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Year: 1871

Urinary and Womb DISEASES Gravel, Diabetes, Drop
Syt IncOntnence of Urine Brights disease AIbuminu-


a and in where there Brick dust deposits or
the water is thick. cloudy, mixed with substances l
the white Of egg threads like white silk or thel


morbid, dark, bilious appearance, and white Bone
dust deposits and where there is a pricking burning
sensation, and pain in the sm of the back and along
liam ResOvent, aided by tbs application of Railways
Ready Relief te the spine and small OF the back and
the bowels regulated With one two of Railways
Regulating Pills per day will, soon make a complete
cure In few days the patient will be enabled to hold
Urine will be restored its natural clear and amber
or sherry color.
Year: 1871

1t is not often that a public man SO sue.


cessfully overrides detraction and calumny


as General Grant has done. Ever since his
electieh he has encountered more malicious
ISLANDERS than any public officer in our his
tory. The libels that have been hurled at
his character have been of the very worst
sort possibe-such as charges of venality
and of fraud-charges that have been
woven with the most consummate skillin
a web of fiction, bearing all the veri-simili-
tude that art could give it. Grant is the
most unguarded man that ever stood con-
spicuously before the people, and every ad-
vantage has been taken of his INGENIOUS
ness to secure a wool for the tissue of lies
that his enemies have told These falsehoods
have been spun, too, with the most re-
markable persistence, the most persevering
obstinacy and the most systematic artful-
ness, of any lies ever fabricated against an
innocent man.


But Grant has lived them all down. He
stands to-day at the head of the nation
without single one of these calumnies
believed by any mentionable number of
the people of this country. He holds up
his head, perfectly unscathed by the arrows
of persecution, aud his character is purer
and brighter in the estimation of three
fourths of the inhabitants Of the Union to-
day, than when he was the admired and
beloved commander Of our army on its re-
urn from victory four years and a half
Year: 1871

lhe Corner of Main aud Eighth streets
continues to be the centre point of large M, !,
per OF persons, who congregate to talk over
the terrible catastrophe which occurred there
Yesterday week ago. We understand thai
the lots where once stood the capacious spots
WOOD Hotel, are for sale. There is a need for
a hrst-ciass hotel in that particular locality,
anu u would seem a pity to devote the ground
the public. We hope that some enterprising
capitalists will give the matter their Immediate
attention. ''"'0
Year: 1871

Mr.. Seth Creekmore, for several years
city, died this morning, at his residence on
Union Hill, after lingering and painful ill
ness OF many months duration. Mr.. Creek
more was faithful and popular officer and
good citizen, and leaves many warm personal
friends to lament his death. He was native
OF Norfolk, We believe, but had been resident
OF this city since 1862 he married here and
leaves wife and child behind him. Damon
Lodge. X. p, of which he was a member,
will take. charge of his remains, and deposit
them in their last resting place with the beau
tliul and impressive ceremony of the order.
Year: 1871

New Years. Present-This establish
ment was the recipient last Saturday of keg
oI M lager beer from the extensive brewery Of
labelled "a happy New Year" Our whole
ierce paid due respects TO the lager, which
they pronounced to be of excellent quality and
hne havor, and in many a bumper was the
health of the proprietor of the James River
brewery drank
Year: 1871

Merchant Mdrine. There were fifteen
vessels in the dock this morning. Five at
Rockets and couple of steamers steam
tug was endeavoring to keep the channel way
OF the river clear of ice sufficient to admit the
passage of vessels 'AS
Year: 1871

Interest on the City Debt.-The City Au-
ditor and Treasurer will commence paying off
the interest on the city debt tomorrow. In
this operation they will disburse about SEQ, 900
of the peoples money. If our present patri-
otic Council continue during 1871 to make the
same kind of profitable Investments on the
peoples account, as they did in 1870, next pay
day the Auditor and Treasurer will have the
pleasure of disbursng about S120, 900 in the
shape of interest on the public debt.
Year: 1871

riom 'ne AmtTlcdh AGRICULTURAL.


