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Year: 1870

what women endure; and If there be any
means of assuaging the distress of body and
mind which so many thousands experience
day after cay and week after week, with for
titude which puts to shame the boastful cour-
age of man, who will deny that so great a
blessing to the sex should be found in every
h usehOld?


Millions of men have been benefited by it's
use, but among the feeble and sickly Of the
opposite gender, who, perhaps. need it most.
its virtues a,e not so widely known. This
foremost remedy of the age-lhis specific fOr
every species of debility, general or local, con
stituti0nal or casual, is Plantation Bitters.
One right of woman, at least, will be conced-
ed-the right to strengthen herself to sustain
the ills of which the laws Of nature have
made her the unfortunate heiress.
Year: 1870

from tne Lima (On1O) Gazette.


lady IN one OF our churches rested her
head on the back of the pew in front, as
all devout people do in the time of prayer
bat in the pew before her sat young man
who neither bowed his head nor kneeled
beautiful plane nodded and danced up
on the head of fair one behind him. occa-
sionally touching the neck of the youth,
who evidently considered it fly or some
other troublesome insect. For u time he
bore the unpleasant sensation without O
murmur, but at last patience ceased
to be virtue, and from the flash
OF his eagle eye one could plainly
see that the hour of 'dhat fly" had
come. Instead of saying 'tshoo, fly, don t
bodder me, /" cautiously his hand moved to-
ward the supposed offending insect; then
followed frantic clutch and spring be-
hind him. Imagine the horror of the
youth to find in his hand the nobby hat of
the fair one, which he had torn violently
t1om her head, sadly disarranging the con
tour of braids and chignon. The lady was
indignant, of course, and the youth could
have been purchased at an immense sacri-
tce about that time. Explanations and
apologies followed, and the disorganizea
hat was put in order as soon Us possible,
and the devotional exercises were resumed
Year: 1870

SOME of the newspapers are bitterly op-
posed to the adoption of base ball as sour
great national game" We think ourselves
that as cool, nice, quiet, shady game,
keno is long way ahead of it, t.-LOuisuille
Journal
Year: 1870

The klng of The Feathered Animals
African Travellers Attacked by Eagles.
From Sketches of Life and Sport in South East


Africa


As I was wandering in a wood near to an
extensive kloof an accident occurred to me
which might have cost me my life, or at
least my eye-sight. A large eagle called
the King OF the Mountains, and by Kaffi rs
(who know him and entertain salutary
fear of his powers) o man -eater, attacked
me, and it was with the greatest difficulty
that kept him of. He fought desperately,
and his swoop was more fearful than any
thing I could have imagined, [ endeavor-
Ell to break his wing with a stick L had in
my hand; but this mace no impression
upon an animal which had strength enough
to Kill me with blow. A Kaffir came up
Just as was becoming tired from the strug-
gle with the bird, and when | must have
given way in another three or four minutes,
and despatched him with his assagai. He
cut off its wings as ornaments, and was pro-
ceeding to some other performances of a
like nature, when he was prevented by anoth-
er attack. No sooner was this enormous
bird killed than the female came upon us
in similar manner. It was not without
considerable difficulty, striking with the
assagai and the stick, that we put an end
10 her likewise; and we discovered close





I by the spot the circumstance to which we
had reason to attribute this extreme feroc-
ity; there was the nest, in which there
were three eaglets, to which We put an end
at once, not entirely from motives of hn-
manity- though it is but Just to admit that
as they could only have fallen a prey to
some wild beast in the absence of their
natural protectors, we acted Christian
like part by the poor things. These eagles
build upon the edge OF rock, and, ex-
cepting from their great size and the con-
comitant circumstances of climate and
scenery, might be well compared with the
eagles at Killarney or in many parts of
Scotland. The putrid carrion which was
strewn around their nest was sufficient evil
dence of the predatory nature of their
habits, and the carcasses of smaller ami
mails smelt Extensively, even from long
distance
Year: 1870

