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Year: 1866

The INTERNAL REVENUE LAws.-The
Ways and Means Committee have bill in
readiness to report to the House, in which
several very important amendments to the
Internal Revenue laws are proposed. Every
thing in Schedule A of the present act is to
be stricken out and exempt from taxation
save billiard tables and carriages worth $500
and over. The present tax upon coal Is to
be removed. The tax on incomes is 80 be so
far modified as to raise the amount exempted
from 5000 to $1,000, with $500 additional al
lowed on rentals or homesteads. On all
amounts OF incomes above s 900 uniform
tax Of five per ceatum is To be levied.


But the most important provision Of the
bill is the leyying Of tax OF five cents per
pound on all cotton broughtto market


The Committee are jusihed in their con-
clusion that this will net an enormous re-
venue. at the same time prove less onerous
than almost any other tax'now levied. The
Committee are unit in these new features
of the bill, and, 80 far as the sentiments OF
leading Members have been eanvassed, their
adoption by Congress is deemed quite certain.
Year: 1866

THE Congre gatonal society of Montpelier have
purchased the Cross property on Main and School
Streets for the sum of $1,000, and will soon pull
down their old building to make room for the new
Year: 1866

IT Is proposed % remove the Naval Academy
from Annapolis, so as to get rid Of the temptations
of a town. It was commonly reported before the
war brought the Yankees to Annapolis, that no
living thing ever moved in the streets Of that
town until after dark. Perhaps if the Annapolis
people would sleep during the night, and keep
wide awake during the day, the school boys could
be trusted among them.
Year: 1866

Il IL entire success. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. and
Reliable. They tho only Medicines perfectly
adapt e6 popular use-so simple that mistakes can
not be made in using them, harmless to be free
from danger and so efficient to be always reliable
They have raised the highest eommendstion fir all
and will always render satisfaction
Year: 1866

ODDITIES OF GREAT MEN.--The greatest
men are often affected by the most trivial
circumstances, which have no apparant
connection with the effects they produce
An old gentleman of whom we know some
thing, felt secure against the cramp when
he placed his shoes, on going to bed, so that
the right shoe w rs on the left Of the left
shoe, and the toe of the right next to the
heel of the left. If he did not bring the
right shoe round the other side in that way,
he was liable to the cramp. DR.. johnson
used always in going up Bolt Court to put
one foot upon each stone of the pavement
if he failed, he felt certain the day would
be unlucky. Button, the celebrated natur


alist, never wrote but iii full dress DR..
Routh, of Oxford, studied in full canoni-
Gals A celebrated preacher of the last CEN
tury could never make sermon with his
garters on. A great German scholar writes
with his braces off. Reiseg, the German
critic, wrote his commentaries on Sophocles
with pot Of porter by his side. Schybel
lectures, at the age of seventy-two extern
perc in Latin with his snuff-box constantly
in his hand without it he could not get
Year: 1866

vaccine disease wEiah prevents small pox


is also animal in its nature. 1t forms a


circle of little vesicles precisely like ring


worm, which is known to be living ami,


NAL


| Measles and scarlet fever are undoubt-


edly of atmospheric origin, because in three


or four days they appear simultaneously


over vast district of country. These dis


eases are unquestionably also communica-
BILE by seed of some kind-animal proba-
bly,, because the instances are constant


where those not previously affected are at
tackled by the disease not five children i'll
hundred but would have measles il
brought into the chamber of one afflicted


with the disease and the instances of the
spread of scarlet fever through families and
neighboring houses seem equally conclu-
sive.


Diptheria, and the farcy or glanders of
horses, are both communicable and syph-
ills, vaccine disease, and malignant pus-
tule, equally so. A fly will inoccuate
either Of those with his legs if he alight
on an abraded surface of healthy person
after alighting on sore Of either kind.
The saliva of glandered horse, if it touch
the slightest abraded surface will communi
cate it, and always kill the human victim.
Itch and ringworm are animal, and posi-
lively propagated by eggs under the skin.


