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Year: 1870

THE hunters OF Siberia, when
hard pressed by hunger, take
two thin pieces Of board, we
are told, and placing one OIL
the pi. of the stomach and the
other on the back, gradually
draw together the extremilies,
and thus allay, in some degree.
the cravings of appetite. A
similar practice is known
among the South Sea Islanders.
This is supposed to be a very
economical kind of board.
Year: 1870

A PosEY COUNTY man was
refused a divorce-frcm his wife
so be took the matter into hi.
own hands, and convinced hel
thatit was not necessary to ex
tinguish a kerosene lamp be
fore she filed it. He is now q
widower.
Year: 1870

At two O'Clock this morning fire broke out In .
factory In Forty-siXth street. near Tenth avenue.
The fire was OF so much importance that q second
alarm was rung or by the BELLS IL Is understood
that the burning premises are occupied by several
persons and that the building Is likely to be atots
loss. The occupants were all absent, and no par
tculars could be asceraned OF the losses. The dr0
was raging at the time OF going to press.
Year: 1870

From the Journal Of the Telegraph


The press dispatches from Europe


to New York during the last four


weeks numbered abort one hundred
thousand words. New York has


been better posted on the isue the


war each day than London, Paris


or Berlin. These dispatches have
almost wholly been sent by a single
cable, full one third of the whole to
single daily paper. aud with mar


vicious rapidity and accuracy. Fam


iliar as we are with the work of the
telegraph, it has been a marvle to
us. To hundreds of thousand of
minds the whole price is aud has
been a deep enigma Here is a man
sitting in a dark room at Hearts
Content. The ocean cable termi


mates here. A fine wire attached
thereto is made 20 surround two
small cores of soft iron. As the
ele ectrlc wave. produced by few
lees of copper and zinc at Valen-
Tia, passed through the wires,
these cores became magnetic enough
to move the slightest object. A
looking glass, half an inch in diam
eter. is fixed on bar of iron one
tenth Of an inch spare ana half an
inch long. On this tiny glass a
lamp is made % glare SO that light
Is reflected on u tablet on the wall


The language OF the cable is denoted
by the shifting Of this reflected light
from side to side Letter by letter
is thus expressed IN this ft.iny
idlOm in utter silence on the wall
There is no record male by the ma
chine except as the patient watcher
Gales out to q comrade the translat
e flashes as they come, and which
he records. 1t seems miracle of
patience. There is something of
awe creeps over US as we see the
evidence of q human touch 1890
miles away swaying that line OF
light BY such a delicate process
as this, and after being repeated
from line to line five times before
its ultimare copy is in New York,
have the late great battles been re
corded in our daily papers with
great particularitv and sent through
out the Union. Nothing like it has
ever before been accomplished. The
enterprise Of the New York prss, of
a single press in New York, has
eclipsed that Of the wealtiliest and
ablest presses in Europe. 1t is
characteristic of the nation to do
its work grand'y and well
Year: 1870




Henry Ward Beecher says when
| was a lad was pretty good as boys
90, but | had n will Of my own. l
used 10 want to go to the village on
training day. There were certain
tor that reason | wanted to see hem
all the more. Sometimes l had not
the courage to tell the truth, because
1 was afraid ofa whipping, and then
got fonud out and had the shame
and the whipping both. / would
do one little wrong after another till
| was out OF balance; do errands un
ftilnfullr. carry q grist to the mill,
anu go seating, and then prevaricate,
but, by and 10y there would come Il
reckoning day, for my conscience
was Il very unruly one; and then.
after tears and confession, would
be perlec,ly happy till there was an
other accumulation of faults This
childish experience is exactly like
our experience i'll religious lite As
long as we feel that we are all right
we are jubilant. But little 10y little
We become clOuded; we don't dare
stop praying, but our prayers be
come very general, and we become
more and more in the dark, till at
last there is breaking down. God,
rs is were, overhaul5 us. There are
tears and lamentations, and then
peace, Christ never seems SO sweet
as in such moment; then we think
We can never go wrong again"
Year: 1870

Francis Nutting of Lansinghurg.
committed suicide on Wednesday
of week before last by lying down
upon the track of the Troy d Boston
Railroad, near Eagle bridge. in front
of an approaching train. He chose
curve in the road, so that the en-
gineer could not see him until it was
too late. He lay with his head from
the engine, and thus awsited death
The locomotive, tender, and five
coaches passed over him, nearly cut
ting off his head and sh ckingly nut
ilating his body. The following
letter was found in his clothing:


