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Year: 1867

Ep The question has been asked us,
why are not those persons who are shov-
ing off counterfeit money, on this coun-
try, arrested and made to give an account
of themselves. We have no answer to
give, unless it is that this class of men
have plenty of money and it will do no
good to complain Of them. The L. S.
Marshal had "a case in hand a short
tine since), some fellows under arrest
having in their possession counterfeit
money, who were released on straw bail
and permitted to leave-bail that the
Marshal knew at the time was worthless.
1t is time an examination was had into
the manner and matter Of doing business
connected with the United States Court
in the Western District of Arkansas.
Year: 1867

Rg- An old lady who had insisted on
her minister's praying for rain, had her
oabbagcs cut up by hail storm, and on
viewing the wreck remarked, that she
never knew him to undertake anything
without OVERRIDING the matter,
Year: 1867

fHAp STEVENS is arranging for Wig
0rous campaign against Southern pro-
perty. We annex his letter to the
Chairman of certain Republican COM
mittees in Pennsylvania in which he
sets forth his purpose to engage In
Wholesale Southern robbery. His mode
of saying it is that he is "abogt to prose-
cute claims for confiscation." Of
course nobody will be misled by the
language 1t means unlimited plunder,
Just as the transaction between BORE.
NAN and. .our Legislature on the ques-
tion of ''rent of Executive MansionD
meant perjury and theft. These polite
terms do not sound quite so harshly as


the old fashioned names, and as the
meaning 10 essentially the same to every
body, their use is not productive Of
much harm.
Year: 1867

Here is a picture that might have
been painted by the pen of Dickens:


"In what other painful event of life
has q good man so little sympathy as
when overcome with sleeping in meet
ing timei Against the insidious deduc-
tion he arrays every conceivable resist
snce. He stands up awhile; be pipches
himself; he prieks himself with Plus,
He looks up hslplessly to the pulpit, as
if some succor might possibly como
thence. He crosses his .egs uncomfor-
tably and attempts to recite catechism
or the multiplication table. He seizes
o languid fan, which treacherously
leaves him in calm. He tries to rea-
aon, to notice the phenomena. Oh, that
one could carry his pew to bed with
him! What tossing wakefulness there!
what fiery chase after somnolenoy! In
his lawful bed man cannot sleep, and
in his pew he cannot keep awakel Hap
py man who does not sleepin church!
Deacon Trowbridge was not that man.
Deacon Marble was.


Deacon Marble witnessed the con-
fiict we have sketched above, and when
good Mr.. Trowbridge gave his next
lurch, recovered himself with snort,
and then drew ont red handkerchief
and blew his nose with q loud imitation,
as II to let the boys know that he had
not been asleep, poor Deacon Marble
was brought to . sore strait. But /
have reason to think that he would
have weathered the stress if it had mot
been for sweetfaced little boy in front
of the gallery. The lad had been in.
nocently Watching the same scene. and
st it's climax laughed out loud with n
frank and musical explosion, and then
suddenly disappeared backward into his
mothers lap. That laugh was just too
much; and Deacon Marble could no
more help laughing than could Deacon
Trowbridge help sleeping. Nor could he
conceal il. Though he coughed, and
put up his handkerchief and hemmed-
It was lapgh-peacon! and every
boy in the house knew it, and liked
you better for it-so inexperienced
were theyfn-Beeoker's Norwood H..
Year: 1867

a GOOD TUNE But NOT OPPoR-TUNE
"A gentleman visiting in the family Of
a worthy deacon, in nei ghboring town
had been showing the children, one eve
ming, q beautiful musical box, after
which ho wound up aud put the instru-
ment away in his pocket. AT the hour
of retiring for the night, the visitor
was called upon for prayer, and, having
got upon his knees, was in the midst OF
what promised to be Il somewhat pro
longed petition, when suddenly, in con-
sequence of change of position on the
part of the supplicant, the musical box
started gayly off with the tune. "Takc
your time, Miss Lucyw To say that
the prayer was brought to rather alb
rupt termination, and that even the


worthy deacon rose from his knees all
but convulsed with laughter, is drawing
the effect of the incident quite mildly.
Year: 1867

a Western man, speaking of the
Pacific Railroad, says it is Zone of the
funniest condolences in the world that
almost every alternate section of land
on each side of the road belongs to some
member of Congress"
Year: 1867