DR.. Lzars and others alege that secOn-
Diary syphilis, or the eruption arising after
that disease has been taken i'll the usual


way, is communicable by a cigar or drink
ing cup. However this may be, it is known
that the child who can only have taken the
disease from the remote source of its mo
theirs blood, or still more remotely from the
father. does communicate it the nipple OF
its often healthy foster-nurse. All these
diseases are undoubtedly animal in their
origin, and produced from the conveyance
of all animal germ from the affected per
son.


We cite these examples to prove the vi
tai necessity of cleanliness. Typhus fever
(sometimes called spotted fever and ma
lignant dysentery, are the indigenous pro
duct of filth and confined air We are per
tectly familiar with them in the filthy parts
Of this City. Typhus fever is very rarely
communicated i'll the dwellings of the clean
Iy, and malignant dysentery, we fully be-
heve, requires great exhaustion, and pro-
badly direct contact Of the germ from the
close stool or privy. 1t is quite possible
that cholera is produced in this way, and
that thus the animal germ is conveyed di-
rectly to the body; hence the greatest care
should be used bin destroying the elections
of the sick


Is it not evident, then, to every rational


being that man will find his greatest safety
in cleanliness and can man be engaged i'll
"a nobler or more humane work than in pro,
pagating the knowledge of this great or
ganic law Of his fellows?
Year: 1866

\ CELEBRATED physician, who was as re-
markable for the deep interest which he
took in his patients as for his skill, had
been in attendance upon q very irritable
old lady for some time, and had bestowe ed
great attention on her case, and felt great
anxiety to alleviate her sufferings all the
means he could think of were tried, bnt the
effect which he sought to produce was hot
in his power, and he saw that she was
gradually sinking. As lie paid his accuS.
toned visit one morning, he found her ly.
ing in state Of stupefaction, and with
every alarming symptom he thought it
right to apprise her friends that her last
hours were approaching.


my dear young lady," said he to her re-
lation. who accompanied him to the room
door, " am sorry to tell you--very sorry
but your poor old aunt cannot hold out
for four-and-twenty hours"


"And pray who told you that, and how
dare you say it ?" cred the old lady, bounc.
ing up with an effort of strength that ap
peared quite supernatural and sitting bolt
upright ''how dare you say il? ?"


She was in violent passion, and as she
vehcmently held forth in abuse Of her doc
tor the excitement produced all that wa,
necessary,-the abscess, which had becl
the sole cause of her illness, broke from hcl
exertion she got immediate relief, soor
recovered, and lived for many years.
Year: 1866

Dont tell NE Of Tomorrow


Give me the man who'll say,
That when a good deeds to be done,
Lets do the deed to-day"
We may all command the present,


If We act and never wait
But repentance is the phantom
OF past that comes too late.
Don't tell me Of tomorrow


There is much to do to-day,
That can never be accomplished,
If We throw the hours away.
Every moment has its duty,


Who the future can foretell?
Then, why put off till tomorrow
What to-day can do as well?
Don't tell me Of tomorrow


II We look upon the past,
How much that we have left to do,
We cannot do at last
To-day it is the only time


For all on this frail earth
It takes an age TO form life,


\ moment gives it birth.
Year: 1866

THE best way to be happy is not to want
anything until you have got it. and then be saving
of it. Pudding and milk is good thing to have,
SO one has not too much of it.


WHISPERING is more dangerous than loud
speaking; the latter may instantly call up the re-
joinder of TRUTH if needed but the former may
travel on leaving poison in its track until the
truth can overtake 1t with difficulty.


A POOR Irishman who applied for license
to sell ardent spirits being questioned as to his
moral fitness for the trust, replied 'Ah it is
not much of a character that needs to sell
rum !"


FOOL in high station is like a man in
balloon-everybody appears little to him and he
appears little to everybody


In Russia, a coffin fai is held once year
Every peasant who has aged parent buys cof-
fin. The present is always acceptable, for the re-
cever feels assured that he will have a Christian
burial, and is proud of the son who thus cares for
his last restlng-place.


