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Year: 1866

THE subscriber has established new brick
i yard on the bluffs, beyond the old grave yard
near MY. Boyer's place, where he will manuiac-
ture the most superior building brick and sell
them as low or lower than the lowest. People
who contemplate building had better give HIM a
call before contracting.-


He has the best clay to be found anywhere in
this vicinity, and will make brick equal if not
better than any other yard; and his workmen are
of the first class. JOHN b. LONG.


Rock Island April 1s, d2m-
Year: 1866

The ARcHANGEL's TRUAp--A good story
III Paris is told at the expense of a very
handsome and rich widow of most eXempla-
ry character, who has a small and elegant
retreat at Versailles, in addition to her
town residence. At this pretty rurality she
was passing u week at the close of the Au-
tumn, having for her guest a lad in his
teens, who was a distant relative, and who
was thus passing his vacation from school.
Madam'5 hOusekeeper and cook was re-
spectacle female, who, however, had an ad-
mirer, trumpeter stationed in the bar
racks near by, and the stolen pleasure of
whom was to come in and dine stealthily
on the remaining dishes Of the mistress's s
luXuriant table.


Madam and her boy relative having
started after dinner for walk, the trump
eter took advantage of the absence, but
unluckily prolonged his meal few min
utes too long. In his hurry to conceal him
self when taken by surprise, he became en-
sconced under the bed Of the lady of the
house, thinking to escape while she passed
the evening in her drawingroom as usual.
Madam was tired with her walk, however,
and proceeded to retire for the night imme-
diately on her return.


The trumpeter, in full uniform, with his
braZen instrument beside him, was of course
in a position Of considerable dismay As he
lay racking his brain, the door suddenly
opened, and in walked the schoolboy, who,
to the astonishment of the lady, fell upon
his knees, and made tumultuous declara-
ton Of love!


''In the name of heaven" cried the as
t0nished object of his passion, "rise and
leave the room Immediately What would
be thought Of me if you were to be seen in
this indiscreet situation and posture Rise
this moment and retire p


"No" firmly persisted the academical,
al live but to love you No power on
earth shall tear me from this spot-no-no
not even if the trump Of the last day"


At this moment the trumpeter, whose
lips were at the edge of his instrument,
blew blast, into which he poured the
overwhelming torrent of his previous impa-
tience. " I51rTT-ta Ia Ia To- ta"-a thunder
blast, at which the walls of the little cot
tage trcmbied to their foundation.


The room was vacated by dame and low
er in trce, and the trumpeter made his
escape but the story got wind, and, with
out name ct place, was told all over Paris


1t was being narrated one evening by a
gay man, in d small circle, when the nara
tor remarked


al would have given anything in the
world to have seen the face of the lady at
the moment Of the trumpets sounding"


"Thc face Of the boy on his knees was
much better worth seeing, assure you 2
exclaimed in tone Of pique, lady among
the listeners-un unguardingly revealing, by
this hasty comment, that she was, herself
the heroine of the story
Year: 1866

A WONDELFUL DREAM, AND A NARROW Es-
CAPE FROM DEsrRUCrIoN-The Dayton Jootr7,-
al is responsible for the following Mr.
Robertson, Mail Agent on the A. Il G. W.
road between this city and Cleveland, re-
lated to US, yesterday, the strange item
about farmer who prevented q terrible
disaster on the road near Mansfield O., at
the time OF the recent great freshet. We
had before seen paragraph relating to the
singular affair Mr.. r. conversed with the
farmer and here is the story, in short


The farmer "a Pennsylvanian) went to
bed during the heavy and protracted storm
Monday night, and dreaming that the fill
across Il chasm, some hundred feet deep
had given away under a passenger train,
ard let it down into the abyss, he sprang
up from his bed as if to render assistance
to the passengers, ran to the door, and was
Fastening from the house, when his wife
awakened him He related his dream, and
went to bed again but slept little more du-
ring the night The dream made such
deep impression on his mind that he hast
ened to the chasm next morning early to
see what condition it was in but the road
was apparently all right, although the wa
ter was pouring and surging through the
! large culvert beneath as though it would
wash the earth away. Tuesday night the
| farmer could not rest for thinking about
his dream of the preceding night, and get
ting up he procured his lantern and hurried
off to the chasm. When he arrived there
he found to his terror that the huge fill had
been washed out, leaving nothing but the
unsupported ties aud track over the chasm
| do d.
! tructon, the farmer clambered across the
dreadful break and running down the road
some distance, he signalled the approach
| ing train to stop. Aud so short was the
J time that by the time the engineer was able
to hold up, the engine was but few feet
from the chasm.