Last autumn persons who wished to observe
"the propreties" inquired ofus whetherit was
according to good usage to gnaw the corn
from the cob, or if it should be cut into the
plate. Generally, though not always, mat
ters OF table etiqnette are founded in common
sense. A bird can only be- properly enjoy ed
py plcklpg 1t, hence good usage sanctions the
use use Vi nngefs IN removing the flesh from the
vohes o' oird, while one who should take
,no oohe OF beefsteak or muttOn-chop in
NE MS nhSers would he looked upon as iIl-bred.
Ihe only way to get the full satisfaction out
Oh green corn Is TO snaw 1t from the cob, and
though the operation, especially to a foreign
er VINO knows not corn, is not an elegant one
to witness, Is it performed at the best-ordered
tables so generally it is conceded that corn
should be eaten from the cob that silver
smiths now make silver green corn handles ::
these are thrust into the large end of the cob
and allow ii to be held without soiling the An
gers. 1t is rather an awkward matter to cut
the corn from the ear at the table, especially
il the knives are not sharp. If it is to be eat
en- in this way, it should be prepared before it
IS sent to the table. The operation of eating
from the cob is much facilitated by drawing
sharp knife lengthwse OF each row, in such
manner that the hull of each kernel will be
split When this is done, the digestible nutri-
uous contents of the kernels will slip out, aud
the often tough hull left upon the cob.
those who teeth are sensitive or defec i've
Will lind this great help
Year: 1871

Rev. J. p. Warren, in letter published in
the Congregati0nditst of last week, writes thus
concerning the cathedral of Strausburg: lam
glad to say that We found this magnificent
structure comparatively unnjured 1t is true
that its fine windows were more or less broken,
and many single pieces of its delicate carved
work upon its towers and roof were knocked
off, but all these may be easily repaired. We
noticed that shot piercing the wall back of
the high organ had thrown down two or three
of the huge metal pipes, and that two of the
statues, Of which the building contains many
hundreds in all, had been displaced. But
apart from these minor injuries, the cathedral
still stands fair and beautiful as ever Its
famous astronomical clock is wholly unharm-
ed
Year: 1871

MISTAKES IN PRESCRIPTIONs.- The alarm


ing frequency of accidents in varionS northern
cities during the past year-nearly all Of which
have proved fataI-occasioned by capable mis-
takes on the part of apothecaries OF their as
sistants, has become subject of comment by
the press. The New York Herald says that
the number Of accidents in that city alone is
almost Incredible One physician in Boston
has said that three times within single year
he has had his prescriptions answered by the
return OF substances which we're not written
for, and although these mistakes were not of Q
dangerous character, they betryed careless.
ness or ignorance on the part of the dispenser
which would indicate the possibility of future
mistakes not so harmless. Sometimes mis-
takes are alleged to be owing to the careless


handwriting OF the physicians. Not few Of


them are said to be made by assistants whC
were to young to be employed in such busi
ness. In some countries the number of apothe
cary shops is limited by law, and no one cat
be principal or assistant who has not studied


certain time and passed certain examinations
Year: 1871

A man in Covington, Ky. made bet the
other day that he could drink pint and half
of CINCINNATI whisky in twelve hours. He won
the bet, says the Louisville Courier, and his
widow remarked at the funeral the next day
that it was the first money he had earned by
hard work in ten years
Year: 1871

DRIED UP THE WRONG MAN-The follow
ing is related of one of the brethren of GER
tain church, as having occurred year or two
since, but for obvious reasons not let out of
the select circles where it has always been a
source Of fun. A gentleman who is much
gifted with prayer, and likes to talk in Sunday
School, and whom we call b. " tor short" at
tended an evening prayer and business meet
ing. While the bell was ringing to hasten up
the laggards B. improved the opportunity
by addressing an eloquent petition to the
throne of grace. Thinking the bell had been
rung enough, another member said very i'm
perou ly to one Of those small boys who are
| always around, in and out of season, I" Go and
tell that fellow to stop" A small boy never
did understand any hing as he was told to dc
it, and this particular small boy was not likely
to stufify himself in that manner. Instead oil
going to the sexton and siencing that dread
full BELL he threaded his way down the aisle
where b. was warming to his work, and in
loud, kissing voice, said: "Here, now, Mr.
says for you to dry up that J" Poor b
blushed a brilliant scarlet cut off an earnes
invocation i'll the middle of sentence, and al
the balance Of the evening splked in sullen 81
lence. At the close of the meeting he de
manded of the offending member an explana
tion, which was satisfactorily given, aud tn


unpleasantness' amicably settled.
Year: 1871

In Galveston, Texas, there are three news
paper men named Jones, who are constantly
getting into trouble on each others account.
Week before last one Of them was assaulted in
the street for writing an abusive article he had
never seen ; and few days before the wrong
Jones was accused of deserting his second
wife, though he had never been married. The
three Joneses threaten TO exterminate each
other to establish their identity.
Year: 1871