"WHY, DoCToR," said a sick lady
"you are giving me the same medicine
that you are giving to my husband.
Why is that ?" can right" said the
doctor, "what is sauce for the goose is
sauce for tho gander."
Year: 1867

the Richmond press. II lie would leave the


press to correct the press he would save him


selfa vast deal of trouble. The best and mos


effective answer to foolish or violent article ir


. anewspaper is squib from another paper II
Is too paltry business for distinguished gen
eral to try to conduct any paper. The more.
violent . journal Is the more certain and speedy
the reaction. During the war the Rishmond
papers were full Of the grossest abuse Of Abra-
ham Lincoln, "the Yankees" and so forth.


When We got batch Of them we always pub
lished the most violent Of their articles, and
had good laugh at them for the next two
days We never got angry. We took their
attacks in the best Of humor. Therefore we,
advise our military chieftains in the South
Generals Sickles, Scho6eld, Pope and the rest
not to meddle with the press. Let the bad
taste Of one paper be corrected by the good
taste Of another. They viii find this much the
best course in the end.
Year: 1867

that the drama, interpreted in foreign tongue,


would not be very eagerly accepted. But the


power of Ristori's genius appears to have


overcome all GOODNESS and Indifference; for we


find that in proportion to the population Of
each city in which she performed her success
was as great as in this metropolis We have
no doubt that she will be welcomed back to
New York with all the enthusiasm which cha
racterized her first appearance on her arrival
from Europe last September, and we are pleased
to learn that she win present two new trage-
by Victor Hugo, and Myrrha, by
the great Italian poet Alfieri.
Year: 1867

After an absence Of several months IN the
West and South, Ristori commences her fare
well season in New York at the French theatre
on Thursday evening. We have already noted
the success Of her progress thfoughoutthe ccun-
try. Artistically and pecuniarily u was
triumph without parallel. Few artists have re.
ceived so appreciative recognition even In
the smaller towns, whore one might suppose
Year: 1867

s."


The kilograms from Europe. indicating war
one day and peace another, are seized by
spectators to send gold up or down in the
market A number Of these individuals live
through the excitement thus created, and con-
sequently never fail to exaggerats the i'm
portance Of every piece Of news that may come
or which may suit their operations Last week
gold was sent up whom war appeared probable !;
this week, as there Is . prospect Of peace, it
has been suddenly run down five or six per
cent Now this Il spasmodic only, and inde-
pendent Of the real or relative value Of the
precious metal These fluctuations have tenn
porarily some little influence on our com
merce with foreign countries, but do not
affect our internal trade. Gold II simply q
marketable commodity; our circulating me-
dium IL the currency. With this we carry ON all
our business and - long as 1t is steady
the ups and downs Of gold in Wall street are
of little consequence II the Secretary Of the
Treasury would cease tinkering with the cur
rency, would turn hii attention to breaking up
the infamous natioial bank monopoly, and
would keep his eye Iteadily on . reduction Of
the national debt, pld would gradually de-
cline, and the bushes Of the country would be
kept in healthy coalition. With our system
Of currency war il Europe would produce no
perceptible effect o,tside Of the 'sring" Of gold
gamblers. With tht, too, Mr.. McCulloch has
the best opportunity Of reducing the debt
With contracted .urrenoy and gold at par he
would find much gnater difficulties in paying on
the debt He will be guilty Of grave error,
therefore, If he fails to use all the means in his
power for that purpose now. But IL Is the
interest bearing iebt he should pay of, and not
be 80 anxious tcredeem the non-interest bear
ing debt The litter Is no burden to us, while
the former Is. Ve are entirely independent Of
Europe, or Of wpat may tale place there, while
the currency c,ntinues to be our circulating
medium. This is an important fact for the
Secretary Of he Treasur and the business
community to Comprehend
Year: 1867

THE REAcTIoN.-The democratic victory
in California is protest against the Niger
supremacy policy of the radicals; the protest
of practical, energetic and never Over-con-
servative.community against the wild theories
and extravagant purposes that, by keeping
the country at the fever heat of disturbance
all the time, are paralyzing trade We may
acknowledge in the broadest terms that
there were causes within the republican or,
Ranization in the Pacific States that weak
ened it. Republican voters in California,
as in Connection some time ago, were dis
gusted with the conduct of their leaders and
remained away from the polls. Thus the
vote was reduced and the reduced vote dis
yided on different candidates But these
causes gave only greater field to the rising
wave, for the democrats would, most proba-
bly, have secured substantial victory with


out them. There is however, just enough
in this view of the result-in this argument
of the reduction and division of the republi-
can vote-to serve for the use of radical
leaders, with the masses in the Atlantic and


