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Year: 1871

few persons have another living thing
about tue teeth not affected by soap, bui
which is instantly killed with salt, hence
each person IS advised to wash the teeth
with white soap once a week, and once Z
week also with salt


The teeth should be washed with a stiff
brush every morning on rising, by dipping
it once in the water and rubbing the teeth
slowly front and rear from side to side and
finally twisting the brush so that each bris-
tie shall act as a toothpick at the joinings
Of the teeth, so as the more thoroughly to
dislod ga anything which might remain in
the hoiJws betwe.n the ridges The wa
ter in the brush combines with the saliva
of the mouth, and, By its great softness,
makes one Of the best solvents in nature
for any extraueous substances about the
teeth. The teeth should be brushed i'm
med ately after each meal with soft cid
brush. with plenty Of water, twisting II up
and down as before After each washing
tine u=h should beplaced far back on the
t0ngu ard turned from side to side, SO as
to clear off the tongue, this does much to-
wards freeing the teeth from the last thing
eaten.


Ii persous would brush their teeth well
Immediately after the last meal of the day
instead Of putting it off until bed time, the
teeth would he clean for four or FIVE
hours more in the tweaty-iour which j.
not Slight advantage


ltis unnatural absurd and unphiosoph-
ical to have the teeth separated with
saw, 1r frequent picking. or by threads
Halls J0uru9L ~ Hc2hL.
Year: 1871

for AraZona was another man namedIhomp-
son, who, though neither recognized or re-
cognizlng at first, proved to be no other
than our miners recreant brother. When
the poor vagabond wanderer discovered this,
despite his wrongs he fell upon his broth
ers neck, and cried aloud like a child =;
and the brother not only received and re-
turned the caress without shame but he
took the earliest opportunity to reprove
the other for leaving his wife and brother
to suppose, for nearly score Of years that
he was dead and buried. The gold had
been received, but without address, or a
line to tell whether i came as a dead man.


legacy of 4 living mans gift. No letter
from the miner ever reached the wife or
brother, though they sent many to him
The wife had at last felt obliged to con-
clude that her husband was dead-that the
gold had been sent as his dying gift, and
with the money She had bought valuable
farm near St. Jose. where, still wearing
the weeds Of widowhood, she now lives


As for the brother, he had spent por-
tions Of the past fifteen years in pursuit
Of some trace Of the miner, hoping at least
to find his grave and sanctiiy il with a fra
ternaI tear but now that lie saw the iiv-
ing man before him, nothing was left but
a rushing journey to a certain valley farm
near ST. jose where the best, trucst
staunchest tile woman would at once be-
come the happiest in the world. Ere
this concludes the story, there has been
meeting The decline Of lite will pass
in ease. comfort and happiness for man
vino for years believed limsef the victim
of woman's pertly
Year: 1871

ENERGY oF WIIL.-1t Is energy Of viii
that is the soul of the intellect wherever
Il Is, there IS life where it is not. all is


lulInesS and dependency and deSolation


People who have no experience of it i'm
agJne that it is destructive to the animal
spirits that it aggravates the wear aud


tear OF life excessively. But TINS IS an
ldle notion, as idle as the habits and hui


mors Of those who entertain it. We leave


1t to any man who knows its real effect,
to strike the balance-to compare the ex-
haustion Of an indolent day with that of an
active one to say in which of the two
eases the subject is in better heart for work
and filter to undergo it.


Whatever it may be about. one thing,
We believe IS certain, that if the spirits are
spent By energy they are utterly wasted
by idIeness; at worst, energy can oaly end
N rclaxation-iti is superior to it io- a
while, and possibly at last may fall into
1t whereas, idleness is actual relaxation
from first to last, aud can be nothing else.
But even this view, favorable as it IS, yet
not favorable enough to be Just The fact
Is, that violence IS not necessary to energy
any more than tyranny is to kingship on
thc contrary, it is the greatest energy that
does the most work.