How A TEXAS WOMAN PERSUADED HER
HUSBAND TO 90 HoME-A correspondent of
the Denton Monitor says handsome, dashing
woman rode into a village in that region, a
few days ago. and, aliGhting from her horse,
went rapidly to drinking saloon, where a
number of sovereigns were having high
time" She singled out the finest looking
man in the crowd, and walking up to him,
seized him by the arm and ordered him to
put down the glass which he was about 20
drain He dashed down the glass and rushed
away the lady followed and finally conered
him in the bilard-room. She told him, in u
frm, determined voice, that the place he was
in and the course he was pursuing would not
answer for husband that he was wasting her
property and that she would no longer con-
sent to be disgraced and impoverished by him.
She demanded his pistol. He refused. She
took it from him, cooked it, and presented il
at him, and told him he must leave or die.
| lie concluded to leave She marched him out
as prisoner of war to where his horse was
hitched, ordered him to mount, and in few
minutes the two were leaving town, the wife
riding in the rear of her captured lord. will
his six shooter in her hand. l. GGIreston Texas
| Ne1CS.
Year: 1871

At a quarter past nine O'Clock yesterday morning
Patrick Kevn. twenty mine years Of age, OF 2ol
Bowery fell and broke his leg the corner Of Sixth
avenue and Thirty third street. He was taken u
Bellevue Hospital In an ambulance.
Year: 1871

LONGER AND BErrER-The wearing of boots
ana shoes made with the CABLE SCREW WIRE,
than any other class of goods. Many heavy
firms deal exclusively in them, and all first
class retailers have them. Comfortable eco
nomlcal and durable, they need only trial.
Year: 1871




do not expect 10 add anything to the words
OF commentator pronounced by the press
upon the Popular Concerts new in progress
weekly at City Hall, but do desire to stir up
the people, if can, to fuller appreciation OF
their merits and the demands of the paltici
pants upon our recognition. We claim pride
in the great excellence of our amateurs aud
praise them when they are conplimented with
call from abroad; but we forget them too
much when they appear before US as vocaists
and lnstrumentalists. ], and SO have you, Mr..
Editor, seen less able troupes of travelling pro
iesslonais I'LL our largest hall and receive en-
tnusiastlc plaudits. If we would encourage
the love of music, and DO not wish to fall in
musical reputation behind some of cur coun-
try villages, let us sustain our own citizens
who have worked so diligently and given US
such excellent music in our churches and i'm
parted SO much enjoyment to our private and
puollc festivities. TICKET HOLDER.
Year: 1871

ROssINI LUB.-There is great deal of in
terest excited in the concert to be given by
the Rossini Club at Reception Hall tomorrow
night for the reason that it is composed of ele-
ments that cannot fail to achieve success un-
der any circumstances. The members are all
ladies devoted to music, not mere dilettanti, but
desiro1s of becoming finished musicians. With
them music is an art, not an amusement, al
though the majority of them have no occasion
to make it a profession. Their first concert
given year ago in Stevens piano-forte rooms
astonished all, who were so fortunate as to re-
ceive an.invitation, from the artistic flush and
thoroughness with which each number on the
programme was performed, and it was, there
fore, with consciousness of the treat in store
for them that they hailed with delight the an
nouncement of their concert given fortnight
ago. Many of these young ladies belong to our
wealthiest and most highly educated families,
many are already known for their musical abil-
tiles in the Haydn Society, ,and all possess, what
is of the utmost Importance, the feeling that
Notwithstanding their talents there is still
something more that they can learn. We pre-
dict great musical treat for all who attend
the concert tomorrow night, and would say
that tickets can be pl ocured at Lowelrs Hale's,
Bailey g. Noyes' and Loring, Short & Har-
MONS


PoOR BUT PRoUD-Rev Mr.. Phelan, in his
report on Preble Chapel related case of
pride that will bear mention. He said that
during one Of the very coldest days of this
winter he found family of six in a wretched
little hnt with the last cindnrs in the stove and
not particle of food in the house. Thay said
they would rather starve and freeze than ask
charity, and were in fair way to do both be-
fore morning had he not assisted them, show
ing that destitution sometimes has to be sought
out, and that sit is not the loudest mouthed
that suffer the most" As Mr.. Collier says,
there are three kinds of poor, Sod poor -
stonr noorn and tho ttDauils moor
Year: 1871

