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Year: 1871

The Polaris arrived from Washington yester-
day morning, after fine passage of four days.
She hauled into the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, at
ready for starting northward. The little craft
(4OO t0ns) seems in every respect fitted for the
expedition, unless, indeed, that her rig Chat
of a topsail schooner) be too light


The propeller is what is known as an auxiliary
screw, capable of being hoisted out of the water
when sufficient headway may be made under
canvas; thereby, too, economizing fuel, and pre-
venting the screw from being broken by the ice.
She is, besides provided with aa apparatus, by
the aid of which whale oil may be safely used
instead of other fuel. Those of the crew who
have accompanied former expeditionists to the
North Pole speak highly in praise of the prepa-
Tations made by Captain Hall and most hope
Northwest passage.


The Polaris viii proceed from here to the
Esquimaux settlements of UpeTnavlck and Disco
and at the latter await the rTiYai Of the Gov
Year: 1871

Knobs.


There is a mysterious whispering among some
of the knowing ones in regard TO lost silver
discovered by certain parties in the knobs lying
off 70 the west of the Bardstown Branch Rail-
road, near samuels' Depot About seventy
years ago this mine Of precious metal was
worked by two men, who alone were In the
secret as to its precise location. One of the
men died soon after the discovery was made
leaving the secret with his companion. Not
long after the death of the frst the survivor
started on q trip TO New Orleans, and on his
way thither was drowned, taking the secret to
the bottom Of the Mississippi with him. 1t Is
now alleged the lost silver mine has been found
and the people living in the vicinity are on the
qilt rive, Hai6ug for further developments.
Year: 1871

The Chamber Of Commerce Of this city
has adopted memorial to the Minister
of Foreign Affairs at Belgium, requesting
him to make an effort to Cmbody In the
code Of international law proposition Of
the inviolabiliy ofthe property Of private
individuals at sea, and to obtain from the
powers an authoritative definition Of the
term contraband ofwar.
Year: 1871

Those who make light OF Dr. GRtELEY's
position as a candidate for the Presidency, and Of
his knowledge Of agricultural science, will do we'll
TO study lis recent address before the State Agr'-
cultural Society of Minnesota, fully reported both
in Tar Sun and the 7riJaae. 1t was powerful
original, and learned production every sentence
was full Of common sense, and the style Of the
whole was admirable. DIR. GREELEY is u great
man, and his mind becomes more vigorous and
comprehensive ls he grows older I; and his enc
mics may as wo!l make up their minds to bo
Leye H.
Year: 1871

leav.s the Democratic Union and goes over
to Tammany Hall. and then turns against
Tammany Hall and tries to be leader in an
attack upon it, md who all tho willie holds
on to u seat in Congress which he could not
have got without the frauds of Tammany,
must make very full and frank confes-
sion of his motives bcfore he can clear him.
self OF suspicon.
Year: 1871

If you suffering have suffered, FROM invol-
untary discharges, what effect does produce upon
your general health Do you feel week, debih-
tated, easily tired? Does little extra exertien
produce palptation of the heart Does your liver,
or urinary organs, or your kidneys frequently get
out sof order? Is your urine sometimes thick,
milky or focky or is it ropy settling? Or does
a thick scum rise on the top? Or is sediment at
the bottom after it has stood awhile? Do you have
spells of short breathing or dyspepsia? Are your
bowels constipated? Do you have spells of faint
ing, or rushes of blood to the head Is your mem
ory..impaired? Is your mind constantly dwelling
this subject? Do you feel dull, listless, mopiLg,
tired of eompanp, of Life =? Do you wish to be left
alone, to get away from everybody! Does any
little thing make you start OF jump? Isyour sleep
broken restless? Is the lustre of your eye as
brilliant? The bloom your cheek as bright
Do you enjoy yourself in society well Do
you pursue your business with the same energy
Do you feel much confidence in yourself? Are
your spirits dull and tagging, given to fits Of
melancholy? If so do Lot lay it to your liver or
dyspepsia. Have you restless nights? Your baak
weak, your knees weak, and have but little ape
tite, and you attribute this to dyspepsia, or liver
complaints
Year: 1871

YVHE IMPRESSION NOBTAINSAM0NG many


persons that the value Of Accident Insurance
can be appreciated .only by travellers, or those
whose avocations are necessarily of a hazardous
nature. Still statistics show that one in every
tel of the entire population meets with an
Accident every year. Every prudent and careful
will act with reference to future contingencies
Bodily injury by accident is one of the most fire.
quent causes of distress of distress to mans family
if fatal to him andto himself also, if only dis
abling him from business,


In either case this mode of insurance comes to
you with a certain relief


Erery man is liable accident, Z" Good Luck"
cannot always be depended upon.