II have selected this place because
the curve is large. and l can not be
seen until it is too late to stop the
engine. Thus l shall 90 out of the
world with a rush. | have fortified
myself with some forty rod whisky,
which got at the Hollow, where
may be found some more of the
same sort Whoever finds my dead
body and this paper will know who
| am. Send my person | effects to
my wife, Mrs Gertrude Mating, in
Lansingburg did this by my own
hand Rum is the cause. [ have
but one regret; that is my wife; for
she has been a wife to me in every
sense of the word. But l can not
live any longer, for am tired of my
life. So farewell to the world


FRANK NUTrING.
81 should like TO write to c. j.
Lansing, Lansingburg, but my time
is short, and 1 haveno paper.


F. n.
Il write this On the top of the rail-
Bury me IN my clothes, as | am.
| am not worthy of a shroud or cot
fin l have twenty-five cents in my
vest pocket. Send the things to my
wife as before directed. l have a
brother at Johnsonviile. | hope he
will shed one tear in mem ory, and
then.


LET Me BE FORGOTTEN


Father, | wish | could i've o full
fill your hopes and wishes, but l can
not! OH rum rum rum!


F.N.
Year: 1870

A Boston philanthropist has been
figuring with this result: Since the
creation Of the world four
teen t b o u SAN d millions OF
human beings have fallen in the
battles which man has waged against
his fellow creature man. If this
amazing number of men were to
hold each hand at arms length thev
would extend over fourteen million
five hundred and eighty three thou


sand three hundred and thirty three
miles of ground. and would circle
the earth on which we dwell six
hundred and eight times. If we al
low the weight of man to be on an
average of one hundred pounds
this is below the mark }, we shall
come to the conclusion that six nil


lion two hundred and fifty thousand
tons OF human flesh have been man.
gled, disfgured, gashed and tram
pied under foot The calculation
will appear striking when we state
that if only the forefinger of every
one OF these fourteen thousand nil


lions of human beings were to be
held in straight line they would
reach more than six hundred thou
sand miles beyond the moon; al Il
that II person were to undertake
to count the number, allowing nine
teen hours a day, and seven DAYS
in a week, at the rate of six thou,
sand per hour. it would occupy that
person three hundred and thirty six
years. Three hundred and fifty
thousand pipes of human blood have
been spilled in battles. 80
Year: 1870

Secretary Boutwell, has stopped
another leak of the public funds
He las directed that all accounts for
travel ing expenses of Treasury aff-
cials here after certify that no free
passes were used and that the a
mount demands is Only for actully
necessary expenses. 1t is q nice
thing for Government officer to
make a long journey under orders
aud get a good mileage for the duty,
though he travels on pass and i'll
ours no expense
Year: 1870

How Counterfeit Notes aye Made
y patty of men, say from three to II


dozen, get together and hold frequent


meetings, and act according TO plan
| laid down. One or two will find out


some copperplate printer in the en-
p,oyment of the bank note company


i'm fact, all such printers are known by
| the party. The ese men will manage tn
meet one of the printers in the even
ing, get acquainted, drink, and have Il
good lime generally with him, and 50
proceed for Il few evenings. Then


they Offer him from fifty to one hum
Gred and fifty dollars to procure a GER
tain kind of impression. This impress
sion il made in This wise: The e-printer


takes tine impression upon tinfoil from
tine plate from which he i printing,


which is done in moment. Thus
YOU see every line ana the size is oh
tanned correctly. From thi- tin-foil
an electro plate is made. They then
yet some plate printer that can be
found about the city, have Il good time


xith him, and engage him at twenty
dollars day to do pinting. BY this
plan thousands of copies are struck off
which defy detectives, except in the
quality of the paper, which will slight
ly differ from the genuine. The place
of manufacture is generally some dis
tance from New York, like Staten
island, Fiatbush, or sometimes Baxter
street, or similar localities, in that
city. 1t is strange fact in every case
where party of this kind exists every
member lacks confidencr in his associ-
ates. Every move made by one is
narrowly watched 10y the others of the
party. 1t would be death to an infor-
mant or spy that did not look to him.
self.
Year: 1870

