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Year: 1872

The RECENT FOssU. MAN.-In the early part
OF the year a somewhat startling announce
ment was made of the discovery of a human
skeleton, under circumstances which suggested
its great antiquity, in one Of the caverns Of the
Italian frontier near Mentone. As to the dis
covery of the skeleton in question by DR.. E. D.
Riviere, a scientific saram appointed by the
French Government, there can be no doubt,
whatever there may be about its age. The cavern
is situated in Oolitic or Jurassic limestone,
the line Of railway from Mentone to Vintimie.
and the skeleton was found beneath layer of
earth Of considerable thickness. 1t is that Of
man of ordinary size, and, with the exception OF
the ribs, is very perfect. From the position of
some stones discovered in connection with the
skeleton, it seems pretty clear that it was a case
Of burial, the stones roughly marking out the
place Of seputure. No remains Of extinct ami
mails occur above the skeleton. One observer
refers the skeleton back to the stone age, and not
an early part of it. The report Of DR.. Riviere
is waited for with much interest. When this is
published we shall know all the facts and their
bearing on the age of the skeleton.-LaHost
Year: 1872

"oNcHoSH - 40


We have been amused at the sym
pathy expressed by the Republican
press Of the State for Governor Jacob.
We do not object to it either, Tor the
Governor is q high minded, honorable
gentleman, but when these gentlemen
commence shedding crocodile tears over
the injustice Of the Democratic party
to one OF its members, we may naturally
begin to suspect something like rascali.
ty in the who'd.


1t is all sheer nonsense to talk about
the claims OF any body. johnson y.
Camden is the choice Of the Demo
cratic party and Of the people Of the
State to-day, and will receive their un-
qualified endorsement at the polls, on
the fourth Thursday in next August.
In bis election we see the simple recog-
milton of the generous services OF one
of the first, firmest and foremost friends
of the Democratic party in our
State. The captious opposition
OF . few small individuals
will amount to nothing. He will sweep
the country like great tidal wave, and
We would advise all parties to get into
the ark before election day, or else they
will be submerged.


Talk about beating Camden! Non
sense! Who will you beat him with ?
The election is now only eight weeks
OF and be has no opposition. 1t is
true YOU can hear rumors of candidates,
but 8 live man can't be beat with ru-
mors.
Year: 1872

For some time past the Republican
papers of the State have been issuing
to Governor Jacob, certificates Of supe-
rior honesty because of his supposed
hostility to certain alleged printing
frauds" with which these papers have
been pleased to connect the name Of the
editor OF the Courier. So long as Gov
ernor Jacob was not before the public
as a candidate, his friends in this city
insisted that he was not to be held re.
spousible for the utterances OF the Rad
ical papers, and that his connection
with the printing commission,
particularly, rendered it improper
for him to dissvow, or for the
Courier to discuss, the many paragraphs
out OF which the Republican journals
were attempting to manufacture capital
for him at the expense OF the Public
Printer. In the belief that the man
himself was not averse to receiving the
benefit OF publications for which the
member of the commission could not be
held responsible, this view was acqui-
esced in with great reluctance.


Now that Governor Jacob has seen
proper to waive all his official privi-
ieges and merge his multiplied majesty
as Judge, Governor and politician in
the sirgle character OF a Republican
candidat, for the Office OF Governor, we
feel at liberty to reply. We have
therefore 10 say that il it be true, as is
claimed for him, that al any time during
his term of office he has discovered any
evidences Of fraud or attempted fraud
on the part of the Public Printer, or OF
any officer connected with the admins
trat on, it was his sworn and solemn duty
to take immediate steps TO vindicate
the laws and to punish the guilty.
Accepting a. true the statements Of his
organs, his iailue 80 to do makes him
responsible lar whatever OF fraud has
existed or been attempted; forfeits bis
title to public confidence, and utterly
defeats his claim to monopoly OF the
honesty of the State. II. on the other
hand, be has found nothing in his off,
cisl relations with the Public Printer,
to cause bim to institute legal proceed
ings against the officer, he is simply en-
couraging a malicious raid upon the
reputation of another man, Of
which be is to be the exclusive bene-
ficiary.