Energy literally from the Greek, means
inward-workingness the blooming Of the
flower is energy, the increase OF fruit Is
energy, the growth of the body IS energy
yet in all these there is no violence the
efficacy is not destructive, but vital: with
out it the whole frame must fall at once
into corruption, with it. instead OF corrup-
ton. we have life But this, It may be
said. IS refinement 1t may be so, but il
is true in fact, nevertheless. The gainsay-
er wiz find it difficult to produce anything
from the subject Of surer or more essential
truth
Year: 1871

Case OF THE TEETH The best aud SAT-
est tooih-wa>h i'll the world is tepid water
There is not a too,h.powier in existence,
or tooth wash, that does not iaHict "a
physical injury to the teeth, and promote
their decay Each dentist has powder
Of his own, which be sells at a thousand
per cent. profit, which he may honestly im-
agne will DO pos tive good without any
injury whatever, but he is mistaken. The
teeth were never intended to be peagly
white. Every intelligent dentist knows
that the whittier the teeth are, the sooner
and more certain they will decay, he also
knows that those teeth are the souudest,
last the longest, and are the most useful,
which have a yelowish tint-then why
provide powder to take Of this yellowish
surface?


1t is useful to wash the teeth once a
week with white soap, making the mouth
as full as possible Of lather' 50 as to be
close to every particle Of every tooth for a
few minutes, because the tartar on the
teeth is toe product Of a living thing.
which is instantly a.lIed with soap-suds. 4
Year: 1871

Circulate Democratic trutl
if you would counteract the
baneful influence of Radica'
falsehoods. Every Democrat
who is interested in the preva-
lence of Democratic principles
should make it his special bust


ness to lend his Macarthur
Enquirer to his Republican
neighbor. More than this, il
he can afford it; he should in
vest small sum in Democratic
papers for the benefit of Repub.
licans who either can not or
will not subscribe for them
The Enquirer, during the pro,
gress Of the campaign, will
vigorously press home upon
Radicalism the infamies of
which thier leaders have been
guilty. We look to our friends
ia aid us in spreading the
truth. flfTHtl
Year: 1871

In this contest, it is the Far
mers, Laborers and Mechanics
against the Radical Office hold,
ing Ring, and if the people
choose to be deceived, they
will have no one to blame ex-
cept themselves. There is a
good opportunity now present.
ed to the people to put a stop
to the robbery and corruption.
Year: 1871

At this seas III there are generally 80 many stores
ad ertising extraordinary bargains that one is In
a quandary as to where the cheapest goods can be
had. II is certainly an advantage In this hot wea-
her to be able to supply all your wants In the DRY
goods line In one store. particularly when that
store Is so well ventilated and very breezy as to
almost convince one that one artificial arrange
ment Is In use to create tbs same, as Is the case AZ
Levy BROTHERS,.


But the c.eatest advantage OF all is that at LEVY
BROTHERS. one not only finds everything Kept Ia
frst-class dry goods house, but taeir prices are
60 very moderate that one does not think OF asking
them TO take less, but rather wonders how they can
afford to sell their goods so very cheap.


All Of our readers who hare not any curiosity s
to how It is managed, can cali and see II they can
aoYe the mYsterY.
Year: 1871

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION
An important and protracted meeting OF
the State Board of Education was held yes.
terday in the office of the Superintendent
OF Public Instruction. The board was en-
gagged in the discussion of series of regll-
lations for the government of the public
schools next year, and for the collection of
the school tax.
Year: 1871

HENR1co COUNTY CoURT.-In this court
Yesterday the case of D.J. Mccormick, one
of the parties charged with being present
at at the prize-ight which recently took place
near this city, was called for trial. Owing
to the absence of important witnesses or
the part of the Commonwealth, who are
detained on account Of sickness, the case
was continued until the second day OF the
next term, which is the first Tuesday ir
August. The case of Kersey will be called
on the first Monday.
Year: 1871

NEW PLACE OF MEETING FOR THE CoUN-
cIL.-The committee appointed at the last
meeting Of the City Council to procure a
better place for the meetings of that body
have succeeded iu securing the hall Of the
House of Delegates, and the next meeting
will be held tomorrow evening. No one
will be allowed on the floor except men,
bers. Visitors will have the use OF the two
Year: 1871

In the Dispatch this morning we find tn,
following sensible remarks upon the intro
duction Of Chinese labor, which we fully
approve, though we have no fears that this
importation will ever be very extensive:


The laboring people should be of q type eq ua
to the employing, the professional, and the law
making and administering classes. The school
labor replenishes the highest classes which are
ever deterioratng in mental aad physical energy
from luxurious and idle habits. If we degrade
our labor by confidng it to the hands of infer ior
Deings, or BY reducing the manhood and proper
pide Of the whites through competition with a
class OF beings whose low condition enable them
70 I'VE upon refuse garbage as it We're, what sort
Of refrigeration Of the higher classes, become /?