The question to be settled are precisely the same
in fire insurance. Is it not cheaper to let
responsible company take the risk than it is to
carry it yourself? Is not the protection offered
tcorth more thar 1t costs.


What Accidents Have to be Paid For.
Year: 1871

CONCERNING MOUNT BLANC.-Dr.
Bust writes in the n. Y. Observer
from Lusanne, Switzerland: "Some
notion of the height may be obtained
frOm the statement that while the
mountain is fifty miles or more dis
tant from us, an even road from here
to The summit ould have al ascent of
about three hundred feet to the mile.
The bottom of the valley OfChamouni
is as high as the top of the Allegha.
MES, vet ont of this valley, so that u
full mile of the upper Inass of the
mountain IL in the region Of eternal
ice and snow.
Year: 1871

An old lady, reduced in circum-
stances, applied to physician to
know if she might conscicntiously
ell some quock. pills; the ply re-
commended that she should sell pills
made of bread, observing that if they
done no good they would certainly
do no harm. The old lady commenc-
cd business and performed many
cures with her pills, till at last she had
great confidence in them. At length
the physician whom she called her
benefa2tor, became ill by a bore stick
ing in his throat, which he could not
pass up or down, and recommended
her pills in his own language, that il
they did him no good they would
not do him any harm. The physician
upon this expression burst out .aush-
ing, and in the act of laughing brought
up the bone.
Year: 1871

TnE MosT ExIIAUSTING LABOR The
idea Is often ridiculed by uncducated
people that students, and those whose
professions require constant mental eX-
ertlon, really work as hard as those en-
gagged In manual labor. But from the
chemical experiment of Prof. lIouSh-
ton, of Trinity College Dublin, it is
proved that two hours of severe mental
study abstract from the human system
as much vital strength as is taken from
1t by whole day of mere hard work.
Year: 1871

The Sacramento Reporter says: "Therc
is q wise and Industrious dog in the
eastern part Of our city-one that could
be easily taught to read. The next door
neghbor to his master takes newspa-
per, and every morning, before any one
Is up, the dog goes in and takes the pa.
per off the steps and deposits it at the
door of his owner. The lady of the
house did not know where the paper
came from until she watched the fellow
one morning, as he came up wagging
his tail and depOsiting the paper at her
feet. Hereafter she will watch that
dog, lest some one finds fault"
Year: 1871

Claim for Salvage.


Before Judge Blatchford.


In the case Of Charles II. HIlner. mate of the brig
Europa, against the ship J. L. Bowen, which Is now
being tried before Judge Blatchord, the action is
brought TO obtain award In the nature of salvage
for bringing the Bowen into the port Of New York
and saving the cargo which she had on board 1t Is
claimed by the ibeant that at the time this service
was rendered by him neither the officers nor men
OF the Bowen were able to navigate or work the
vessel In consequence OF mutiny which had broken
out on board. Decision reserved. .4
Year: 1871




at Lexington on Saturday night, a
week ago, an intelligent and educated
negro man named Harry Howard ad-
dressed a meeting of citizens at the court
house in that city, explaining his reason
why he was determined to no longer
hold political relations with the Radical
party. lie was member of the late
Radical Convention at Frankfort. where
he was incontnently snubbed and hooted
when he attempted to take part in the
proceedings. It seems that he has not
| been unObservant of the course Of his
late Radical associates, but has discover
ed that they have no real regard fer the
negro race, aud only affect to be their
friends for the purpose of using them to
give their party the Offices and the pow
er Of the Government. He declared to
the people of his own race, that the Rad
ical leaders had no other object but to
lead them that they might make money
out of them and secure their votes for
their own purposes. He argued to show
that the majority of the employers of
the State Democrats and their best
friends, as the interests Of the negroes
and their employers we're identical, and
if the Democrats of the State suffered
they too must suffer. He appealed to
them hereafter to vote for the Democratic
candidates. He declared his intention
to speak upon the stump until the Au-
gust electiop.-H HaysUiUe Bulletin.
Year: 1871

