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Year: 1874




Many who are suffering from the effects of
the warm weather and are debilitated, are adj
vised by physicians to take moderate amounts


of whisky two or three times day. In lit
tie while those who adopt this advice fire.
quently increase the number of drinks"
and in time become confirmed inebriates. A
beverage which will not create thirst for intox-
icating liquors, and which is intended especi-
ally for the benefit of debilitated persons.
whether at home or abroad, is DR.. Schenck's
Sea Weed Tonic. Containing the juices of
many medicinal herbs. this preparation does
not create an appetite for the intoxicating
cup, The nourishing and the life-supporting
properties of many valuable natural pr0duc-
tions contained in it and well known to medi-
cal men have most strengthening influence.
A single bottle of the Tonic will demonstrate
its valuable qualities. For debility arising
from sickness, over exertion or from any cause
whatever, a wine glassful of Sea Weed Tonic
taken after meals will strengthen the stomach
and create an appetite for wholesome food.
To all who are about leaving their homes, we
desire to say that the excellent effects of DR.;
Schencks seasonable remedies, Sea Weed
Tonic, and Mandrake Pills. are particularly
evident when taken by those who are injuTi-
ously affected by n change of water and diet.
No person should leave home without taking
supply of these safeguards along. For sale
by all druggists. cod l33- l55
Year: 1874

We commend to our readers, wheth'
er farmers or not, the sensible article
from our correspondent ''Justice.
The odious doctrine of Protection, to
which our Government seems welded,
is doing the producers Of the country
more harm than many other things to
remedy which great combinations OF
farmers are forming powerful parties.
If the Patrons of Husbandry, West
and South, will turn their combined
efforts against Protective Tariffs, and
send only men to Congress who viii
truly represent them upon this vital
issue, they will break down q monop-
oily which is doing more TO grind them
into the dust than all others of which
they complain. The tribute which
Western and Southern farmers are
paying to Eastern capitalists is para
living their energies and eating up
their substance. Here is the true field
for reformation.
Year: 1874

Colonel 8. D. Pool announces thai
he has retired from the editorial con-
troll of the Nawbern Journal Of COM
naerce, in order to give his entire at
tention to Orr Ltring and Orr Dead'
he is succeeded by his son, >. u
Poor, Jr. The Journal Of Commerce
is one Of the staunchest Conservative
papers in the State, and is tower OF
strength to the party in its section Oh
the State. We arc sure that the son
will prove 10 unworthy successor OF
his gallant father.


The determination OF Colonel POOL
TO devote his entire time to Our Litt'a9
o,,d on. Dead will be received with
favor by the patrons of that paper.
He ia engaged in q noble work, and
the disposition to make it still more
interesting will recommend it to the
Southern people. There is not man
in the State who sustained the Confed-
crate cause and who desires to honor
the memory of the men who fell IN lts
defense, or who sympathizes with the
survivors of that struggle, that should
fail to sustain ON. Liring and O"T
Year: 1874

Civilization is gradually penetrating
to the remote regions of the earth. A
faro bank has been established in Eejeer
and the natives are fascinated with the
game. 4 somewhat sad incident IS
mentioned in connection with the last
match for the championship. A chief
became interested in a game, the stakes
for which we're human beings iattened


for the table. Luck seemed to be against
the chief. for he put up bis servants and
lost He did not shed a tear over this
disaster. Then he staked his unmarried
sister and his wife's cousins-and the
bank raked in all the chips. The intat-
uated chief then put up lis baby, and
the owner Of the bank had 1t packed
down in the ice chest in fifteen minutes.
The chief then bet ell hts children
successively, and lost and then,


having gambled away his wife, he
staked himself on the last chance, and
again bet on the wrong card. When he
had time to think it over, the chief said
that he was convinced that gambling
WAS very wrong, and be thought that II
Year: 1874

