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Year: 1871

Many valuable horses die from the effects of collie. The best thing to do in 8 case of this kind, is to pour bottle of JoHNsoN's ANoDYNE LN1MENT into long necked junk bottle, and half pint of molasses and water, then pour the whole down the horses throat In ten minutes the horse will begin to eat.
Year: 1871

At the corner OF st. Charles and Valence
streets stands pleasant looking little
church, half concealed by trees and shrub
berry. This is st. Marks Protestant Episco-
pal church, and the building bears the same
relation to the edifce which the members of
the church and the friends of religious in
iuences in the neighborhood expect to see
there at some future time as a little boy
bears to man. In fact, even now the ne
cessties of the surrounding locality demand
a larger one than the present edifce


1t is for the benefit of this church that a
grand tete champetre is to be held at the
Carrollton Gardens on Wednesday next,
and continue the three days following, clos
ing with Saturday evening The large
number of ladies and gentlemen who have
interested themselves in this enterprise
gives proof that it is certain to be success
tul, as it deserves to be.


We hope, in no long time, to see fine
building rise up for the use of st. Marks
congregation; and perhaps by that time
grace will have touched the hearts of our
city rulers and the occult paving COMPANY
that holds ST. Charles avenue in dismal
thrall, and incline them to good works, so
that st. Marks may be approachable by
passable road in all directions.
Year: 1871

was sacked and is now occupied by the
federal troops.


At noon yesterday the Versaillists at
tackled the gate of ST. Cloud; at half past
one the contest ragged at Neuilly, and at two
o'clock the line of battle extended from the
Bois de Boulogne to the gate of Clichy
Twenty thousand troops were engaged.
There was no definite result.
Year: 1871

Rumor has it that there is probability of
the Wyndham Comedy Company remaining
over until Tuesday morning, in consequence
of the break on the Mobile railroad We
understand big bill will be presented for
their farewell appearance.
Year: 1871

We are informed that there are 54S

 horses on the way this side of Arizona

 City, for cavalry use in the Indian

 war now waged in Arizona. It is but few weeks since the order permitting the purchase of these animals was made at the War Department in Washington, and it is not reasonable that an edict has since gone forth to cease hostilities, and thereby make the outlay for the stock foolish ex- pense. Again. General Sherman and Quaker Tatum had, prior to July 19, reported that strong and not mollify- ing measures were the only ones worthy of further trial on the savages. The Peace Commission is a useless, mischief making body, and 1t will labor hard to perpetuate its own cowardly existence.

 When directed to proceed on pious, olive branch mission to Cachise, the poltroon Vincent Colyer, refused to perform the service. He would sacri- flee other broadbrims and possibly some Of his relations, and certainly all earnest pioneers of the nation, ill behalf of his pet theory, but not drop of his blood ill the cause; no danger will he brave to exemplify his principles. Congress should take note of this canting if not dishonest member of that body. His theory should be compared with his practice, and if found as reported by the public prints, he should at least be dismissed the place he disgraces; and it would be righteous sentence to banish him to the bosom of Cachise and his sav- ages. Colyer should be made "to fish or cut bait" to practice his pro- fession or be compelled to abandon it. The old poltroon
Year: 1871

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The most singular incident In the
eventful life of Sam Houston, and one
never hitherto explained, was his aban-
donment of the Governorship of Ten
nessee, only three days after marrying
a young wife. He became a voluntary
exile among the Indians of the plains
thereafter, was made great chief, and
only reappeared in public life when
Texas was struggling for independence.
The Galveston Ners lifts the veil from
this secret chamber of Houston's heart
by this strange narration: "What we
know about this matter is so honorable
to him that we shall for the first time
put it in print. We may promise that
our information comes directly from
one now deceased, who during her life
had right to know what caused this
strange episode in the life OF the great
man. Governor Houston's first bride
was Tennessee belle OF surprising
beauty and of considerable social rant.
She was, If not the ailianced bride, at
least the sweetheart of a neighborng
gentleman when Governor Houston
sought her hand. Her family being
very ambitious, forced the match and
she was married. After retiring to her
bridal chamber, her department was
such as to cause him TO suspect that,
while her hand was his, her heart was
another's. Sheconfessod the truth when
interrogated and while promising fldcl-
ity and wifcly duty, declared herself
unable to love him. lie at once retired
from the house. He then resigned his
position and went among the Coman-
ches. In due course of time the lady
sought and obtained divorce"
Year: 1871