Alarming statements come to us from
South Carolina 1t seems probable that the
overburdened State is about to sink under
The load imposed on it by the Radical rulers.
The Public treasury has been Systematically
plundered since they have held possession
of it; the overtaxed people have yielded up
the last dollar they can afford to the rob
be-s, and now the time for the
meeting of the State Legislature is
approaching, with nothing in the depleted
treasury to pay the current expenses of the
government. The interest on the State
debt is in arrears, with no prospect of its
being paid, and there is not even enough to
furnish the per dieD for members. As most
of these are ''men and brethren of African
descent" and not troubled with a plethora
of money, the Legislature will incontin4ntly
dissolve unless they receive enough to pay
their board bills. They place liCtle faith in
the promises of their white brethren since
many of them are still unpaid for the votes
they sold last session. Kempton's accounts
have been whitewasfted, in order to present
a financial statement which viii allow of a
new issue of bon1s. But money must be
had insome W.. s TO meet the interest accrued
on the existing bonds, for if payment is de
layed, the. holders win at once throw
them IN the market and render any
new issue valueleSs. Exposures would
,oe the result, which might interfere with the
reelection of Grant in the next Presidential
campaign. The State Treasurer published
his financial statement on Friday, in which
he admits that twenty-five millions worth
of bonds have been printed, and that the
State debt has been increased within the is-
cal year just closed by about four millions
Of dollars. 1t is proposed to collect a tax of
S1.S3OOOO in addition to the s., 2,265,047
already wrlIng this year from the
impoverished people. Even if this second
tax can be collected (Which is exceedingly
doubtful) it will barely cover interest due
on the State debt, and will leave the gov
ernment little better off than they are at
present. Under these circumstances the
people are forced to stare their fate in the
face and are talking Of reputation. A
large proportion of the negro population
ayow their determination to repudiate the
State debt in which event there will be an
exposure of worse frauds, committed by
the Radicals of South Carolina, than even
those Of Tammany.
Year: 1871

A colliery explosion yesterday near Bruins
wick resulted in the killing of eight
miners. By a similar accident near Hay-
er's Ford twenty men were injured but no
one killed outright.
Year: 1871

TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD
The following special despatch to the
HERALD has been received from our corre-
spondent at the Eternal City,


ROME. August 80, 1871.
The Papal Guards have in body paid
their homage to the Holy Father.
The Pope received them in solemn audi
ence, surrounded by all the prelates and dig
nitaries of his household.
THE PAPAL GUARDS READY TO DIE FOR THE


POPE


The Commander of the Guards came for
ward, and on his knees assured the Holy
Father of the loyalty and devotion of the men
and officers, declaring that the Guards were
ready to sacrifice their lives in the service of
the Papacy.


REPLY OF THE HOLY FATHER
The Pope, in reply, expressed hope that
he would yet live to see the Papacy restored
to its former glory He said-


fT cannot name the day of our deliverance,
but the time is not remote when we shall is-
sue together from our prison"
Year: 1871

r r A N Q e.
Herald Special Report from


Versailles.
Cambetta's Motion for the Dissolution Of the
National Assembly Discussed by


Caucus Of the Extreme Left.
DISSENSI0NS ON THE SUBJECT.
The Caucus Unable to Agree and the
Motion Withdrawn by Gambetta.
Year: 1871

ton. After brief interval of delay,
and certain apparently casual move
ments among the flowers, through
all of which he kept his eyes averted
from the window, he began slowly to
turn in that direction. He immedi-
ately heard a slight movement in the
blind, which seemed to him to de-
note closing of the bars. He paid
no apparent attention TO this, but
went in quiet and unconcerned
manner to a small seat which he saw
in the garden, and placing it before
one of the specially beautiful shrubs
which had attracted his attention, he
seated himself upon it, and opening
his album, and taking out a pencil, he
began making a drawing of the flow
er imagining all the time that there
were pair of bright eyes watching
him from behind the screen of the
bind.


