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Year: 1870

A HOME OF TAsrE.-Every good pic
ture is the best of sernaens and lectures.
the sense informs the soul. Whatever
you have, have beauty. Let beauty be
on the paper on your walls. 1t is as
easy to choose paper suggestive Of the
lovely in color and form, as the un-
couth. Why should not every house
hold object be sanctified with this CRATE
ful charm +? Each chair, each table, each
tea or chamber-service, and every object
for kitchen or parlor, for the home Of
the poor man, artisan or mechanic, l
would have them all worthy Of home
of taste.
Year: 1870

BAD BLooD.-Of bad blood, Halls
Journal of Health says:


Draymen about breweries drink quarts,
if not gallons, of beer every day, and by
the time they are forty-fve, the common
est scratch of a pin on the hand will not
get well for months; if the skin is abra-
ded or scraped off by misstep or other
accident, a running sore is sometimes es-
tablished for the remainder of life it
is because the blood is bad 1; it is poor,
too thick, and even poisonous.


Persons have poor blood when it is OBJ
served that scratches and cuts and bruis-
es are a long time in healing, and this
should be friendly warning to correct
that condition of things, because it shows
there is but little vitality, little stamina,
and disease of some kind is impending,
especially of the typhoid type, and re-
coyery will be slow, doubtful, and in
many cases not possible.


The first step to be taken in all cases
to get rid of bad blood, is to spend a
large portion of daylight out of doors in
remunerative labor or agreeable employ.
ment, or in journeying, on horseback be.
ing the best; this helps nature to work
the bad blood out of the body, and the
same time gets up good appetite and a
vigorous digestion, which makes pure
blood to supply the placeof the bad, and
the man is well, without an atom Of
medicine or dollars expense.
Year: 1870

ANECDoTE OF DANIEL CHIPMAN.--
Hon. Daniel Chipman was once lectur-
ing his pupils in the law, upon the neces-
sity of being studious. He told them
that no man could know what the law is
without reading. One of his pupils was
disposed to controvert this, and cited
Judge Phelps as evidence that a man
could know the law without reading it.
The lecturer could not claim that Judge
Phelps was man of studious habits,
and could not deny that he was a good
lawyer. He disposed of the objection
by saying Judge Phelps knows very
well what the law ought to beP
Year: 1870

PRETENsIoN.-People who 60 through
the world with flourish rarely have
ANYTHING else. 1t is cheap and paltry
existence, and may be compared to a
bass drum, which makes great deal of
noise, bat has not the slightest music
The best part of comet is not in its
Haunting tail, but in its magnetic body ;
the best people in the world are not
those who flourish and parade and smash
and crash along, but the quiet, thinking
pushing, working class.
Year: 1870

Any amount and every class Of Insurance required
can be placed at this Office in the best Companies
and at as low rates at any agency in the country


Expiration Notices Promptly Given.
Year: 1870

How It Is Being Enforced In the Rural


Townsville Liquor Dealers Determined


not to Observe 1t.


The excitement which the new Excise law created
in this city has broken out In the rural towns Of
Long Island with great Herceness and strength. The
boards met on Monday and fixed the license fee AS
is well known, in most Of the towns there are two
boards In Incorporated villages the Board Of Trus-
tees compose the Excise Board and in the town the
Supervisor and Justices Of the peace. When the
boards met on Monday the town board fixed the fee
at thirty dollars and the village board at seventy-ye
dollars The liquor dealers doing business In the
villages are dissatisfied with this and claim that
they should have license for the same amount as
those doing business outside OF the corporation.
Those who are opposed to the sale OF Intoxicating
liquors think that the amount was TOO small ny nali
and are openly condemning tho boards. The liquor
dealers In the villages openly avow their intention
to oppose the law and sell without the license and
from present indications the trouble will be more
inveterate and the authorities more denantly treated
than was the Metropolitan EXCISE Board during the
past two years. disturbance Is daily antlclpate0
between the respective pQardes
Year: 1870

subscribe an amou9t equal to two per
cent, on the valuation Of property,
Ito be paid when tha road is compile
ted. to take these Subscriptions and
the Bonds of the company at whatever
price may be agreed upon, and in re-
turn furnish the money, and build the
road within the time required by law.


