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Year: 1866

A WAR MISSILE or GERMAN INVENTION
An ingenious Dutchman has recently lnid
before the Austrian Minister of War proposal
10 furnish the army Of Francis Joseph with a
camfavlets OF the Chinese. The inyeptlve
genius wishes 10 NIL hollow cylinder or
sphere with concentrated essence OF cholera
or typhoid fever, or small pox. In time Of war
he proposes 10 annihilate q stubborn garrison
or destroy the defenders OF an intren ched camp
by launching in their midst specimens OF each
disease inclosed In these shells, which burst of
course, when reaching their destination. How
the man proposes 20 bottle this dangerous
essence of every putrid or revolving disease is
not revealed
Year: 1866

EPIDEMIC IN MoBILE-The dengue or break
bone fever has become quite epidemic in
town. There is not a practIctng physician
who mas not cases under his care. This dis
ease is attended with extraordinary pain and
but little real danger, except in cases OF elder
ly persons. Ii arises from malarious causes
and experience has Thus far shown that il does
not coexist with yellow fever. THIS epidemic
made its appearance in Mobile about three
weeks since, and will probably last about the
same time longer. Regularity Of living and
the ay oiding Of the night air are the only pre-
yentiNes known. The pains In the bones of
those afflicted with the disease are Intense and
IL is from this fact that IL derives its name of
break-bene fever.-h0bile Times
Year: 1866

~Judge Warner recently delivered a deci-
sion in the Superior Court sitting at Fayette
ga, In the case OF Grant et al VS. W. r. Al
len-troyer for sla YES and hire-that where the
defendant had made a wrongful conversion OF
slave property, the fact OF emancipation after
ward did not protect him, and that plaintiffs
could recover the slaves &C the time OF the e, N :
version, with interest or damages The iurv
found in accordance with the charge
Year: 1866

BUFFALO, June 28.-There was a fire last
night in the malt house of Beardsley & Beld-
ing, In the building there were about two
thousand bushels of oats and fifteen thousand
bushels of malt The grain was valued at
$4,000. the greater portion of which was in
Surad
Year: 1866

PLAYED Our.-Tom Florence, the barefaced
and cowardly braggart who edits the National
Union, the Presidents Washington organ gave
ven. to his feelings in an editorial on Congress
on the I'd of May, which closed in the following
threatening and fool-hardy style:


"Those men had better beware. They are not
a loyal Congress, but an unconstitutional body
of usurpers. The country feels that the great
error of the President was in recognizing them
at all in their self-important, rump condition.
A little Cromwellism is just the thing needed
now, and there two hundred thousand DEM
ocrats North who would back that kind of pluck
with good relish"


1.-TWO hundred thousand Democrats p Yes,
we remember that about that number of cow
ardly lip-servants of the rebellion were counted
on by the Southern rebels when they took up
arms against the Government five years ago.
But how many of these vaient fellows took a
hand. Not one in thousand, certainly. They
not only deserted their friends when actual dan
ger came but {" skedaddled from the homes
of their childhood to avoid Federal drafts. The
madman of the National Union should remember
that these Northern doughfaces are not to be
depended on when there is fighting to be done.
The only service which they can be looked to for
is robbing border banks and plundering border
trade from the Canada side, and occasionally
one is found with courage enough to fire North
ern hotels and places of amusement That's the
mode by which these " Democrats North q" pre-
fer to destroy life.
Year: 1866

WILLING TO REVIVE THE DEMOCRATIC Party


Senator Sherman told this good thing in his


speech at Bridgeport, Connecticut, recently A


modern Democrat came to a distinguished Dem


ocrat of the State of Ohio Governor Tod) last
fall, after the war had ended, and said: @ Now,
my friend, you supported Lincoln all through
the war; now the war is over you have had
everything your own way; and now suppose we
Start again the old Democratic party" "Well,
said the old Ohio Democrat, 81 don't know but
that would be good thing | like the Demo-
cratic party; ! raised in it, and stuck to it
until it deserted the country and went over to
the rebels don't know but it would be good
thing to revive and purify the old party; but
would not do it just yet" All, said his
friend "when would you do it, thenT' "My
friend" said the Ohio Democrat, "when the
Union party shall have discharged in full all the
obligations it has assumed during the war; when
it shall have paid all the pensions that due to
the widows of soldiers when it shall have paid
every dollar of the national debt incurred during
the war when it shall have punished all the
rebels when, in short, it shall have accomplish
ed all that it has promised to do, then am will
ing that the old Democratic party should be re-
vived am not willing to trust the Democratic
party to perform obligations that they opposed in
their contracting. prefer to see it done ysclf
to pay my own debts myself"
Year: 1866

