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Year: 1872

Diseases that progress rapidly to crisis
are not the only ones to be dreaded. Can
ker or dry rot does not blast tree as sud-
denly as stroke of lightning, but unless
arrested it destroys it as certainly; and
in like manner chronic debility, although
it does not kill with the swiftness of yell
low fever, is as sure to sap the springs of
life eventually as any acute disease, If
not checked by invigorating medication.
There is something ineXpressibly touch
ing in the spectacle of premature decay.
Languor, pallor, emacation, depression
of spirits, and distaste for eXertion, are
its ordinary symptoms, and they should
be promptly met by tonic treatment. The
best invigorant and exhilerent that can
be administered in case Of this kind is
Hostetters Stomach Bitters. The slim
ulating principle of the preparation rouses
the dormant energies of the system, and
the strengthening and regulating proper
ties give a permanent and healthtul i'm
pulse to the vital forces thus brought into
play. The failing appetite is re-awak-
ened, the process of digestion and as
similation are quickened, the quality of
the blood is improved, the secretions be-
come more natural, and every organ that
contributes to the nourishment of the
body undergoes salutary change. BY
these means the repair of the physical
structure is effected and its health and
vigor restored. In no class of diseases
has the benifcent operation of the Bitters
been more marked and striking than in
those characterized by general debility
and nervous prostration. Ladies affected
with these ailments find in this most
wholesome of all tonics and correctives
the safest and surest means of relief. 1t
is strong to restore and powerless to in
jure. Such is the uniform testimony Of
"clouds of witnesses" 2 feb.
Year: 1872

LITTLE Clark Craig had a pair of white
rabbits, but he got up one morning this
week and discovered that one of them was
gone and that something had eaten part
of the other and buried the remainder
Strychnine was literally applied to the
buried piece, and the following morning
big, yaller cat" was found in that
neighborhood frozen sti6.
Year: 1872

PRIVATE SCHooL.-Miss Mary Bergin
is teaching private school at Oregon
Gulch in the Catholic Church. She has
a good school of about thirty scholars,
and is giving general satisfaction.
Year: 1872

1t is fortunate, says the Charleston NctrS,
that Senator SchurZ has an opportunity of
seeing for himself the way in which South
crn Radicals carry on a political campaign.
TO 4 Northern man it may seem iacredi-
bic that the newly cntranChised blacks
should deny TO their own race the privi-
Icgc of voting for the candidates of their
choice 1t is the fact. The Radical ne
groes argue that the right to vote carries
with it the obligation to vote the Radical
ticket, and they brand as a traitor any
cDIorcd man who has the Intelligence and
independence to support any other ticket.
The oflicc-holders and hangers-on of the
Federal Government sustain their black
disciples, and do not hesitate to urge them
to try cudgels where words fail. Money
is freely used, and, as long IS the Grant
party have their way, it is Il mOckcry to
say that there can be Il fair election. All
this Senator SchurZ has seen with his own
eyes. lie knows now how hard it is for 4
col0red man to vote against Grant i'll the
south, and he knows the terrible provOca-
ton to which the Conservatives are every
where exposed. This ne will tell to the
Northern people. who will believe him
when they would look with suspicion upon
the declarations of Southern newspaper
or politician. The great cause, by the way,
of Senator Schurz's finn hold upon the
people is their belief III his disinterestcd
patriotism. They know him to be a states
man, not a demagogue--a man who has
no higher aim than the salvation Of his
country. Nor can the people give Carl
Schurz more confidence and praise than
he eminently deserves.
Year: 1872

We print below the letter of General n.
p. Banks, of Massachusetts, in answer to
an invitation extended to the General by
the republican city committee of Lynn to
deliver an address upon the merits of the
Administration, at a meeting i'll that place
this evening. The letter, which is address
scd to the chairman of the committee, is as
follows:
Year: 1872

Ex-President johnson Declines to


Become a Candidate for Congress-.


From the Bristol Courier, April 19.


