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Year: 1870

Nos, NASSAU STREET NEW YORK,


February 18th, 1870.
The remarkable success which attended our negotia
ton of the Loans of the CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY and the WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY, and the popularity and credit which these
Loans have maintained in the markets, both In this
country and Europe have shown that the First Mort
gage Bonds of wiselylocated and honorably managed
Railroads and promptly recognized and readily taken
the most suitable, safe, and advantageous form OF In
vestment yielding more liberal income than
hereafter be derived from Government Bonds and avail
able to take their place.


Assured that, in the selection and negotiation of
perlor Railroad Loans, we meeting a great public
want, and rendering valuable service-both to the
holders of Capital and 10 those great National works
internal improvement whose intrinsic merit and sub
santia character entitle them the of Capital
the confidence of investors-we offer with special
confidence and satisfaction the
Year: 1870

Hoes Az SNAKE ExTERNISAroRs-Afa farmer
living on the west side OF the river, in walking
about his place, discovered nest of rattlesnakes
in an old log about which several large pieces
OF rock lay scattered Our friend had heard
that hogs were death Oh snakes of all sorts and
not caring to attack the nest himself, lie thought
he would try the experiment and see q fight.
He drove several hogs in the vicinity of the nest
and watched the result The hogs soon seemed
to scent the varmints and commenced roofing
eagerly abeut the spot. In an instant half a
dozen OF the vicious serpents emerged from their
hiding places to attack the intruders who mani
tested jealous disposition to 20 in.


A snake would rear himself to the height of
the back Of a hog, shake his rattles, and plunge
hie fangs into the animal with ightning-like
celerity, and then dart away, pursued BY the
grunter, who dexterously received the sting
upon the feshy part OF the law. Time and
again this would be repeated, until the hog got
his fore-foot upon the snake, when he would
deliberately rip Mr.. Snake in twain, and then
devour him. This slaughter continued until an
the snakes were disposed Of, when the hogs
grunted contentedly, and without any signs of
being disturbed, waddled on in search Of other
provender. The eyewitness to this singular
contest, which was not without its exciting
features, declares himself convinced that pic
is impervious to the poisonous bite of any Kind
OF serpent-Co Columbus, Ohio, Nescs.
Year: 1870

PROCLAMATION OF Observation-Disclosures
Grant was not officially notified by the State
Department until Wednesday, that M. Berth
emy had advised this government that France
had declared war against Prussia This fact
now being known from An authentic source
the President contemplates issuing a procla-
nation OF neutrality in accordance with the
laws row in force, but this may not be ready for
week or more to come. The duty of onr
citizens pending the contest will be clearly de-
tined.
Year: 1870

We FADE.-We extract the following
beautiful aud truthful illustration from an
exchange: As the trials OF life thcken, and
the dreams of other days fade, one by one in
the deep vista of disappointed hope the heart
grows weary of the struggle, aud we begin to
realize our insignifcance. Those who have
climbed to the pinnacle of fame, or revel in
luxury and wealth, go to the grave at last with
the poor mendicaut who begs by the wayside,
and like him are soon forgotten. Generation
after generation, says an eloquent writer, have
felt as we feel, and their fellows were as active
in life rs ours are now They passed away as
a vapor, while nature wore the same aspect of
beauty as when the Creator commanded her
to be. And SO shall it be when we are gone.
The heavens will be as bright over our grave
as they are now around our path the world
will have the same attraction for offsprings yet
unborn that she had once for ourselves, and
that she has now for our children.
Year: 1870

MIND YoUR OwN BUsINEss.-To tell
man to his face to mind his own business,
would be considered about equal to knocking
him down. And yet it is one of the simplest
rules of right conduct, and the most useful
that mankind can adopt in their intercourse
with each other There is great deal Of the
Paul Pry spirit in the human heart, or won
derful inquistiveucss in regard to the personal
and private affairs of friends and neighbors.
This spirit makes more mischief in the com,
munity than almost any other cause, and
creates more malice, envy, and jealousy, than
can be overcome in a century. Let every
man mind his own business, and there will
not be half the trouble in the world that there
is at present.
Year: 1870