MA" said an intelligent, thoughtful boy
of nine Il don't think solomon was SO rich as
they say he was" why my dear, what could
put that into your head?" asked the astonished
mother. Because the Bible says he slept with
his fathers, and think if he had been so rich he
would had bed of his OWN"


"MoTHER," said little Ned, one morning,
after having fallen ont of bed, Il think know
why fell out Of bed last night. 1t was because
slept too near where | got in Alusing little
while as in doubt whether he had given the right
explanation, he added, NO, that wasn't the rea-
son it was because slept too near where fell
out"


DURING the present high price Of coal, a
gentleman meeting his coal merchant, inquired
whether it proper time to lay in stock ?
The knight OF the black diamond shook his head,
observing Goals Goals now, sir to which the
customer replied, Il am very glad to hear it, 70
the last you sent me We're states


THE INQUEST.


Poor Peter Pike is drowned. and the neighbors say
The jury mean to sit on him to-day.
''Know'st thou what for?' said Tom.
Quoth Ned. .No doubt


lis merely done to squeeze the water out"


"DoCToR," said a hard-looking customer
the other day to a physician Il am troubled with
IL depression, uneasiness about the breast
What do you suppose the matter is ?" '.All very
easily accounted for, said the physician you
have water on the chest" ''Water! Come that
will do well enough for a joke but how could /
get water my chest, when l haven't touched c
drop for more than fifteen years :"
Year: 1866

A GENTLE HINT At a concert which took
place lately, a gentleman in the audiance
rose up just as the third piece in the pro
gramme had been performed, and said
"Mr. Conductor, will you oblige me, sir, by
requesting your vocalists either to sing
louder, or to sing in whispers, as there is a
conversation going on close by where sit,
that is conducted in such loud tone as to
hinder my enjoyment of the music. pre-,
fer certainly to hear the concert but if
cannot be so privileged, des re to hear the
conversation" There was an ext 'rmclS
quiet and attentive audience in the hall in
ring the rest of the evening.
Year: 1866

SUPPLEMENT. consequence Of the heavy
press of advertisements, We are compelled to
issue supplement this week, and which we
shall continue to do so long as it is rendered
necessary. The business community are real
izing the great advantage derived from keeping
their names and respective branches of bust
ness before the public eye, and are thus availing
themselves of the columns of the TIMES to in
crease their trade. Every good business man
in town has an advertisement in the TINES.
This is sufficient proof that it pays for no
enterprising person will spend his money for
that which brings him no profit
Year: 1866

Gov. Humphreys, of Mississippi, who was
pardOned, but ought not to have been, for the
express purpose of qualifying him for the posi-
ton of Governor of Mississippi, has done what
in him lies ever since his accession to office, to
keep alive the feeling of hostility to the Gov
ernment He is now engaged in promoting a
movement for the collection and preservation
of the records of the Confederate army-a per-
fectly harmless and even proper work in itself,
provided it be done In a proper spirit; but
when he calls for the preservation of documents
or details of r0bberies, confagration and van
dalism," "to be transmitted to pOsterity in
vindication of the truth of history and the rec
titude of our (the Confederate) cause, and all
this is in a letter signed by him as governor
and dated from the executive office, he is
guilty of abusing his Office and abusing the
confidence which has enabled him to fill it
Men like Humphreys, who were leaders of the
rebellion, ought to have been left in the back
ground for many year to come; and, what
ever plan of reconstruction be now adopted We
have no hesitation in saying that Mr.. John
sons qualifying him for the governorship wa
at least a great mistake The letter before u
is an insult to the Government, an insult to ou
army, an insult to the loyal men of the North
and to ask us to believe that Mississippi or an.
other State lately in rebellion can be really ant
truly restored to the Union under the auspice
and direction of men like Humphreys, is an Ill
suit to the common sense Of those who shet
their blood and spent their money in trying t
rob him of his powers of mischief. We are II


favor of magnanimity, of, oblivion, Of cOncilia
ton, Of forbearance, of everything that can II
reason be demanded of us; but we are not i


favor of putting rebels into high office to pas
their leisure hours in keeping alive the Spiri
of rebellion. Tile Nation.
Year: 1866