Our rfellow-cOuntyman, VIM. D. Haynes,
Esq, feeling an interest in the efiOft to in
duce eX-PTesident johnson to make the
race for Congress in the first district, visited
him at his home in Greeneville last week,
and had free and full conversation with
him. While Mr.. Johnson feels grateful to
his fellow-citizens for the confidence they
have in him and for the honor they would
confer, yet he positively declines to allow
his name to be used in connection with the
canvass. He expresses a lively interest in
the success of the party in the district, but
says he can imagine no circumstance, or set
of circumstances, which would cause him to
reconsider his often expressed determination
not to be a candidate for Congress III the
district. Feeling that the measure of his
ambition is full, he prefers the quiet of pri-
vate life to the doubtful honor which the prof
fered position would confer. lie feels that
the State, through her representatives in
the Legislature, put a slight upon him in
his defeat for the position Of United States
Senator, and if it should be tie will of the
people of the State to remove that slight,
he would have no objection; but he will
not even seek that. 1t must be free and
voluntary on their part.


While a large majority Of the Conserva-
tive Democratic voters of the district will
regret the determination which their dis
tinguished tellow-citizen has reached, yet,
even that majority will admit that it is the
correct one.


Since writing the above we have received
the Greeneville Sentinel Of the 18th, which
has placed Mr.. Juhuson's name at its mast
head as its candidate for Congress. We
are not informed by the Sentinel as to the
HGoabilities of his accepting the position.
III it viii give us any hope Of a favorable
Consideration of the matter by Mr.. John
son we are ready to second its efforts.
Year: 1872

officers of justice, regard United States Off
cials and bear a deadly resentment against
their interference. How long this iRperilnl
IN fnlperi0 farce is TO last we don't know,
but Congress ought to make an end of
it at once. What protection can be had In
the territory may be surmised from the fact
that man Like Proctor, who is said to have
already committed eighteen murders, when
he killed in her own house woman and
nearly killed her husband, both almost to-
tai strangers to him, can yet go unhung.
We are safe in stating that it is the stern de-
termination of the United States Marshal
OF this district to bring to justice the mur-
derous and rebellious crew in the nation at
any sacrifice and expense.
Year: 1872

We publish an article from the Bristol
Courier, from which it would appear that
ex-President johnson declines to be a can
didate for Congress in the first district. If
it should comport with the views Of the ex-
President to run he would doubtless be
elected, and it would be matter of the
highest qualification not only to the Demo
cratic voters of Tennessee, but to the Demo
cracy of the Union TO see him again in
Congress. If the Legislature put slight
upon him, the Democratic people have
never done so. May we yet see him in the
halls OF Congress.
Year: 1872

HUMoR AND SARCASM is not everybody
who knows where to joke, or when, or how !;
and whoever is ignorant of these conditions
had better not joke at all. A gentleman never
attempts to be humorous at the expense of
people with whom he is but slightly acquainted
In fact it is neither good manners nor wise
policy to joke at snybody's expense; that is to
say. to make anybody uncomfortable merely to
raise laugh. Old Ksop, who was doubtless
the subject of many gbe on account of bis
bumped back, tells the whole story in his fable
of The Boys and the Frogs. What was
jolly for the youngsters was death to the
croakers A jest may cut deeper than a curse.
Some men are so constituted that they cannot
take even friendly joke in good part and in
stead of repaying it in the same light coin
will requite it with cOntumey and insult
Never banter one of this class, for he vii
brood over your badinage long after you have
forgotten it, and it is not prudent to incur any
ones enmity for the sake of uttering smar
double eRtendre or a tart repartee. Ridicule
at best, is n perilous weapon Satire how
ever, when levelled at social foies and politi
cal evils, is not only legitimate, but commend
able 1t has shamed down more abuses thar
were ever abolished by force Of logic.
Year: 1872

HENRY WARD BEECHERs WAY TO KEEP
SUNDAY.-The Lords day is a good day on
which to learn to love your nsiGhbor as yourself.
do not think it is a great sin if your neighbOr
has his side door open OH the Sabbath day for
you to walk across the lawn and sit on his
porch, and talk with him of things scemly.
think the Lord likes that. do not think that
if your household is more radiant, and your
children wake up and say las | never did)
Thank God, it is Sunday !" l don't think
that if you make it the best day of the week,
and your children are good-natured and joyful,
that they are any worse | believe
in making the holes for the buckle little
lower down. Let our Lords day be a church
day in the morning, and family day the rest
of the time. think that we preach too much
| [ think that we overteach and overtax in the
Sabbath school. | think we are making the
Lord day laborious.


| | do not think we use Sunday enough t.