"A paper in Illinois talks in this way =
off you owe one but a single dollar go and
pay him; when there is so little money we
ought to keep it moving around lively. Jim
owed Us. and we owed Bill, and Bill owed
Jim. Jim got mad because We made him
pay one morning last week but We paid Bill,
and Bill paid Jim, aud Jim went to bed that
night happy as a clam with just as much
money as he had in the morning and three
men out of debt"
Year: 1870

THE HEART OF BURGLAR Touched
The Pontiac (Mich) Gazette has this item
a poor young widow in Berlin, coming home
the other night, found on her table note ad-
dressed to her reading as follows: "Madame-
l came here with the intention of robbiDg
you, but the sight of this respectable and
peaceful attic room, decorated with pious
souvenirs, and, above all your two little chill
dreD, who were quietly sleeping in their little
beds and smiling in their dreams, have
touched my heart, and instead of depriying
you of the little money found in the drawer,
take the liberty of leaving here fifty dollars,
hoping that yOu will accept them as a tribute
of respect and admiration. True the money
has been stolen; but perhaps in the course of
every day life you have taken money from a
worse man than your Obedicnt Servant"
Year: 1870

O YOU stand on the Hills of the Morn to-day
On its beautiful hills you stand,
And your life-courses under the ciouoo
That envelop the valley land.
Far away, fsr away as the eve can reacni


Do the mists of the lOwlands rise,
Seeming only the breath Of praiseful speeen
That the earth sends up to the skies
How the sun shmmers over the sea oil mist


With the softest Of silver sheen!
How the whole into beauty most rare 10 1issed
That was ever by mortal seen
You are close unto heaven on the HIS OF morn,
You are near to its shining stars;
II were easy | think, when the day IS born


To step in through the open barsl
Down N. Hills Of the Morning you'll wander soon,
When have vanished the cloud banks gray,
And above YOU when cometh the bot high noon


Then will heaven be far away; ,
For the further we go from the morn oil outh


The fewer the angels near,
A,d tbc further we stray from our COP and irnti
Till the evening at length appear!
O tho loulands Of life you will find less bright


Than they seem from the Mornings Hills,
For the mist that is glowing with giad'nins nSn'


Is A cloud that our being ehllI'
And whenever il lifts as it will, at iensth,


You will find that the way IS sore, =,
And pray that the Helper NAV give you strenS Il


Till the wesrisome day Is Ger
Far awav Ger the lowlands Of life ahesd


Do the Hills of the Evening rise,
And A. finally upward their slope. you tread
You'il be nearing the western skies
Won will mount 10 the summit with form down oen'


For the roof Of the world hangs low;
Through the gate OF the West with asweete eonten
/ You will silently, gladly gol
Year: 1870

Rome Correspondence n. Y. World,


An officer of the Zouaves, who has
just given me a notice Of the exercises
which are 70 take place in the gardens
of the Villa BOrghese, tells me that
there was certainly discovered under
the transcept of St. Peters, on the day
before the opening of the council, a
small mine, and that in consequence
of this discovery the number Of troops
detailed for service on the opening
day was suddenly doubled by Gen.
KanZler. He also assures me that a
similar discovery was made Onl a
day or two ago under one of the pom
tificial barracks, by the engineers
charged with ascertaining whether
the rains and the rising of the Tiber
had done any mischief to the fOunda-
tiOn. He made light enough of the
matter, but l think that YOU will
agree with me that the persistency
with which the Italians pursue their
purpose of rendering Rome disa-
greeable residence fer the Papal au-
thOrities is Of no good augUry for the
peaceful permanence Of the temporal
power
Year: 1870