Who MAKES YOUR DRESSES PA touching
story is told of the daughter of Sir itobert
Peel. Her father gave her, as birthday
present, gorgeous riding habit, and went
out with her on the same day for an airing
in the park, his heart swelling with pater-
nal pride as lac rode by her side. Shortly
afterward she sickened and died of typhus
fever of the most malignant type; and when
inquiry was made as to how she had caught
the infection, it was discovered that the
habit, bought from one of the London
West-end tradesmen, had been made in q
miserable attic, where the husband of the
seamstress was lying i'll Of fever, and that
it had been used by her to cover him in his
shivering fits. Thus, whether we will be-
lieve it or not, the safety of the highest is
bound up with the condition of the lowest,
and if we neglect their material, moral and
spiritual interests, there will come dread
ful Nemesis to mark the divine displeasure.
Year: 1870

ACCIDENT IN CHICAGO. Cen. Iurchm,
who is in the patent agency business IN the
city, was at the depot yesterday pertectlng
an invention of his own, whereby ore man
can move q loaded car. The general was
stopping down beneath the car, the lever
of his machine being applied to the cross
beam of the hind truck Suddenly, and
witt out warming, b switch train came rat
tling back toward the standing Car. and
before he could escape the general was
thrown to the ground and the trucks had
passed over his body. The result was ter
rible. The ribs were broken; the skull
was fractured in several places; his face
and shoulders were badly bruised Chi
eago Times.


The PEOPLE OF Cambridge were consld-
erably agitated on Friday last, and rumors
of war were prevalent all through the town.
It seems an old gentleman, residing short
distance east of Cambridge, that morning
discovered, while still warm in the nest, an
ordinary sized hen egg, with the following
inscription thereon, commencing near the
large end of the egg and extending down
one side. The inscription was in raised
letters, and Of exactly the same appearance
as other portions of the shell:
Year: 1870


Friday Night "Chat'' at the Church Of tho


PiIerins-Its Erring Pastor Again Among


His Lambs.


The usual weekly conversational lecture room talk
at the Church Of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, was en-
livened last evening by the reappearance, in the
nesh andeed more In the nesh then
ever, Of Brother Henry Ward Beecher
that reverend gentleman having at length returned
To his home and his flock. AS he promised, he has
been with them In spirit ever since he went away,
and each night and morning, as he knelt at the
throne OF grace has sent mp fervent suppcarions
path OF grace press forward IN the race that had
been set before them until they reached the prom
ished goal, and tr0d the golden pavements Oh the
heavenly Jerusalem, with brand new crown upon
their heads ana well-tuned harp IN their hands.


Still well as they knew all this, II was evident


from the large attendance at the meeting last nieht
and the beaming smiles of welcome upon every face
that il was with no slight satisfaction that the pill
grms found themselves marching "nearer home" +"
headed by their own dear and well paid leader. The
gathering was as usual largely feminine, most OF
the sterner present being either middle aged or
in the sere and yellow leaf OF advanced life.
fair sprlnkllng, however OF young men, chiefly
late comers sat- with more or less visible symptoms
OF uneasiness and impatlence, upon the back
benches while q few more hung around the outside
OF the door. IL was clear that the interest OF this
latter class centred in other direction than the
expressed objects OF the meeting. s,4s.


Tie evening was devoted to cordial social well
come home OF the pastor by his flock and the dis
cussion or few matters OF church and Sabbath
school Improvement and all departed well pleased
that the shepherd was once more at home with his
nGCk.
Year: 1870

MURDER WILL OUT.-A paper published at
Burlington, New Jersey, affrms that the follow
ing is true story, and can be substantiated by
persons now living in that town. Some time
ago gentleman of considerable wealth in that
vicinity, and who was supposed to keep a large
sum of money in his desk, was aroused from
sleep at midnight by the sound of some one
forcing open one of the lower doors of his house.
Arising quietly from his bed, and taking loaded
gun in his hand, he softly raised a sash over the
door from which the noise proceeded, and on


looking out could distinguish the forms of two
persons in the thick darkness of the night. To
level his weapon and fire, was the work ola mo-
ment but as both figures fed, the shot seemed
to have been wasted. Upon examining the spot
in the morning, however, the gentleman found
considerable quantity of blood upon the
trampled grass, and traces of it for some distance
from the house. Soon after the sod of grave
yard near the house was found to have been dis
turbed as though in preparation for the removal
of a body, and the neighbors resolved the at
tempted burglary upon the wanderings OF a couple
of would-be body y-snatchers, whom the alarmed
householder had frightened and grazed by his
random shot. Upon this sUppoSition, the excite
ment gradually subsidized into tale for the winter
6resde, and was quoted only by garrulous old
danes and imaginative nurses. But time and
death have at last brought the true solution OF
the mystery, through the dying confession OF d
man recently deceased in the village. Although
the son of a well known citizen, and OF good
general repute himself he, in company with a
scapegrace comrade had actually attempted to
psrpetrate the robbery, and the shot fired had
inflicted mortal wound upon the comrade. The
dying man added that he had borne his bleeding
comrade to place of concealment, kept him
there while he lived, and then buried him by