WATER PRoJEcr.-In Yreka it is proposed to
form company in San Francisco with capital
of 5000, 900, for the purpose of building fume
to carry water from Shasta river to Yreka. 1t is
estimated that this enterprise would pay largely.
This item will remind our people that ditch
from Stuarts Fork to the Weaverville Basin
would supply hundreds of acres of diggings
which would pay largely, and would not cost
half the money required to complete the above
enterprise
Year: 1866

HE LAECUTlON OF DR. y. HUGHES.
This person, who was native of
the Isle of Man, was executed at Cleve-
land, Ohio, on Friday last, for the
murder of Tanizen Parsons, near Bed.
ford, Oh the 9Th of August last, by
shooting her through the b a d.
Hughes attempted suicide by swallow
ing morphine the evening before his
execution, but took an overdose and
became sick. Some oyster soup made
with milk also helped to neutraIize the
poison. Before he was hung he ex-
hibited great nerve, and acted and
talked as if he was going to a party
rather than to the scaffold. When he
was placed on the drop he prayed, and
afterward made a speech sixteen min
utes long, in which he arraigned the
law of capital punishment, denied the
divinity of Ehnist, avowod himself a
spiritualist, although he said he never
had connection with that body, His
speoch was extraordinarily profane.-
In closing it he said


"If | thought for a moment that
was going to birthstone and hell and
that kind of thing for all eternity,
should fear; or did I think I was 60
ing to heaven and sit there for all
eternity, and do nothing but sing, |
should be fool. They can kill this
body but they cannot kill this SOUL
This soul scars aloft to the Great
Being that gave it being. 1t has work
to do, and I believe this moment that
| shall be as much here after this exc
cution as now before it | believe | am
here. | 60, gentlemen, not to the
land of perdition, but to the land of
progression, and while | admit the
justice of the law of Ohio, to-day l say
it is foolish and vain. And if you
should say to ME that because that
rope goes around my neck and chokes
me to death that it is going to prevent
any crime, say it is foolish and vain,
for in the condition in which John
Hughes was when he committed this
crime, no example on earth would pre-
vent any man from doing just as he did.
submit to the law of the land, believ.
| ING it is cruel murder to take my
life. From the time | fired that pistol
up to this hour | don't remember the


firing of that pistol. Do you think
all the examples on earth would have
prevented any man in that condition
from doing as | did? No, it is mis-


take. No. [ hope my example viii


not be remembered as an example 0


the death penalty, but for the folly o


it. Gentlemen, good bye"


The Sheriff then informed the con


demned that it was his painful duty tt
inhict on him the extreme penalty o
: the law The Doctor tore off his col
lar and cravat, and tossed them beloy
, with smile. During the proceedin
he said to the spectators, Good bye
and again exclaimed, 20, grave wher
l is thy victory?" and 30, death wher
, is thy sting q The rope was the
, put around his neck, and the black ca
4 drawn over his face. The Shcri
r touched the arm of the lever, and tn
4 trap instantly fell. The neck was il


simultaneously broken. Not muscl


moved. There was absolutely no il
dication Of pain, and not a percept
ble tremOr.
Year: 1866

A VERY simple invention was exhibited
at the late Birmingham Cattle Show for
making butter BY atmospheric action, the
air being forced by plunger into the midst
Of the milk or cream, which is contained IN
a cylinder, the result being in a few minutes
butter is made, le-ving the milking perfect,
ly sweet for family use.
Year: 1866

The House Judiciary Committee has agreed to report a bill to restore possession of all Hands confscated by authorities lately in rebellion. It provides that whenevera citizen may have been dispossessed of any lands or tenements belonging 10 him or her within any of said States, by an or Ter proceeding from or decree of, those States on the ground of his or her adherence to the Union. or their failure to aid or support those States, it shall be the duty of the President or the comman- ding officer of the national forces stationed within the particular State, on all the facts being set forth, to restore said property to the sssricvcd parties. s sc'fran
Year: 1866