THE train was large and was filled
with persons who had been to the great
Union meeting at Mansfield What a mar.
row escape they all made from horrible
death. For the train would have plunged
down the frighttul precipice car upon car
crushing all to death in the ruins. The
passengers at once evinced their gratitude
to their preserver, the Pennsylvania, by
making him up handsome sum of money


BaP Speaking of filters reminds US o
a story of certain famous Massachusetts
Judge. Once upon time, as he rode up K
the door of country inn, he saw the land
lady's daughter jump over The fence.


"Do that again Sally, and Pll MARI!
you," he said.


The girl again leaped the fence. The judg


was as good as his word, and year iron
that day married the light-heeled Sally


He was doubtless a good judge of ankles.
Year: 1866

How To GET KNowLEDGE.-Th This is the ques-
tion. Get it the same way the chickens get
their food--pick it up a little at a time. The
gardner in digging takes up one spadeful at
a time, The man saving wood saws one
stick at time, and so the garden is dug,
the field ploughel, and the load of wood
sawed. They are done little by little, and
only little at a time


And SO must your lessons be mastered
long lessons or hard lessons, little at a
time, Do not pont or cry, or think it is of
no use to try, and play away your time !;
but take heart when your book is before
you and by diligently learning little at a
time, the hardest lesson will soon become
easy, and the longest lesson be finally con-
quered


A capital plan this, young friends
! Try it
Year: 1866

Fever and Ague Observation-Disclosures
to Intermittent Fever, word with you. The
responsibility for your suffering rests upon your
selves. Just as surely as you shake to-day, or
will shake tomorrow, HoSTETTER'S CELE-
BRATED STOMACH BTTTERS will extinguish
the disease under which you labor. Had you
taken this genial tonic as preventive, you would
have no need of it as a cure, for it renders the
system imperyious to all miasmatic fevers. But
since youneglected the precaution, rid yourselves
without delay of the complaint by resorting to
the only reliable remedy. Break the chills with
HOSTETTER's BITTERS, and they will return
no more. This is the experience of thousands,
and it will be yours. Quinine is slow means of
relief tits nauseous to the last degree; it is more
dangerous than the malady itself; in many cases
it utterly fails How different is the effect of the
BrrTERs. Their curative action is rapid; they
are agreeable to the palate; they are not only
entirely harmless but tend inevitably to strength
en- the constitution and prolong life; they meuer
haze failed, and it is confidently assumed that they
neuer can fail in any case of Fever and Ague,
however inveterate in its character To be with
out HOSTETTER'S BITTERS in any region
infested with Intermittent or Remittent Fever is
simply to reject safety and court disease. 42 wat
Year: 1866

A PERFECT ANTIDoTE FOR ALL Pol
soNs.-A plain farmer says; "It is
now over twenty years since / learned
that ssceet oil would cure the bite ola
rattlesnake, not knowing it would cure
other kinds of poison. Practice, obser-
walton, and experience have taug ght me
that it will cure poison of any kind,
both on man and beast, l think no
farmer should be without a bottle
in his house. The patient must take
spoonful of it internally, and bathe the
wound for cure. To cure horse it
requires eight times as much as it does
for man. Here let me state one of the
most extreme cases of snake bites in
this neighborhood: Eleven years ago
this summer, where the case had been
thirty days standing, and the patient
had been given up by his physicians, I
heard of it, carried the oil and gave him
one spoonful, which effected cure. 1t
is an antidote for arsenic and strych-
nine. 1t vii cure bloat in cattle by
eating too freely of fresh clover, it will
cure the sting of bees, spiders, and 9TH
er insects and will cure persons who
have been poisoned by low running
vine growing in the meadows, called
iyy,
Year: 1866