Presently, while going on with his
work, he began TO hum the notes of
certain air, and soon af:erward be-
gan to sing the words, in a voice soft
and gentle, but still loud enough to be
heard by any one that might be list.
ening. The music which he selected
for this performance was Spanish
song called THE Song of the Flow
ers u WAS as followq.
Year: 1871

on the rack with the kindest intentions in the
world, and descants on Day and Martin while
he is, with apparent innocence, lifting the
odous liquid to his lips To an unsophisti-
Gated person these revelations cause the most
cruel torture, and even a man of the world,
however wel-seasOned he may be, must vince
under them He, of course, knows he Is
abused pretty literally, but he does not care to
be told about it, and is quite willing to submit
to this kind Of criticism, provided he hears as
little as possible of the charitable opinion OF
his friends. Candid people, in truth, do IN
finite mischief, but we are not quite sure that
we could dispense with them, or that they de-
serve all the unkind stabs that they have re-
reived at the hands Of the professional satlr-
lists. Many frank-spoken gossip has peach
ed Just in time to save a cruelty malgned
reputation, and perhaps tho knowledge that
such people are always ready to tell what they
hear does much disarm the tale-bearer. We
might go on nursing the serpeut for lite were
! it not for the kind offices Of these human re-
| trievers.


1t would be unjust to assume that the tale
bearers among our friends are always members
of the fair sex. Men unfortunately are often
weak enough to point the shafts OF malice
against you, and are commonly ready to second


the more experienced operations OF Their wives.
No man Of refined or noble mind would de





of men are by no means conspicuous for the


higher qualities Of the intellect. The mass Of


mankind measure their friends by the teml


nine standard How much a man has, and IL


what style he lives, are the first consideration


with. scores of people who would be highly in


dignant if they were charged with inslncent.


or snObbiSh Difference to social opinions. 1t l


too common for such men to select thel
friends from among those who make displa
of the mere externals of athuence. For rea
f worth in humble guise for honesty or genulu
: in seedy coat or clouted shoes, they usual
4 express sovereign contempt. Such question:
? Bile virtue reads we'll in a novel, but it doe
: not do for real life. An ordinary individu;


cannot afford to know poor man who conSc
i entiously pays his debts 1t would not do
# allow shabby responsibility to knock at one
:, door, or sit at table, the world might take tn
d seedy friend for poor relation, and one cal
9 not always palm off the owner of patcht
II shoes as a misery millionaire. The trio
y might succeed once, but the danger is too il
IS mnent, and the consequences would be so te
r rible.


n Happily it is still possible amid such no
r, ous social weeds as those we have attemptC
e to sketch to find few who people who really d
rt serve the name of friends. Friendship CT


hardly yet be classed with the social geology
Of the past, but as civilization advances Il
s. 6 sincere friend" vii! no doubt be found in
d, fossil state in the cabinets Of the scientif
IS side by side with the Dinotherium and t


DOdo
Year: 1871

ROMANCE OF A STARE-The Greenfield
(Ohio) correspondent of the Chilllcothe Reg
tster gives the following incident:


"A beautiful and wealthy young lady at 8
social party took offence at what she supposed
to be the impcrtinent gaze of a gentleman
present, who was a stranger to her but friend
of the lady of the house. The young lady de-
manded his expulsion as a condition of her re-
naming. Explanations ensued. The gentle
man was not looking at her, though beautiful
enough to attract and fasten the attention of
any one. He was looking at fine and costly
chain that encircled the fair ones neck-just
such one as he had purchased for his sister
in one of the links Of which (having a seeret
opening) he had put his photograph. but
some months since, and before he had an
opportunity to present it to his sister, it was
stolen from him. Upon examining the lady's
chain he touched the spring Ito the little beau
ty unknown and behold there was the pho
tograph. | leave you to judge of the confusion
of the fair ope She Immediately offered to re-
turn the piece of jewelry, which was politely de-
clined tor the time, and it is said by knowing
ones that she has concluded to accept Of the
Young mans hand and heart, in order that,
being the possessor Of one she may retain the
other. 1t is but justice to remark that the
young lady bought the chain of a travelling ped
Ter, who had stopped at her father $ house, for
about one-half of its original cost.
Year: 1871

It is said that when Brigham young was
asked the other day which son he had at West
Point, the conundrum so staggered him, that
he was obliged to refer to the family record to
solve it. 'FDo they miss me at home = is not
much SING in that family.