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Year: 1871

There are thousands of busy people,
who die every year from the want Of
sleep 1t mav he that too much sleep
Injuries some but, III an ezcitable peo-
pie in our intense business habits,
there is far more mischief from want
Of sleep than from too much Of it
SlecpIessness becomes a disease 1t is
the precursor of insanity When it
does not reach that sad result, it is
still fall Of peril, as well as of suffer
ing. Thousands of men have been in
debtcl for bad bargains, for lack Of
courage, for incttectlveness, to loss Of
sleep,


1t is curious that all the popular
poetical representations Of sleeping
and waking are the reverse Of the
truth. Wespeak Of sleep as the image
Of death, and our waking hours rs the
image Of life. But all activity ;s the
result Of some form Of decomposition
in the body. Every thought, still
more, every emotion and volition,
wastes some part q the nervous sub
stance, precisely as flame is produced
by wasting the fuel 1t Is the death
Of some rArt Of the physical substance
that produces the phenomena Of intel
igent and voluntary life. On the
other hand, sleep is not like death ;
for it is the period in which thewaste
Of the system ceases, or is reduced to
its minimum, Sleep repairs the
wastes which wokin. hours have made,
Year: 1871

Money in your purse will credit you
wisdom in your head adorn you
but both in your necessity will serve
you.


He that blows the GOALS in quarrels
he has nothing to DO with, has no right
to complain if the sparks fly III his
face


Wise men are instructed by reason
men of less understanding by expert
cnco; the most ignorant by necessity
and the beast by nature.


A good conscience breeds great res
olution, and an innocent soul is I'M
pregnable.


To hope to touch by the same SER
mon hearers of varions ages, sexes,
r. n1, and education, is to expect to
opcn all locks with the same KEY.
Year: 1871

Pursuant to . special call the Kings County
Medical Society met last evening at the oce or the
Brooklyn Board Of Health, 10 the county Court
House, for the purpose OF considering how they
might best serve their medical brethren Of Chicago
In their present great emergency OF distress After
some uiscusslon the President was directed to
send $500 in currency by express this morning 10
tue President Of the Cook County Medical Society OF
Chicago for the or the members Of that society.
The meeting also ordered canvass OF the entire
society basIs for future more deliberate action,
Year: 1871

How FoRGERIEs ARE CoMMIrTED.-The
Tribune recently gave some novel and in
teresting facts touching the modus operdndi
of forgers. When we see how easily a
man can doctor check with acids we Won
der ut the comparatively small crop of
forgers which America has produced. The
forger, says the Tribune, has learned that
certain combination of acids when appli-
ed upon writing devours the ink and leaves
nc stain upon the.white paper. He provides
himself with Il vial of the transparent flu
id, and with small camel's hair brush, or
simply quill pen, and with magnifying
glass he is careful TO place the acid only
upon the ink; he usually urges that the
check to be altered shall be brought to him
while the writing is still fresh, only an
hour or two old; the erasure may then he
more neatly effected in the application of
the acid the sizing upon the surface of the
paper is of course destroyed; he takes up
a Sdchet of peculiar powder, and by fire.
quent delicate touches, reproduces the
smooth, firm writing-surface in such a
manner that powerful microscope is need
ed to detect the patch. Thus in a few min
utes he has a check in blank over a genu-
inc signature, and any desired numerals
may be inserted. The old-iashoned forg-
err who labored to reproduce the drawerss
signature was very slow person indeed
and ought to have been ashamed of him
self. Nowadays rascal can present "A
check properly signed 1t argues great
skill and watchfulness on the part of bank
cashiers and others that they are SO seldom
Xiclimized.
Year: 1871

THE DAY OF REsT.-I think, with a shud-
der, sometimes, of what life would be with
ont Sunday-if day after day the great
wheel of the world went round with its
ceaseless clatter, never a rest in motion,
never pause in sound. l speak of the
Sabbath only in its original meaning, as a
word that signifies rest. And in this sense
it is by most most men, and ought to be by
all, esteemed as the greatest of all blessings
which Almighty benevolence has bestowed
on man. The worst Sabbath breaker of all
is the migrate who is not thankful when the
Sabbath comes round. He may go to
church three times day, and be austere in
all outward observances, but he breaks the
the Sabbath in his heart If he rejoices when
it is over. There are many kinds of wor-
ship, and l am humbly disposed to think
that the giving of thanks is not the least ac-
ceptable of them. If it be true that labor
are est ordre, we are praying during six
days of the week, and may devote the sew
enth TO praise. He who thoroughly enjoys
his day of rest lives from morning till night
in a state of thankfulness to the Almighty
the incense of praise is continually rising
from his heart. l do not envy the man
who does not hail the advent of Sunday,
and rejoice in the rest which II vouchsafes.
Year: 1871