All communications addressed to this Office must be plainly written on one side of the paper, and the authors name must invariably accompany each article We will accept or reject all manuscript as our judgment dictates.
Year: 1866




-- The company that has been erecting
works near Philadelphia for the manufacturS
OF paper pulp frcm wood has got into run.
ming order, and was visited by about 400 cap.
italiSts and Newspaper and book publishers
on Thursday, who had the pleasure Of see.
inga poplar tree from the hillside converted
into paper in five hours, and afterwards had
banquet at the Continental. The pulp works
are quite extensive, have cost halfs million
dollars, and are capable of turning out 40
tons Of pulp in day. The paper is made
with so per cent of wood pulp 20 per cent Of
straw pulp, and is said to be very good ar
ticle and the telegraph dispatch asserts that
though the works have recently gone into
operation, already the price of paper iS re-
duced three cents pound" Go ahead gem
tlsmen there 10 room for still further re-
duction, and all efforts to that end will bS
warmly welcomed by the press and public.
Year: 1866

o land beyond the setting sun


o realm more fair than poets dream!
How clear thy silver streamlets run,


How bright thy golden glories CLEAN
Earth holds no counterpart of thine


The dark-browed Orient jewel crowned,
Pales as she bows before thy shrine.


Shruoded in mystery SO profound.
The dazzling North, the stately West,


Whose rivers flow from mount to sea:
The South flower. wreathed in languid rest


What are they all compared with thee2
All lands are realms beneath yon dome,


Where Gods own hand has hung the stars
To thee with hunblest homage come,


Oh world beyond the chrystal bars7
Thou blessed Hereafter Mortal tongue


Hath striven in vain thy speech to learn,
And fancy wanders lost among


The Aowery paths for which we yearn.
But well we know that the lair and bright,
Far beyond human ken or dream,
Too glorious for our feeble sight


Thy skies of cloudleSs azure beam.
We know thy happy valleys lie


In green repose, supren.Oly bleSt;
We know against thy SAPPHIRE sky


Thy mountain peaks sublimely rest.
And sometimes even now we catch


Faint gleamings from thy far off shore,
And still with eager eyes we watch


For one sweet sigh or token more.
For oh, the deeply loved are there


The brave, the fair the good, the wise,
Who pined for thy Serener air,


Nor stunned thy solemn mysteries.
There are the hopes that, one by one,


Died even as we gave them BIRTH
The dreams that passed ere well begun,
Too dear, two beautiful for earth.
The aspirations, strong Of wing,


Aiming at heights we could not reach
The songs we tried In vain to sing;


The thoughts too vast for human speech.
Thou hast them qll, Hereafter Thou
Shalt keep them stately till that hour
When with Gods seal on heart and brow,
We claim them In immortal power
Year: 1866

SToRMY.-A gentleman talking to an
other on the subject of marriage, made
the following observation: igHi i5d


l first saw my wife in n storm; carried
her to q ball in q storm; courted her in
storm; married her in storm; lived in a
storm with her all her life; but, thank
heaven, buried her in pleasant weather
Year: 1866

RECOvERED.-Kate Swift, the young
Miss whose abduction we noticed two
weeks ago, has been recovered, and is
now with her friends in Elyria. The
story of her fall may put other thought
less girls on their guard, and for this pur-
pose we briefly detail it.


While visiting her friends in Cleyeland
she met e. G. Lyman, who, after brief
acquaintance, told her he lived in Buffalo,
was rich and wanted to make her his wife.
She consented to 90 with him, and the
rest need not be told. The police Of
Buffalo were furnished with description
Of the girl, and soon found her in Ly-
mans room, which he kept fitted up for
gambling purposes.


After he had accomplished his purpose,
told her that he had seen her in Elyria,
and fallen in love with her. Several
months ago two persons were incarcerat-
ed in the Jail in this village charged with
robbing the Wellington bank. While
there several school girls, through falsc
sympathy with the prisoners, were in tho
habit of calling under their windows to
converse with them and give them bo-
quets. Miss Swift was one of the callers,
and K. G. Lyman was one of the prison
ers He turned States evidence and was
acquitted, as our readers will remember
We refer to this subject solely to call
the attention of the thoughtless to the
consequences of the first wrong step. The
world is full of libertines, who, under the
guise of good clothes and a gentlemanly
address, are daily ensnaring the simple
minded and unwary to certain and ire
triegable ruin. How many thousands arc
thus deceived and ruined can only be
known by reading the history of the fall
len, who, shut out from the society of the
pure and good, lead lives of wretched-
ness and shame, to many of whom death
would be q welcome relief. Beware of
| thAfirst false step. -E1HiQ Democrat.
Year: 1866