1t is no secret that hehealth of the French
Emperor has for some time been declining,
and that serious alarms are felt as to his re-
covery. The letter of our well-informed
Berlin correspondent, which will be found
on another page, gives us information on
this subject of startling Importance. On the
beck, the chief surgeon of the Prussian army,
left for Biarritz to consult with the physi-
clans of the Emperor on the possibility of an
operation. On the next day dispatch was
received from the Prussian Embassy in Par
is that there was no hope of recovery for Ma
poleon, and that his death may be hourly ex-
pected, the fact being only still kept secret
N. Y. Tribune.
Year: 1866

without even waiting to hear the rest Of the
evidence. This indecent haste Is the strong,
est proof that the Governor regards the trial
as mere form, which, unfortunately, ne Is
obliged to observe, and that the dignity OF
tbe State is to be sacrificed to the interests
of his party at the polls
Year: 1866

Though society is composed of a heterogeneous mass of wrecks of the fall-though there is wormwood and gall mixed even in the cup of the purest friendship earth can produce-though the tear of affection must often be re- turned by contumely and scorn, yet who would be debarred the luxury of shedding that tear? who would coil

 himself in his own shell forever, lest he might meet an adder in his path? He who has much converse with the world. and is constantly coming in contact with the dark side of natures sad leaf, is ill great danger of becoming sullen, suspicious, and even irritable and un- yielding. But "who would inhabit this bleak world alone ?' who would be blessed with the luxury of a warm, kind heart iAa world of wo, like this, and find no eyes with whom he could weep?

 | Who would feel the dark waves of sorrow rolling fast and thick over his head, and find himself alone--hear no kind voice of pity and affection saying q feel for thee ?" It is not good for man to be alonc"--was spoken by Him who well knew what was in man, and

 what must be his pathway through this vale Of tears-wbat would be his need of reciprocal feeling, and assist him to carry life's heavy burden along the dreary road. There is something in the most hard-hcarted man that will

 melt into softness at the kind hand of | pity and attentionin the hour of sick ness and 1 would set that man down as hopeless who would be unkind to the wife of his youth, and she, in the 1 hour of sickness, has watched over him

 with that untiring, unremiting assidui- | ty, which woman does ever manifest. | if he do not, in that tender, reflecting hour, resolve he will repair his misdeed 1 by uniform kindness, and fulfill that resolution so long as life be spared. There is power of kindness which is next to omnipotcnt. It is like the re- sistlcss waters that overflow all within | it's reach-that asks not how it will be received !; but content with the privi- lege of bestowing. finds its own reward in the exercise. Then who would be satisfied to grope his passage through life like the sloth, which never moves unless impelled by hunger. and meet no object made happier by his exist l ence? ts IVY
Year: 1866

T BEAUrIFUL.-W ssthe summer day of youth is slowly wasting away into the nightfall of age, and shadows of the past years grow deeper and deeper, as life wears to close, it is pleasant to look back through the vista of time upon the joys and sorrows of our earlier years. If we have home to shelter and hearts to re- joice with us, and friends who have been gathering around our fresides, then the rough places of our wayfaring will beworn and smoothed away in the twilight of life, while the bright sunny spots we have passed through will grow brighter and more beautiful. Happy indeed are they whose intercourse with the world has not changed the course of their holier feelings or broken those musical chords of the heart whose vibrations are so melodious. so tender and touching in the evening of age. ..-
Year: 1866

pG-They have very tender-hcarted engineer on the Great Western Rail- road. He says he never runs over a man if he can help it, because it musses up the engine so.

 WANTED.-A pin to fasten the tie of friendship the tongue of a speaking eye; leg from the stool ofrepentancc {; link from chain of evidence ; and q feather from fancy's wing.
Year: 1866

Do good do good there's ever way,

 \ way where there's ever will; Don wait till tomorrow, but do it to- day. And to-day when the morrow comes still. Do good do good we are never too young To be useful in many way, t For all have heart, and hand. and tongue To feel, and to labor, and pray.
Year: 1866