It has been reported that the United States
Senate intended at an early day to take action
upon the House bill establishing negro suffrage
from the District of Columbia Committee, has
been instructed, however, to report new bill,
for qualified suffrage, which grants the right "a
vote to all colored men over 81 years Of age
who pay taxes on certain amount Of property,
who have served honorably in the army or ma
Wy, or who can read or write


Go to,J.hH. Primrose, if you want nice
suit Of Cloth or Cashmere at a low figure.
Year: 1866

TRICHINA IN AMERICAN Pork The com
mittee of scientific gentlemen appointed by the
Chicago Academy of Science, have just made
very complete report on the r, origin, growth
show that as many as 10000 of these insects
are sometimes contained in one cubic inch Of
pork, and that an average in one in every 90
of the hogs of the Chicago market is more OIL
less affected, and the comparative immunity
| from the disease which our own people have
enjoyed, undoubtedly results from the habit Of


cooking meat before eating it, while in Germa


ny it is eaten raw by the poorer classes on ac


count of the high prices of fuel For its dos
truction the committee say" 1t is simply
necessary to cook it thoroughly so that every
portion of the meat shall u have experienced
We cannot insist too strongly on this point"
Year: 1866

OBJECT OF THE PROPOSED New PARTY
A recent southern journal, formerly an inhu-
ental organ of the Wings in Georgia, in the
course of a long article urging the necessity for
the formation of third party, has very much
to say Of the war Democrats and the moderate
Republicans who are looked to as the basis of
this new organization. But the true secret of
the movement appears towards the close ofthe
article, where the writer remarks that the
Democratic party of the North is all right, but
that without the aid of those who are now
called conservative Republicans, they are dcs-
tined to meet with disaster and defeat" How
is this aid to be afforded? In preceding part
of the same article the writer speaks Of the
hostility of these classes to any fusion with the
Democratic party. 1t is apparent, then, that
the aid referred to is to be afforded in this
manner-these War Democrats and conserva-
tive Republicans are to organize third party,
which being all taken from the Republicans,
will so weaken the latter as to enable the Demo
Gratis to become the plurality party, and so re-
gain power.
Year: 1866

had done forty, fifty, and sixty years
ago For amusement the old gun was.
introduced, and they fired at a target.
in which the old gentleman participated,
and was as expert in firing as any of
his sons. 1t was one of those pleasant
family gatherings but, when we re,
fleet that they will never have another
similar meeting, it must have produced
solemn thoughts in their minds when


parting. We would here remark that
the old gentleman has been member of
the Methodist Episcopal church, whilst
the third generation has grown up
around him, and now frequently comes
to town, some two miles, to meeting


Laurence Journal. ...
Year: 1866

A farmer who had bought calf from
q butcher desired him to drive it to his
farm and place 1t in his stable, which he
accordingly did. Now it happened that
very day that man with grinding or.
gan and dancing bear, passing by that
way, began their antics in front of the
farm. After amusing the farmers fami-
ly for sometimes, the organ man entered
the farm house, and asked the farmer if
he could give him nights lodging
The farmer replied that he could give the
man lodging, but he was at loss where
to put the bear After musing little
he determined to bring the calf inside
the house for that night, and place the
bear in the stable all night, which he did.
Now, the butcher, expecting the calf
would remain in the stable all night, re-
solved to steal it before morning; aud
the farmer aud his guest were in the night
awakened by fearful yelling from the
outbuildings.