make the family finer, sweeter, more compact


more homogeneous, more social, and SO NOR


religious. | see many, many men who coine L


church stern and stiff They would not for al
the world ride in car on Sunday-no, , nor


anything at home that make them agreeable


no do not hold up their way of keeping th


Sabbath as model. Sunday is day of house


hold love. 1t is day of family reunion. 1t is


day in which the children ought TO feel tbs


their father and mother never were sOhandsom
before, and never so good. 1t is day in whic
every part OF the household should, at the goin
down OF the sun, be able to say THANK Go
for this open door of heaven, which has poure
out so many happy hours on US. -
Year: 1872

If greyhound were as large as an elephant,
and had the power and stride that would cor
respond with his size, he would kill himself in
running a mile. The material of his frame
would not stand the strain. The draught-horse
is never race-horse. Beyond certain weight,
the loss of the power of feetness begins. Ma
ture puts her materials into the best forms for
securing her objects. The swallow is swifter
than the swan. Ship-buil1ers have found, to
their sorrcwful and disastrous cost, that above
a certain size a ship is pro6tless. Taking into
consideration the material of which ships are
made, the modes of handling them, and lthe
needs of commerce, two ships, possessing the
aggregate capacity of the Great Eastern, are
worth twice as much as she. The statement
will doubtless be good for all time. There is
a limit, fixed by nature, in this matter of size
on all the instrumentalities of human com
merce of every sort, beyond which results are
unsatisfactory. There will never be railroad
with twenty five feet guage; there will neve


be another Great Eastern; and there vii


never be another Boston Jubilee, of the mag


nitude of that which closed its performance


on the fourth Of July.


The great gathering of musicians which MI


GilmoIes enterprise secured was without


precedent in the world We doubt whethe
4 any man but Gilmore could have done wins
! he did. We doubt whether it could have bee
t done in any city but Boston. The undertaken


was gigantic. and it was carried through Wit
+ marvellous efficiency. The monster experimel


was not failure in any respect except in II
:. fact that its effects did not correspond with
d size. 1t demonstrated the fact that beyond
IT certain point of magnitude and numbers neith


chOruses nor orchestras can increase their pow
1t Of musical expression and impression o.
IS thousand singers in Music Hall would ha
}; been better handled, and would have produc
q, larger and finer musical impression, tn


twenty thousand in the Coliseum. We q
it glad the experiment has been tried. and that


is proved that every city can have just as 90
20 music in its own halls and churches as can


had by gathering together the picked men a
n, women of all the cities of the world. Yet
he was a splendid experiment to try, and nc
to but jealous niggards will fail to award to tn
be who have tried it the great honor that beo
in to them.-J. G.. Holland, IN Scribaer's


Sept.
Year: 1872

In Mobile there are twin-sisters who cannot
be punished for any offence, because neither
can be identified, Recently one Of these young
ladies put to fight two dog-catchers and a
policeman. In court she proved to be her sis
policeman accompanied her home to
arrest the other, but, on arriving, could not tell
which he had brought and which had already
been there, and went away sorrowing without
either. L 1it ,ts.stett 80 'e
Year: 1872

great many young men do to "raiae money:
He would not acknowledge his guilt, and was
very reticent when interrogated about the
charge: He Was Indicted By the Grand jury
yesterday. 1t is said that he is very respectfully
connected, and that his wife's relatives live IN
Chicago.
Year: 1872

Every one must have noticed the great
difference, as q general thing, between
the conduct Of the young betrothed man
and 'the young betrothed woman. He,
the braver and stronger oil the two, Is ut.
terly confused and seeks 10 make secret
of the fact. She, on the contrary, tries
to parade It, Is proud Of It, assumes a Ger.
tain air Of proprietorship over him, and
offers to her friends little delicate conf.
dences as to how nice 1t is be engaged,
and how dreadfully jealous he is II she
looks at any one else.


The cause OF this is Just one thing: the
man is in love; the girl Is not.


l have studied human nature, have
looked into the depths Of hearts, have
made man and woman the study ofmy life
and l aver that the girl in love is rarer
than black rose. She simply has for her
lover exactly the feeling that the young
mother has for her baby. She has an
anxious desire 10 see him for lie, to make
sure that he is comfortable, that his but
tons are all right, and that his food is
what it ought to be. She understands
that he Is In love with her, and rejoices in
the knowledge. The idea of losing his
love Is madness to her, but oil herself she
docs not understand it.