Dean Swift's recorded matrimonial
proposal is certainly unique. After tell
ing his lady love that he is too Just to
stand in the way of her accepting more
advantageous offer, he says he must ask
her few questions that he had long
since resolved to ask of the woman with
whom he meant to spend his life care
you in condition to manage domestic
affairs with an income of less than three
hundred pounds year? Have you such
an inclination to my person and honor as
to comply with my desires and way of
living, and endeavOr to make us both as
happy az you CAM Will you be ready
to engage in those methods shall direct
for the improvement of your mind, 80 as
to make us entertaining company for
each other, without being miserable when
we are neither visiting or visited9 Can
you bend your love, esteem and indifier-
ence to others the same way as / do
mine? Have you so much good nature
rs to endeavor by soft words to smooth
any rugged humor occasioned by the
cross accidents Of life9 Shall the place
in which your husband is thrown be
more welcome than courts and cities
without himr Surely never was lady
80 catechised by suitor for her hand.
When Jane Waring felt able to answer
every question in the affirmative, then,
and not till then, her lover says, 81 shall
be blessed to have you in my arms, with
out regarding whether your person be
beautiful or your fortune large. Clean
liness in the first, and competency in the
second, is all / look forp This unique
epistle ends" / singled you out at first
from the rest of women, and 1 expect not
to be used like common lover" Swift
was evidently enough very uncommon
lover.
Year: 1874

A stranger Sauntering in and out
among the lime trees of Berlin, said Mr..
Hepworth Dixon, may chance to meet
two men in earnest conversation, on
whom his eyes will fasten with screw.
A plump and veneia able mana soldier
from the tip of his gilt helmet to the
spur of his cavalry boot-salutes with
military quickness as you touch your
hat. Sedate, little in advance, and
listening with curious strain, he has the
outer presence of man to whom the
weight of life is not alone the load of
time. Though swarth with sun and toll,
his features have something in them
weird and mystical. 1t is a martial and
imperial face yet in the lofty look-too
lofty for a trace of ordinary pride-you
catch, by surprise of the imagination,
something of the pensive and accusing
spirit of monk. But even this fine
figure can not keep your eye from wan
dering to the partner of his walk.
Straight as pine and rugged as larch
is he; man in plain attire, yet martial
in his stride as though he also passed his
life in camp. A man with ample brow,
firm and massive chin, head all brain,
trunk all nerve, he seems to pour out
floods of strong speech, yet with an eye
so open and face so frank that he who
listens would not have him spare one
word. No dreamer, no selfsearcher, no
idealist is he; but one who clings to fact,
to science, to the rule of three. No
weakness fingers on that face; no doubt,
no superstition, no remorse. When
laughter ripples down his cheek, it is the
flash of light on metal, rather than the
play of flesh and blood. You feel at
once that what he does is right, in his
own eyes; that he will never need to JUS
tify his actions to himself.


That elder parsonage, martial, medita-
tive, doubtful of himself, dependent on
unseen powers, is Wilhelm of Hohen-
zollern, victor of Sadowa and Sedan,
first Evangelical Emperor on this planet.
That younger, though mature and sturdy
parsonage, is Bismarck, Chancellor of the
new secular Empire in Germany.
Year: 1874




TIE New York Graphic, noticing the
remark Of a Southern Democratic paper
that "the outrsges of the Southern States
within the last few weeks insure the re.
turn OF a large majority Of Republican
Copgressmen this Fall, and that the effect
Of the troubles will be, simply to strength.
en- the party in power with renewed legis.
lation, additional Radical enactments, per.
hsps ultimately martial law" says:


And this Is so. But after all would 1t
not be q desirable contamination to have
the South put under military law again,
and so rid those States at once Of the rule
oi murderous whites and thievish blacks :?
There is growing feeling at the North
that the original reconstruction measures
were fatal mistakes; that the Southern
States oughtt TO have been ruled as terri.
tories under military Governors until such
times as the passions excited by the war
had passed away. Then civil govern
ment might have been resumed under far
more encouraging prospects than has been
possible In country distracted and hu.
INFLATED by civil war, with large and
densely ignorant servile population sud.
denly set Tree. All the elements existed
Tor bad government, and the South has
reaped the bitter fruits OF mistaken pol.
icy. What that section wants is order,
and that can only be given by military
government 3El r. OAK : n



We do not copy the above as endorsing
II by any means, but simply as a matter
OF interest and as illustrative oil certain
phase otpubllc opinion concerning affairs
at the South Had the ideas advanced
above been carried out after the war, the
verdict in Europe would have been that
the war for a Republican government had
proved q failure in the United States SO far
as the South: was concerned.
Year: 1874

We think it may safely bo assume d
from the spirit manifested in all the Re.
publican State Conventions held this wear
that the third term idea will not stand
the ghost ofa chance within the Repub-
lican party. sSL
Year: 1874