THE SNOW BIRD.-As each returI.
ing winter comes to us clad in its gar.
ments of white as often and as faithful
are the visits of the little snow birds,
those feathered companions of winters
chill and dreary days. The snow bird
is remarked among olnithologists for
the obscurity which hangs around its
history. On the first approach of win
ter it suddenly makes its appearance,
apparently driven by the inclemency
of the whether to court the society of
man. Whence it comes no man can
tell and whittier it goes (for its exit is
as sudden as its entrance) no one has
been able to discover. 1t is supposed
by some to be another bird, only that
its plumage, by some mysterious and
irresistible power, has been suddenly
changed. There is a feeling of melan-
cholly passing over the mind when the
bleak and merry landscape, desere
by all the other tenants of the air, is
only enlivened by the presence of the
mournful snow bird. Yet in the bitter
est weather he is always gay and lively,
and the gloominess of the scenery
around him seems to have no sadden.
ing effect upon his cheerful heart
Year: 1871

The San Francisco Bulletin gives an
interesting account of the performances
of a road steamer recently imported
into that city by the "Steam Wagon
and Propeller Plow Company" which
has been established for the purpose of
introducing road steamers into Califor-
mia. The results of the trial of the i'm
ported "Thompson Steam Wagon" "
were highly satisfactory. 1t passed
over the rough, deep ruts and mud holes
of new street with as much ease as on
macadamized road, turned round,
avoided any unusually difficult places,
and generally was under complete con-
troll. In one place, the wheel worked
itself down to the depth of twelve inch
es, and several backings and forward.
ings were required in order to compact
the mass sufficiently to ride out of the
rut. The incident, however, it is stated,
showed the capacity of the steamer to
work its way out of difficulties. In
passing into field, the steamer crossed
with perfect ease side gully which it
Is stated waggoner with u five ton
load would not have dared to attempt.
The gang of plows, though not work
ing, was all this time attached to the
steamer, which travelled at the rate of
eight to ten miles an hour. Ire plows
were so arranged as to be capable of
being adjusted from nine to twelve
inches apart, and by means of four iron
wheels pivoted on levers the depth of
the furrow could be regulated. On the
trial of the steamer in field composed
of soft soil, the machine passed over the
ground with ease, and the plowshares
turned over clean and full furrOws nine
inches wide and six inches deep of
damp loamy sod. a five-ton iron roller
was also attached to the steamer and
was carried up a heavy grade with ease.


The trial occupied six hours, and one
hundred pounds Of coal per hour were
consumed. The success of this expert
ment, it is stated, has induced several
farmers of California to order steam
wagons for plowing, for performing
heavy farm work, and for freighting
grain to market.
Year: 1871

Some one has wisely said: "Instcad,
of asking ourselves with how little fuel
can | warm my house? the question
should be, How much can l afford to
pay for fresh supplies of air, moderately
and equally warmed, and distributed
without waste?" Instead OF this, says
the american BWlder, most of our
friends are making arrangements for
stopping the flues where no fire is Kept,
in order to keep the heated air in. If
you have CRATE in your room, in which
you do not need fire, be assured that
it will, if left open, carry Off more i'm
pure air, which you would otherwise
breathe, than you are aware, and that
the sum of your health and happiness
will be greatly increased by leaving it
open even during the coolest weather.
1t is an excellent ventilator, and the
extra heat you will require on account
of its use may prove much cheaper than
the fee of your physician, should you
yield to the notion that it must be stop
ped to keep the warm air in.
Year: 1871

know the story of her life,


Too sad and yet too common;
She might have been ere now wife
An honored happy woman;
But though She loved him well, her heart
Was faithful to anothcr;
She broke those latter ties apart
Because She loved her mother.
lie turned away with angry words,
And sadly wounded feeling,
Doubling the love which was above
All power of words revealing;
He went where wealth with naughty hand
Her golden standard carried:
Aud mid that fair and youthful band
lie chose airesh, and married.
IL must have been II heavy load