London Correspondence \. Y. Tribune,


There is, l hear, a possibility that
woman suffrage will be carried this
very next session of Parliament, in
credible as such thing may appear
at first sight. 1t can only be done, of
course, by a party movement, and
equally OF course, it is the Tories who
contemplate adopting it as q party
measure. Mr.. Disraeii's education
process may be tried once more,
though he will scarcely venture % in
siSt that the extension OF the suffrage
to women is merely carrying out the
traditions and creeds of the only con-
stitutional party. 1t is to be put upon
the more Ineligible and interesting
ground that 1t will pay. One OF the
most cautious advocates of the meas
ure in Parliament regards such a step
as not only possible, out probable. II
taken, the bill will be likely to pass
almost unanimously, since the major
ity of Liberals are quite alive to the
danger Of being Outbidden by their
old enemies in such matter, and they
certainly will not vote against it as a
party. On the merits of the question
MOuAA Wv tuCs ADA1 OOliil OOlE-
ridge, for instance, is a warm advocate
for woman suffrage, and Mr.. Bright
is equally strong against it. 1t is
pretty generally felt that since the
concession Of the municipal suffrage
to women, no very logical reason can
be adduced for refusing them the Par
liament4ry. The suffrage resting here
on property qualihcatiOn-ior house
holder and lOdger amounts to that
the arguments that can be used against
it in America are not applicable here,
and there seems no middle course be-
tween admitting Women to the fran
chise on Is existing basis, or substi-
tuting manhood in the place of house


hold suffrage. Whether the working
men would come into a scheme for
universal suffrage instead of manhood
suffrage is very doubtful. However
that may be, the leading advocates OF
the wOman's movement are extreme
" hopeful of a nearer success than
would have been thought possible six
monts ago by the mc3t confident of
them. You may rely on their judg-
ment with more security than on that
of some of the leaders of the same
movement in America. And it can
do no harm to repeat that the really
able, clear r-headed, and moderate men
and women who control the move
ment here have no desire to be iden
titled with a movement of such scope
as is attempted in America.
Year: 1870

Over jagged stones thrown on each other, in iutting wall twenty feet wide, pours the great food of the Columbia, with roar and fury that drowns all other sound We stood on separate points and tried to speak to each other in inexplicable dumb show, and then we forgot to talk, and only looked Up the stream. through the fierce and sucking rap ids, white against the black stones that here and there tear the water, flash the swift, strong, glittering salmon. They come few together, then large multitude, then the whole river from side to side is dark with their innumerable host. The indomitable creatures mean to go up the river to spawn, and they mind that precipice and torrent no more than if it were summer pool within its little margent.

 They swim swift and stately to the very foot, where you lose them in the boiling, white whirlpool. Something flashes in the air, elastic, strong, light. The daring, deter mined, wonderful thing has made that leap, defed rock and torrent, and found its home in the smooth run beyond. Or, there is the flash and then struggle, and the poor, bruis- ed creature, wounded to death against the sharp edged stones, drops back into the stream, and floats down bloody track, dying alter while. So they come, and come, and come, such myrads of them, and leap, and win or lose, for all the hours of the day, and for half the days of the years.--Hrs. c. [. Calhoun.
Year: 1870

VIlLASow, WALKER COUNTY, GA,


June &c, 1866.
DR. IonN BuLL--Dear Sir: lhave recently
given your Worm Destroyer several trials,
and find il wonderfully eflicacious 1t has not
failed in a single instance to have the wishsd-
for effa3t | am doing pretty large country
practice and have daily use for some article Of
the kind am free to confess that know of
no remedy recommended by tho ablest authors
that is SO certain and speedy in its effects. On
the contrary they are uncertain in the extreme.
My Object in writing to you is TO find out upon
what terms | can get the medicine directly
from you If can get it upon easy terms
will use great deal of it. am aware that
the use Of such articles is contrary to the teach
ings and proctice of great majority Of the
regular lae Of M. DIS, but ! see no just cause
or good sense in dscarding a remedy which
we know to be efficient, simply because we
may be ignorant Of its combination. For
my part, shall make it rule to use all and
every means to alleviate suffering humanity
which may be able to commandment hesita-
ting because some one more ingenious than
myself may nave known its effects first, and
securad the sole right to secure that knowledge.
However am by no means an advocate or
supporter of the thousands of worthless nos
trums that food the country, that purport to
cure all manner of disease TO which human
flesh is heir. Please reply soon, and inform me
Of your best terms.


| am, sir, most respectfully,


JULIUS P. CLEMENT, NJ. D.
Year: 1870

WONDERFUL SAGACITY OF A Doc
The following story, strange as it may
appear, is vouched for by several wit
nesses whose testimony is unimpeach-
able, and may be placed on a par with
the stories told of DIR. Gilman's horse,
which our citizens know to be true.


