the present war. His message, which send
you Is an able document.


Killing is about over for this year, as cattle grow
poorer towards winter They have been killing one
hundred and twenty thousand per month. Now
they begin to work with sheep, as they are in good
condition and very low in price,


Congress will open on May 25. after which, 1t s
sad President Mitre will repair to headquarters, un-
less detained by articles of impeachment.
Year: 1868

Judge Chase's Platform Oficially Announced.
Washington June ls) correspondence OF the Boston


Advertiser-radical.l
The Chief Justices private secretary asserts that
Mr.. Chase win accept the nomination OF the New
York Convention on platform to the following
effect


Economy In public affairs.


Reduction Of taxation.


Maintenance OF the rights OF foreign born citizens
condemnation OF military tribunals for the trial OF
persons not in the army.


The speedy Withdrawal! of military governments
rOm the South.


The recognition Of the reserved rights OF States.
Universal amnesty and the immediate restoration
TO the Union OF The late rebel States with constitu
State.


Suffrage to be entirely under the control Of the
several Sates with the recommendation that shall
be impartial.


The private secretary has reduced this statement
TO writing, and the document has been circulating
Tor the last two days among the leading democrats
IN Congress They say they are given to understand
that It may be taken as correct representation OF
the Chief Justices position The platform is reported
to be silent on financial questions
Year: 1868

THE CENrEAI RxILRoAD. Among the
new improvements recently projected by
the Central Railroad Company of NGw Jer-
sey is one for the greater privacy in travel
ing. Their new cars are divided into FIVE
entirely separate compartments, arranged,
as the newspaper description states, .'to
sleep comfortably Blk passengers,D and to
each Of which the servant attached to eyery
car can be summoned by touching spring.


The innovation, though NOT, new, for
something similar was used in the early
days Of railroading. is onelwhich, only needs
to be found TO become popular among
all who have any fondness in privacy and
We are especially glad to zee it on this
road because the rival lines between New
York and Chicago must in time be forced
into adopting it. whence it will be by de-
grees spread into general use, nj.
Year: 1868

A WRINKLE Amour THE ACE OF Honsgs.
"A short time ago we met gentleman
from Illinois, who gave us piece Of in
formation in regard to ascertainine the AGE
of'a horse, after he or she has passed the
ninth year, which was new to us, and will
be-, we are sure, to most of our readers.
~ is this; After the horse il nine Years
old, wrinkle comes on the eyelid al the
upper corner of tho lower LID, and every
year thereafter he has one well-defned
wrinkle for each year over nine. If for
instance, horse has three wrinkles, he is
twelve; If four he is thirteen. add the
number Of wrinkles to nine, and YOU will
always get it. So says the gentleman
and he is confident it win never fail. AS
good many people have horses over nine,
1t is easily tried. If true, the horse den-
tist must give up his trade. W.
Year: 1868

A DrsIErEcrANr.- Attention is being
called to the use Of carbolic acid as dis.
infectant: The GARDENERS Chronicle gives
details Of its use at the Lodge Farm, in
England, during the late prevalence of
the cattle plague, where over one hundred
cowswere saved under circumstances which
must otherwise have proved more or less
natal The treatment consisted in admins
istering the diluted acid Internally BY the
spoonful, and dashipg it about externally
by the bucketful.
Year: 1868

A miner of the Imperial Mine, of Gold
Hill, Nevada, publishes in paper of that To-
cality, the following rat story. He says ::
at is not generally known, except in mining
localities, that rats inhabit the mines but
such, however, is the fact. from the top
ground down to the lowest levels they are to
be found in our mines. Some time since the
Imperial Company stopped work at the lowest
level for several days to repair the shaft just
above it. After resuming work, the carman,
who was the first to go below, went down
alone to run out ore from the chutes, and as
soon as the rats heard the old familiar sound
of the car rumbliEg along the track, they
rushed out from behind the timbers to well
come the presence of man once more. They
ran up to the carmau in squads, climbed all
over him, then down to the station floor again,
and scampered and gamboled around in costa
cies of unmistakable delight. When he
started for the chute again with the car, they
ran following and playing around him, and
when he had filed his car with ore and start
ed back again for the shaft, they sprang upon
the car and ran all over it, and jumped and
leaped as if mad. The carman sat down a
moment to see what they would do, when
they all huddled around and ran, over him
without the slightest apparent fear, and with
out offering to bite him. He did not hurt
any of them, as he said if they could live in
such place he felt in duty bound to let them
have the freedom of the city"
Year: 1868




