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Year: 1871

TAXATION OF LUxURTEs.-That stale
Joke about taxing bachelors has just been
rcvamped in the Senate by the Senator
from the county of Jefferson. 1t must be
confessed, as an abstract proposition, there
is some merit in 1t, II the rule adopted by
the government. Of laying its heaviest i'm
posts on luxuries be correct one. But
the anxiety Of theunhappy Benedicts who
agitate this question from time to time
does not come from their desire for cquita-
bic taxation. There was certain fox
once which got into q trap and In conse-
qucnce lost his caudal appendage. And
thereupon the unfortunate Reynard went
around and tried to persuade all the foxes
in the neighborhood to hive their tails cut
off so us to be in fashion. 1t Is just rs true
now as 1t was in the days of Esup that
misery loves company.


The editor of the Parkersburg Journal
is entitled to whatever share Of these oh.
servations he may think belongs to him.
Year: 1871

In the House of Delegates last Welhes'
day, the Judiciary Committees conyen.
ton bill was amended by striking out
May as the. time for holding m election
leaving the time yet Undetermined, II
was also SO amended US to make the rep.
rcsenation in the convention the same as
new in both houses Of the Legislature.
Year: 1871

market at ten per cent. interest.
With n fair degree of confidence in
the ability of our State officers to
manage our finances, and disposition
on the part of our Legislators, which
is now plainly manifest, to econo-
mize our expenditures, such bonds
ought to and will command n pre-
MUM.


Those who are prating about the
"leanness of our treasury" and the
"lightness of our money affairs,
cannot for a moment consider the
fact that our whole Indebtedness
could be wiped out in three years by
an increase of eighty per cent. on
State taxation.


If DIR. Hazlett and his co-legisla-
tors produce the right cast of legis-
lation in this matter, and the right
course is taken to satisfy capitalists
of the perfect security of our bonds
for the comparative small amount of
our Indebtedness, and our revenue
laws are made to apply equally to
all taxable property within the State,
the errors of the past may be easily
remedied, and our securities stand
first in the market. There need be
no fear of the solvency of our State,
nor disposition on the part of the
people to repudiate. There is too
much pride in the hardy pioneers of
Nevada to permit any such inference.
Her indebedness will be paid to a
dime, and those who have doubts OF
the integrity of the people of Ne
vada in the State capacity will be
disappointed. NJ.
Year: 1871

We are told that money in England
seeks investment there at less than 2
per cent, and that hundreds of mil


lions are lying idle, that n proper
action on the part of our miners
here will induce the investment of
such capital. Now can it be possible
that the bonds of the State of Ne
vada for the small amount of her in
debtedness will not find ready
Year: 1871

Have the courage to face difficulty,
lest 1t kick you harder than you bar
gained for. Difficulties like thieves
often disappear at a glance. Have
courage to leave a eonvivial party at
the proper hour for doing so, however
great the sacrifice and to stay away
from one upon the slightest grounds
for objection, however great the temp
tatiOn to go. Have the courage to do
without that which you do not need,
however much you may admire it.
Have the courage to speak your mind
when il is necessary that you should
do so, and hold your tongue when It
is better you should be silent Have
the courage to speak to q poor friend
in q seedy coat, even in the street,
and when a rich one is nigh. The
effort is less than many people take it
TO be, and the act is worthy Of aking.
Have the courage to admit that you
have been in the wrong, and you viii
remove the fact in the mind Of others,
putting q desirable impression in the
place Of an unfayOrable one. Have
the courage to adhere to the first resO-
luton when you cannot change Ii for
better, and to abandon It at the elsv-
enth hour upon conviction. Have the
courage to cut the most agreeable &C.
quintanee you possess, when he con-
vinees you that he lacks principle.
IA friend should bear with a friends
infirmitiesD-nOt vices.
Year: 1871