In either event, we desire to express
our readiness and anxiety. if there be
any such case as that OF Jacob against
the Public Printer, to see it settled be-
fore a more authoritative tribunal than
the Republican newspapers. In either
event. we submit that the Governor
should avail himself Of an early oppor-
tunity either to submit his views of the
Printers official misconduct 10 Q court
Of justice, or to deny bis responsibility
for the manifold scandals, prejudicial
TO that officer, upon which his claims to
reelection are now being based. II the
Printer is guilty, let the Governor do his
duty. Ii not let him call of his dog.
Year: 1872

Not many days since we heard a
lady say to another: ''Your cOun-
tenance, TO me, is like the shining OF
the sun, for il always gladdens me
with a cheerful look"
A merry or cheerful cOuntenance
was one of the things which Jere-
my Taylor said his enemies and per-
secutOrs could not take away from
him. There are some who spend
their lives as if shut mp in a dun
geon. Everything is dark, gloomy
and forbidden. They mourn from
day to day they have so little, and
are in constant fear lest what little
they have will escape out OF their
hands. They always leok upon
I the dark side, and can never enjoy
the good of the present, for fear OF
the evil to come. This is not piety.
True religion makes the heart glad,
aud when its noble principles are
felt and exercised, men will be hap
py in spite of themselves.


The industrious bee does not COM
plain that there are so many poison
Gus flowers aud thOrny branches in
his road, but buzZes on, gathering
the honey where he can find IL, and
passing quietly by the places where
it is not. There is enough in this
world 10 complain about, and find
fault with, if we have the disposi-
ton. We travel often in hard and
uneven road, but, with a cheerful
spirit, and a heart to praise God
for his mercies, we may walk there
in with great comfort, and come to
the end of the journey in peace.
Year: 1872

Drinking wine is a habit; so is
drinking spirits, ale, cider, coffee
and water. The last is thought a
necessity; but to drink much is a
habit Some people drink little
not because their constitutions re-
quire less than others; il is their
habit These people never perspire
so much as those who drink more.
The more that is drunk, the more
water passes away, or the system
would suffer. AS it is, the strain
affects II. The skin, the kidneys,
bowels, lungs, all are drawn upon.
The result is, as may be naturally
expected, exhaustion. For this rea-
son, the man who drinks much wa.
ter, particularly during the summer
and in the hottest weather, is less
able TO endure fatigue. The water
is of no benefit to him-that is, the
excess. 1t must pass away, and this
requires an effort of the system.
which is the sweating process. Had
he not used the excess of water, he
would not have perspired so; it
would not have been there for the
system TO expel. II is habit to
drink water so much; false thirst
is created. We should drink only
what is needed. The habit Of
drinking more will soon be over
come, and the person viii feel much
stronger and more capable of bear
ing fatigue. In winter, little fluid
is needed beyond what onr food
furnishes; in summer, some more
but not much Country Gentleman.
Year: 1872

road for all world like a little earth
worm. But it happened, on the
second and third day, that he
thought he had never in his life be-
fore heard the little birds sing so
sweetly, or seen the dew glisten so
brightly, or the wild roses look so
red and smell so fragrant, and every
person he met seemed to greet him
so kindly and appear so glad and
happy, that il made him feel happy
too, Every morning when he left
the inn and continued his journey,
he thought the day brighter and
more, beautiful than the former one,
and he felt more joyous and in bet
ter spirits than he had been for
years. He arrived at his destina-
tion in the evening, and when he
rose the next morning, he felt so
well and strong that he said to him
self 81 could not have been cured at
a more unfortunate time than this;
here must 90 to the doctor, and what
will he think of me? OH il / only
had some complaint, were it but u
little tingling in the ears, or 4 slight
palpitatiOn of the hearti"


When he came to the doctor, he
took him by the hand and said:
'tNoW tell me very minutely what
is the matter with you, how you
feel, and describe every symptom to
me very carefully.