night in that part of the graveyard where the dis
turbance of the soil had been noticed. 1t was


their first and last attempt at crime, and had beer
terribly expiated by the speedy death of the one
| and the lifelong remorse of the other.
Year: 1870

A MIsrAKE.-It is, think, an error into which
many Of our modern ministers, whose education
has been carried to a high pitch, have fallen,
that everything is to be done by the head rather
than heart. We know very well that the true
method is to reach the heart through the bead,
and men must be made to feel by being shown
why they should feel, and what 1t is to make
them feel. But in many cases, especially In the
least educated, the head is 10 be reached by ap-
peals to the heart. We often hear the remark /:
''YeS, 1t was a smart sermon, but wanted heart.
II sparkled like the stars or shone like the moon
on a wintry night, but it warmed no one."
have been sometimes struck ss every one must
bave been, with the vary ing effect produced by
different speakers at public meeting and how
much more the object of the meeting has been
accomplished by few gushts of simple eloqnence
from the heart of some earnest, ardent advocate,
than by the elaborate and possionless pleader.
| The latter was coldly admired, and admitted 10
be an eloquent speaker but the former melted
and moved his audience by the depth and intensi.
! ty of bis own feelings
Year: 1870

Keep all kinds of Goods suitable for city and
country wear All we ask is to give us trial,
and we guarantee satisfaction.


We would respectfully call the attention OF
our customers to a resent improvement in our
VEaI D., II
Year: 1870

For further proof and attestation OF its in
valuable preventive and curative properties,
see the published references of medical gentle
men of standing, who have examined i;s mer
its, unanimously agreeing that no mineral ol
other hurtful substance, so often found in the
so-called vegetable bitters Of the day, can be
discovered in this truly healthful and elegant
preparation.
Year: 1870

A Few MORE LEFT.-Justce Matthew Camp
bell, of Christian Valley deposited on our table
another lot of white mans grapes-the white
muscal of Alexandria, on last Saturday, which
we found it very convenient and palatabe to dis
pose Of. This is a superb variety of table grape
no matter where raised but those cultivated by
Mr.. Campbell, owing to some peculiarly of soil
or adaptability of climate excel those of other
VINEYARDS by long odds.
Year: 1870

RETURNING. The stock men who had driven
their droves to the mountains for summer pas
turage are now returning to the vallies Several
large droves have passed here within the last
week, and the stock, as Il general thing look well
and fat. This custom of driving to the noun
tain meadows in the summer and the vallies in
fall is becoming very general among stock own
ers, and their return in the fall is about as good
an indication Of the rainy season as the passing
over of the wild geese
Year: 1870

New SUPPLIES. Burns of the Round
Corner Saloon has been to the Bay and laid in
a large stock of things to chew, smoke, drink,
play with and look at. We have been too busy
to look in but all know where the place is and
can examine the establishment and satisfy them
selves.
Year: 1870

BOLD RoDDERY.-Edward Walshs Merchant
Tailor store was robbed between and o clock
last Wednesday evening of clothes and goods to
the value of $40. The boldness of the act may
be imagined when it is understood that Walsh s
building is in the very center of the business
portion of town, joined on one side by shoe
shop in which two men were at work at the time
and only separated by narrow street from
Gordon's store, where Mr.. Walsh and other men
were sitting talking in full view of his own door,
while the moon shining bright rendered the
street almost light day, and in the midst
of all these discouraging surroundings the rob
Der unlocked the door with false key, went in
and lifted two rolls of the best cloth in the shop,
passed out Of the front door, the same one he
entered, to the public street and disappeared
In leaving the building the thief left the door
open, probably not desiring to close it lest the
noise might attract attention. The key Of the
robber was not an exact fit as it had not turned
the bolt fully back, but enough to clear the
catch The robber must have been familiar with
the premises, and probably saw Mr.. Walsh close
andioc the door, and could and may have kept
the proprietor in plain view while ne was COM
mitting the robbery. The presumption is that
the thief was Chinaman as there many of
that class about town. but of This nothing is defn-
be thus robbed of the fruits of honest toll is
enough to make good men declare that courts
and jails are nuisance.
Year: 1870