She had, with none to guide her,
Along n seeming endless road,


With no young heart beside her.
She turnd and left behind her there,
Youths dream and youthful beauty;
llenceforth she said her feet must tread
The higher path of duty.
She lived, and lived noble life


OF daily cares and trials
OF peaceful calm in toll and strife,
Of voiceless self-denials.
So lives she on this side the stream;
But when she gains the other,
Shall not her crown more brightly beam
Because she loved her mothcr!
Year: 1871

A CORRESPONDENT of the Boston
Irareiler says that if women Were as
particular in the choosing Of Il yiriuous
husband as men are in the choosing of
virtuous wife, a moral reformation
would be soon begun.
Year: 1871

the front rank of the great sisterhood. and
go forward to a grand destiny.


I sincerely hope the Legislature will
frame general proposition embracing the
foregoing ideas. We can carry all these
amendments. Each one separate is not
only right but very popular. and all to-
gether are immensely so. I trust this will
not be made party question, bat that
the Republican party will unite with Us in
this great reform; but should they de-
'termine TO oppose these salutary and es-
sential amendments, We have but to make
them our platform. and standing upon it,
We can overwhelm all opposition in this
Safe next year. think I know some
thing of the sentiments and opinions, as
well as the wants OF the great mass of the
people in this part of the State, and as
such, feei quite sure represent them in
what have said, and I feel equally sure
that the road to certain triumph lies
along this line, if We do not hazard sue
cess by attempting doubtful measures.


LEXINGTON,
Year: 1871

We find in the Charleston Kauawha
Courier the following statement concern
ing the vote on the Convention;


"a careful examination of the returns will
show that the opponents Of a convention
have carried fifteen out of ffty-four coun-
ties in the State, or less than the Repub-
licans carried at the last Gubernatorial
election"


The majority for the Convention will be
between two and three thousand.


The Petersburg Progress records one of
the most remarkable escapes from serious
injury or death we have ever heard of {:
DR.. Richard Adams, of Nottoway county,
who happened, few days ago. to be in
the neighborhood of Maizes' Church, sent
his horse by small negro boy to water.
The boy rode the horse to water as he was
directed, and when returning from water.
with the horse in q full ruu, he saw a boy
approaching him upon a horse belonging
to Mr.. Farley (of the same county, in a
full gallop. The boys were now riding SO
swiftly that they could not manage their
fiery steeds, and at lass they came togeth-
er, the horses heads coming in contact
with each other with such force as to break
the neck Of DR.. Adams horse, and I'M ur-
ing the horse of Mr.. Farley to such an
extent rs to render it unfit for any further
service, and the most remarkable part of
rhe accident is, that neither of the riders
were injured in the least
Year: 1871

New YoRK, June 10.
A dispatch from Ottowa says; Recent
advices from New Foundland give the
particulars Of the reception which the
treaty Of Washington received in one Of
the provinces most interested in the ques.
ton of the fisheries The people of Nova
Scotia and New Brunswick fully expected
that New Foundland would be wholly
with them iu their opposition TO the treaty,
but on the contrary The sentiment Of that
colony of fishermen appears entirely to
favor ratification.
Year: 1871

The General Synod OF the Reformed
Church met to-day. The report of the
Board Of Education was presented, show
ing that the collection for the past year
10 $lG319-$317 in excess of
the receipts Of last year and over $4,000
in excess of any previous year.
Year: 1871