Mynheer SchilIembeck burst into
a hearty laugh as he answered:
Mynheer Doctor, there is not a sim
gle thing the matter with me; aud il
will rejoice me greatly if you are
only one-half as well as l am"


"That was good spirit" said
the doctor, (which prempted you
to follow my advice. The dragon
now IS destroyed; but there are
still some eggs left, and soyOu must
return home on foot, and when
there, employ a portion of every
day in some useful enterprise
Take regular exercise, and never
eat any more than satisfies your
hunger. BY this means you can des-
troy the eggs, and may live to be a
very old man"


During this speech, the doctor
looked so rOguishly at Aynheer
SchillembeCk, that when he had
concluded he burst into another
hearty laugh. FMynheeF Doctor"
said he, ''you have a wise head on
your shoulders. understand you
perfectly. Shake hands; you and
| will be friends"


lie followed the doctors dircc-
tion ever afterward, aud lived to be
nearly ninety years old, as happy
and contented as a fish in water
And every new year he sent the
doctor twenty gold dollars as a
token of friendship and esteem
From the German.
Year: 1872

The woman who is indifferent tC
her looks is no true woman. God
meant woman to be attractive, to
look well, to please, and it is one OF
her duties to carry out this intention
of her Maker. But that dress is tc
all, and to suffice, is more than we
can be brought to believe. just be
cause we do love to see girls look
well, as well as to live to some pur-
pose, we would urge upon them such
a course of reading and study as viii
confer such as no modiste can sup
ply. A well known author once
wrote a pretty essay on the power
of education to beautify-that it ab-
solutely chiseled the features that
he had seen many a clumsy nose and
a pair of thick lips so modified BY
thought awakened and active senti-
ment as to be unrecognizable. And
he put il on that groand that We SO
often see people, hOmely and unat-
tractive in youth, bloom in middle
life into a softened Indian summer
of good looks and mellow tones. ,ss
Year: 1872

We publish this morning a CORES
pondence between the State Execu-
tive Committee of the Liberal Re-
publican party and the Chairman
of the State Executive Committee
of the Democratic party, in which
the former ask that The coming con-
vention of our party to nominate
an additional Elector and Congress
man for the State at large, confirm
the remaining Elector of their
choice. To this request Col. Burch
responded that he could not answer,
but presumed the Democratic Con-
vention would accede to so reason
able a request. We hope so. AS a
correspondent in to-day's Appeal
suggests, it would look very like
proposed slight of one of the ablest
Conservative statesmen of Tennes-
see did the convention nominate an
other than Hon. Elm. .Etheridge,
whose devotion to the cause of JUS
tice, amnesty, and peace made him
conspicuous mark for the OppOsi-
ton early during the war and ever
since. lie was called TO the field in
the present contest by the Liberals
Vi llAt Cldlts " nO GA BCCAGh llAab nG
would be sustained in his labors by
Hon. T. A. Il. Nelson. This gentle
man having resigned, he stands a
lone and awaits the Endorsement of
the Democracy, before entering up
on canvass in which. he viii make
himself heard as one of the staunch-
est defenders of the Greeley and
Brown ticket, and one of the clear
est and most forcible supporters of
the Cincinnati-Baltimo platform.
We have need of all the leading
men of our State, and we have need
Of lust such a one as Etheridge,
whose canvass for Governor must
ever live in the political annals of
Tennessee as the most effective, for
although unsuccessful so far as he
was personally concerned, it proved
the beginning of the series of move
ments that relieved us of the Radi-
cal party. We trust the ConYen-
ton will be moved to consider Mr..
Etheridge's present position before
the country, and his past most glo-
rious service in our behalf, and that,
in Difference to him as we'll as to
our Liberal Republican co-laborers,
they will confirm him in position
where he can be as useful as any
gentleman in the State.
Year: 1872

SENsIBLE.-A gentleman writes
US that his county paper is so poor
he has stopped taking it, and there
fore sends us s. for the Trade List.
We repeat that we do not want sub
scribers on these terms. A mans
county paper Is worth more to him
than any other paper in the world
or, if it is not, it is his own fault
If the county paper is properly en-
couraged, ii may be relied upon for
information of more value to the
people in whose interest il is issued,
than can be found in all the city pa
pers in the United States. No man
can afford to stop the paper that
publishes the official advertisements
of his county, the public sales, mar
kets, court news, and other local in
telligence. IL the paper is poor,
the people are more at fault than
the publishers, for liberal patron
age will always make q good paper.
However poor the county paper
may be, il is always worth more
than it costs to those interested in
the affairs of its locaIity.-Ci Cincin-
natl Trade List.
Year: 1872