Mississippi Valley States. 1t will serve
them to explain away the event-tO prevent
their voters from rightfully understanding a
lesson that would imperil the power Of the
radical party. But the lesson is all the same
for the country at large, for that large part
of the people that is not to be deluded by
the defamation of political spouters. 1t is
the distinct declaration of the apprehension
of the people Of the Pacific slope that the
tendencies of the dominant party are dams
gerous, and they purpose that it shall no Ions
ger be trusted with the destinies of the
country. California has population of Wig
orous, bold, thinking people. Her citizens
bear the same relation to the Atlantic States
that the people of these States once bore
to Europe, and are made up of the adVentu.
rous, clearsighted, intelligent men of our
Atlantic communities who sought in the
new State an ampler field fora enterprising
spirit than they could find at home Such
apopulation is seldom conservative, and when
it uttsrs its political protest against party ex-
travagaDce we may be sure that the whole
nation is alive to danger.-N Y Herald. r.
Year: 1867

THE BEwITCHlNG New FASHIONS
Mark Twain thus discourses upon the new
style of ladies dresses: Who shall describe
the exquisite taste and beauty of ladies walk
ing dresses? Taken as a class, women can
contrive more Outlandish and ugly costumes
than one would think possible without the
gift of inspiration. But this time they have
been felicitous in invention. The wretched
waterfall still remains, of course, but in a
modified form; every change it has under
gone was for the better. First it represents
ed bladder of scotch snuff; next it hung
down the woman's back like canvass cover
ed ham; afterwards it contracted, and coun~
terfeited turnip on the back of the head ;
now it sticks straight out behind, and looks
like muzzle on a greyhound. Nesting in
the middle of this long stretch of head and
hair reposes the little batter cake of a a
bonnet, like jockey saddle on a race horse
You will readily perceive that this looks very
unique, and pretty, and cOquetish. But the
glory Of the costume is the robe-the dress
No furbelows, no founces, biases, no rufles,
no cores, no futter wheel, 20 hoops to speak
of-nothing but rich, plain, narrow black
dress, terminating just below the knees in
long saw teeth (points downward) and under
it flaming red skirt, enough to put your eyes
out, that reaches down only to the ankle,
bone, and exposes the restless little feet.
Charming, fascinating, bewitchingl To see
lovely girl of seventeen, with her saddle
on her head and her muzzle on behind, and
her veil just covering the end of her nose,
come tripping along in her hoopless, redr
bottomed dress like churn on fire, is
enough to set man wild. l must drop this
subject can't standit.
Year: 1867

RIPPLEs ON THE TIDE OF THOUGHT
You may CLEAN knowledge by reading, but
you must separate the chaff from the wheat
by thinking.


Montesquieu says 4: "False happiness rem
ders men stern and proud, and that happi
ness is never communicated True happi-
ness renders them kind and sensible, and
that happiness is always shared"


The virtue which we gather from a fable
or allegory, is like the health we get by hunt.
ing as we are engaged in an agreeable pur-
suit that draws US on with pleasure, and
makes US insensible Of fatigues that accom-,
pany it.


The morality of action depends upon the
motive in which we act. If 1 fling half a
crown to beggar with intention to break
his head, and he picks it up and buys vic,
tuals with it, the physical effect is good; bot
with respect to me the action is very wrong.
Year: 1867

RIO CAPITALISTS AND ACTIVE BUSINESS MEN
III dersigaed oncrs for sale on account Of retire
merit extensive Manu- featuring Business located In
adacen State The product of these works bcars the high
est reputation Of In the American market and s in


nual demand profit Of over 0 cent The will
take the purchase money n tie yield OF the works
at the market rae and readily influence its sale 70 the
extent Of times the price asked for the propcry
floor
Year: 1867

In passing over the railroad to Wheel
ing we have been struck with the isola-
ted position of the fiourishing tawn of
Wellsburg, w. Va. Itseems, however,
that this state of things is not always to
continue, as there is project on foot TO
connect Pittsburgh and Wheeling OlG
WellSburg. The project under conSid-
Grafton is to construct u branch road
from opposite Steubenville to Wheel
ing, which will shorten the distance
between Pittsburgh and Wheeling
seven miles over the road now in use.
Starting from near the bridge at Steu-
benviIle the distance TO be made would
be something over seven miles to Wells
burg, and thence about fifteen miles TO
the north of Wheeling, probably TWEEN
ty-three miles in all. 1t Is estimated
the entire road could be built, ready for
the locomotive, for the sum OF S300,00O,
which is considerably less than the cost
of spanning the Ohio at SteubenVille
by n bridge.