Truth will ever be unpiatable to
those who are determined not to re-
linquish error, but can never give Of
tense to the honest and well mean-
ing; for the plain dealing remon-
strances of a friend differs as widely
from the rancor of an enemy probe
of a physician from The dagger of
an assassin
Year: 1870

NEW ORLEANS, December Is, 1870
EDITOR REPUBLICAN:


Observing this morning in the money
article of your excellent journal that there
is discussion going on between brokers
and lawyers as to the Liability Of banks on
certified checks, 1 beg to refer these con-
tending parties to little act of Congress,
which, SO far as national banks are con-
cerned, settles the matter very definitely.
The act of Congress is entitled IAN act in
reference to certifying checks by national
banks" and provides "that it shall be un-
lawful for any officer, clerk or agent of any
national bank to certify any check drawn
upon said bank unless the person or com
pany drawing said check shall have on de-
posit in said bank at the time such check is
certified an amount of money equal to the
amount specified in such check, and any
check SO certified by duly authorized Off
GERS shall be a good and valid obligation
against such bank; and any officer, clerk or
agent of any national bank violating the
provisions of this act shall subject such bank
to the liabilities and proceedings on the
part of the Controller as provided for in
section fifty of the national banking law,
approved June third 1854"


The brokers, therefore, are right, and the
lawyers are wrong.


i, Respectfully, Is. II. SHANNON.
Year: 1870

A fair to aid the funds of the Hebrew
Educational Society will be begun on Mon
day next, at the Odd Fellows Hall. The
ladies who have interested themselves in
this enterprise are fully qualified and deter
mined to make it a great success. The large
audience room of the hall will be beautifully
decorated and provided with the most at
tractive articles of ornament and value
During its continuance it will be visited by
thousands of the admirers of lovleness, who
are naturally the most liberal patrons OF
every good work
Year: 1870

We yesterday morning informed our
readers of one Of the most atrocious acts
that has come under our notice for many
years, wherein notorious scoundrel not
only abducted an unsophisticated girl, but
inhumanly treated her because she would
not succumb to his beastly desires, in a low
den on Gravier street.


The mans name is Thomas Hawke alias
Frank Smith, one of the vilest Of the vile,
and who has outlawed himself from all de
cent society by acts of total depravity.
This fiend was fortunately arrested and yes
terday remanded to prison by Judge
Houghton, VINO could not by any right
grant the villain the privilege of bonds, as
the girl, Lizzie Miller, was in the Charity
Hospital in such precarious condition that
the attending surgeon would not give a GER
titicate of her state.


An attorney was found ready to under
take to obtain the villains release on a writ
of habeas corpus, and, of course, the Sixth
District Court was the institution to grant
the abOminable request Judge Cooley, as
usual, found "a clause introduced by my
self expressly for Just such an emergency
when was a member Of the Constitutional
Convention" on which he joyfully per-
mitted this Tommy Hawke to be set at lib
erty, to once more prey on this thief-ridden
community. But bis action was of little
avail to the Hawke, for it was promised that
he would be released. Therefore, acting
Police Superintendent Robinson had two
bowers and an ace with which to euchre the
Sixth Cooley. The officer who took Hawke
down to the court carried with him new
warrant to arrest accused, and no sooner
was this foul bird set at liberty than he was
again bagsed and again cast into prison.
SO much for that writ of habeas corpus, and


Just 60 much for hundred more of them.
1t matters not how many times this monster
is turned loose on our citizens by Judge
Cooley, he will be pulled up again and
again, for there seems to be no end to the
serious charges which he is liable to-
Last night Judge Houghton visited the
poor, unoffending girl in the Charity Hospi-
tai, where he discovered d her real condition,
battered and torn by Hawkes. vicious
hands, and took her statement, putting it
in the form of an affidavit, which, when
presented to our readers. will prove that
tendish wrong has been perpetrated in
our midst on an innocent girl


That is the kind of man Judge Cooley
released. and that is the man who was in
stantly rearrested for heinous crimes. As
usual, the Judge of the Sixth District Court
departed from the record before him to
comment On subjects entirely foreign to the
issue, seemingly gloating over the oppor-
tunity to release a notorious scoundrel.
He will today, if he attempts to grant
another release, be checkmated most
e:fectually from source he little dreams of,
if he ever dreams.
Year: 1870