Young folks should be mannerly.
How to be so is the question. Many
q good girl and boy feel that they can
not behave TO suit themselves in the
presence Of company. They feel tim
id, bashful, and self distrustful the
moment they are addressed by q
stranger or appear in company
There is but one way to get over this
feeling and acquire easy and grace
full manners-that is to do the best
they can all the time at home, as well
as abroad. Good manners are not
from arbitrary teaching so much as
acquired by habit. They grow upon
US by use. We must be courteous,
agreeable, civil, kind, gentlemaply,
and wOmanly at home, and then it
will soon become q kind Of second
nature to be so everywhere. A coarse,
rough manner at home, begets habit
of rOughness, which we cannot lay of
if we try, when we go among strang-
ers. The most agreeable people we
have ever known in company are
those that are perfectly agreeable at
home. Home is the school for all good
things, especially for good manners.
Year: 1871

a SHORT WAY TO ALL EvTLS.-We
cut the following from a paper pub
lished many years ago, but it is just
as applicable to-day as when first pub
lished:


Ifyou wish to be always thirsty, be
a drunkard; for the oftener and more
you drink, the Ofterner and more
thirsty you will be.


If you seek to prevent your friends
raising you in the world, be q drunk
ard for that viii defeat all efforts.


If you are determined to be poor
be q drunkard and you will be rag
ged and penniless.


If you wish to starve your family,
be drunkard; for that will consume
all their means.


II you would be imposed upon by
knaves be 3 drunkard /; for that viii
make their task easy.


II you are resolved to kill yourself,
be q drunkard that being q sure
mode eOfdestructiOu.


If you would have no resource when
past labor, but the wOrkhOuse, be .
drunkard and you viii be unable to
provide any.


Ifyou are determined to expel all
comfort from home, be drunkard,
and you will do it effectually.
Year: 1871

A traveller who saw a pretty little
girl in the same car with himself says
"In a few years, thought /, that in
fant will be an ornament to society (;
but had she not better die? Very
soon they tie some dead wOman's hair
to the back of her, fasten her ribs
with a corset and hang a bird cage
around her lower limbs. Worse than
that, when she arrives at maturity
she will be comperd to determine
whether she is for protection or free
trade, to understand the intricacies Of
pig iron, and go to the polls and vote" d"
Year: 1871

EXCURSION TO AURORA-An excursion. on
the Fox River Valley railroad, to Aurora trhe
first OF the season. will take place on Thursday
next May 18th, under the auspices and for the
benefit of the Baptist church of this city. The
fare for the round trip will be $15O-a little less
than half the ordinary rate The cars will leave
Ottawa at 5 o'clock in the morning. and return
to Ottawa at o'clock in the evening. thus piv.
ing persons from the country plenty of time to
come IN the morning well as to 20 nome in the
evening.


The people OF Aurora promise to make every
exertion to render the visit of the excursionists
pleasant one, and being generous, whole.
souled people, they can be relied upon to redeem
their pledge. There is not a more beautiful
city In the State than Aurora, or one surrounded
with inner scenery or more objects of local inter.
est. Its great car works. siver.plating works.
mills factories fine churches, colleges. and other
educational institutions, all will abundantly re.
pay an inspection; while the scenery aloup the
entire route from Ottawa to Aurora is un.
equalled in loveliness by any other railroad line
in the West
Year: 1871

The ladies of the lst Congregational Church
will holi Neck Tie Sociable" in the base
nent Of their new eiifice on Thursday evening,
May 18TH Those not posted on the above men.
toned entertainment can have their curiosity
gratifed, their ideas frightened, and their love
for the good things of Life satisfied by an attend
anc. on the same.


As bright smiles and fair faces, to say nothing
OF the delicious ice cream. will lend their at.
traction, it will be hardly necessary to repeat
the invitation that lovers OF the ahsye should
not fiji TO attend
Year: 1871

JUNE RACEs.-Au effort is being made bv q
subscription to raise funds to put down an arte.
sian well on the Fair Grounds, and AS the read.
lest method Of obtaining the money for that
and other improvements, June Races may be
had Those who object to the races can sub.
scribe 10 the well, and those who object to the
well can subscribe to the races, and the proceeds
raised IN either way will 90 towards improving
the Fair Grounds
Year: 1871

f. RICHARDSON 81 Sox having tented the
large Armour warehouse, at the Madison street
side-cut bridge, and having put that fine estab
lishment in thorough running order, are now
ready to handle all the grain the La Sale county
farmers can bring in, paying the highest market
price to such rs desire to sell, or storing ship.
ping for such as prefer that course. The firm is
among the most substantial and reliable in the
city, and are not to be interrupted in their busi-
ness by coniagrason or little accidents of that
sort
Year: 1871