THE Petersburg TI,nes is pleased with
Col. BEN Wilson'S position on the cur
rency question. What that position is
the Times does not state further than in o
very general way to indicate that he is
opposed to the contraction policy Of the
administration. The Colonel can claim
no patent on that position. The nearest
approach TO a contrActionisti in the West
Virginia Congressional Delegation was
Senator DAVIS, Senator BoREMAS and
all three oi the Congressman were opposed
TO the financial policy OF the administra.-
ton. What then is the special point in
Col. BINS posltionH Is he an iufla-
ZIONIST Is he not only opposed 10 con-
traction but does he want . fresh issue OF
paper money! That Is the point on
which people would like to hear from him,
and 1t Is the point which he will white
down 70 point nopoint. sJsss .r.g
Year: 1874

THR lNTRLLIGRNCRR recognizes fully
the fitness OF things, as shown by its party
holding Its Convention ina theatre, ,,over
a drinking saloon, and having a lager
beer glass Tor the Presidents gaVel. This
was very appropriate as symbolcal Of a
party which says one thing and does an.
other.


But we can't agree that oar esteemed
friend has stated the thing exactly, when
he says that the Democracy at Ellenboro
took the livery Of Heaven to &rUe the
Devil" in. He should have said 10 fight
the devil In. We propose 10 fight him
and all his works, and, by sending Col.
Wilson to Congress, TO overcome him. too.
-RegiSter Of yesterday. 81


We do recognize the fitness Of things"
and therefore we recognize that the most
respectable secular building in the State
was fit place in.which to hold one Of the
most respectable conventions that ever
assembled in the State. As to the beer
glass used for agavel, all that need be said
on that subject Is that the glass was put
20 respectable use. There are according
to oScripture) vessels ol honor and dishonor
formed out Of the same material, all de-
pending on the use they are put TO.


The Register Office, from whence comes
the inspiration oil the Bourbon ring, has
at this time whisky saloon under the
same roof, and, If we mistake not, used 10
rent q room TO q saloon. How about
thats Whence comes this, sudden zeal
against whiskyH


As to BEN WILSON fighting the Devil,
that would be the old contradiction OF
Satan casting out Satan, But If it is
really the case, we have the highest au-
thprity for ssyiug that house divided
against itself cannot stand, and that there.
fore BEN will be rent asunder in this
campaign - - CgNTIlyu rrrrs y
Year: 1874

THE MONEY MARKET


continues to work with extreme ease, the rates on
call during the week ranging from to 8 per
cent. Commercial paper ruled easier, with short
date in demand at per cent, prime three and
four months paper selling at q per cent. The
only item Of disturbance In this market during the
week was q slight Misrepresentation which arose
about draft for $4,000 on the St. Louis and Iron
Mountain Railroad. and regarding the extension Of
whicn there was some delay and misunderstand-
ing It was, however, subsequently quickly and
satisfactorily adjusted Foreign exchange was with
out new features although there Ia general anti.
Year: 1874

A gallant ex-COnfederate soldier, prominent
IT, 1aber OF the X. X. K had his right leg severely
liberated by a raoid canine few days ago on
lower Main street The wounded limb was luckily
OF WOOD the original having been lost by one OF
those casualties incident to the late war. No
serious consequences are apprehended from the
bites, and the impress oil tue canine molars and
1nclsOrs have already been 0bliterated by the
application OF putty.
Year: 1874

couple OF defaults in interest payments 0c-
Cured yesterday, but not OF much Importance
serving rather to point BY their occurrence their
exceptional character than harm general railway
Year: 1874

ASkAzy man calling himself an Aria zona miner went to the White House the' other day, and as his conduct excited no the President. His errand was to inform Gen. Grant that if Mir. Sartoris broke his engagement with Miss Nellie, he was will ing to take his plaoa-
Year: 1874