A short time ago female Newfound-
land dog was in the habit of coming
to the house ofa lady in this city, who
gave to it piece of cold meat. which
the dog would eat, and, having salts
fed its hunger, go away again. So
confirmed did this habit become that
at certain hour every day the lady
expected the dog, and the animal was
sure to appear. A few days ago. be-
fore feeding her, the lady said to her,
" Why don't you bring me one of your
puppies ?" Repeating the question
several times as she stood at the
window, the dog looked in the face
with an expression OF intelligence, as
if it understood every word the lady
said. The next day, to the lady's as
tonishment, at the usual hour, the dog
returned, and 10 and behold was &C
companied by little puppy. The Ia
dy then fed both dogs and then took
up the puppy into the window, when
the old dog scampered off, and did
not return for three days. At the
end of that time the dog again ap-
peared, "Next time bring all your
puppies; l want to see them;;" and
yesterday morning, sure enough, the
dog returned accompanied by three
Newfoundland pups Several of the
neighbors saw the whole transaction
and declared that they considered
this one of the most wonderful proofs
of the sagacity of the dog they have
ever known. Where the dog came
from or to whom it belongs is not
known, but we have the name of the
lady, and also of those who were eye
witnesses to the occurrences narrated
by us.-Portland Press.
Year: 1870

So they said to a frank young trades
man, in fustian jacket and with a
bundle of tools in his hand, as he
came home from his work. The group
stood beside the marble slab that
formed the bar of a gin palace, for the
people were too busy there to sit down.
A hundred lights flashed from its glass
chandeliers, an1 showed well the fine
proportion Of the lofty room built by
poor mems money. The lad looked
round and said,"Bitter ale" There
was nothing to do but to press a lever,
and the tall cut-glass tankard with its
foamy crown was at his hand and lips !;
and he was "as good as another" and
so the glass was filed and re-flled.


When he went home to his mothers,
there were no marble table, no flashing
lights, no brown ale; and he was


short in his temper and bard in his


speech, ay, even to his mother And


he found his way back evening after


evening, and had bitter ale, whisky


and water, porter, brandy and water,


and gin; for you must increase or


strengthen dose as you proceed. And


now he has young wife, in whose


eye there is no more the old light


and in whose heart is little hope and


he has four little children, who 60 to


no school, for they have nothing tc


wear, and hardly enough to 1T. And


he has blotches on that orce frank
and pleasant face. There is an


unhealthy redness about his eyes; his


lips are iabby, swollen, and of sick
, ly whitish color. His hand is very
unsteady. He has been twice dis
missed and taken back by his employer
at the request Of minister, who knew
: the broken-hearted wife in better
, days; and who attended his mother
t sorrowful funeral, for her son wa,
, drunk at it and if cholera or feyeI
: came to his cherries room-you coult
: not call that bare and dreary place
: home-his wife would likely be
/ widow and his children without


father, and, worst of all, it would o
t no great loss to them. And oh think
{ reader, would it be gain to him, a
r death is to a Christian


He did not mean to have all thes
7 when he said Bitter ale." But al
these have come, for fire will burr
and folly will injure, and vice vii
: curse us whether we mean it or moi


All it has been " bitter" ale to him
r My friend, you earn your money hare
} and you love your own kin dearly
{ don't you ? and you wish to do we


here and hereafter, / hope; so whe
a any one asks, "What will you have
+ look beyond the hour and the glasI


and think of the future. "There
e death in the potr' However it look
e to the eye, or taste in the lips, " o
r, the last it biteth like serpent, an
8, stingeth like an adder"
Year: 1870

Since writing my last letter from
the tower of Piangtu, which was for
warded via Pekin to Shanghai, by the
kind Father Tumslia, who was re-
turning from his mission in Paris, |
have traversed over the side and ruins
of the ancient outworks of the Chinese
wall proper, as far as Suetschen, on
the border of the desert Of Kobi or
Schamo and through the aid of my
kind friend and interpreter, Chung
Wo, have collected much valuable
information with regard to the object
which led to the construction of these
gigantic barriers, which, in defiance of
modern enigeering, still remain the
great architectural wonders of the
world, in comparison with which the
pyramids and temples of Egypt are
mere specks. This curtain wall varies
in distance from the true wall from
Que mile to ten, and for engineering
skill in the selection Of defensible
points, when we consider that the esca-
lade was the only means by which
| the northern hordes of Mandschuri
and Tsiaiggiand attempted its pas
sage, it would have tasked the judg-
ment of Todleben to have found a
better line Of defence. The material
used for building the first or outer
wall was kiln burnt brick, and its
construction was evidently intended
to cover the progress of the more
substantial inner fOrtifcation of stone.
According to the information derived
from Father Ing %, a learned Bopse,
of the Buddhist Seminary Jaaing Poo,
the construction of the first wall of
brick occupied a period Of eight hun
dred years, during which 100000
of workmen were constantly employed.
Like the frontiersmen of America,
they were obliged to combine the
occupations of warrior, artisan, and
possibly, agriculturist.