The LUCKY ONEs.-Four or five hundred tick
cts in the Mercantile Lottery were held in Au-
burn, and we hear of only one winner, Mrs.
Rountree, formerly Mrs Berry, drew a 5000
prize. We have no doubt but the drawing
was honest and religious, but the fact of this be-
ing moral town and the lottery opening with
the reading of chapter in the Bible, may have
been too much Of good thing, and thus let us
of Auburn out One man here held ticket for
himself, one for his wife, each for his two
children and one for the dog and all drew blanks,
even to the canine. We had one ticket and it
drew a blank, and as we want to get even we
will bet any Republican in town s. that Gratz
Brown is elected Governor of Missouri next
week
Year: 1870

INDEPENDENT CLUB.-We informed by an
old and esteemed citizen of the neighborhood
that an independent club is being formed on
Pleasant Grove Creek in this county, the men,
bers of which pledge themselves to each other to
vote for no more incompetent, greedy or rascal
ly candidates for any Office, matter what tick
ct the names of such may be found on, or what
the politics of the candidate voter is or may
have formerly been. No one conversant with
the management of our county affairs and the
exhorbitant taxation imposed for the past few
years can blame these men, he surprised at
this movement. Our informant is a consistent
and prominent Republican, but will not be dc
tated to by oring-clique" Conventions any long
or. This is right. We have suffered long enough
in this county from mixture of incompetency
and rascality.
Year: 1870

THE VOORHEES, MURDER IN BRooYLYs.-
Mr.. Voorhees,, the victim Of Chambers, the
murderer, died at his house yesterday. An
informal examination Of the prisoner and the
statement Of the proprietor Of the saloon
where the shooting took place show that the
murder was even more cold -blooded and
wanton than at first reported. The murderer.
1t seems, had drauk several bottles of wine
with his intended victim, and even after the
deed was done called for and coolly drank 4
glass Of ale. Late last night Sheriff Walters.
fearing the excited state Of the people against
Chambers, asked for detachment Of soldiers
to guard Raymond street jail The soldiers
were promptly sent, and bore with them ball
cartridges enough TO do execution upon the
mob If need be. The people Of Brooklyn are
much excited over this brutal murder. and
although We deprecate lynch law, we can SEQ
plainly in this exhibition the end to which
corrupt Judges and rampant crime ars rapidly
driving us.
Year: 1870

BOILER EXPLOSION IN TmRTY-TuIRD
STREEr-A GALLANT FELLow.-A boiler burst
in West Thirty-third street yesterday and
three persons were injured, number of per-
sons narrowly escaping. The conduct of the
engineer, John Donnelly, deserves the highest
commentator. He saw that tho boiler was
leaking and that an explosion was inevitable,
but with high sense Of duty, instead of
flying from the danger, he bravely stood to his
post and commenced to draw out the fires,
Before he completed the task, however, tho
explosion took place and the gallant fellow was
blown several rods into an adjoining yard, and
his head, arms and face were dreadfully
scalded. lie is o poor man, with family, and
his life is in critical condition. While we
are giving lavishly to onr INDECENT great men
and the families of our unfortunates does not
this brave fellows devotion and daring deserve
q rousing reward?
Year: 1870

WHAT IS FAME?-A Virginia paper speaks
OF United States Senator from Mississippi as
infamous" If these papers continue in tho
same vein they will clip the first syllable from
the word and make the object Of their vitupera-
ton famous. Such 10 fame.
Year: 1870

At the great fire in St. Paul last Thurs
day, two brothers, named Carl and Au-
gust Mueller, who had room in the Con-
cert Hall building, were cut off from es-
cape by the rapid progress of the flames
and smoke. They appeared at an upper
story window, seventy-tye or eighty feet
from the ground. The st. Paul Pioneer
says:


The two brothers appeared to hesitate.
when they appeared at the window, and
some Of the spectators cried out to them to
jump. The youngest was let out OF the
window first, the oldest brother holding
him by the hand, both being apparently
unwilling TO part company in that trying
moment. Finally the suspended man was
drawn back into the building. as though
determined to remain instead of taking the
horrible risk of such dreadful leap. An
instant after, however, human form sud-
denly came through the window, and for
Il second was suspended in mid-air. The
Mortified spectators shuddered and turned
away their eyes. a duh thud was heard,
and the mangled form of one of the broth
ers rolled apparently liieless down the
steep declivity twenty-five or thirty feet
beyond where it first struck, where he lay
motionless and groaning. The second
brother followed Immediately after, and
for the second time, within a moment al
most, the speechless spectators witnessed
the terrible leap Both the brothers were
carefully picked up and laid upon beds
which were quickly brought, and after
wards placed beneath the grateful shade
of tree that was near by.


AS soon as it was known that two men
had taken such a perilous leap the crowd
began to surge down the bluff to the point
where the men lay, and it was with great
difficulty that they could be kept suffi-
cient distance from the sufferers to give
the latter sufficient air. An examination
showed how much they were injured.


"Shortly after being picked up they
were taken to the residence of their broth
erin law, where critical examination
showed that they had received injuries as
follows: Carl has two or three. ribs broken
on the right side, one of which penetrated
the right lung, making n cavity through
which the air escapes when he breathes.
One side of his face is badly bruised, and
he is otherwise badly injured. Yet the
physicians think with good care he may
recover.


The younger brother. August, suffered
a compound fracture Of the wrist. and re-
ceived some injury to his spine. besides
severe bruises. lie is not considered fa-
tally injured"
Year: 1870

A gentleman who had the curiosity
to spend q dime in answering an ad
vertisemont which promised valuable
advice for that amount, received by
mail the following answer: "Friend,
for your ten cents postage, please
find enclosed advice which will be of
great value to you. As many persons
are injured for weeks, months and
years by the careless use of knife,
therefore my advice is, when you use
knife, ALWAYS whittIe from You.n
Year: 1870

Mrs. Partington says she did not
marry her second husband because
she loved the male sex, but because
he was Just the size of her first hus-
band, and could wear out his old
clothes.
Year: 1870

II did not take long to tell her story
She had left her home in anger, had fallen
in with family who were going to Cali
fornia, and had there married rich man,
and. according to her glowing statement.
rs good as he was rich Now she had re-
turned to make her mother and poor SIS
ter comfortable Tor the rest of their days
For the latter, il needed only to smooth
her passage to the grave, for care and
grief had done their work, aad she was
last Fastening where the hectic, and the
cough, and the wearing fever are un.
known.


Anne took her mother 10 New York,
bought her house, and furnished it,.
One day Friend Sarah received letter
from the widow Clarke, from which
make the following extract -


at seems rs If from the moment |
nude up my mind to trust God, blessings
multiplied. Anne is the kindcst daughter
that ever lived; she is everything TO her
poor, dying sister. The little ones are
hers now; she has adopted them both and
is like tender mother to them. But
what else do you think have to tell you?
Benny has come home. He did not die
in that horrible Andersonville prison. He
has been ve:y i'll in hospitals at the South {;
and unable TO get word to me but here
he is at home, and rapidly becoming
strong under my care. And have heard
from that other son-hayc learned that he
is steady and industI ious, and has given
up all his wild habits.


Ir was only week ago that n carriage
drove up, and. as went to the door in
the twilight. something tall, thin, and
covered with monstrous beard, il seem.
ed to me, caught me in his arms, crying
out-'Molher, don't you know me p


Well, had given him up; buried him
long ago; and there he was. from the
graves mouth-my own brave boy-my
own good son-with the signs upon him
of getting strong and well. Do you know
when | came to--for tainted with great
joy-it seemed to me that / could see
sweet little Lottc, her hair hanging round
her like golden glory, and the lustre OF
great JOY shining in her beautiful eyes.
The vision. If vision it was, lasted but
moment; yet. oh, it was very sweet.


thought of the time when, before she
died, she told me that my children would
be blessings to me, and it appears now
like a prophecy.


You will not fail to come and sec us
you who, under God, seem to have been
the means of bringing us all these bless
ings, who first taught me the meaning OF
The word TRUST"