We earnestly entreat every young
man after he has chosen his vocation, to
stick to it. Don't leave it because hard
blows are to be struck, or disagreeable
work performed. Those who have work
ed their way up to wealth and usefulness,
do not belong to the shiftless aud unsta-
BILE class, but may be reckoned among
such as took off their coats, rolled up
their sleeves, conquered their prejudices
against labor. and manfully bore the heat
and burden of the day. Whether upon
the old farm, where our fathers toiled
diligently, striving to bring the soil to
productiveness, in the machine shop or
factory, or the thousand other business
places that invite honest toll and skill,
let the motto ever be Perseverance
aud Industry.
Year: 1871

AN Illinois woman committed suicide
by hanging herself to an apple tree. At
the funeral a neighbor noticing the sad
appearance Of the husband consoled him
by saying that he had met with a terri
bic loss.


eyes" said the husband, heaving a
sigh, "she must have kicked like thun-
der to shake off six bushels of green
apples that would have been worth
dollar bushel when they got ripe"
Year: 1871

THE New York Hcrald nominates
Chase and Hancock as Democratic can
didates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency in 1872. We know that
Hancock will do, bat we have to think
a good deal before we consent to 20 in
for the Chase.
Year: 1871

IT unfortunately happens that no man
believes he Is likely to die soon; SO eve
ry one is much disposed to defer the
consideration Of what ought to be done
on the supposition of such an emergen-
cy; and while nothing is so uncertain as
human life, so nothing is so certain as
cur assurance that we shall survive most
OF our neighbors.
Year: 1871

feelingly remarks;


"When Moses got up flies to bother
the people of Egypt, his head was level
They are little the meanest thing known
to science. Take it Sunday afternoon and
between six and eight o'clock in the
morning, when any one is trying to get
nap, and have perverse, persistent,
and pertinaoious pusilanimous fly come
to you thousand and nineteen times in
succession, Is enough to make Pharoah
let go, not only Of the Jews, but his mer-
schaum pipe, and his prettiest servant
girl. A boarder at one Of our hotels who
was subjected to this plague of flies, woke
up the other morning with the bed
mattress twisted around his neck and tied
in double bow knot. We calculate that
he rolled over in bed so many times this
morning that if the same number of rev.
olutions were given TO a mustard seed, it
would roll to Alaska and back.
Year: 1871

| advanced l will not say "craw6shed.
The heart of every southern man is with
him, but our heads bow to the inevitable
The last time I saw him he was weeping
at the death Of Robert e. Lee.


too believe in the equality of taxa
ten, bu. do deny that debtor can
levy tax on his own indebtedness in
the hands of his creditor for his own
support There may be men IN Hick
man who have no income but the inter
est of these bonds. This tax would take
one fourth Of their income; is there any
equality" in that because they own no
other property but your debts, you must
take one fourth of that. l would recon-
mend this to the Council for High
Moral"


[ have seen no Hickman lawyer, my
law is my own. IF a" will give me a
patent for his 'self-supporting tub mill -
| will give him my law, one is certain
ly worth as much as the other.
Year: 1871

BIZ KIND TO THE OLp.-Bc kind 10
those in the autumn of life. for thou know.
est no, what suffering they may have en-
dnrcd or how much may still be their pnr-
ton. Are they lnarrelsomc and unrca.
sonable, allow no, thy anger to kndlc A.
gainsl them: rebuke them not, for doubt.
less many have been the crosses and tri.
ais Of earlier years and perhaps their dis
positions while in the spring of life were
more flexible than thine own DO they
require aid Of thee then rcndcr it cheer
fully aud forget not the time may come
when thou maycst desire the same as.is-
tance from others that thou rcniercst unto
them DO all that is needful for them and
do it with alacrity. and think il not hard
if muck is required n, thy hnnd, lest with
trembling others may wait upon thee will
lingly and feel relieved when the coffin lid
has covered thy face forever.
Year: 1871