Here is a bit of philosophy worth
reading. 1t is an exposure of avery
common delusion. 1t is a good rem
dering of an old idea:


"Two things ought to be strong
Iy impressed upon young people OF
our country. The insecurity OF
riches, even when acquired, and
their unsatisfactory character
There is no fallacy so universally
cherished as the notion that wealth
is surely a means of happiness. The
care of a large property is one OF
the most burdensome of earth's
trusts. The only material good
that comes from any estate is to be
made out of moderate income far
more easily than large one, and
with fewer attendant disadvanta-
ges. Few thoughtful men would
undergo the entire stewardship of a
large estate on = positive bargain
that they should receive no more
for taking care of it than ordinarily
falls into the lap of the owner. The
scramble after wealth is due 10 q
wrong estimate of good when it is
| palned.o
Year: 1872

In the neigboring village of b,
writes a Western correspondent,
lived an old gentleman of the name
of Newberry, whose fault-findiHg
propensities had won for him the
cognomen of 'EOld Growler." A
cross the way lived another New
bury (spelled with a U), who enjoy
ed getting Off a joke at the expense


OF his grumbling neighbor. One
morning a stranger came into the
store OF Newbury in search of pair
of boots. Not finding any to fit,
the obliging shOp-keeper informed


him that maybe "Old Growler''
across the way could fit him with a
pair. Over the way he went, and
asked, Mr.. Growler, can you fit me


to a pair of boets?" The cord
wainer, irate at being thus trifled
with, instantly sprang to the door,
and applied his loot to the person
OF the offender, with such force as
to effect his speedy exit from the
room, at the same time mildly in
quiring, "Hoto does thar pair .it?''
Year: 1872

In confronting the many ills. dan
gers and perplexities of this life a
superabundance of fortitude is ne
cessary. FOrtitude, truly, is the
guard and support of all the other
virtues. If it be the readers good
fortune to be a member of the body
of Christ we earnestly recommend
determination sufficient to prove
whether or not fortitude has a
strong hold upon the affections
See whether there is a single cross
too heavy or of which you would
feel abashed at carrying. Fortitude
enables the weakest of the children
of God to take up and bear each
cross, not only with patience. but
perfect ease. Fortitude enables us
to go forward in the discharge of
every duty, regardless of fear or fa-
vOr 1t enables us to RELY upon the
promises of GOd-strengthens our
faith, confirms our hopes and per-
fects US in love. Fits us to become
indwellers in mansions above. Oh,
then let Us strive to possess this in
dispensable-that we NAV at last
reach our Fathers kingdom.
Year: 1872

THE DEAD SEA.-Being without
an outlet, evaporation is the only
escape of the water pouring into it
by the river Jordan and some other
streams. Each brings into that ex-
traordinsry reservoir, which is de-
pression in the earth's crust thir-
Teen hundred feet below the water
level of the Mediterranean, an i'm
mense mass of materials which must
at last fill it up, when the Jordan
will then run on beyond and find an
outlet to the sea, if the world re-
mains in its present physical form
long enough.


The Jordan watts down ninety
cubic yards of water every second.
Each day it carries in six and half
bushels of salt, liberated from rocks
on its passage, in each ninety cubic
wards. Therefore that dreadful
salt, bitter reservoir has nearly
reached the point OF saturatiOn.


When no more salt can be dis
solved, then it will accumulate on
the irregular bottom till itireaches
quite near the present surface. Its
| future will have quite as much in
terest for coming ages as its past
iSeieHtt &c 4HleTican.
Year: 1872

Agriculture is and always has
been a profitable pursuit, even in
the face of the many drawbacks
enumerated. The farmer has grown
rich while the tradesman has grown
poor; side by side these two call
ings msy be judged, and we leave it
to any fair-minded man, if the farm
er has not always had a better result.
We mean TO say that the same tai
ent, the same energy and the same
money on the farm will, in nine
cases out of ten, prove the most suc-
cessful, Notwithstanding the many
difficulties, and particularly The
great waste and wretchedly had
management of many farmers. we
see a steady growth in our agrieul-
tural hopes. The country is grow
ing rich from the gains made on the
farm, and these gains are the resuIt
not of good management but from
the fact of the demand made for tLa
products of agriculture.
Year: 1872