Cruelty to animals is always the sign of
mean and little mind, whereas we invariably
find great men distinguished by their hu-
manity.


remember having read, some time ago,
beautiful story OF Count ZinzondOrf when
boy He did, as dare say you know, great
deal of good in the world. =


One day, when he was playing with his
hoop near the banks of n deep river which
flowed outside tho walls of the castle where
he lived, he espied dove struggling in the
water. BY some means the poor little crea-
turc had fallen into the river and was unable
to escape. The little count Immediately roll
led large washing tub, which had been left
near, TO the waters edge, jumped into it, and
though generally very timid on the water, by
thu aid Of a stick he managed to steor himself
across the river to the place where the dove
lay floating and struggling. With the bird in
his arms, he guided the tub back, aud got
safely to land After warming his little cap.
tive teudegly in his bosom, the boy ran with
it into the wood and set it free. His mother,
who had watched the whole transaction, in
trembling anxiety for his safety from the bed
room window, now came out.


"But were you not afraid p she asked.


ayes, was rather" answered the little boy;
"but | could not bear that it should die so
you know, mother, its little ones might have
been watching for it to come home p


Plea for the Dumb Creation.
Year: 1868

1t is we'll known that great cities once stood
in some portions of our distant territories
which arc now little better than bowling will
derncsses. Evidences of this are coming to
light daily, and among the latest and most
circumstantial may be placed the following
which is now going the rounds of the press ::
I" Extensive ruins in Arizona, it is reported,
have been discovered recently by party of
surveyors engaged in exploring the country,
for railroad purposes. The ruins extend for
miles along the little Colorado river. Some
of the walls of the buildings are yet in their
places, and stand six or eight feet high
The streets may be traced for miles The
ground is strewn with broken crockery-ware
The party found some nearly whole vessels of
curious form. The ware seems to be of
different quality, and finer than that found at
most of the ruins in Arizona. Many of the
walls of the buildings were put upin work
manlike manner To all appearances, here
once stood city of many thousand inhabi>
tants On the east bank are the ruins of a
large structure or castle, covering several
acres of ground. Some of the walls are yet
standing to the height of twenty or thirty
feet"
Year: 1868

AS a preliminary measure to enhance
the dignity Of the Presidential Office, the New
York Times proposes that Congress at their
next session, shall increase the Presidents
salary from S25, 900 to 100000 per annum.
The Times argues that the former sum is alto
gether too small to support General Grant in
proper style, and enable him to meet his ne.
ccssary expenditures as Chief Executive of
the Nation. We agree with the Times. BY
all means let us supply the means to enable
our Nations Chief to live as magniicentty
as any of the Old World crowned heads
Let US have no mean Imperialism. The peo-
pie will groan under the taxes, but "let us
have peace. ."-Richmon9 Enquirer.
Year: 1868

- The New York Sun, probably the most
candid and fairest paper in the service of the
Radical party, in the whole Union, thus ''gives
up the ghost on the question of negro suffrage
in the South


'.Thc developments of the Presidential
election indicate that in the long run the DEM
ocratic party will gain more than their oPpo-
nents from the negro vote of the South. The
truth is, that as the hands of the Republican
party, as it has been regarded by some, negro
suffrage will prove failure"
Year: 1868

A certain Italian, having his enemy in
his power. told him there was no possible way
to save his life, unless he would Immediately
deny and renounce the Saviour. The timorOus
wretch in hope Of mercy, did it; when the
other, forthwith, stabbed him to the heart,
saying that now he had full revenge, for ho
had killed at once both his body and soul.
Year: 1868