Wehave received neatly printed pamph-
let of 96 pages, published by order OF the
Iowa Board Of immigration, being treat
ise ON the resources of Iowa, and giving
useful information with regard to the State,
for the benefit of immigrants and others.
It is an exceedingly interesting document,
giving full and evidently accurate informa-
ton in regard to great variety of topics,
respecting which every intelligent person
win be glad TO be informed, and especially
Those who have an idea of leaving their
homes in New England and removing to
the newer and more inviting regions of the
west On account of its central position, its
salubrious climate, its fertile soil, its abun-
dant resources Iowa has great attractions.
These attractions are greatly enhanced by
the excellent government of the State, its
thriving and liberal institutions for the ed
ucation of the young, its institutions for
benevolent and charitable purposes, and
the enterprising and progressive spirit of
the people. A few facts will verify this last
statement. To the State University at Iowa
City young women as well as young men
are admitted, and last year 416 students
were in attendance. At the thriving town
of Ames the State Agricultural College is
located and during the past year 1872 stu
dents were in attendance, about one-fourth
of whom were young ladies'. BY the laws
of the State no distinction is now made be-
tween husband and wife in the possession
and enjoyment of property. Each is enti-
tied to the same dover in the estate of the
other and like interest descends to their
respective heirs; and the last General AS
sembly took the first step necessary for
amending the constitution so as to confer
the right of suffrage upon woman. The is
sue of the proposition depends rpon the ac-
tion of the General Assembly in 1872, and
vote of the people. If any of our Yer
mont friends are determined to leave this
goodly State and turn their footsteps west
ward, we advise them to investigate fully
the advantages which Iowa offers, as well


as other promising regions.
Year: 1871

Pay no attention to sanderers or gos
sip mongers. Keep straight on your
course, and irt their back billings die
the death Of neglect. What Is the use
lying awake at nights, brooding over
the remark Of some false friend, that
runs through your brain like forked
lightning? What's the use in getting
into worry and fret over gossip that
has been set aiioat to your disadvantage
by some meddlesomo busybody who
has more time than character? These
things can't possibly injure you, unless
indeed, you take notice Of them, and
in combating them give them charac


ter and standing If what Is said about
you is true, set yourself right at once {;
if it is false, let it go for naught. If Il
bee sling5 you, would you go to the
hive and destroy il? Would not n
thousand come upon you? 1t is wis


dem to say little respecting the injuries
you have received. We are generally
the losers in the end if we stop to re.
iulo AZ paeh'pitiHSo uuu SoSoiPPihbo
we may hear by the way. They are
annoying, it is true, bnt not dangerous,
so long as we do not stop to eXpostulate
and scOld. Our characters are formed
and sustained by our own actions and
purposes, not by Others. Let Us always
bear in mind that "Calumniators may
usually be trusted to time aud the slow
but steady justice of public opinion"
Year: 1871

In order to increase the sum of hui
man happiness, we should cultivate
Kind and fraternal feelings with one
another. a true life consists in some
thing else than simply accumulating
property. We do not and cannot olive
by bread alone" A writer in the Jour.
nal Of Agriculture discourses on this
subject most beautifully, as follows:


1.-THE sole object and aim OF too many
individuals seems to get gain, grab
all, let the consequences be what they
may to others. The desire to aecumu-
late wealth, regardless of the comfort,
and social happiness of our neighbor4,
and the interchange of friendly sentl.
ment, should be ignored On the other
hand, we should so live and act that the
generous impulses Of our own hearts
would prompt us to extend the hani Of
fellowship to sll our neighbors, and,
looking them squareIy in the eye, feel
that glorious inward consciousness that
we had never wronged the m in thought,
word or show. Then, too, let little
deed OF love be done; let the principles
Of golden rule be exemplifed in daily
lives; let us be more sociable, and culti-
vate our convival qualities by frequent
interchanges of friendly greetings at
social gatherings; let no aristocracy be
acknowledged save that of the intellect;
let us beautify our homes; let US make
them what they should be by cherish
ing love for the beautiful, so that
BLESSINGS may attend us forever;