The question is one of as much interest to one
eiass IS, as anotner II is one Of vital consequence
10 the whole country; and 1t is q poor grafi6ca-
tion indeed, that Of tauntng the laboring classes
with the saving that has come from f9Cbnese
cheap labor


And now we hope the Dispatch will
unite with us in helping to make o,y labor
ing class equalto our professional class AS it
says should be done.


list. We ask j. 10 um,e w;h as IN Sc
curing protection 10 home industry, thus
Keeping stl' the aooges Of labor os The prime
condition Of elerating the ld6orer. When
any of our Representatives in Congress vote
to reduce the duty on iron and coal, our
great Virginia staples, and thus shut up our
furnaces and our mines, we ask the Dis
patch to rebuke them sternly in the name
of outraged labor.


I'd. We ask the Dispatch to show its
faith by works, IN using Us po,cerfm mRu-
eace 10 sace the fund donated by Congress
to Me States for an agricultural and me-
chdnical college from spol;at,on, or dis:,i-
button, which amounts to the same thing.
That scrip is not yet sold, and day by day
it becomes of less value, by reason of the
rapid exhaustion of the best public lands.
1t is likely to be wasted altogether, unless |
the friends of labor in Virginia arouse to
the importance of saving and applying it
to its appropriate use. A mixed comms-
sion of farmers and mechanics should be
organized to arrange plan for its applca-
ton. The mechanical department ought
to be located at Richmond, as the great
Industrial centre of Virginia. This would
aid greatly in elevating the type of laboring
men in the State, as well as to increase the
productivcness of all industries.
Year: 1871

A certain burglar, on being taken to
Sing Sing prison was asked what was
his profession "A bank clerk, said
he. He then told the following story TO


illustrate how he obtained his profession.
The method is certainly ingenious, though
not to be recommended for general
adoption:


II was watching "A country bank for
some little time. and | noticed that the
paying teller wore a striped coat and
straw hat. The clerks left the bank at
about | o'clock for dinner. / got
straw hat and striped coat, and for
several days took my seat on the steps
of the bank One day | saw my oppor-
tunity. The paying teller and most of
the clerks were out. | went in, pulled
off my hat and coat, hung them up
where | had seen the teller hang his, and
went around to the desk. The books
were open, and here and there were
piles of bills. | went to work at the
books. and made the most remarkable
entries ever recorded in the books of
any bank in this world or any other. 1
pocketed the bills one after another, and
putting on my coat and hat, i went
on my way fifteen thousand dollars bet
ter off than ever / was before"
Year: 1871

The n, Y HeraH considers the great
disaster TO the Arctic whaling hect-as an
unprecedented financial disaster to this
great interest but there are other ques-
tions in connection with this unexpected
misfortune which challenge it's attention;


This whaling fleet was pushing forward
into the icy regions of the north and on
the lst of June the ice opened and let
the fleet up within sight of Cape Ma
vino, and thence crossing the Sea of
Anadyer, toward Behring Straits, they
found some whales, and in Behring
Straits they began to be more plentiful !;
''but when the fleet arrived at Cape Beh-
ring the whales had passed through the
Straits into the Arctic Ocean, whittier the
fleet followed. " Here the facts are es-
tablshed that in June the ice on the
south side of Behring Straits is opened
and that sailing ships can pass through
that Strait into the Arctic Ocean in pur-
suit of The whales which move up into
that ocean with the opening Of the ice
Have we not here, then, some very val
uable hints in reference to any future ex-
petition in search of the North Pole and
the open sea, into which these whales
migrate as their summer cruising ground
The German Polar expedition, by way
of the Spitzbergen Islands, reports its
discovery of an open Polar Sea abound
ing in whales, and this report is confirm
ed from Behring Straits ON the opposite
side of the globe. 1t is probable that
some Of those whales seen by the Ger
man explorers had come INTO that open
Polar Sea by way of Behring Straits,and
We're passing ont by way of Spitzbergen
Islands.
Year: 1871