Mr.. Prosper Darenbourg, member elect
Of the Legislature, from Pointe Coupee
parish, has been spending few days in
the city. He is new member, but is well
qualified to take leading part in the
House, and prove of great service to his
constituents
Year: 1870

TUE PROTEST or THE MERCHANTs.-We
invite the attention of the Honorable City
Council to the petition addressed to them
by large number OF the most respectable
produce and commission merchants and
steamboat captains of this city, in relation
to proposition recently made by Messrs. j..
Ii. Oglesby, j. D. Warren and others, to
construct on the levee, above Canal street.
sheds for the reception of produce aud mer-
chandise, similar to those known as the
Sugar Sheds. Wedo not mean here to argue
the question of the advisability of the grants
asked, for the question is ono Of such i'm
portance that it could only be done after
grave consideration; but when so reepect-
able a body Of gentlemen IS here petition
ask to be heard we feel assured that the
city fathers will give an earnest and atten-
tive ear to them; especially as they repre-
sent that part Of the merchants Of the city
who are directly interested in the good or
bad management Of the levee, it appears to
US that they should be thoroughly posted as
to its interests.
Year: 1870

..fH


There is an establishment
in Rristol, England, where a
butt of sherry wine can be
manufactured from the raw
material in half an hour without
using a drop Of sherl.y.-[Er.


The only point of difference
between this establishment and
many that can be found in the
United States, probably, is the
speed with which the article is
manufactured.


1t is believed that in our
country are many places where
wine of any description is made
to order at any time Of the
year with little or no juice OF
the grape, and other liquors
are made with equal facility.
Poisinous drugs and dye stuffs
go into the labratory, and soon
reappear in the form of a spark
ling beverage. = 2,
Year: 1870

MEAN MEN, Henry Ward Beecher says
of mean men II have hope of wicked
men; slender hope Of mean one A wick
ed man may be converted and become a
prominent saint. A mean men ought to be
converted six or seven times, one right af-
ter the other, to give him fair start aud
put him on an equality with bold, wicked
man. / have known men who thought the
object of conversion was to cleanse them as
garment is cleansed and that when they
are converted they were to be hung up in
the Lords S wardwrobe, the door of which
was to be shut. so that no dust could get at
them. A coat that is not used, the moths
eat; and christian who is hung up 50 that
he shall not be tempted, the moths cat him.
and they have poor food at that :"
Year: 1870

EAR ACHE There is scarcely any ache
to which children are subject so bad to bear
and so difficult to cure as ear ache. But
there is remedy never known to fail. Take
bit of cotton batting, put upon it pinch
of black pepper, gather ii up and tie it, dip
it in sweet oil. aud insert it in the ear. Put
a flannel handkerchief over the head to keep
il warm. 1t will give immediate relief,
Year: 1870

The following is from communication iu
Hearth and Home, by an eminent physi-
clan:


"Callcd to prescribe for Mrs Andrew
infamed eyes; learned that she had Bit of
cinier in her eyes; occurred while travelling
in the cars four days ago; eye very much in
famed, painful and attended with severe
head ache. This is one of hundreds of cases
where little knowledge would not have
been dangerous thing, and would save a
world Of pain. Nothing is more distressing
to traveller than piece Of cinder in the
eye, and no disorder is moreeasily rene
died. Calling the family together, | pro-
ceeded to show them that it was not an eye
wash that Mrs Andrews needed 10 relieve
her suffering, but the removal of the foreign
substance


The cinder will be found just underneath
the rnargin Of the upper lid, where there Is
small groove or gutter for the flow Of tears
to the inner angle of the eye. Foreign
bodies tend to fall into this groove, and If
they are very angular, like cinder, they ad-
here in spite of the current Of tears which
now dow in great abundance, and sooner or
later carry of smooth substances. Now, if
yon viii raise the margin Of the upper lid
and turn it over, the cinder or grain Of sand
viii be exposed; and may easily be removed
with the point of pencil, or with the finger
covered by handkerchief