And whatever we pray for or do,


May our lives be one grand endelvor


10 type the pure, the good and the true!"
Year: 1871

AN Indiana editor gives this to the
world as an argument that Il wcmen
of his State are well prepared for the
duties Of voting citizen: "a Harrison
county girl recently knocked her moth
er down with rolling pin, aud in turn
was checked by her father until her
tongue hung cut If ltr mouth. In a
short time mother aud daught,r ne.
covered and pichtd into the Old gentle
man with rolling pin aud table forks,
nearly running his am with the latter.
The daughter then threw all Of II @
dishes out OF the Window
Year: 1871

CURE FOR BONE FELoN.-The Lon


don Lancet, excellent authority, gives
the following recipe for the cure of bone
felon AS soon as the disease Is felt,
put directly over the spot II fly blister
about the size of your thumb nail. and
let ii remain for six hours, at the eXp.r.
alton of which time, directly under the
surface of the blister, may be seen the
ielon, which can be instantly taken out
with the point of a needle or lancet.
Year: 1871

the Price King.


From the New York World ,sI sss
After the CONVERSATION had continued
some time Mr.. Cobufn was asked what
answer he intended to make to the chal-
lenge Of Tom Kelly which appeared in
the World and other journals few days
ago. ~


Coburn-Why, 1 don't intend to take
.anynotice of it at all. Kelly don't mean
6ght, and only wants the notoriety Of
match with me. for sparring benefit pur-
poses. Why, in New Orleans, two days
after my fight with Mace, told him |
could lick him there and then in one
round; but be got away with the excuse
that ne did not want to tackle disabled
man, my hands at the time being badly
swelled.l He was one Of my seconds,
and paid him handsomely for his
trouble. Had Iwon the money staked |
would have given him twice as much.
Bat he cant make any more money out
of me. eGrieii rrf1fiaiel4


ReporterAMr. Coburn, do you intend
to stick TO the declaration that you will
not again enter the prize ring2


Coburn-Yes, sir There is not money
enough in this city to induce me to un-
dergo the work and privations of train
ing again. ] have for almost year
heen in continuous training, and don't
intend-to go through it again. ! shall
give up fighting, and the associations of
fighting men, unless | make an engage
ment to do little sparring through the
country with Mace. The public seem
anxious to see us, aud Judge for them
selves what ring science means. Should
] decide, however, not to make any en-
gagements, shall go into business in
this city in the spring. Fighting as a
profession don't pay have lost more
money during the past year in my affair
with Mace than ever made of it in my
life


Reporter-Did Kelly know of your
resolution not to enter the ring again
when he challenged your u T


C.-Yes; told him so myself before
the fight with Mace, that whatever the
result was | would for no consideration
train again and this he knew full well
when he issued his bnncombe challenge
to fight me for from $1,000 to $4,000 a
side. elf5a rl1r


R.-How did you like New Orleans
and its vicinity as training grounds1


C.-Dan Hickok treated me well
enough, but as to New Orleans, it is a
dull place compared with New York.
The sports there were all on Mace.
Had it not been so, | don't think Hunt
woala have decided the fight in the way
he did. .IfFH W ava rsl


After some further conversation, dur
ing which Coburn remarked that he
thought Mace would meet o Baldwin in
the ring, should the latter really mean
business, the writer took his leave, fully
convinced that Coburn intends to enter
upon new career more legitimate than
prize-6ghting.
Year: 1871

lends something Of animation to his
usually inexpresEiye face. But when
his eyes and lentures lapse into
their habitual condition of indo.
lent gopd-natured, stolid repose, all


light OF intellect seems to have been


banished. The outline of the head aud
face, and the general expression, seemed
to me Of late TO be growing every day
mere and more like the face Of George
III. Anybody who.may happen to have
a shilling or half crown of George Ills
time, can see on the coin very fair
presentment of the countenance of the
heir-apparent OF the English throne
Whether the Prince of Wales resembles
George ~ in character and tastes, or
not, he certainly does not resemble. him
in the face. Even court sycophant
could not pretend to see beauty or grace
in our present Prince. no