During its progress there were up
wards $4,000 forays and diversions,
which must have greatly retarded the
work. The inner or stone forti-
fcations were commenced, according
to the best authenticated accounts,
about 1900 years before the advent
of our era, and with its completion,
the temporary outworks Of brick
were probably abandoned as its line
is through a country incapable of pro,
ducing enough to supply the want Of
a garrison such as would be required
for its defense. And the economy oi
the ancient Chinese government re.
quired that its military organization
duty engaged in the cultivation of the
ioil, or such mechanical employments
as were adapted to the wants Of the
army. The existence of these two
walls has led to the discrepancy il
the relation of travellers those who
have visited it from the north and wes
contending that it is structure o
brick in a ruinous condition, and those
through the empire, from the south
that it is built of stone, supremely
grand in It's architectural design, anC
in wonderful state of preservation
considering that it has withstood tht
assaults of time and the machination
of man to accomplish its destruction
for at least $500 years since the las
J stone was laid.-China Cor. Altl
California.
Year: 1870

rude box, a sailor brought. believe
l laid the coarse wreath in as careful
ly as though it had been the choicest
bit of twining for bride or burial
and, just before the box was closed,
the old sailor put in his hand and
touched the seal OF his promise, kept
at last, saying, as he did so, "I won
der if Susan Dean goes in Winter to
visit the boys grave. l should some
how like to have her know It's lying
there, with the snow. And then John
Danforth's heart seemed to break
forth into words as he said mournful-
ly, "There'll never be anybody to cast
anchor by my grave-never !!


On Christmas night John Danforth
died.-ChriStian Union.
Year: 1870

she uttered terrified cry, and turn
ing, fled precipitately with her child.


She fed, but not so quickly but
that her companion overlook her.


Winding one sinewy arm about
her waist, he dragged her to the
verge.


A splash, struggle in the water,
the screams of a terrified child and
two lite dramas had come to a sudden
end
Year: 1870

The chairman of an Iowa vigilance
committee, who was instructed to duck
an obnoxious citizen, thus reported to
his constituents ave took the thief
down to the river, made a hole in the
ice, and proceeded to duck him: but
he slipped through our hands and hid
under the ice. All our efforts to entice
him to come out failed, and he has
now retained his advantage some
hours"
Year: 1870

Also. connected with our Real Estate Office we


have general claim and patent agency under
the supervision OF the we!l-known Thomas Tay-
lOr, late ot the ordnance department, who is
both a scientific and practical mechanic, and well
acquainted in the different government depart
mcnts, especially in the War and Navy, ord
Year: 1870

Are happy TO express thanks for a most liberal
patronage which has given them the most salts
factory assurance that their Ready Pay System
ing we have had larger monthly receipts than
ever UNDER THE POOR OLD WAY We


now offer
Year: 1870

February 18th, 1870.
The remarkable sncce"s which attended our negO
tIatOn Of the Loans Of the CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL.
ROAD COMPANY and the WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
CNMPANY and the popularity and credit which these
Loans have maintained in The markets. both in this
country and Europe, have shown that the First Mort
gage Bonds of wisely located aud hOnorably manage ed
railroads are promptly recognized and readily taken
as The most suitable, safe, and advantageous form OF
investment yielding liberal income Than can
hereafter be derived from Government Bonds, and
available to take their place.


Assured that, in the selection and negotiation of
superior Railroad Loans, meeting great pub.
lIc want, and rendering valuable service both TO
the holders of Capital and to those great National
works OF internal improvement whose Intrinsic merit
AMI substantial character enIIle them to the use OF
Capital and The confidence OF nve4tOrs--w we now Uer
with special confidence and Satisfaction the