Louisville rejoices in the posses
sion of precious fOur-year oldster-
who. being placed in a closet by his
father the other day for rdisobedience
ofpsternal authority, instead of cry-
ing, put his wits to work to get out.
Calling to his father TO come in and
see what he had found, the unsus-
pecting paterfamilias walked in,
while the four-year-old slipped out
and quickly turned the KEY, leaving
him to sweat it out. Presently the
youngster called TO his pa to know
if it was hot in there; nor did he let
his prisoner out until he replied in
the Affirmative.
Year: 1872

Quite romantic wedding came
OF in the first circle of a Franklin
county, Pennsylvania, village re-
Gently, when the bridegroom, a
Widower of seventy, married lady
whom he and his former wife had
brought up from infancy, and who
had lived in his family as a daugh-
ter for forty years.
Year: 1872

An antiquated writer in the Memphis
Appeal has dug up out of his memory
the following rich story. The young
lawyer referred to is still fourishing in
Memphis: There was never greater


local excitement than that which grew
out of this internal navy yard business.
Half the people were in favor of accepting
the property, and half or more opposed
to it, the latter thinking that the Govern
ment might be induced even yet to make
liberal appropriations and perfect the
navy yard, and build ships and steamers
here. There were two newspapers pub
lished here-one morning publication,
edited by II gentleman of no ordinary
ability named Bankhead, who wns trag-
ically and mysteriously assassinated some
six years ago. There was another, an
afternoon paper, called the NctrS (l he
lieve that was its name) edited by man
named Iancey. These editors oppos i
one another on the navy yard question,
and their discussion had begotten good
deal of excitement, when both went away
for the Summer, and each without the
others knowledge employed the same
man, this young lawyer, to conduct his
paper in his absence. The young limb
of the law naturally enough took to both
sides Of the question. He made the con-
toversy between the two papors hotter
and hotter on each successive day.
Crowds gathered each afternoon about
the NeirS office, and somebody expected
that the two furious editors would shed
blood. The coming duel in Arkansas
was confidently anticipated, and the
teroclty of the two papers was marvellous.
Popular excitement was intense when
Baukhead came hurrying home from
Virginia and lancey from Alabama,
each thinking the other was about TO
murder his own substitute. Such was
the fervor of popular feeling and exasper-
alton that the story was necessarily kept
quiet. II the mischievous fraud upon
the public passion had been exposed Mt
the time the deceiving editor would have
been hanged to lamp post.
Year: 1872

A Fool FOR LUCK.-A fool was made
rich at Long Branch, in spite of himself
and this was the way it was done "Just
as | was the hungriest, Longfellow and
Harry Bassett were brought out, and
they went round the corner like two
Colts revolvers All the nice young
men around me stood up and bowed and
scrapcd, and held one finger as if they
were stopping an omnibus. They all
yelled "A hundred to eighty on IIar-
ry Bassett' They all appeared to be very
polite, that held up my finger, too, and
nodded and bowed to all of them.
never saw SO polite a lot of young men
before. You would have thought | was
tho Grand Duke Alexis. / kept up the
bowing just as long as they did, and
pretty soon the race was over, and | con-
fess | was agreeably surprised to see
about four hundred young men file up
and each one chuck II 800 bill into
my lap. Then | thought that lot Of
young men about the incest lot of young
men had ever met. There | sat, with
$40, 600 in my lap, and, much to my as
tonishment, found that all the time |
was pointing my finger and bowling back
at 'cm, darned it wasn't taking every
darned bet that was made, and darned il
| knew it. only had eight dollars in
my pocket, and if Id lost, I'd slept in an
oyster bed that night sure"
Year: 1872

Could NOT PLAY HER.-The Marys-
vile Defender of November Goth, records
this incident: A couple who resided in
Colusa and are about to be married were
consulting with the minister about nam
ing the day and had agreed upon an even
ing close at hand. Suddenly the lady
happened to think that that was the even
ing on which the circus would be there.
Jumping up, she exclaimed: "No,-;
you can't play me that way. l am going
to the circus" And the wedding was
deferred for one evening.