Unless his face, his head, his man
fiers 10 public, and the tastes he so con-
spicuously manifests wholly belle him.
the heir to the British throne is a remark
ably dull young man. He cannot even
deliver, with any decent imitation of in
telligence, the little speeches which Ar
thur Helps, or somebody else, usually
gets up for him when the exigencies Of
the situation compel the Prince to make
a speech in public. He is reputedto'be
parsimonious even in bis pleasures, and
has managed to get himself deeply into
debt without being supposed to have
wasted any of his substance in obedience
to a generous impulse. The Prince in
herited o splendid property. His pru-
dent father had looked well after the
revenues Of the Doehy of Cornwall, which
is the appanage- OF the Prince of
Wales even in some very dingy parts
o. London, you may, if you hire house,
find that you have the Prince of Wales
for landlord and the property of the
heir must have been raised to its very
highest value. Yet it is notorious that a
very fewssyears after he had attained his
majority, Albert Edward had eontrived
to involve himself deeply in debt.
There was for some time scheme in
contemplation to apply to Parliament
for, an, addition to the huge allowance
made to the Prince Of Wales, aud the
Times and other newspapers were al
weys lrging the fact that the Queen left
the Prince to perform nearly all her So
cial duties for her, as a reason why the
nation ought to award him an augmented
income. rVn -
Year: 1871

C.-Yes; ! told him so myself before
the fight with Mace, that whatever the
result was l would for no consideration
train again and this he knew full well
when he issued his bnncombe challenge
to fight me for from $1,000 to $4,000 a
s;Jo
Year: 1871

This is now admitted by the medical pro-
fession as fundamental principle of heal
ing science. 1t is wisely provided by the
human economy that whenever anything
is wrong in the physical system the natural
forces of the body are brought to bear to
expel the disease. The great aim, there
fore, is to strengthen the natural powers
This has been kept in view by the skilful
compounders of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters. which operates to give fresh vitality to
all the organs of the body. The effect of
this medicine upon the stomach, the liver
and the kidneys, is prompt and decisive
The patient, who is wise enough to quit
druggIng and try the Bitters, soon feels as
if he had taken new lease OF life, and as he
continues the use of the article, he is over
ioyed to find the streams of health coursing
through his frame. 1t is prepared with
great care, and its component parts are en-
tirely vegetable. 1t is free from the OBJ


eetions SO often urged against preparations
of the kind. As a medicinal agent it has no
equal, while its pleasing flavor and health
full effects have made it a general favorite
1t is free from all properties calculated to
impair the system, and its operations areat
once mild, soothing and efficient. All ~ho
have used Hostetter's Stomach Bitters at
test its virtues and commend it.


Even those who are in the enjoyment of
perfect health frequently have need to have
recourse to tonics as preventives of disease.
We are never too well armed against the
assaults Of the ellis that flesh is heir to-
In health or sickness this tonic cannot be
taken regularly without giving vitality and
elasticity to the system.
Year: 1871

A school girl in Cincinnati told some
of her younger companions, on Wednes-
day, that a big man with a sharp knife
was in the school-house, for the purpose
of numbering as many children as he
could lay his hands ON. The report
spread quickly; there was a rush of little
ones from one of the rooms, the noise
speedily stampeded half the house, and
in minute hundreds of children were
rushing, breathless, down stairs and out
into the streets
Year: 1871

A rural paper lately announced that
young lady received at an amateur concert
recently, well deserved encore by the
exquisite way in which she sang a song
called An Angels Whisker.'
Year: 1871

1t is fact well known to artists that
a certain degree of exaggeratlon is quite
indispensable to apparent veracity. This
is so in literature also; no study of human
character would even be generally recog-
nized as true which was not idealized and
exaggerated almost to the verge of carlo
ature.
Year: 1871

The ugliness of the present fashion of
womep's street dress is the subject of
general remarks among men. From head
to- foot il is succession of deforming ad-
ditions 10 the natural female figure.
Trailing skirts covered with mud or dust,
and those awful bustles, combine TO make
the fashionably attired woman mass OF
ridiculous absurdities. Can 1t be that the
overthrow of Paris as a sect of political
power is coincident with the loss of its au-
thority in millinery and dressnaking !?
AS it is, the delight which men of sense
usually take in looking at the fair sex Is
wonderfully impaired, If not altogether
destroyed.-New York Sun.
Year: 1871

The name of the Company is the CoNTNEN-
tai LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of New
York.