1t being limited to barrister who was
wearying the court with long and dull ar
cument that he ought to come to close, he
angriIy replied, 81 will speak as long as [
please ~ "You have spoken longer than you
please already" said his antagonist
Year: 1868

1t is said that. although the election is
over, Butler and Fitzpatrick still cherish a
mutual and deadly hostility. The world would
be uone the worse off if Xii. were to kill But
ler and Butler were to kill Xii.
Year: 1868

a noted sportsman, taking dinner at cne
Of our New York Clubs, exhibited diamond
ring of great beauty aud apparent value on
his finger. a gentleman present had great
passion for diamonds. After dinner the par
ties met in the Office. After much bantering
the owner of the ring consented 10 barter it
for 5000. As the buyer left the room sup
pressed tittering struck his car. He conclu>
ded that the former owner had sold both the
ring and the purchaser. He said nothing,
but called the next day upon z jcweller,
where he learned that the diamond was paste,
and the ring worth about S25. He exam
ined some real diamonds, and found one
closely resembling the paste in his own ring.
He hired the diamond for few days, pledg-
ed 81 200, the price of it, and gave 800 for
its use he went to another jeweller, had
the paste removed and the real diamond set


His chums, knowing how he had been i'm
posed upon, impatently awaited his appear>
ance the next night To their astonishment
they found him in rare glee. He hourished
his ring, boosted of his bargain, aud said if
any gentleman present had Sl2U0 ring to
sell for 5000, he knew of purchaser
When he was told that the ring paste,
and that he had been cheated, he laughed at
their folly. Bets were freely offered that the
ring did not contain real diamond. Two
UeI u lnOuSdHu uOllaT5 CdCu 1NO DtL hNC
hundred dollars All were taken umpires
were chosen. The money and the ring were
put into their hands. They went to a frat
class jeweller, who applied all tie tests, and
who said the diamond was stone of the first
water, and worth, without the setting, twelve
hundred dollars. The buyer put the thous-
and dollars which he had won quietly in his
pocket. He carried the diamond back and
recalled his twelve hundred dollars, and with
the paste ring on his finger went to the club.
The man who sold the ring was waiting for
him. He wanted to get the ring back he
attempted to turn the whole thing into a joke.
He sold the ring for fun he knew it was
real diamond all the time. He never wore
false Jewels. He could tell real diamond
anywhere, by its light. lie would not be so
mean as to cheat an old friend. He knew
his friend would let him have his ring again.
But his friend was stubborn-said that the
seller thought it was paste, and intended to
defraud him. At length, on the payment
of eight hundred dollars, the ring was
stored. All parties came to the conclusion,
when the whole affair came out, that when
diamond cuts diamond again, some one less
sharp will be selected-iSunshinea and iSAao-
ol1 IN NeV York.
Year: 1868

ton, when he seized him by the hand
and exclaimed, PITY me, HdTUeV, Ditg
me-" The artful Tilden, knowing full
well the importance of getting him out
Of the reach of his true friends until
after the convention had separated,
hurried him away and kept him in a
secluded part of the city some four
hours before his friends knew where to
find him.


Tilden is a candidate for the United
States Senate, and he thinks that, with
Seymour as the candidate for President
the Democrats can carry both branch es
of the New York Assembly, and there
by secure his election; and hence he
united with the leaders in Ohio, and
has thus far carried his points success
fully"


Perhaps the man who could be be
trayed into such pitiable weakness in
the supreme hour of his life, is the
proper person to be made President at
a time like this, but the people do not
think so.


"PitV me, Har0ey, pity me.
Year: 1868

the soft earth gave way, there was a
breath of awful suspense, and then
the bridge went down with a dull
plunge into the waters beneathf The
sharp claws Of the wolf had already
been fixed on the scant vegetation of
the rock. and he held there a moment,
struggling with feroeious strength to
gain foothold, the next he slid down
the chasn, uttering wild howl of