Nor THuE.-The story in the country that
Bowman, in trying to walk the wire last Tues
day, fell off and broke his back, is not true. He
suddenly got down to take an instantaneous
Photographic view OF Mons. Price, on the wire.
Year: 1871

PROHIBITION IN MIcHIGAN.-Then new
liquor law of Michigan is very stringent.
1t provides fine of SIS for the first con-
viction, $50 for the second and 500 for the
third, no matter what beverage is sold, SO
that it intoxicates, or comes under the
head of intoxicating drinks. In case. a
man receives intoxicating drinks at a sa-
loon and goes away and does injury to a
person, or to property, the saloon keeper is
not only held liable for all the damage, but
the person from whom he'rents his saloon
can also be held. If saloon keepers con-
victed of selling liquors, his lease of any
place where it was sold is declared forfeited,
although he may have just come in posses
sion. If the wife of "a drunkard oradrink-
ing man can prove that herself orthe fam
lily have been damaged through reason or
in consequence of such sale, she can sue
and recover There is also a clause in the
bill which amends the old law in regard to
compelling the attendance of witnesses,
and obliges a prompt response to the re-
quirements of subpoena. There was a
clause in the old law, which probably re-
mains unrepealed, providing that, in ease
of appeal, the person making it must give
bonds not to sellliquor until his appeal has
been decided.
Year: 1871

Mr.. j ohm Crouch has placed US under obli-
cations for a specimen of delicious strawberries
raised by him two miles East of the city. They
were very large and well favored. He cam be
found with supply in Market every morning.
Year: 1871

From the 81. Louis Republican, Jan. 14.I


With regard TO General Blair ne was one OF the
chosen leaders OF the Democratic party In the
Presidential canvass which unluckiy resulted In the
election OF Grant and Cofax Originally demo-
crat he mas for years acted with no other political
organization. With truth 1t mag be said he never
was a radical. He abandoned the republican party
when 1t was at the zenith Of its power and his de-
lection instilled toward HIM great rancor into the
party he left The cry had been that no one
could be loyal without being q radcai-that demo-
crat could not In his heart be Union man.
Here was soldier who was one Of the earliest
In the field against rebelon-a gallant Union CON-
mander-who gave the lie TO this declaration, and
followed II up with an emphatic and unreserved
avowal that he was thence1orth that despised and
oolous tnln2. democrat. In 1866 Frank Blair
boldly made the fight In this State with Phelps,
Glover, Woodson and other leaders, against the
tyranncal registration law, going from point to
point and organizing the democracy. Courage and
manliness VIII tel and the people do not soon for.
get them There is. too personal magnetism about
Blair which is almost irresistible Some things has
he done and said which we do not ami cannot In.
dorse-and we presume there is no public man In
Missouri whose record is In every respect entirely
satisfactory TO majority of the people; but It will
not be denied that General Blair possesses talents
and qualifications that give HIM great influence,
and we believe his nomination VIII give general
satisfaction.
Year: 1871

The great Blood Purifier and Delicious Brink WARMERS VINUM WIFE, or WINE OF LIFE, l. free from any poisonous drugs or impurities, being prepared for those who require 8 stimulant. It il

 splendid appetizer and tonic, and the finest thing in the world for purifying the blood It is the most pleasant and delicious article ever offered to the pubic, far superior to brandy whiskey, wine, bitters, or any other article. It is more healthy and cheaper. Both male or female, young or old, can take the Wine of Life. It is, in fact, c life preserver. Those who wish to enjoy good health and free flow of lively spirits, will do well to take the Wine of Life. It is different from anything ever before in use. It is sold by all druggists. Price $1, in quart bottles.
Year: 1871

Whenever Burke found himsclfin-
disposed, he ordereda kettle of wa
ter to be kept boiling, of which he
drank large quantities, sometimes so
much as four or even five quarts in
a morning, without any mixture OIL
infusion, and as hot as he could bear.
His manner was to pour about a pint
at time into basin, and to drink
it as if it had been soup.