1t is located in the City of New York.
The amount OF it's Capital Stock is ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
The amount of its Capital Stock paid up is
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Year: 1871

A few nights ago burglars attempted to
gain entrance to Simpson & eiter's Store
at Horsetown, but did not quite succeed
in their designs. The attempt however
shows thar there is bold and desperate ras-
Gals around. They went to work on the
wall of the store pointing on Main Street
and picked hole nearly through the wall
when their progress was arrested by CON-
ing in contact with an iron bar irbedded
in the brick and mortar Before they
could dig around this impediment, they ev-
identity became alarmed, or found morn.
ing approaching, and concluded to leave
Had they got inside the store they could
have helped themselves to about hun.
dred dollars in silver which the proprietors
left in the drawer over night They
need not trouble themselves to come back
after the coin, however-if they do, they
viii not End it, besides they might get
hurf
Year: 1871

AS the fruit crop is very abundant
this year, and many persons may con-
template Transforming some oft into
liquors, the following which We call
from the L. S. regulations, may be Of
interest.


Every still in The possession Of any
person must be registered on Form 20,
either as being for use or not for use {;
and all stills that have not been so reg
istered must be forthwith registered by
the person in possession thereof, with
the Assessor Of the district or the assis.
ant Assessor of the division in which
such still is situated. An omission TO
SO register incrs penalty of five hun
dren dollars


Each person having a still so regis
tered, and intending TO use the same for
the distilation of brandy from apples
peaches, or grapes, must, before COM
mencing dstillation. give notice to Form
27t to the Assessor Of his district


After the completion Of such survey,
and before the commencement Of distil
latinn each hietiler ehall make and exc
cute n bond on Form No 800, with at
least two sureties to be approved by the
Assessor of the district The penal sum
Of said bond shall not be less than double
the amount Of the tax on the spirits that
can be distilled in his distillery during a
period of thirty days, as asccrtaincd by
the survey and in no case shall such
bond be for q less sum than five hun.
dred dollars. Bonds SO given eXpirs on
the last day Of Asril Of each year. and
parties must renew their bonds before
continuing or again engaging in distilla-
ton after that date.


Di5tllers of brandy from apples, peach
cs, or graves, exclusively. producing less
than one hundred and fifty barrels annu-
ally, are required to pay special tax OF
fifty dollars per annun, and every such
distIller producing more than one hun
dred barrels Of forty proof gallons each
within the year, shall pay an additional
tax of fop dollars for each and every ad
ditional barrel over one hundred barrels.


The special tax Of fifty dollars in an
ANIMAL tax commencing with the first
day of May, of each year. and when paid
within the year is to be estimated on the
unexpired portion Of the year, at the rate
Of fifty dollars per snnum.


Every distiller from fruit must provide
himself with book in accordance with
Form No. PSI.


DistiIers are at liberty to procure the
book in any way they sec flt, All Of the
foregoing requirements must be compi-
ed with by the distller before the Assess
or can approve the bond, and the distil-
lcr must not commence work at his dis
tllery before the bond is approved and
the special tax paid.
Year: 1871

A DIscRFDIrABLE PARDON President
Grant has finally pardoned Bowen, the
bigamist With singular propriety the
pardon was countersigned by Bancroft
Davis, the bribe taker, as Acting Secre-
tary of State. After this there is no rea.
son why any convicted criminal should
not be pardoned No matter how black
their crimes OF how clear the evidence Of
their guilt, President Grant can consist
emily discharge them all. Bowen is a
scoundrel of extraordinary iniamy.
When Confederate soldier he murdered
his superior officer, and a(tcrward went
over to the Union side In obtaining his
sham divorce he fraudulently altered,
with the skill Of n counterleiter, the rec.
ords OF the Supreme Court in this city.
His conviction for bigamy was upon the
clearest evidence, and if the law against
that crime is ever TO be enforced, it should
be done in his case


But with presenttaker for a Presi.
dent, and a bribe taker for Secretary of
State, the pardon Of a bigamist is some
thing which should not surprise any one
~. J.. Sun.
Year: 1871

Your attention Is directed 10 the advertisement In
another column announcing the great reduction In
prices Of winter clothing and furnishing goods st
DEyLIS's lou7 Main street. opposite the post-ollce