TO Manage A RrARisG HoRsr. When
ever you perceive horses inclination 10
rear, separate your reins and prepare for
him. The instant he is about to rise
Stacker one hand aud bend or twist his
head with the other. keeping your hand
low This bending compels him to move
a hind leg. aud Of necessity brings his fore
feet down. Instantly twist him completes
" around two or three times. which will
confuse him very much aud completely
throw him off his guard, The moment
You have finished twisting him around
place his head in the direction you wish
him to proceed. apply tho spur, and he
will not fail to 20 forward.
Year: 1871

To test horses eyes. look at the eye
carefully. when the horse is in rather a
dark stable. Note the size and shape of
the pupil, carry this carefully in your
mind while you turn the horse about to a
strang light If the pupil contracts and
appears much smaller than In the first in
stance. you may infer that the horse has a
good strong eye; but II the pupil remains
nearly Of the same sixe in both cases, his
eyes are weak. and you had better have
nothing to do with him
Year: 1871

Many ahuman beng ha4 passed n way for whose
death there was hO other reason than the neglect
81 KNOWN and tndisputably proven means OF cure
1hOse near and dear To family and friends are
sleeping the dreamless alumbcr into which, had
they calmly ndgutgl
Year: 1871

THUS far we have said nothing on the Fair trial at San Francisco, but have had this little "say" in soak for weeks. Our space forbid any ex- tended account. Crittcnden ought to have been killed, and what comes of Mrs. Fair is of little consequence. If 1t were certain that she would con- fine her killing to such husbands as Crittenden was, we would favor giv- ing her immediate and larger liberty, and hope that she might live long and enjoy herself in the business. New ertheless, she deserves her sentence, and if God would speedily remove from earth, in some mysterious way, all the free love hags, the world would soon be better. The blatant woman suffragists would also be the better for a little divine scourging.
Year: 1871

POINTED EXTRACT.-As soon as the facts of Stoneman's unftness for the command of this Department became known to President Grant, it was his duty to remove him therefrom, and we are convinced that he did 1t then without hesitation. We have letter from gentleman in California, large iy interested in Arizona and that State, as well as possessing large share of influence at Washington, which says l:

 If ever the people of Arizona should fast and pray for the deliverance of a great curse, now is the time; and if there is any rejoicing in them, they should sing praises to God fer the ap- pointment of Gen. Crook to command the Department. President Grant has cut red tape and placed the right man in the right place. While some ill high places said it could not be done, Grant demonstrated that anything is possible, and that the lives of Ameri- can citizens, the settlement of the country and She subjugation of the Indians, are of more importance than mere rank. I presume Mccormick and Stafford will get curses as usual, but that is no reason why they should not do their duty. That pamphlet was worth everything to Arizona, as it has changed the sentiment of the whole country in your favor.
Year: 1871

How TT WAS DONE. "A W aShIng- ton dispatch of May Sd says:

 By direction of the President, It. Col Geo. Crook is assigned to duty according to his commission as Brevet Major and will proceed to the headquarters of the Department of Arizona and relieve Col. Geo. Stone- man of the 21st Infantry in command of the Department, who will report for duty without delay to his proper station.
Year: 1871

GOVERNOR SAFFORD writes that railroad operations will commence very soon on the Texas Pacific. We expect Gen. Crook to write very soon to have the soldiers stop building dirt roads. The beginning of the former will be scarcely more important than the ending of the latter.
Year: 1871