Several of the counties have already
pledged the requisite amount. and
others will soon fbllow. No better
terms could be asked or which to set
q road. These men propose to invest
millions Il the people along the line
of the the road will invest few
thousand. Surely the people OF Pike
county should not hesitate a moment
to raise the little sum asked of them.
Fer every dollar invested In this en-
terprise by our citizens it will secure
to them an increase of from ten to one
hundred fold. We trust that imme-
diate action will betaken by our citi-
zens to raise the amount asked of
Pike county.


The meeting was composed of a full
Board of Directors, from the Ohio
River to Attica, and all spoke encour-
dStuSIy VI Iu6 pEOSpscS OF tue enter PRISE
in their localities. Or. Adams has
full faith in the enterprise and says that
its success IS now with the people
We hope the people Of Pike county
will no longer Withhold their aid from
this road. that ifbuilt, would bring
thousands of dollars among US, build
up the county, develop our resources
and add to the wealth and prosperity
of all its citizens.
Year: 1870

The readers Of this paper will re-
member the report of an interesting
experiment of transfusion Of blood
into the veins of dog, performed at
Rush Medical College last Wednes-
day by Drs. Freer and Hunt. The
carotid artery of the animal was
severed. and the bloodIalloWed to run
out until the animal was apparently
l.feless. An incision was then made
iu the jugular vein, and the blood
was injected back into the animals
system, with the effect of restoring
him.toIifs.


The account Of this interesting ex-
pertinent given to the Post, was notic-
ed by the friends Of a young lady in
Iowa, who had been for some time
wasting away with disease, supposed
to be consumption, aud they sent to
DR.. Freer to come aud make the ex
pertinent of transiusing blood into
her system. Dr. Hunt, of the Fac
ulty of Rush College, responded to
the call, and found the patient In a
very low condition. He proceeded to
take some sixteen ounces of blood
from the arm Of young brother of
the girl, and injected it into her veins.
The patient went into comatose
condition. and it was found that still
more Of the vital fluid was n cessary.
Another supply was drawn from a
sister of the invalid and Injected, and
finally third supply from anott er
brother. about ten years Of age
thirty six ounces OF warm, living
blood being thus conveyed iuto the
system Of the young woman within a
few hours. The event is not yet de-
termined, though the prospects Of
recovery are very hopeful, if the Eangs
are not too nearly destroyed. II the
disease is only incipient, it is thought
that lie and health will be restored.
This experiment is the only one of
the kind ever attempted 10 the West,
aud IS very rare elsewhere, though it
has been tried with success. The
result in this case will be auxiousIy
looked for, not only By the friends of
the patient, but by the scientific world
generally.
Year: 1870

9 An Illinois undertaken sent
the ioll0WIng enterta ming note to a
sick man: Dear Sis-Having positive
proof that you are rap lily approach
ing deaths gate, have therefore
thought it not imprudeut to call your
attention to the inclo ed ADVERTISE
mcnt of my abundent sock Of ready
made cofins, and desire to make the
suggestion that you signify to your
friends a wish for the purchase ofyour
burial outfit at my establishment"
Year: 1870

We understand that the Colored
Men of Henderson held meeting this
week and appointed delegates to rep
resent them in the State Convention
to De held at Frankfort on the 22d
inst They adopted a resolution to
co operate with the Republican party
of Henderson county in political mat
Year: 1870

THE Petersburgh Fress says the
following is a Uerbatinl copy of a
circular, printed at the Office of the
Dwell Herald in Pike County. 1t
gives the copy as specimen of nice
job printing:
Year: 1870

Having occasion to drive Il few
nights since when it was 50 dark one
''couid not see his hand before him"
We were led to observe the conduct OF
an old and faithful horse, with u great
deal OF interest, and to inquire, can Il
horse see better in the dark than a
man? In this case on one or two in
stances, he seemed to have left the
road, and if continuing SO for fifty
rods, would he likely to plunge down
an cmhank into Il pool not pleas
ant to battle in. in Il cold and dark
night lie was pulled to the right, but
insisted OH going directly forward, or,
rs it seemed, to the left. Upon pac-
cling the head near the uasher CT the
carriage, and turning the ear forward,
| it was evident that the animal was not
walking upon the grass; but the road
being little sandy, ii could not be de-
citlcd whether he was in it or not. So
he was allowed to take his own course,
and brought us safely throns Ii the per.
lis OF that night.