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.l


The movement lately made in Penn
sylvania in behalf Of Colonel Thomas A.
Scott as the Democratic candidate for
President Of the United States has at
tracted great attention, and is meeting
with remarkable favor all over the Union.
There is an impression rapidly forming
that Of all the men who have been named
as possible candidates, he is the most
available and the most likely OF any to
defeat General Grant at the election.
The adverse results Of the State elections
this year have rendered il entirely evi-
dent that unless the Democracy have
men who can obtain a large outside vote,
and also receive the cordial support Of
the organization, the chances Of beating
the bad man at the head Of affairs are
slight indeed. Nearly the entire South,
including all the old border slave States,
we can indeed carry for any fair man;
but, in addition, we must have some Of
the large Middle and Western States 10
succeed. Col. Scott is especially strong
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Nom
mated upon a judicious platform, we
have every assurance that he would
sweep them like a tornado. Who can
estimate the value Of q victory in Penn
syivania at the October election in lS722
Such an event would send a thrill Of JOY
from one end Of the land to the other
1t would Gil the Democratic heart with
hope and confidence, and bring to the
polls in the various States hundreds Of
thousands Of voters who under other
circumstances, would stay at home.
While it would thus stimulate the De
mocracy, it would, in corresponding
manner, bring gloom and dependency
upon the opposition, and would virtually
settle the November election. No oPtesi-.
dent Of the United States has ever been
elected without her vote. Tne position
Of Colonel Scott is very analogousto
Year: 1871




Religion is growing costly and bur
dcnsome 10 the poor in the tax now
imposed upon them in the way OF
fine clothes We reproduce from the


Wdfchmm and Reflector, tho follow
ing thoughts on this subject:


Is 1t Of any use TO protest against
tho prevailing custom Of making our
churches on Sunday exhibition rooms
OF the latest fashions in wearing ap.
parely We expect to see displays If
the fineries and fooleries of dress IN
the drawing room, concert room, and
places Of amusement or entertainment,
ler they arr Worn for exhibition ana
even in the street our American
women have the vulgar pride of wear
ing apparel only suitable for indoors
(and not always there But when the
house of God is made thus to minister
to the weakest vaniiies- weakest be.
cause q rich dress is merely matter
Of purse, and depends neither on cul.
turc, nor brains, nor ranlI-if it is
time to protest Vanity, snobbery,
and silly rivalries are despicable any
where, but in the church they are dis.
gusting and should be intolerabe ;
nay, more, they are contrary to every
rational idea of religious proprioty.
In the world people may look at the
dress, but in the church God has to
do with the heart; there Is no distinc
ton But whore is the true idea Of
worship when more.attention is given
to the adornment Of the body than
the needs Of the soul? We have seen
young ladies "ioin church" and in n
soft voice "rcnounce the world"
clothed as for the ball room rather
than as a follower OF "iho mccl, and
lowly Jesus" and pray for God 70 be
"meroiful TO us miserable sinners in
toilets prepared at great cost Of time
and money for that very purpose.
The glaring Inconsistency of this
course, pursued to a greater or less
extent in all our churches on tho Sab
bath is a mockery, and also a sorrow
ful reality, and we only wish that
some Of our leading women of position
and wealth, true christian women,
would after considorating the matter
seriously in its relations to God, their
own hearts, and their fellow morlals,
institute a reform.
Year: 1871

"Shall let my children cat candyS" is a
question over which parents are still some
times puzzled. This is not surprising, for
doctors and doctors books differ upon the
question. Some teach that candy is an evil
to be avoided, others, who like it themselves,
say that white candies at least are harmless,
and may be eaten at discretion Neither
side is quite right. The chief injury that
caudies do is that of spelling the APPETITE for
other food. When honestly made, colored
candy is quite harmless in itself Thus the
red candies are colored with beet juice. But
it is sgler en- the whole to stick to the white
candies, which are made Of starch and sugar
favored The love Of sugar is a natural and
healthy appetite, especially in children, who
need more saccharine matter than grown
persons. Yet they should not be allowed
to cat sugar to the exclusion Of heartier food
BY deyouring candy in large quantities be-
tween meals they spoil their appetite, and
often iniure their digestion. This is the
only serious objection to candy eating A
good rule in the matter 10 to prevent the
child from eating candy SC near to meal
times as TO make him leave IL full plate oil
breakfast or dinner. But after meal he
eau eat as much as he chooses without pre-
occupying his appetite for the next. Good
candy eaten at the right time is an excellent
food.
Year: 1871

lit is said of fashionable lady who went
to party not long since, that she arrived
there about the first Of the evening, but the
last of her dress did not arrive until after
u o'clock,
Year: 1871