An instance of quick work, by which pretty profitable wages were earned has come to our knowledge, which we think worthy of public mention, the names o1 | the parties being withheld by request. Not long since there was employed in one of the large shoe manufactures in this city young lady whose duty it was to fasten the taps and soles of ladies boots together, preparatory to lasting This is done after the tap and soles are dinked out, by first passing and then se- curing them by two nails. One day a gentleman was in the manufactory where she was employed, and observing her celerity of movement, raised question as to how many she could prepare in one day. One of those having the manage ment of affairs expressed the opinion that she could do twenty cases in ten hours. The gentleman first mentioned could not credit this, and offered to stake one thousand dollars against five hundred that the feat could not be ac- compished. The wager was accepted, the young lady acquainted with the facts and asked if she could do it. She replied that she was willing to try, provided she should have share of the money should she win. This was agreed to and the task was commenced. At twelve o'clock on the next day she had eleven of the twenty cases finished and packed ready for the laster, and at ten minutes inside the ten hours the task was completed. The incredulous gentleman paid the wa ger of one thousand dollars, and the winner handed the young lady five hun dred of it. This, together with the sum earned by doing the work, made pretty fair wages for one day, and any one can see by a little calculation that she had to keep pretty busy. There were in each case sixty pairs, four pieces to a pair, making two hundred and forty pieces of leather to handle, and as many nails to be driven. In the twenty cases there would be forty eight hundred pieces to take care of in ten hours, which was done thus averaging four hundred and eighty per hour, or eight in one minute, This is an actual fact, and the smart girl is at present doing snug little business of her own in the central portion of our city. If this can be beaten bring along the one who can do it.-Lyeae Reporter.
Year: 1871

When plant tree begins to decay it must needs de It cannot be revtalzed But it is not with hu- man beings A human ruin can be repaired strength ened restored, though brown leaf withered blade of grass be made again. In the autumn of hfe or even in its winter when nature to be giving way under the pressure of years is still poss b retard the of decay and to lend to moro than its wonted vgor. As a means of promoting this object Hosteters Stomach Btters unquestion- ably the most potent of all restoratives. It will not

 make the old young but it will prevent lessen sooth the inrmties which the usual accompaniments of the decline of life. For debility and lack of power from whatever arising it is the medicine that of all others before the world best deserves the of spec. In purity in invgorating properties, tons it has competitor the toncs of the phar macopoeia, among proprietary remedies Besides it's strengthening principle it possesses alternative and regulating properties of the highest order, and antbous medicine is far preferable to any of the pre- parations containing mercury. Time has shown that for physical decay debility dyspepsia, bilious disorders intermittent fever Hosteters Btters is a remedy without rival This the of the fall of the leaf let it remind the old the feeple the scky to nvigorate and regulate their systems with this great vegetable tonic and alternative.
Year: 1871

BAD enough to look and feel bad your- self: but no excuse for having your horse look and feel badly when for. @ small sum you cap buy SHERIDAN s CAVALRY CONDITION POWDERS, which given in grain two or three times @ week, will make him look and feel well.
Year: 1871

London feltDonger has left legacy Of one hundred
dollars TO Mr. Holmes the of the Poor School in
Gloucester who ouee gave him thrashing that had
been lifelong benefit to him. II the schoomasters
take to this Kind Of thing with the hope Of getting
similar later their reward the result
will be unpleasant for the boys and they had better
once express their determination pay in Kind while
they may.
Year: 1871

stone splits better than the common


white oak, and the grain is closer than
some fir which we have looked at; and
the trees are too large for any other
genus growing in the neighborhood save
the sequoia. In the largest tree we
counted ten rings or annual layers OF
wood within an inch near the heart,
and twenty-eight rings near the out
side. The rings grow thinner as the
diameter of the tree increases. Several
weeks ago we copied an account of the
finding of two lizards in these petrified
trees, the idea being conveyed that the
lizards had been surrounded by solid
stone ever since the petrifaction oc-
Cured. We are satisfied that there is
no good foundation for such an idea !;
and that the lizards had crawled into
cracks of these petrifed trees within a
few months, just as they do into the
crevices of any rock that gives them a
convenient shelter. Instead of having
lived for hundred thousand years,
these little reptiles had probably not
celebrated more than one anniversary
of their birthday. The Petrifed Forest
is an important fact, and the world will
probably hear much of it from learned
men. 1t is within two hundred yards
of the Calistoga and Santa Rosa stage
road, and tourists leaving here in the
morning can see all there is of it and be
back here by noon the next day.