The question, "Can a horse see bet
ter than man in the dark z" was then
clearly in favor OF the horse.


The circumstance related led us to
read some accounts Of the structure al
the eve of the horse, and to examine
drawings illustrating it. II all who
drive hurse-whethcr it be light OIL
dark-would do the sane, they would
not only feel more safe, but could moi


fail to he impressed with the wonderful


wisdom which framed an optical instru


ment of such exquisite workmanship
and mechanism one SO admirably lit
ted to collect the luminous rays which
comes to Nhe eyes of horse from th'


numberless objects he passes when il
use. A special provision is displayet
in it, fitting him to endure the strong
est glare of tropical sun, such as i


reflected from the desert wastes lie i
called to pass over.


Unlike the pupil of a mans eye. tn,
of the horse is Oblong, instead of roun'
and when exposed to the direct ray
of the sun, the opening rapidly cor
tracts, so that the pupil looks like
mere line. The edges Of the iris this
Year: 1870

Theodore TltQn, Of the independent,
iong enjoyed reputation as a profound
admirer of the ladies. He more than
made this position good at the annual
dinner Of the Mercantile Library Of
New York, when, being called upon to
respond to the toast The Ladies'" lie
immortalizcd himself thus:


When the Arabs sit at feast they
are waited upon by women, and there
IS an Arabic proyerb, lie that is intoX-
lcated with the cup may recover his
,enses in the morning; but he that is in
.oxicated with the .cup-hearcr shall not
recover them till the day of judgment
Perhaps some Of you in emptying your
flowing bowls at this toast may hope
to recover your senses in the morning,
hut as for me, sweetly Danish niue
till the day Of judgmeht,'
Year: 1870

Cllisel in hand stood Il sculptor boy


With marble block before him,
And his eye lit up with CLEAN OF joy


As an angel dream passed DER him:
lie carved that.lream OH shapeless stone
With many sllarpincision,
That angel dream he had made his own


His own that angel vision.
Sculptors of life are we as we stand


With our souls uncarved before us,
Waiting an hour when at Gods command
Onr life-dream passes DER us.
If we carve it then on a shapelcss stone


With many a sharp incision,
That angel dream shall be our own


Our own that angel vision.
Year: 1870

Forney says the agitation of the question
of removing the Capital has already cost
the people OF Washington not less than


Sl25o0,OCO within year in the dcprccia-
tion of real estate. Has not negro control
OF the place something to do with the loss
Year: 1870

a Texas man lived five days without
food. and all the time wandering over the
prairie looking for Il lost. mule lie made
that mule pull for the nearest settlement
when he did get on top OF him.
Year: 1870

coming; but wish they had made the
sale before they attempted to pay the
national debt


Those who have been to England
speak of the good opportunities for SELL
ing the rich base metal mines; but say
that not only must the title be perfect,
but they should be bonded for five or six
months. If the mine has any merit it
will sell. and the long bonding gives
time for investigation and for getting the
best price.
Year: 1870

over The river they beckon 10 NE


Loved ones, whove crossed to the further side;
Jhe g!eam of their snowy robes see,


But their voices drowned in the rushing tide.
There's one with ringlets of sunny gold


And eyes the reflection Of heavens own blue;
He crossed in the twilight gray and cold,


And the pale mist hid him from mortal view.
We not the angels who met lin there,


The gates of the city we could Eot see
Over the river, over the river,


Ny brother stands waiting to welcome me-
Over the river, the boatman pale


Carried another r-the household pet;
Her brown eurls waved in the gentle gale =,
Our darling Minnie I see her vet
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands,
And fearlessly entered the phantom bark.
We watched it glide from the silver sands


And all our sunshine seemed strangely dark.
We know she is safe on the further side,


Where all the ransomed and angels be-
over the river. over the river


My ehidhood's idol is waiting for me-
For none return from those quiet shores


Who cross with the boatm:n cold and pale
We hear the dip of the golden oars,
And catch CLEAN of the snowy SAIL
And 10 they have passed from cur yearniug heart
They cross the stream and are gone for aye;
We may not sunder the veil apart