A REMARKABLE CAsF Here is a re-
markable instance of ? legation of self
4 clerk in the Postofiice Department at
Washington has refused promotion, CIV
ing as his reason that he Is a single
man, has no intention of getting mar
ried, and his present salary is more than
sufficient for his support that, as his
father is employed in the department,
his own promotion might give rise to
unpl sasant gossip and charge OF favo1t-
ism, and that as fellow clerk in his
division contemplates marriage and has
long hoped for promotion. an increase of
salary would he more acceptable to his
friend than to himself. For these rea-
sons he respectfully declines promotion
at present, saying that the time may
come when he will stand in need of n
larger salary, in which case he will not
hesitate to accept clerical prefermeni.
Year: 1871

Such DUEL Two Prussian officers
fell out, and wishing to avoid infringing
military law by duelling carried ont an
idea in Dumas comedy of Made
moiselle de Bell Isle" by throwing dice
to see which should blow out his brains.
The loser promptly committed suicide.
Year: 1871

Hiram Powers writes to the Evening
Post: g ] suppose that you, as well as
all other well-wishers for art in our
country, have been mortified, if not
really disgusted, at the success of the
Winnie Ream statue of our glorious old
Lincoln An additional IS, 900 paid
for this caricature Clark Mills was
bad enough, but this last act of Con-
gress in favor of female lobby mem
ber, who has no more talent for art
than the carver of weeping willows on
tombstones, really fills the mind of the
genuine student of art (who thinks that
years of profound study of art as a
science is necessary with despair. Fol
why should we study and waste years
of our lives in order to do well, while
only the honor comes to-not ourselves,
but may to our memories long after we
are dead, and all the profit to mounte.
banks?r
Year: 1871

We got back to Tubinge L in very
tender frame Of mind


Since then, my friend Salomon has
consoled himself for Kaspar's death in
quite an original fashion


On taking his medical decree, he mar
ried Eva Stronger, with the laudable
intent of raising large family of
children, and so repairing the wrong he
had done to society by cutting off one
of its members.


Four years ago [ stood groomsman
at his wedding, and already there are
two plump little toads to cheer his
pretty cottage in Crispinus street


Things look promising.


Heaven forbid that I should urge that
this way of doing penance for murder
is better than the one prescribed by
our holy religion going to
church, and much saying of prayers
but [ think it much better than the
Hindoo method, and then, to be frank,
than the famous theory of the Scape-
pOat
Year: 1871

MEDICAL science in the Northwestern
provinces of India has met with nc
slight foe in the superstition of the na-
tive s, who object to official vaccination,
for a curious reason. They believe
that native child is to be born whose
destiny it Will be to drive the Engllst
out of India, and then to conquer the
world. This child is to be distinguished
from other children by having milk IN
stead OF blood in it's veins. The IA
tives believe that by vaccination the
English are seeking to discover the
wonderful infant, SO as to imprlson o.
kill him.
Year: 1871

IT will be remembered that one OF
the attaches of the late High Commits
sion gave out in Washington society
that he wished the photographs of six
beautiful girls to be selected by him, to
be shown in England as types of Amer
lean beauty In return the young la
dies were TO be allowed to draw straws
for diamond cross in his possession.
A malicious report having been c1rcu-
lated that, whereas the young man had
received the pictures, the young ladies
had not had a chance at the cross, a
Washington newspaper spitefully called
this "another of those swindling gift
enterprise affairs y The report, how
ever, is false, and Washington beliefs
now the happy owner of the jewel.
Year: 1871

The wonderful ice-cave in Decorah,
Winnesheik county, is vertical assure
in the face of the cliff of Trenton lime
stone that forms a part of the bank OF
the Upper Iowa River It is about one
hundred feet deep in all it's windings,
is from two TO eight feet in width. and
varies still more in height. In winter
the cave. is free from ice, but on the APP
proach of hot weather the ice begins
to accumulate, and solid. hard and dry
cakes encrust the sides and bottom OF
the cave. When the weather is hottest
the cave is most abundantly stored with
iaa
Year: 1871

THE manufacture of gun cotton has
been so much improved that it is more
and more used for quarrying, mining
and military purposes. The cotton is
now made in compressed form, which
can be handled and transported with
safety, and can be exploded by detona-
tion only. If set on fire without de-
tonation, it burns away harmlessly.
This fact is generally in favor Of in
creasing it's use. About one hundred
tons of the cotton are now sold yearly
for Blasting III quarries and mines-a
quantity equal at least to five hundred
tons of gunpowder In the slate quar-
ries in Wales it is largely employed !;
and there and in mines the workmen
find the advantage of having no smoke
after blast,
Year: 1871