 LACGHABLE BLUNDERs.--lt was my fortune once to be installed in the cdi- torial sanctum of a country newspaper during the absence of its regular editor. One day l was called upon to write the obituary of the belle of an adjacent town, who had died deeply lamented by the social circle of which she was the life and beauty. I wrote what I conceived to be an affecting tribute, and among other things, dwelt tender ly upon her dying injunction that no formal monument should be placed over her grave, but plain slab with the simple inscription, Mary" On reading the proof of my article, how ever, became doubtful of the correct ness of her Christian name, and hurfi- edly run my pencil through it as pre- liminary to correction. One of the townsfolll dropping in at that moment, assured me that the young girls name was Mary" and l accordingly dotted line below the erased word, writing in the margin of the proof the usual direction, ''Stet" Get it stand). 1 was, however, somewhat astonished the next morning on learning from the pa- per that the dying girl had requested, as last favor, that upon her tombstone should be placed ':the simple inscrip- ton, 'Stctv" It availed me nothing that I endeavored to explain to the in- dignant parents that the mistake, after all, was not so very bad. Many of the people believed that I had actually at tempted to improve the poor girls dy- ing injunction with my college lingo"
Year: 1866

The divine right of kings, and the
prerogative of the aristocracy, are soon
to be ideas of the past in Europe. The
day of deliverance for the Masses is at
hand. The lesson of revolution is learn
ing the whole mass. In the old as in
the new world, the people are to be the
ruling power. Napoleon and Victor
Emanuel have recognized the ballot,
and of the new order which the battle
of KGniggratz established in Northern
Germany, popular suffrage is to form q
part. Bismarck and King William
sanction it. A plebiscite is now more
authoritative than royal degree. The
draft of the electoral law recently sub
mitted TO the Prussian Chambers, and
adopted by them, provides:


First-That every Prussian of the age
of twenty-five years, not under tutelage,
not under Judgment of bankruptcy, not
a pauper assisted by the public authori-
ties, and not deprived of civil rights by
judgment of a competent tribunal, Is an
clectOr.


Second-Every Prussian elector hav-
ing been n resident in the county for
three years next preceding any election
is eligible as deputy.


Third-The right of election shall be
exercised by placing an unsigned ballot
in an urn publicly and under the inspec-
ton of persons specially appointed, and
who shall not be clothed with any other
official authority at the time.


Fourth-Every election shall be di-
rect, according to the absolute majority
of the ballots.


So you see universal suffrage has no
terrors for Bismarck or his royal master.
Year: 1866

Ahout forty members of Congress,
representative WHALEY among the rest,
are improving the holiday recess by
making sort of tour of observation
through the Southern States. They are
everywhere treated with distinguished
consideration and will probably come
back " ith more liberal ideas concerning
the '.bacbariIns" of the South than they
have heretofore entertained. Their OPP
portunities of investigation into the con-
di,ion OF the people Of the States
through which they pass will necessari-
II he very small, owing to the short
time they will he able to spend upon
their travels. but still they cannot avoid
learning much of which, judging from
their past legislation, they have here
tqATe 9gen GGExatirs,Shrsts MI hearty all
of whom are claSsed among the radi-
Gals, will return to Washington city
with more generous feelings toward the
South than they have heretofore enter
tanned.
Year: 1866

Our neighbor of the Intelligencer "re-
news the ancient query, quid est re''itass"
We congratulate his readers upon the
entirely new direction which his re-
searches are taking. If there is any
subject upon which he needs informa-
ton, all will admit it to be that in rela-
ton to which his inquiry ispropounded.
In view of the candor with which he
has asked "what is truth !" we will
consent to tell him, if he will agree to
tell it. We know the condition is. a hard
one for kim, but it is his own fault that
he did not and cannot learn younger.
Year: 1866

Very few Of the sud deaths which
are said to arise from diseases of the
heart do really arise from that cause. To
ascertain the real origin of ofsudden deaths,
an experiment has been tried in Europe
and reported TO a scientific congress held
at StrasLourg. Sixty..ix cases Of sud,.en
death were made the subject of thorough
post mOrtem examination in these cases
only two were found who had died from
diseases Of the heart. Nine out of sixrv
SIX had died from apop'exy, while there
were forty six cases Of congestion Of the
lungs -tLst is, the lungs were so foil Of
blood they could not work, there not be.
ing room enough for a sufficient quantity
oi air to enter TO support life. The causes
that produce congestion Of the lungs are:
cold feet, sight clothing, costive bowels,
sitting still until chilled after being
warmed with labor or rapid walk, going
too suddenly from close, heated room
into the cold air, especially after speaking,
and sudden depressing news operating on
the blood. These causes OF sudden death
being known, an avoidance Of them NAV
serve to leng,hen many valuable lives,
which would otherwise be lost under the
verdict OF heart complaint. Tha. diseases
is supposed to be inevitable and ipcura
bic; hence many may no, take the pains
they would to avoid sudden death iithey
knew !. lay in their power
Year: 1866