Many instances have been recorded Of the
affection and sagaclty displayed by dogs
when their masters have dieG or been injur-
ed in any manner. Perhaps as affecting an
incident of this kind as ever witnessed was
the action cf The dog Pinch, owned by the
late Hod Morse, who was shot Friday night,
upon being shown the body OF his dead mas
ter, as II lay upon board Sunday morning,
preparatory to being placed in the coffin
Everybody who knew HOd knew Pinch, for
they were inseparable. An iron gray dog
of tue Scotch terrier breed, he was noted for
his sagacily and fighting qualities. Sunday
morning a friend of Holds, for the first time,
took the dog into the room where the re-
mains were. number Of Morses friends
were present at the time aud can vouch for
the accuracy of the story When let into the
room Pinch let bis head fall to the floor, and
with slow steps walked directly across to
where Holds body was lying. Stopping by
the body he raised his head aud began low,
mOnotonous howl. While uterng these
howls, Pinch would flom time to time look
around al the different men present as II ma
king a mute appeal TO be allowed TO have
access to the body. Noticing this, one OF
the men took a char and placed il by Holds
head. As soon as it was placed In position
the dog jumped upon the chair, and with his
fore paw brushed the cloth from his masters
face. After he had removed the cloth he
threw one leg over Holds breast, while he
laid his face on that OF his master and rub
bing 1t over a few times, commenced licking
it as II desirous OF awakening him. Seeing
thut this did not have the desired effect,
Pinch stopped, aud looking into Hods face
for moment, again commenced bowling,
or rather whining, in pililul manner. The
whole scene, taking in the surroundings,
was most sOrrowful one, and brought tears
and sobs from the men whom the world re-
gard as social Parahs, but in whom, as this
incident proved, all the better feelings had
not yet been deadencd. Pinch continued
his pantomime until seemingly convinced
that be could not arouse his master when he
Jumped down aud with slow steps lett the
room, never returning until after the body
had been conveyed 10 its fiual resting place
in Elmwood
Year: 1871

NEW YORK. May I2-In the WO.
mans Suffrage Convention last even
ing Mrs. Woodruff said that if the
next Congress would refuse women
al legitimate citizenship, we shall
proceed to call another Convention
expressly to frame a new Constitution
and erect a new government, COM
plete in all its parts, and
take measures to maintain it
as effectually as men do theirs.
1t shall be applicable, not to women
alone but to all persons who shall
transfer their allegiance, and shall be
in every practicable way a higher and
q more scientific development Of the
governmental idea. We mean trea-
son; we mean secession, and on a
thousand times grander scale than it
was at the South. We are plotting a
revolution; we will overthrow this
bogus Republic and plant a govern
ment Of righteousness in its stead"


Among the delegates appointed to
the WOman's Suffrage Convention at
Washington, was Mrs. Arnell, of Ten
nessee.
Year: 1871

Many immagine they must re-
linquish all hope of gratifying their
tastes, or the inherent love of the
beautiful, if they do not rank among
the rich. This is an entirely false
idea. There are houses upon which
thousands of dollars have been ex-
pended that would be quite intoler-
able to people of real refinement as
a permanent residence. The whole
arrangement and furniture are so
stiff and formal-so heavy and op-
pressive with superAuous ornament,
that simple curiosity to what strange
vagaries can enter into the heads of
the rich, and in what absurd man
ner they study to spend their abun-
dant wealth, would seem to be the
only motive which would tempt a
sensible person to enter.


On the other hand, we find small
modest cottages, which bear unmis-
taxable evidence of necessity for
close economy, that have more real
comfort and convenience about them
than those splendid mansions; and,
at the same time, they are gems,
bearing in every part the stamp of
true elegance and refinement. They
are SO beautifed by the genuine
taste and ingenuity Of the occupants
that it is q real pleasure to pass