A Nashville paper describes the ''only
young man" in Fayetteville as follows
s'He was yonng, he was fair, and he
parted his hair, like the average beau,
in the middle; he was proud, he was
bold, but the truth must be told, he
played like a fend on the fiddle But,
aside from this vice, he was everything
nice, and his heart was so loving and
tender, and he always turned pale when
when he trod on the tail of the cat ly-
ing down by the fender. He clerked in
store, and the way that he tore off
calico, jeans, and brown sheeting, would
have tickled calf and made the brute
laugh in the face of aquarterly meeting.
He cut quite dash with darling mus
tache, which he learned to adore and
cherish; for one girl had said, while
she drooped her proud head, that 'twould
kill her to see the thing perish On
Sunday he'd search the straight road to
the church, unheeding the voice of the
scorner; and demurely he sat, like a
young tabby cat. with the saints in the
| far amen corner He sang like bird,
and his sweet voice was heard, tuggiDe
away at long metre; and We speak but
the truth when We say that this youth
could outsing a hungry mosquito.
Year: 1874

WATERPROOF GREASE FOR BooTs.-ln
order to prevent rain-water from passing
through boots during cold weather, they
should be treated as follows: Take a
pound of the best fresh tallow or hard
mutton suet and melt it in an earthen-
ware dish with half a pound of bees-wax
and about half an ounce of rosin, and
apply the compound to the leather while
warm, but not too hot The soles as
well as the uppers should be soaked
with this preparation. The wax tends
to render the leather more durable and
pliable, because it is an excellent ants
eptic. There is no better leather un-
guent than this
Year: 1874

EDITOR OF VAN BuEEN Pass


DEAR SIR: At the request Of many OF my
old friends and acquaintanccs in the several
townships of this County, | have consented
to become candidate for the office of County
Judge of this County, subject however to the
nomination Of the County Convention. II
nominated and elected will serve to the best
ofmy ability IL not nomnqted pledge MY
support and influence for the nominee of the
Convention. Respectfully,


re HATHAWAY.
Year: 1874

E1- On Saturday next, the Farmers
and Democratic Conventions meet a,
divers Spring, to unite on a ticket for
County officers, We hope to see tick.
ct made in the spirit OF harmony and con.
cession that will command the vote OF
every good man in the County.
Year: 1874

The combination of tonic, alternative and
stimulating properties in Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, especially adapts that famous
specific to the cure of chronic forms of dis
ease, when the strong influence of long
protracted morbid habit is to be surmOunted.
In chronic dyspepsia, and liver complaint,
and in chronic constipation and other obsti-
nate diseases, it is beyond all comparison
the best remedy that can be taken. As a
means of restoring the strength and vitaI
energy of persons who are sinking under
the debilitating effects of painful disorders
this standard vegetable invigorent is con-
fessedly unequalled. The permanent tonics
included in the preparation are associated
with a ditfusable stimulant absolutely pure.
and the tendency of these elements is modi-
fed by the presence of Alternative ingredients
slower in their operation and capable of
producing more lasting local and general
effects. FoI feeble cOnvalescents and in all
phases of debility, it is the best as well as
the most agreeable of restoratives
Year: 1874

No doubt is entertained of the sale OF every
ticket before the Dra wing, but whether all are
sold or not the Concert aud drawing will pos
itiyeIy and unequivocally take place on the
day now fixed, and il any remain unsold they
will be cancelled and rhe prizes Will be re-
duced in proportion to the unsold tickets.


Only Sixty thousand tickets have been is
.,aI ay,I
Year: 1874

A curious occurrence agitated
society in Buffalo. a wealthy
widow Of sixty has just married
her own widowed sun.in.law Of


thirty five. the former husband Of


her own deceased daughter. who
in dying left to her bereaved part.
ner two children. Of these chill.
dren the grandmother has now
become the step mother. while
their father, marrying. his mother


in-law, becomes the step-father
of bis own sister in law. The
various new relations which are
thus established are exceedingly
complicated, and the curiosity and
condemnation Of the Buffalo peo-
pie are excited in an equal degree.
Year: 1874

We have never heard Of any
thing more beautiful than this
story Of a married woman whose
willhas been proved in England.
She gave all her estate to Mr..
Van Haurigh, her husband; di-
rectcd her clothes to be sold TO
pay heI funeral expenses, and
added: 1T is also my earnest
wish that my darling husband
should marry ere long a nice,
pretty girl, who is a good house
wife, and above all, to be care
fui that she is ofgood temper"
Year: 1874

Mr.. ORDWAY PLAYS THE PART OF


BUTCHER.