That hides from vision the gates of day.
We only know that their barks no more


May sail with us DER life's stormy sea,
Yet somewhere, know, On the unseen shore,
They watch, and beckon, and wait for me- =
And sit and think when the sunsets gold3
Is flushing on river, and hill and Shore
shall one day stand by the water cold,


Aud list for the sound of the boatman's oar:
shall watch for CLEAN Of the tapping SAIL
/ shall hear the boat it gains the strand,
shall pass from sight with the boatnran pale
10 the better shore of the spirit land
shall know the loved who have gone before,
And joy yfuly sweet will the meeting be-
when over the river, the peaceful river


The,Ange of Death shall carry me-
Year: 1870

The sportsmen On the west coast ef Flori
da discover where the oyster beds are. by
drifting along the coast in small boat, ou a
cloudy day. When they are drifting over
an oyster bed they hear clicking like that
produced when telegraph instrument is in
operation.
Year: 1870

An English judge once addressed Grim
inal, who had been sentenced to death for
forging u one pound note in this wise: IL
trust that, through the merits and mediation
of our blessed redeemer you may there ex-
perience that mercy which a due regard to
the credit of the paper currency of the coun-
try forbids you to hope for here"
Year: 1870

Some very moral gentlemen 20 to circus
Just TO please children. Daring the last
sawdust performance in Galveston, il Is said
three full grown gentlemen were observed
carrying little boy to the pavilion. They
took splendid care of the little fellow. and
after the performance returned him safely TO
his anxious mother,
Year: 1870

ECONOMY IN FAMiLY.-There is moth
ing which goes SO far towards placing
young people beyond the reach of pov.
erty rs economy in the management of
their domestic affairs 1t matters not
whether man furnish little or much for
his family, il there is continued leakage
in his kitchen or in tho parlor, it runs
away, he knows not how and that demon
waste cries "more," like the horse
leech's daughter, until he, that provided,
has no more to give. 1t is the husbands :
duty to bring into the house and it is the
duty OF his wife to see that none goes
wrongfully out oft not the least article,
however unimportant in itself, for it cs-
tablishes q precedent; nor under any pre-
tense, for 1t opens the door for ruin to
stalk in, and he seldom leaves an oppor-
tunity unimproved. A man gets wife
to look after his affairs and to assist him
in his journey through life; to educate
and prepare his children for a proper
station in life, and not to dissipatc his
property. The husbands interest should
be the wifs's care, and her greatest ambi-
ton carry her no further than his welfare
Year: 1870

ES- Henry Ward Bcechor occasional
ly says good thing. The following is
an illustration:


A newspaper is window through
which men look out on all that is going
on in the world-without newspaper
man is shut up in small room and
knows little or nothing of what is hap.
pening outside OF himself. In our day.
newspapers keep pace with his history
and record it. A good newspaper will
keep sensible man in sympathy with the
worlds current history. 1t is an ever
unfolding encyclopedia: an unbound
book forever issuing aud never finished.
Year: 1870

But if they think by clustering
10 drive us from the field,
Theyi find that We are up to snuff
And don't know how to yield;
But rough and ready" dare to meet
Opposers hy the score,


A match for each and all Of them,
And just Il trilie more.
Year: 1870

We've good mechanics here in town
AS ever rod the soil,


And well content to earn their bread
BY industry and toll,


They'll make or mend you anything,
Plow, counter, hew or score,
And charge exactly what is right
And just a trihe more.
Year: 1870

Sir George Staunton visited a
man in India who had committed
murder, and in order not only to
save his life, but what was of more
consequence, his caste, he submit,
ted to the penalty imposed-this
was, to sleep seven years on bed
stead, without any mattress, the


whole surface of which was stud
ded with points ofiron, resembling
nails, but not SO sharp as to pene-
trate the flesh. Sir George saw


him in the fifth year of his proba-
tion and his skin then was like
the hide of a rhinosceros but more
callous at that time, however, he
could sleep comfortably on bis
"bed of thorns," and remarked
that at the expiration of the term
of his sentence he should most
probably continue that system
from choice which he had been
obliged to adopt from necessity.
Year: 1870

Some one asked Mr.. Astor, in
his old age, to tell him the secret
of his great success in making
money.