The church of Christ must be ready to
give strong blows in favor of the interests
of Christianity, as'weH as merely to bear
putty could take blow as well as any,
but putty never would take a city, and a
lukewarm church will never conquer
world. But more than all else besid


Christ our, king can never look upon sp,
/, a one with favor. Brethren, is the mes
sage to you?
Year: 1866

IF the rumored intelligence which we re-
ceived by the cable recently, be correct,
that the Emperor Napoleon has aban-
doned the idea of urging his demand for
an extension Of the frontiers Of France,
then we have in the fact tacit confession
on the part of the Emperor. that the po-
sition ofPrussia is at present too strong,
her power too formidable, to allow of a
hostile collision being provoked between
the Prussians and the French with impu-
nifty to France 1t is not for a moment
to be imagined that Napoleon, after hav-
ing formally made the demand, would
abondQn it, unless he was convinced that
by pressing it he would incur danger, to
the extent of defeat from Prussia in a
conflict of arms. The demand was treat
ed in spirit of defiance by the Prussian
Government. 1t was pronounced "ab-
sprd" by the semi-oficial organ of that
Government, and Prussia, feeling her
strength, was evidently determined to re-
sist it to the utmost. That the Empe-
ror Napoleon, in the face of such dem.
onstration, should recede from the posi-
ton he had taken up, is humiliation


for him, and cannot but have the effect
of greatly weakening the prestige he


had gained as the arbiter Of Europe


He had evidently calculated that out of
the troubles of Germany he would easily
and cheaply reap profit for himself, and
advantage for France; but he now finds
himselfconfronted by a power with which
he is evidently unwilling, from motives Of
self-interest, to come into collision. Bis
mark would seem to be master Of the s1-
uation The star Of Prussia is in the as
cendant The great ability and indomi-
table energy of her leading statcman, the
military talent other generals, the valor
and endurance of her soldiers, and the
death-dealing power Of the dreaded needle
gun, have all combined to place her in a
position Of such strength that she can
defy him whose fat las ruled Europe for
many years past The colossal figure
that has thrown its shadow over the con-
tinent since 1852 has, by this latest event
arising out of the German war, lost some
thing of its vast proportions. A rival
has suddenly appeared on the scene, and
anew era seems about to open for Europe.
Year: 1866

A man newly married, being about to
leave home, said to his wife: ''Now, Ju-
liza, you may do anything you please while
/ am away, except ride Jowler, the house
dog" .'Ride Jowler! what do you
mean ?" "Never mind, only | warn you
not to ride Jowler." When the husband
came home Julia had black eye and an
arm in sling. sEWhy Julia, what's the
matter?" swell you told me not to
ride Jowler, ana l. thought it must be
something very nice or you wouldn't
have told me not to do it, so | got on his
back and he threw me down stairs"


Here is truth, that the sooner the
Christian would learn it by heart the bet
ter it will be for the cause; "either we
must conquer the world or the world will
conquer u.s." We need not flatter our
selves with the idea that we can enter
into a treaty Of peace with them, and
that they Will arm themselves to help us.
When we do this we are like Iseral when
she sent down TO Egypt for help. The
last evil is worse than the first threatened,
Year: 1866

ilAT the late election in iMaine the De-


mocracy polled ten Thousand more votes


than they did last year, yetnthey are beat


EN- twenty thousand more than they were
then. Does any one believe that the large
ly Increased radical vote in THAT State was
genuine? .isggg
Year: 1866

All affections of the Womb treated with sue
cess. Those married ladies who have been so un-
fortunate as to miscarry, or prove abOrtive. car
be carried to their full time, if found pregnant
by giving me q call.
Year: 1866

Young married ladies whose misfortune it has
been not to bring forth in due season, remember
God has said you should multiply and replenish.
by letter or in person. No lady over thirty-fve
years of age need make application. All eOmmu-
nicatiOns by letter or person strictly confidential
Year: 1866

-goIgate's Honey soap-Thas celebrated
Toilet Soap, in such universal demand is made from the
choicest Materials mild and emoent in it's nature, fra
ay scented extremely action upon the
kin For sale by all druggists fancy goods
Year: 1866