Tthen demonstrated this simple operation
on OF e of the boys, thus Taking my pen
Gil in my right fingers, with the thumb and
Grst finger of my left hand I seized the eye
lashes Of the upper lid, and drawing the lid
gently out from the ball, pressed the point
Of the pencil downward upon the upper sur
face Of the lid, about one fourth of an inch
from its margin, and at the same time car
ried the margin upward over the pencil by
The eye Isshes, when the lid readily rolled
over the pencil so as to expose completely
the gutter described.


then asked one of the young ladies to
perform this operation unon her mother,
which, after two or three failures. she ac-
complished, and as / had predicted, small.
angular pieces ofcinder were found beneath
the margin of the lid. which she very adroit-
ly removed with the point of the pencil


Mrs. Andrews expressed immediate re-
lief So much interest was felt in this paia-
less operation that all in turn performed it,
being much aided by requiring the person
operated upon to look downward when the
lid was being everted, and upward when the
operator wished TO restore the lid. !"
Year: 1870

A private letter from Wyoming says:
Now send along your superfuous Bomenl'
which is al much as to say that the act was
passed for ths especial purpose Of enticing
the ladies' to the Territory
Year: 1870

THE MoYAMENsING HOSE BALL.--On Mon
day evening next the annual Easter ball of the
Moyamensing Hose Company will be held at the
Academy of Music. This grand affair will bring
the ball season to an end with blaze of glory,
and from the announcements made with regard
to the programme we anticipate that it win be
the most gorgeous entertainment of the kind
ever given in Philadelphia. Nc expense will be
spared to make the ball brilliant success, and
as the arrangements are in the hands of gentle
men of taste and experience, it is certain that all
who attend will be provided with ample facilities
for enjoyment. The Academy will be magnif-
Gently decorated with floral and pictorial adorn-
ments, and the music and refreshments will be of
the highest class. Two bands will be in attend
ance, Grafulla's, of New York, and Mark Hass-
ler's, of Philadelphia. The refreshments will be
served in the foyer, which for the occasion will
be transformed into a grand banqueting hall,
and magnifcently decorated with flags and
flowers. This department will be in charge of
the accomplished caterer Adolph Proskauer,
and nothing will be left undone that can con-
duce to the enjoyment of the guests. Those of
our readers who wish to have glorious time
should by all means 60 to the Moyas ball on
Monday evening.
Year: 1870

RESOLUTIONS by THE REPUBLICAN, STATE coNvEy-


TON.


The Ohio Republican Convention, at Column
bus, yesterday, among other resolutions, adopt
ed the following:


hesolued, That adhering to our traditional
policy OF neutrality the American people look
with profound indifference upon any European
controversy regarding dynastic interests merely.
and are concerned in the present struggle be,
tween Germany and France only 30 far as the
same involves the great principles of liberty ;and
while We remember that the great uprising of
1913 failed Of success mainly for want of Ger
manic union that during our recent national
trial the people of Germany supported our cause
with their sympathy and material aid, while the
armies OF France were endeavoring to subvert
Republic on this continent, and substitute in its
stead an imperial throne, we cannot refrain from
declaring our sympathy with the present heroic
efforts of the Germans to establish, maintain,
and defend their national unity.
The last resolution was crested with great an
plause, and all were unanimously adopted.
Year: 1870

shonld General Schenck persist in decling
denomination to Congress, as it is thought he
WILL prominent man for the Republican candi-
dacy is said to be John W. Sohn, Esq, an intelli-
gent and practical merchant, of German nativity.
He will be able to poll the whole strength of his
party and add new element, which probably
no other candidate could secure.
Year: 1870

Whittemore will not be candidate for Com
gress. This is wise. A majority of the people
of his district believe him to have been innocent
of any moral offence in his cadetship transac-
tions, but it would only have been new folly
for him to have again presented himself for
adn,asinn
Year: 1870

A True BILL.-"A Delaware bachelor
thus gets. after lovely woman :-"I i'm
peach her in the name of the great whale
of the ocean, whose bones are torn as
sunder to enable her to keep straight. l
impeach her in the name of the peacock,
whose strut, without his permission, she
has stealthfully and without honor assum-
ed, L impeach her in the name of the
horse, whose tail she has perverted from
its use to the making of wavy tresses to
decorate the back of her head and neck
[ impeach her in the name of the kangaroo,
whose beautiful figure she, in taking upon
herself the Grecian bend, has brought into
ill.favor and disrepnte." Here the old
fellow heaved a sigh, and heaved himself
overheard