Warm water, he said, would relax
and nauseate, but hot water was the
finest stimulant and most powerful
restorative in the world. lie Ger.
tainly thought it a sovereign cure
for every complaint, and not only
took it himself, but prescribed it with
the confidence of q Sangrado, to
every patient that came in his way,
Year: 1871

The Technologist says: "One cord
of wood cut and split fine, and cord
ell up beneath a shelter while it is
green, will furnish more heat after it
has become seasoned than two cords
OF the same wood which has been
continually exposed to the alterna-
tive influence Of storms and sun
shine"
Year: 1871

A clergyman in Massachusetts, who has seen his three score and ten, was complimented on his hale and youthful locks the other day Smiling, he touched his handsome brown hair and replied, "You know they have way of helping old men little these days" "What" said his friend, "have you been coloring your hair ?" "Yes," replied he; "I have been doing what I once thought nothing would induce mo to do. I have been turning my grey hair brown, and will tell you how I was brought to it. After leaving my position at -, I pro- posed to go back into the ministry. and become parish minister. Accordingly as had an opportunity, preached to some few destitute churches, and was grati6ed to hear at the conclusion of the services, that the people were well pleased with my teaching, and but for my grey hair would be glad to have me for their minister; but they could not think of so old a man. Well, while was going through this experience, an old friend suggested that should color my hair, and thus remove from the eyes of the people the reproach of being an old man. And I consented, finally, to make this experiment.. And what do you think ? The very first time that I preached with brown hair upon my head I was greeted with a call to settle in the ministry, and I have ever since been the happy pastor of united and apparently happy people, So much for the color of ones hair-so much in proof that there is something in looks after all. not withstanding the old proverb that looks are nothing and behavior is all.
Year: 1871

A combat took place at Madrid, in Spain, between the celebrated elephant Pizarro and wild bull. The excitement among the populace of the Spanish capi- tai, for days previous to the fight, was tremendous. The price of seats in the amphitheatre rose to fabulous figure, and the ticket-offlce was besieged by 8 crowd of buyers, in which the nobility and the commonality, the rich and the poor, hustled each other regardless of rank or the want of it, and only intent upon securing place whence to witness the strange spectacle.

 When at length the eventful day ar rived, the amphitheatre was packed to it's utmost capacity. There was some | by-play of the usual bull-fighting order :; but the spectators had come for sport of different kind, and soon grew clamor- ous for the elephant. The barrier gates were at length thrown wide open, and the immense form of Pizarro was seen slowly advancing into the ring. To his hind-legs was attached massive chain, the other end of which was immediately secured by means of @ ring to a post which had been firmly planted in the centre of the amphitheatre. This pre- caution was necessary because Pizarro was subject to violent fits of anger, dur- ing which he was liable to do great deal of mischief.

 To the intense disgust of the audience, the combat was very tame. The bull was apparently awed by the immense size of his opponent :; and Pizarro cared so little for his antagonist that he oceu- pied himself with picking up oranges and cakes thrown to him from the boxes. At length, irritated by darts and fire crackers, the bull made desperate charge but, being thrown back on his launches by the violence of the shock, he could not be induced to renew the fight. After standing still a few minutes, as if to recover from his astonisament, he slunk, thoroughly intimidated, into a corner, from which neither fireworks nor the irritating red mantel could make him stir. A second bull succeeded in inficting slight wound on Pizarro's s trunk, but, like his predecessor, soon gave up in despair.