"Very willingly" said the old
gentleman. "Just draw up your
chair, and we will put out the
lights, as we can talk just as well
in the dark"


go, l see p said the man "the
secret is revealed. You became
millionaire by saving what 9th
ers waste"


eyes, the way to gain mill
ion dollars is to begin by saving
the cents. They will soon turn
into the dimes, and the dimes to
dollars"


If you desire to become mil
lionaire, buy you a good strong
purse large enough to hold the
pennies, and let frugality furnish
you-a pair of strings for it. Then
with industry and perseverance,
you may soon be able to make a
good beginning for comfortable
fortune.
Year: 1870

1t is not exactly right TO laugh
at other fellows misfortunes, and
yet, like the wag who saw another
squirming under the pangs of a


jumping toothache, the thing was
so ludicrously comical that we
had to laugh or burst. A party of


jolly chaps, in order to cool off
after the sweltering heat of Sat
urday afternoon, hied to the Mon
Iongahela river just above the
Smith6eld street bridge, for an
Iold-fashioned bath and swim.
They went divested of all super
fluous gear, and at once plunged
into the inviting waters. The
!pioneer of the party yelled out,
"My God, Frank, but the bottom
is muddy and sticky! y But in they
went wading out as far as the
depth would permit, one unfortu-
nate wight, who was as hairy as
Esau, STOPPING down and grasping
handfulls of the bottom deposits,
and rubbing it over his body.


The discovery was soon made
that the material was coal tar, the
refuse of the gas works, that had
been dumped there to be got rid
of. The whole party were black
as Africans in certain spots, and
their feet were thoroughly encAsed
in the adhesive material. Bath
ing was soon brought to an end,
and as their bodies were so coated
as to preclude the possibility of
donning their garments, they took
up the line of march for the Mer-
chants Hotel, with not even the
dignity of Georgia summer cos
tume,-a shirt collar and a pair
of spurs. Fortunately at that
hour there were no "peeping Johns"
or prying members of the Sorosis,
to impede their sorrowfnl pace,
and with their crumpled linen and
''outside duds" in hand they made
rapid time.


Arrived at the "Merchants,"
tub of water was speedily provided
in the saloon, and, with a frkin
of lard and box of soap, the
scrubbing process commenced.
The tarry substance was tenacious;
and as the victims creased and
scrubbed, washed and swore, the
scene, as witnessed by an outsider,
was one to make even dog split
his sides with laughter, and would
have furnished a Hogarth or
Cruikshank material for one OF
the most ridiculous sketches that
ever employed their graphic and
ready pencils, The next morning
the whole party were as melan-
choly as if they had just witnessed
fhe destruction of a stillhouse-
sore from rubbing, and whether
at the table to enjoy the ordinary
repast, or in the reading room,
striving to reap the benefits of
the cooling breeze, visions of the
past night would rise up before
them, and they emphatically de-
clared that the odor of tar was in
everything around them.-Rtts-
burg Paper.
Year: 1870

his soul and forgiveness for the
murderer.


The gambler awoke from his
swoon, staggered up to the widow,
and said


"Mary, would it were other.
wise, for I have nothing to live
for now /; the dead and the dying
do not want anything in this
world ; take this certificate of de-
posit to our aged parents, say we
are both dead +; but oh! do not
tell them how we died p


Before the woman could reply,
or any one interfere, the report of
the pistol sounded again, and the
fratricide had ceased to live.


On the hill near Rincon Point
were two graves, a few years ago,
enclosed with picket fence, and
one tombstone at their head, with
the simple inscription, brothers. !"
Year: 1870

81 have brought your dinner, father"
The blacksmith's daughter said,''
AS she took from her arm the kettle
And lifted its shining lid.
''There is not any pie or pudding,


So I will give you this"
And upon his toil-worn forehead


She left the childish kiss.
The blacksmith took off his apron
Apd dined in happy mood,
Wondering much at the SAVIOR


Hid in his humble food
While all about him were visions


Full of prophetic bliss,
But he never thought of magic


In his little daughters kiss.
While she with kettle swinging,


Merrily trudged away,
Stopping at sight of a squirrel,


Catching some wild birds lay:
AndI thought how many shadow
OF life and fate we would miss,
If always our frugal dinners,


Were seasoned with a kiss.
Year: 1870

The census takers in different
parts of the country are collect
ing some very curious information.
They find the highest age attained
by unmarried women is twenty
six years. 1t is well to have the
point at which they cease grow
ing older definitely fixed.