am all alone In my chamber now,
And the midnight hour is near;
And the faggot's crack and the clocks dull


tick


Are the only sounds hear;
And over my soul, in its solitude,
Sweet feelings of sadness glide;
For my heart and my eyes are full when I


think


Of the little boy that died.
I went one night to my fathers house
Went home to the dear ones, all,
And softly opened the garden gate
And softly the door of the hall.
My mother came out to meet her soE-
She kissed me and then she sighed,
And her head fell on my neck and she wept
For the little boy that died.
And when I gazed on his innocent face,
As still and cold he lay,
And thought what a lovely child he had been
And how soon he must decay,
+" Oh, death thou lowest the beautiful
In the woe of my spirit cried;
For sparkled the eyes and the forehead was


fair
Of the little boy that died. -l -f
Again l will go to my fathers house
Go home to the dear ones all
And sadly I'll open the garden gate,
And sadly the door of the hall.
I shall meet my mother, but never more
With her darling by her side;
But she'l kiss me, and sigh, and weep again
For the little boy that died.
shall miss him when the flowers come
In the garden where he played
shall miss him by the fireside
When the flowers have all decayed.
I shall see his toys and his empty chair,
And the horse he used to ride.
And they will speak with silent speech
Of the little boy that died.
1 shall see his little sister again,
With her playmates about the door
And I'll watch the children in thier sport
As never did before;
And if in the group see child
That's dimpled and laughing g-eyed,
I'll look to see if it may not be
The little boy that died.
We shall go home to our Fathers house
To our Fathers house in the skies
Where the hope of our soul shall have no


blight.
And our love no broken ties;
We shall roam on the banks of the river Of


Peace,
And bathe in its blissful tide,
And one of the joys Of our Heaven shall be
The little boy that died.
And therefore when am sitting alone,
And the midnight hour is near,
When the faggots crack and the clocks dull


tick
Are the only sounds hear,
Oh, sweet DER my soul in its solitude,
Are the feelings of sadness that glide.
Though my heart and eyes are full, when 1


think


of the little boy that died.
Year: 1866

THE SPrrToON TRICK Take two
halt gallon spittoons-white ones are
the best-then select strong red cord
pass the cord through the two holes
OF the spiltoons, and give the ends to
some gentleman and lady selected from
the company, to hold. Now let lady
seize the spttoons, and sliding each to
the opposite end of the cord, bring them
together smartly, when they will break
in pieces and fall to the floor. This
trick is easily performed, and will excite
considerable applause.


THE MAGIC STICK To do this trick
properly you will need pearl handled
knife, and stout, hard wood stick,
some two inches in length. Sharpen
the two ends of the stick and then try
to crush it endways. either between
your hands or by sitting upon it. This,
to your astonishment, you will find it
impossible to do


The FLYING HEN-Select a large,
well-fed hen-the color is lmmaterial,
though b ack is the best-aid place her
in sitting position on some smooth
surface. Then over her place paste
board box, eighteen by thirty inches.
Pound smartly on the top of the box
with a bone handled table knife for
three minutes, and then suddenly raise
it, when the hen will Immediately fly
away. This trick can be PEI formed by
any person of average intelligence who
gives bis whole mind to it. e''- s-ais


THE NAIL Trick Take two large
wrought iron nails and wire them to-
gether in the form of cross. Ii will
then be found impossible to swallow
them There is no deception about
this ..


THE CABLE.-Take piece of tarred
cable, about fifteen inches in length,
cut it carefully in two with a sharp
knife, and then try to chew the ends
together You can try as long as you
like. g, ,... ..t ..-


The MAGIC EGGs-Put two fresh
eggs carefully in green worsted bag.
Swing the bag rapidly around your head
hitting it at each time against the door
post Then ask the company if they
will have them boiled, scrambled or
fried. 1t will make no difference which
they choose ...-...


The Four JACKs.-Select pack. Of
cards with plain white backs. Take out
the four jacks and burn them before
the company, letting them see the ash
es Now shuttle the cards quickly, and
holding them in the left hand give them
a sharp rap with the knuckles Of the
right. Then place them on the table
with the face down, and defy the COM
pany to find the jacks. They can't do
If. -a1-'