This has Just concluded its Tenth Year Its history
has been prosperity and growth from the commence
The two years the daily attendance has
been more than two hundred and many have been refused
edrnttance for want of accommodation


a New Building


Is now under contract ready for occupancy at the
opening OF the Fall Session In September and it is hoped
that hereafter all can be received pupils who apply


The Library. Apparatus and Cabinet
Are receiving yearly valuable addons and the purpose is
kept steadily in view to furnish every facility for thorough
course of instruction,


The Faculty consists of four female teach
ers all experienced Instructors in their several departments
is fully graded from the Preparatory depart.
ent through the entire of Academica and CLASH
cal studies.
For Particulars and catalogues, address


l. Il. WHITE
Is West Fourth street, Cincinnati, 0.
Year: 1866

We have hosts of testimonials from all parts of the coun
try but space will allow of the publication but few Of
them hence select those of we'll known persons whose
intelligence and discrimination beyond doubt, and We


Win Pay $1,000
any producing certificate published by that not


genuine.
Year: 1866

From the Dayton [Oh,ol Journal, March 10.


Robbers in a Lady's BedrOOm-TheJ


Attempt TO Straugle Her-A PluckY


Female.


Last week a married lady of this city
went to Springfield TO spend about a
week with sister, wife Ofa ieweler OF
that city. On last Wednesday night,
we are told, she was awakened, about
midnight, by some one lingering about
her neck. In the moment of sleep
waking, she fancied that it was her SIS
ter, who slept in the adjoining room,
and she reached out her arm playfully
to take hold Of her hair, when she was
frightened by feeling the short locks OF
a man. The same instant hand was
placed upon her throat, 80 that she
could not speak; but by a desperate
effort she released her throat, and
screamed for help. This scream awaken
ed her brother-n-law, who moved to 20
over and see what was the matter but
on his wife remarking that her sister
was subject to nightmare, and screamed
in her sleep; he desisted The unfortu-
nate lady was nearly being choked by
the villain, and by almost super lumsn
effort she again relieved her throat
from his grasp, 50 that she was enabled
to cry for help and her brother-in-law
then sprang out Of bed, and just sue
ceeded in getting open the door Of her
room, when he saw one man going out
of the window, and another out OF the
door The lady was game to the last,
and by her presence Of mind and des-
perate resistance prevented the villain
from strangling her to death Her
throat was considerably lacerated by
her efforts to tear loose the grasp of the
robber The brotherin-law had that
evening brought home a quantity of
valuable iewelry, and it was that which
had doubtless induced the visit of the
robbers. The lady became so nervous
that she could not remain longer, and
returned home to this city.
Year: 1866

A ROMANTIC LOVE SroRy.-Thc Count
de St. Croix. belonging to one Of the no
blest and wealtliest families in France, be-
came engaged, after a long and assiduous
courtship. to lady. his equal in position
and fortune. and famous Tor her bsasty.
Shortly after the happy day was appointed
which was to render two loving hearts one
the count was ordered Immediately to the
seige of Sebastool so he sirled on his sab
er. and at the head OF his regiment march
ed to the battlefield.


During the counts absence it happened
that his beautiful fdncee had the small -pox
after lowering between life aud death for
many days, she recovered her health. but
found her beauty hoPe!c'sly lost. The de-
scase had assumed in her case the most
vlrulent character, and left her not only
d'sfignred but seemed and Scared to such
fI'ghtful extent that she ebcame hideous
to herself and resolved to pass the remain
der OF her days in the strictest seclcsion.
Year: 1866

An Englishman, boastng of the superb
ority of the horses in his country, men
toned that the celebrated Eclipse had run
a mile In minute. "Nly good fellow"
exclaimed an American present, '.that is
less than the average rate of our common
roadsters. live in my country seat, near
Philadelphia, aud when l ride in hurry
to town OF morning, my own shadow
can't keep up with me, but generally comes
into the warehouse to find me minute
to minute and half after my arrival.
One morning the beast was restless, and
l rode him a. hard as | could several
times around a large factory, just to take
the old Harry out of him. Well sir, he
went so fast that the whole time | saw my
back directly before, and was twice in
danger Of riding over myself"
Year: 1866

II was said in the clden time that the
body was more than raiment; but now the
raiment is often great deal more than the
body in value, and fall five times as much
In circumference.