A woman who Is not selfish, and gree.
dy, and mean, who does not smile on any
one who can give her fine clothes and
grand establishment, overfoWs with the
mother feeling all her life. She expends
II on her dolls in childhood, on her poo-
die, or her kitten, or her canary after.
ward, and, when the time comes, on her
lover. Many man would lose q great
deal OF his conceit and vanity II he knew
just how the girl whomhe supposed To be
in love with him really felt. She, also
would be surprised to hear that she was
not in love at all, but only delighted to
have some one In love with her, and in q
measure awakened to the knowledge oi
that love which she will some day give
her children. 1t is the best sort Of love
too, and when a mans wife really loves
him rs his mother used to love him, she
makes him happy.


But think It time that some one who
knows the truth should tell 1t. A good
woman's love is something to be happy
ln-not the heeting gallantry that man
calls by that name, but pure and high
affection, aud with SO much Of the moth
erly and protecting In II, that l have often
heard a little eighteenyear.old woman
say Of a six .IooteF Of two hundred pounds
weight, and q bdgadIer general to boot


"0h, isn't he darling, cunning little
thingP Just as sweet as sugar!-AUnl
mary in the Ledger.
Year: 1872

The day is coming, a New


York paper informs us. when wo.


men will be able to take care of


themselves without the aid of a


big brother, and we suppose the


noble art of selfdefense is al


ready being taught many ladies


in various Fifth avenue and 9TH
er mansions. Atr all events
some Of the sex understand the
business of striking from the
shoulder-and they do not be-
long to the rougher class either.
"a young lady from a Southern


State, " says the paper, "was rid


ing i'll a Fulton avenue car not


long since. The seats all being


occupied she was obliged to


stand. Being young, pretty and


delicate looking she attracted
the attention Of a wtll-dressed


Jack-a-napes who stood beside


her, and he stepped on her foot.
She thinking perhaps it was in
advertence and willing to give
him the benefit of the doubt,
took no notice except to draw
her foot away in another posi-
ton. Nothing daunted, the fell
low followed it up and again put
his foot on hers. She again
removed her foot and looking
him in the eyes, said quietly !
and in low tone, ''ify you do that (
again, sir, | shall knock you
down" The young lady is pc
tite and wears a number six kid /
glove. Doubtless the youngman
thought she could not hit very
hard; at any rate he tempted his
fate and again steppcd on her
toe. AS quick as lightning she
placed 4 we'll directed blow of !
her little fist under the ear and
felicd him like a log. He pick
ed himself up somewhat bewil-
cred, and sneaked out of the car
amid the derisive shouts of the
passengers. Women will learn
some day that it is more truly |
Womanly to resent insult than
quietly to submit to it, Again
we chronicle progress. And t
he time may come When''petite"
ladies viii throw down their
number six gloves in token of
challenge to light-weights of
both sexes.
Year: 1872

dead at his place at the peg from


whence he had sent the messen-
ger of death to a fellow being only
a few seconds before.


I A deep wide pit was dug. and
into it the rude backwoodsmen
lowered the lifeless forms of mur-
dered and murderer, and there
though long ages forgotten-they
two silently moulder to dust.
Year: 1872

wrote my name upon the sand,


And trusted it would stand for aye,
But soon alas the refuent sea


Had washed my feeble lines away.
l carved my name upon the wood,


And after years returned again,
! missed the shadow of the tree


That stretched of old upon the plain.
To solid marble next my name


gave as perpetual trust;
An earthquake rent it TO its base,
And now it lies o'erlaid with dust.
All these have failed. In wiser mood
| turned and asked myself, What then
If would have my name endure,
Pll write it on the hearts of men.
In characters of living light


OF kindly deeds and actions wrought,
And these, beyond the touch ofTme,
Shall live immortal aS my thought.
Year: 1872

While Adam slept, God from him tool


A bone and. as an omen,
He made it like a seraph look,


And thus created woman.
He took this bone not from his pate,


To show her power ample;
Nor from his feet, to designate


That he on her might trample
But meath his arm. to clearly shew


He always should protect her;
And near his heart, to let him know
How much he should respect her.
He took that bone, crooked enough,
Most crooked of the hunaRg
To show how much crooked stuff