Both got up, and taking lantern, en-
tered the stable when the farmer found
to his surprise, the butcher of whom he
had bought the calf, in the grasp of the
bear, which was hugging him tremen-
dously, for he could not bite, being muz-
zled. The farmer instantly understood
the state of the case, and briefly mention
ed the circumstances to the owner of
Bruin, who, to punish the butcher for his
theft, called out to the bear: "Hug him,
Tommy" which the bear did in real
earnest, the butcher roaring most hide
ously the whole time. After they
thought he had suffered enough, they set
him free, and the butcher slunk off glad
to escape with his life while the farmer
and his guest returned to their beds.
Year: 1866

In the Supreme Court of the United
States last week, Justice Clifford deliver
ed the opinion in the case of an appeal
from the District Court Of Wisconsin, in
which the Milwaukee and Chicago Rail-
road Company was the respondent. 1t
appears that certain mortsaged premises
were several times offered for sale but
were not sold, and that the appellant
claimed possession on the ground that be
was the highest bidder. But the Su-
preme binding obligations until the con-
sent of both parties is given in other
words, there must be mutual under
standing to definite agreement. As
the anctioneer may refuse to strike OF the
property to the highest bidder, so bid
may be withdrawn before the hammer
falls.
Year: 1866

Another case Of conjugal and insane
asylum oppression and outrage has just
come to light in New York. A man of
some standing 10 the community, an in
veterate politician, some twelve years ago
married an estimable young lady, the
daughter of worthy old gentlemen worth
some $4,000 or 100000. Her father
died leaving her his whole property, her
mother being dead In order to get hold
of this her husband procured doctor
and two policemen to make afidavits that
she was demented and unfit to take care
of herself The husband was, indeed, by
his shameless proAlgacies and brutal op-
preston fast driving her to distraction
He tore her from her only child and con-
fined her in the Blooming dale Asylum
for two years. She escaped six months
ago, and with her son, started for her on
ly relatives, in Toronto She was track
ed thither, and fed to Buffalo, thence to
Cleveland, where she took service in the
family of a physician. She had been
there four months, giving not the slight
est suspicion of insanity, when, in the
absence of the physician, she was seized
and carried back to Bloomingdale. 1t is
expected that her friends will move the
matter to trial She is a devout Cath
olc, and by this means was in some way
discovered. 1t is said that there are be
tween thirty and forty women in the
Bloomingdale Asylum, who have been
placed there by relatives who wants their
property. "All that is necessary to con.
fine woman" says one of the New York
papers, sis the opinion in writing OF q
physician, and we have men of that title
here. who for a small fee would give any
opinion, or practice any fraud or crime. ;
Boston Traveller.
Year: 1866

The ST Louis Democrat says that few
days ago Charles Moritz, returned sold
ier, being anxious to marry and settle
down, offered an acquaintance $50 pro-
vided he procured him person OF whom
he might make wife. The bargain Was
struck and Moritz's friend and few 9TH
ers determined to work practical joke
on the bachelor. They had boy dressed
up in a woman's clothing, introduced to
Moritz, who was pleased with the look of
the bargain, and arrangements being
made to that end, confederate joker
married the pair and received So from
the happy bridegroom for tying the knot.
Moritz also paid over SO for the we'd
ding supper and gave his bride hand
some present in money. The sudden
illness Of a sister called the bride away
from the wedding feast. Next day Nor
itz set out to hunt her up, when he was
told the whole affair was a farce He
did not regard the matter in that light,
however, and the parties to it are now in
Jail for trial on charge Of swindling.
Year: 1866

Every one is more or less familiar with
what are commonly called Devils Darn
ing Needles. There are many species of
them to be found, some of them very
beautiful in color, and graceful in flight.
They are all voracious, and occupy the
place among insects that hawks and
eagles do among birds. But formidable
as they are among the minute beings that
annoy and encroach upon the interests of
mankind, they are perfectly harmless to
man himself They eat mosquitoes by
the million. They are, in fact, all use


ful, destroying "a vast number OF gnats
and other troublesome and destructive in
sccts. If you shut up dragon fly for a
short time in the house, he will destroy
vast numbers of mosquitoes, house flies,
and other flying insects, if there be any,
just as few toads in room will rid it
of bed bugs, cock-roaches, and other sim
liar vermin Therefore, never injure or
destroy these light and airy creatures
They do good, and not harm. They are
your friends, and not your enemies. The
lace winged flies generally are beneficial