The following paragraph is from the
description of scene witnessed in the
north Of Norway, from cliff one thou
sand feet above the sea:


The ocean stretched away in the silent
vastness at our feet; the sound of the
waves scarcely reached our airy look
out; away in the north, the huge old
sun swung low along the horizon. We
stood silent, looking at our watches.
When both hands came together at
twelve, midnight, the full round orb
hung triumphantly above the wave, a
bridge of gold running due north
spanned the water between us and him.
There he shone in silent majesty that
knew no setting. Combine, if you can,
the most brilliant sunrise and sunset
you ever saw, and its beauties will pale
before the gorgeous colors which lit up
the ocean, heaven and mountain. In
half an hour the sun had swung by per-
ceptibly, the colors changed TO those of
morning, a fresh breeze rippled over the
food, one songster after another piped
up in the grove behind us-we had slid
into another day.
Year: 1871

"What, no dOuse the glim on the plomen-


ade deck.


Stir up twenty gallons of yeast;
Cut the cabin boys throat and bid the cook
Prepare marriage feast! .c
The cOstliest viands that gold can buy.
Fit for a king or a lord
And no let him serve up the steYard, cold
For my bride is coming aboardl
Bring me a bull6nch from the wave,
And sardine from his lair,
And a lobster with purple nose,


While | a salad prepare
Man the main truck and strike six bells;
Not grOan, nor a sigh. nor a tearl
And, bo'seu, pipe all hands to the guns,
For my bride will soon be here
I" ! see a cloud like fore-top jib,


Flap along through the angry sky,
But monarch Of sea and cloud and land.
And all J survey am L
Make way she comes the queen OF my soul
That design TO wed
To the tipsy captain up stepped tho cook.
Aud carried him of to bed.
Year: 1871

The Sultan has been beset by Yankee
fre-engine makers, who want to supply
his capital with their useful wares. He
finally ordered a pair Of extinguishers
for the palace, having first tried one on
a riotous crowd of his wives who had got
up a blazing row in the harem. In FIVE
minutes they all expressed themselves
very much put out about IT,
Year: 1871

batteries; the forming of the extended
line; the hollow square, from which
rose the sonorous voice of the chap
lain; the evolutions, inspection Of
arms and exercise Of the troops; the re-
view by the commander-in.chief; and
lastly, the mock fight and the din Of
Simultaneous and commingled firing,
were to my childish eyes the height of
sublimity. | thought then that under
stood how battles were lost and won,
and it needed only the carnage and the
death-shriek TO complete the exciting
picture. Some two or three thousand
troops Of different arms paraded on that
occasion, and the general interest was
enhanced by several companies Of cav
airy and ten pieces of artillery, as well
as by the presence of the Governor and
his splendid staff. A regular boy, l
sought to add to the renown of my day
on the muster-feld by worming my way
through the dense crowd that surrounded
the latter functionary and touching his
coat-tails, that might enjoy among my
.schoblmates the enviable notoriety OF
having obtained Governor Linceln's s
tag" Utterly unconscious Of the fact,
he did not chase me for its return, and
| still hold the honor, in all probability,
alone. E # HY


Well, those stirring scenes of heroic
"fuss and feathers" have departed.
From my present standpoint j see that
it was best they should do so, They in
volved loss of time and money, and
imposed burden that bore very une-
qually upon the yeomanry and mechanics
OF the land. Nor was this the smallest
objection to the old military system.
There was carousal and drunkenness
connected with it, greatly detrimental
to the morals of the community; and 1T
is observable that the downfall of the old
regime synchronizes with the commence
ment ofthe temperance reformation, some
forty-fve years ago There was no longer
inducement to wake up the field officers
before daybreak unless the musicians
were rewarded with the customary
treat" And temperance men were
unlikely to be chosen to military offices,
as they were unwilling to find their COM
missions at the bottom of the punch
bowl. / am fully sensible to the doubt
full bearings of the old system, but even
now cannot but recur to those former
days of pomp, epaulettes, banners,
drums, plumes and thunder with a
pleasure which no substitute, the product
of later legislative wisdom, has ever
equalled. fA 1f0 ig