He'd always find in woman
Year: 1872

An instance of rare honesty,
and showing how a dog may de-
sire to pay his board bill. recently
occurred in Fitch burg, Mass, A
lady saw a dog frequently about
up odd bits which had
been thrown out, and one day she
called him in and fed him. The
next day he came back and as she
opened the door he walked in and
placed an egg on the floor,
when be was again fed. The
following day he brought another
egg to pay for his dinner; and on
the fourth day he brought the old
hen herself, who, it seems, had
failed to furnish the required egg.
Year: 1872

BLIND SPoT IN THE EYE.-Under
the head of "cuIiosi'les of vision,
AppIetOn'S Journal ior April asserts
that there is blind spot in the eye
of nearly every person, and which
blind spot comedies with the point
where :he optic nerves enter tbs
eye. The existence of this blind
spot is proved thus:


Shut your loft eye and with The
right one look steadily at the cross
just below, holding the paper ten or
twelve inches from the eye.


X o


Nov move the paper slowly to-
wards the eye, which must be kept
fixod on the cross. At certain dis
tance the other igure-the letter 0
will suddenly disappear; bu: if yon
bring the paper nearer it will C me
az in in view The experimenler
will probably not succeed on The
first trial, but with a little practice
he can hardly fail, aud the sudden
ness with which the black spot van
ishes and reaPpears is very striking.
Examination shows hat when it
disappears is i'm g Ialls exactly on
thu spot where the optic nerve enters
the eye, thus proving it to be blind.
Year: 1872

A menagerie man who bought
zebra from an individual who
said that he had just arrived from
Africa with the animal, kept his
purchase closely confined in It's
cage for several weeks, until it
needed cleaning BADLY. Then he
led 1t down to the creek, and gave
it a good scrubbingfor half an hour.
At the end OF that time, the mena-
gerle man was surprised to perceive
the zebra's stripes bad entirly dis
appeared. And, now, if any body
wishes to buy an able bodied and
energetic mule, warranted 10 be
kind in single harness and not to
suffer from home sickness because
it cannot get back to Africa, ,snch an
article can be procured of men
agerie person who is disgusted
with Zebras.
Year: 1872

A CALIFORNIA SENSATION San


Francisco has lately enjoyed SEN


satlOn a little outside the general


rule. 1t appears that recently


book-keeper of a large -four mill of


that city was in the habit of giving


a "good day" to an individual WHO
often passed the mill. On day.
alter conversation the unknown


man requested the pleasure of the


book. keepers company at dinner.
The offer was not refused and
both enjoyed a sumptuous repast.
during which sundry bottles of
champagne were disposed of.
This performance is the last the
book-keeper recollects until the
morning. when he found
himself on board an outward bound
ship. He was of course confined,
and when he had partially collected
his senses, he demanded an expIa-
nation from the mate aud after,
ward from the captain, the IatterOff-
Ger produced papers of agreement
signed by the ook-keeper to make
a voyage in the ship as common
sailor. The youlg NAM could
not deny the signature, though h;
him that he had been
when it was OBJ
tanned. As S75 had been paid
by the ships company for that
signature the unfortunate young
man was compelled to produce all
equal amount before he was per-
United to depart. This we con-
ceive to have been one Of the bold
est ses of "shanghaeing' from
a civilized port that We have re-
cord of. The case is being worked
up by detectives, and if the rascal
who abducted the young man IS
caught he will find that all is not
lovely in villainy.
Year: 1872

DUTY.-Nearly 100 years ago
there was a day If remarkable
gloom and darkness, still known
as the dark day, a day when the
light of the sun was slowly ex'in-
guished as if by an eclipse. The
Legislature Of Connecticut was in
session, and as its members saw
the unexpected and unaccountable
darkness coming on, they shared
in the general awe and terror.
It was suppos d by many that the
last day, the day of Judgment
had come. Some one, in the con-
sternation of the hour, moved an
adjournment. Then there arose
an old Puritan legislator, Daven-
pert Stanford, who said that if the
last day had come be desired to be
found at his place doing his duty,
and therefore moved that candles
be brought SO that the House could
proceed with its duty. There was
quietness in that mans mind
the quietness of heavenly wisdom
an infexible willingness to obey
present duty. Duty, then. is the
sublimest word in OF language.