1t would appear that the Centre Market
Company not only want to dictate terms to the
butchers and dealers in the Centre Market, but
when they discover that not q success, they
establish themselves in the meat business and
dispose of their stock regardless Of law or Ii
cense. After the company found themselves
defeated by the butchers, they sent parties to
Baltimore to purchase meat. This was brought
on here and placed on sale on Saturday last.
Securing the services Of a few butchers out Of
employment they donned the white apron
themselves, and for three hours were busIly
engaged in carving, weighing and serving those
customers of the market who found 1t too far
to the Northern Liberties. ..-... ---


1t must have been an attractive sight to the
frequenters Of the market to see Mr.. Ordwsy
in his long apron dashing round, taking out q
shin-bone or weighing out to some unsuspect-
ing customer pound of fresh jaw. He expects
during the present week to have enough deal
ers from Baltimore to transact the usual busi-
ness of the place. This bold action opens up q
new phase of the embrogio. By thus taking
stalls in their own building and dealing with
out license, 1t is claimed that they have both
violated their charter and subjected themselves
to the penalty Of the law. They claim, how
ever, that this is not so. The question will
doubtless be decided in the courts.
Year: 1874

The public will learn with regret of the seri-
Gus illness Of Rev. L. C. Muller, the esteemed
pastor of the Mount Zion NJ. E. church, cor
ner Fifteenth and R streets. During the past
three weeks his health has been seriously
threatened, and he has been obliged on several
occasions to transfer his public duties to 9TH
ers; owing to the condition of his throat. Dur
lug the past week the trouble eliminated In q
hemorThage, and by advice of his physician be
has been obliged to decline his church pastor
ate for a couple of months and devote his time
to an effort to regain his health.


1t will be remembered that he was appointed
to this charge last March, and brought to its
service much of the zeal and enthusiasm incl
dent to his youth. TAXING this too far in his
desire to render himself useful he engaged In q
protraeted meeting of several weeks duration,
during which he had little ministerial aid. II
is sad that thus early in his new Held of duty
and amid so hattering indications he should
have been thus robbed OF that vigOr so essential
to his vocation. The hope is INDUCED by his
intimate friends that rest and change Of atmos-
phere may work an entire cure.
Year: 1874

It was but natural that those remaining at
home and witnessing the terrible storm should
entertain fears for the safety of relatives and
friends, accompanying excursion parties down
the river, and as consequence there was CON
siderable worriment of mind until their return.
II was thought that fully three thousand per-
sons had gone on these pleasure trips, and as
only few had returned twas natural there
should be misgiYings for the safety Of the rest.
The steamers, however, came up in good sea-
son, with all their passengers safe.


The Arrow was the last to arrive, and as the
passengers came of each one turned to Capt.
HoIllngshead, who stood at the gang plank,
and complimented him on the manner In which
the steamer had been conducted during the
peril of the prevailing wind. She met the
storm just above Fort Washington, where the
dust that rose from the city was in such
dense clouds as to render It impossible for the
pilot to see through it. However, the steamer
was kept with her head to the wind, and al
though not making more than a mile in one
hour, managed to get through in safety.


Major Blake, second in command, proved a
most valuable aid on this occasion, and his
coolnessof action and encouraging words on
Year: 1874

and gloom. Nothing could be seen but dust
and a vast assortment Of moYsbles which hap
pened to come near enough to the half-blinded
and choked spectator to miss him and fall
with crash Just in the rear Of very active pair
Of heels, whose desire TO get home was uncon-
trollable, and whose efforts overreached all
precedents. While we were making strenu-
Gus effort 10 gain the familiar old front gate
and swing ourselves into the second story and
shut down the windows, which were exposing
our library and best books to the fury of the
elements, we heard plaintiff cry Of "help!
help" in the near but dim distance, and we
forthwith sent ourself hencewsrd, assisted by
an occasional fragment of q chimney or
compound of dust and back yard furniture.
We have been jerked suddenly across q dis
trict schOol-room by cross-eyed master. We
have mixed ourself up in a college "rush" pro
miscuously. We have had hold of q FIRE hose,
when having hold of it meant to be jerked
forty ways from a standstill, and we have Oc-
eupied the highly animated position Of "tail
man" in the game Of snap -the-whip, but not in
all of these combined did we ever discover any
thing that had as complete control Of our
movements as had the bricks, binding dust
and gusts of this terrible storm, We arrived
at where the screaming woman stood clinging
TO a fence sooner than we expected, and invol-
UNFAIRLY passed by. When we turned to come
back we regretted not having shut both eyes.