The Herald says: "This expenditure
would shorten transportation about
thirty miles between the two largest
cities in the Ohio valley north of Gin
cinnati, containing II joint population
of over 300. 900 people, and both OF them
centres of trade Tor large sections of
country. The road would pass through
n region that would furnish as much
local trade as any other of the same eX-
tent, and with the coal trade opened up,
as 1t would be, local business that
would probably prove remunerative in
itself"


1t is said that the best of feeling pre-
walls among the people through whose
lands the road would pass in regard TO
the project, and as there will be no diff
ficulty in procuring the necessary legis-
lation, we can see no great obstacle in
the way of completing the road at an
early day. OF course the "Pan Han
die" will not object to so important a
feeder" as this road would prove.
Year: 1867

The vicious die early. They fall
like shadows, or tumble wrecks and
ruins into the grave-often while quite
young, almost always before forty
''The wicked liveth not half his days"
The wUrld at once ratifes the truth and
assigns the reason, by describing the
dissolute life of "fast young men :"
that is, they live fast ; they spend their
twelve hours in six, getting through
the whole before the meridian, and
dropping into the darkness while 9TH
ers are in the glory of light. "Their
sun gOeth down while it is day." And
they might have helped it. Many a
one dies before he need. Young men
of genius, like Burns and Byron, to
whom, when dissipated and profigate,
thirty-seven is so fatal, and your OBJ
scure and nameless wandering stars,
who waste their time in lihertine in
dulgence-they can not live, they
must die early. They put on steam
till they blow up the boiler. They
run at such a rate that the fire goes out
for want of fuel. The machinery is
destroyed by rapid speed and reckless
wear. Nothing can save them. Their
physical system can not stand the
strain they put it to, while the state OF
their minds is often such that the soul
would eat the substance of the most
robust body, and make for itself way
of escape from the incessant hell of its
own thoughts.
Year: 1867

But let me think somewhat of the
future. There viii come to me anOth-
er hour, which, like the present, will
be the last-but it will be the last Of
all my earthly years. The clock will
sound it from the church tower, when
my falling ear can no longer hear it,
and those only who are watching be-
side me count its strokes, then my last
minutes will begin, one by one, to de-
part. AS they go, this heart which
now beats strongly within me, will
grow more feeble, until the last pulsa-
ton is given, and an is at rest. How
happy then to feel, that as the old life
is passing away, new, better, nObler-
life is opening. Just rs now it is pleas
ant to think that when this hour is
gone, and the whole Of the year of
1867 is sealed up in the past, there is.
a new year present with all its OppCr-
tunities for good, all its hours of COM
munion with Christ, and days to be
given to the service of God, so after,
death there will be q new scene, an
immortal existence, through which my
soul may move in endless, incOnceiva-
bic joy, serving God and enjoying him
forever more.


Savior, in the shadows of the last
hour, when my mortal life is ebbing
away, give me thy presence, and when
its end has come, usher my soul, clad
in thy righteousness, and cleansed by
thy Spirit, into the blessed landwhere
years, and days, and hours, shall be all
forgotten, and nothing known or felt
but the fullness Of the pleasure Of
eternity.
Year: 1867

EARLY RIsING.-Dr. Hall says in
the Journal of Health: One of the
very worst economies of time is that
filched from necessary sleep. The
wholesale but blind cOmmendation of
early rising is as mischievous in prac-
tice as it is arrant folly in theory
Early rising is a crime against the
hOblest part of our physical nature,
unless it is preceded by early retiring.
We caution parents particularly not to
allow their children to be walked up in
the mornings; let nature wake them
up; she will not do it prematurely; but
have a care that they go to bed at an
early hour; let it be earlier and earlier,
until it is found that they wake up of
themselves in full time to dress for
breakfast. Being walked up early, and
ALLOWED to engage in difficult or any
studies late and just before retiring,
has given many a beautiful and prom
ising child brain fever, or determined
ordinary ailments to the production of
water On the brain.
Year: 1867