 The singular combat was renewed the next day, with just as tame results. The bulls were apparently perplexed to know what to make of a monster from whose huge head they rebounded as if they had charged against solid wall. After one or two attempts they would retire, and nothing could drive them to make an other charge. As for the elephant, he took things in very cool and philosoph- ical manner, and ate his oranges and drank his wine, which was freely sent him from the boxes, with the dignity beftting monster of his importance and prowess. But as no man was killed, and as none of the brute antagonists received serious wound, the gentle audience came to the conclusion that a bull and elephant fight was very tame and uninteresting affair. Something better was expected of Pizarro, who is known to be vicious-tempered beast. In one of his fits of fury he once made a raid through the streets of Saragossa, in the course of which one of his tusks were broken. At Madrid he seemed to look upon his antagonists as worthy only of passive contempt.
Year: 1871

Fashionable follies are usually destruc- tive to those only who indulge in them j; but revelations recently made in Lon don show how the health of the poor may sometimes be made the price of the luxuries of the rich. Ladies have taken to wearing in their hats little tufts of artificial grass, sprinkled with glass beads to initiate dewdrops. In the man. ufacture of this kind of adornment 8 virulent poison called Schelle's green, is employed, which. is compound of ar senic and copper. The color is applied by women and children, who earn only pittance by the work, and who by in haling the fumes of the poison become dangerously sick, and even die. A re- porter of one of the London daily pa- pers has been inquiring into the matter, and as the result of his inquiries, pub hshed the following paragraph

 It is simple work and soon learn but great deal of it must be done to earn any money; and thus plenty of the dusted arsenic is imbibed by these vic- visited family engaged in the prepara- tion of this grass of death. Little, pinched, white faces, dull eyes circled with red, infamed lids, 8 perpetual ca tarrh, and constant wheeze in the throat, marked every member of the group. These painful symptoms excite little notice, but always occur when ! a large order for grass is obtained by such household. What is more serious in the experience of these scatterers of deadly dewdrops on deathful herbage is when the ea1s bleed. It ain't good sign; many in our line gets it, said the mother of the family. But the coughs the worst. The cough from these sham pastures had killed beautiful little gal last year She went on steadily be, dewing the devils grass as she told her story, and the little girl beside her who had the bleeding ears stopped them by 8 piece of wadding from her brother Joe's cap, and went on too. Sneezing and hopping their running ears in the midst of the arsenic dust, the family could make twelve shillings week out of the business. They had to work early and late though, and work all hands, bleed ing or not bleeding, coughing or not coughing, to earn as much as th1s."

 When asked why she exposed herself and her children thus to certain death the mother answered: "The on'y trade we should find if we cut this would bt Staryin' ,
Year: 1871

At first it seemed like the stick of rocket coming down with the speed of light then it was doubled up like ball, then seemed to unfold, and whirling about with a gyratory motion, with hands and legs spread out. It seemed an age while the man was falling, for before he loesened his grasp the balloon must have been at least mile from the earth-and what an age to that poor wife who watched her husband rushing towards her and death with the speed of light. When about half mile from the ground his body ceased its gyratory motion, assumed perpendicular posi- tion and came down head first It struck the earth some distance from us, and then rebounded, falling again within a few feet of where it struck Then, from paralyzing fear, the crowd broke forth into shrieks of terror, women ran wildly about screaming and actually tearing their hair, and & rush was made for the spot where the man had struck the ground. There was an indentation not less that eight or ten inches deep, and fill ed with blood and brains which had burst from the skull then, like a cannon ball let drop from an immense height, it crushed into the earth. The dead man was then taken up and carried to the Albert House where the poor wife, who had often safely traversed the air with her husband, cared for it.

 The excitement in the town was of the most fearful and intense description, as may readily be believed. Those who had come out for pleasure returned home in sorrow, and the town wore the aspect of place which had been visited by some fearful calamity in which its own interests had suffered. There was no more of the fair that day, and the rememberance of the dreadful occurrence will long be story told by the inhabi- tants when those who witnessed it shall long since have died.
Year: 1871

AN ELDERS MISTAKE. United Brethren presiding elder, out in Min nesota, preaching to strange congre- gatlon, was much annoyed by some of the young folks talking and laughing during the service. He paused, looked at the disturbers, and said: "I am al ways afraid to reprove those who mis- behave in church. In the early part of my ministry made great mistake. As was preaching, young man, who sat just before me was constantly laugh ing, talking and making uncouth grimaces. I paused and administered servere rebuke. After the close of the sevice one off the official members came and said to me, Brother-you made great mistake. That young man whom you rebuked is an idiot Since then I have always been afraid to re- prove those who misbehave in church least I should repeat that mistake, and reprove another idiot" During the rest of that service, at least, there was good order.