A DANGEROUS PRACTICE.-The fol-
lowing should be published at least
once a week:


'NIany persons who use kerosene or
coal oil lamps, are in the habit, when
going to bed or leaving the room for
a time, of turning the wick down low,
in order to save a trifie of the cOnsump-
tion of oil. The consequence is that
the air of the room soon becomes vitiat-
ed by the unconsumed oil, vapors of
the gas produced by the combustion,
and also by the minute particles of
smoke and SCOT which are thrown off
Air thus poisoned is deadly in its eff
fects, and the wonder is that more
persons are not Immediately and IA
tally injured by breathing it. Irrita-
ton and Inflammation of the throat and
lungs, headache, dizziness and nausea
are among its effects"
Year: 1867

A father once related to his children
the following story:


The Governor of an Island was once
called to appear before his king to give
an account of his stewardship. Those
friends in whom he had most confdedy
parted with him at his h0Hse, others
went with him to the ship, while many
in whom he had placed but little trust,
and scarcely recognized as friends, much
to his surprise, escorted him on his jour-
ney, went with him to the kings
throne, there spoke for him, and Sc
cured him the favor Ofthe king.


$50 man, ," continued the father, "has
on earth three kinds Of friends, whom
he only learns to know Alright when he
is called to leave this world and render
his account to God. The first Of these
gold and lands-remain behind; the
.secOnd-friends and relatives-go only
to the verge of the grave; and the third
his good deeds-aCcOmpany him in
bis Journey to the better land, and are
with Christ his advocates before the
throne, and purchase for him favor and
pardon. How foolish is man to prize
so little here what will constitute his
wealth hereafterI'
Year: 1867

On this subject the Louisville Jour
nal has the following: owe have been
carrying on the Louisville Journal be-
tween thirty-six and thirty-seven years.
During all this time we have known
no man of business in the city to fail
who advertised literally. And we have
known no one tosucceed in any cOnsid-
cradle if even in a respectable degree
who didn't advertise literally!


''DO you tell US, oh candidate for the
custom of the community, that you
can't afford to advertise because your
business is dull? All! why is it dull ?
Listen, and we will telly you. 1t is dull
because you don't advertise, and you
don't advertise because it is dull; so
the vacant circle is complete. We tell
you if you are doing ill to advertise,
that you may do well, and if you are
doing well advertise that you may dc
better. Set high your mark Of bust
ness success, and advertise up to it
You can do so, if you will, even in
hard times.


GA little nerve is needed in advertis,
ing as well as in using any other effec.
tive means of success. Your men who
have no more nerve than a wet rag ad,
vertise a little or not at all. You may
suppose that we are giving advice that
we think would benefit ourselves
Yes, we do think that it would benefit
us, but benefit you immensely more
Think a little and you will agree with
us. And if you do agree with US, be
wise enough to act accordingly"
Year: 1867

When 1 was young man there liv-
'Rd in our neighborhoOd a farmer, who
Fas usually reported tC be a very lib
9fal man, and uncOmmOnly upright
in his dealings. When he had any
produce Of his farm to dispose of, he
made it an invariable rule to give good
measures-rather more than would be
required of him. One of his friends
observing him frequently doing so,
questioned him as to why he did it {;
ne told him he gave too much, and
said it would be to his disadvantage.
Now, dear reader, mark the answer Of
this excellent man:


"GOd has permitted me but one
journey through the world, and when
I am gone I cannot return to rectify
mistakes"


Think of this. There is but one
journey through life.
Year: 1867

An editor down South says he would
as soon try to go tOsea upon a shing,e,
make a ladder of fog, chase a sneak
of lightning through a crab-&pple Or
chard, swim up the rapids Of Niagara
River, raise the dead, stop the tongue
ofan old maid or set Lake Erie on fire
with a wet match, as to stop lovers
from getting married when they take
il into their heads to do so.
Year: 1867

Track-laying on the Union Pacific
railway, eastern division, is going for
ward at the rate of about two and one
half miles per day. The road will be
completed to Fort Harker and graded
fifty miles beyond by the first of June.
The business of the road last month
was 800, 900, and the earnings for the
first week in May was $35, 700.