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Year: 1870




Yesterday afternoon a scene ins front


of the Kings County Courthouse, occur
red in Brooklyn, which caused consider
able excitement. A fine looking, we'll
dressed woman came rushing out of the
building with baby in her arms, and
approaching a carriage in front, de-
manded the colored man to open the
door. He refused to do so and ordered
her away; but she, Fastening around on
the other side of the vehicle, dashed in
the glass door-light with a determined
uush of her elbow, and as quick as wink
threw the infant upon one of the seats,
when il commenced hearty cry of well
come for its papa. On leaving, the
woman said, *'There, it belongs to you,
and YOU may take care Of it. After hav-
inc relieved herself of her burden, she
quickly got upon Fulton street car, and
was off for the ferry. The affair was
witnessed BY quite number
of persons who crowded around the car
riaee. among them lusty German who,
being filled with this spirit of lager and
the essence Of Switzer kase. swOre dat
bapy should never go to the poor ionse
that having seven of his own he could
take care Of another one With that he
took il in his arms and entered saloon
near by. Whether ha took it home, or
eave It in charge of the SupeJiptendents
of the Poor, has not been ascertainsd.
The owner OF the carriage, it seems, was
charged BY the goman with being the
father Of the child aud having failed to
make him legally responsible for its
Keeping took this method Of carrying
her point. law or no law. A constable
went IN pursuit Of the woman after she
got into the ear and overlook her at the
ferry. Her statement Of the case con-
WINGED the officer that she did right and
he permitted her 10 cross to New
York.-Nelr York star, 2sfh uif
Year: 1870

Forming the best and most comfortable line tC
New York, Boston, and Northern and Atlantic
cities, with magnificent Palace Combined Day
and Night Coaches, through to New York
without change.
Year: 1870

Tine following congratulatory address was issned lately by the Chairman of the Nation al Democratic Congressional Resident Com mittee

 "The National Democratic Congressional Resident Committee tender their eongratula- tions to the Democratic and Conservative voters of the three great States of Pennsyl- yania, Indiana and Ohio, for their recent sue cesses over the exemptions of Radicalism, aided as the Radicals have been by profi gate and desperate administration at Wash ington. In Pennsylvania a gain of five mem bers of Congress has been secured, the Rad ical majority of last year has been largely reduced, in each branch of the Legislature, and there is decided majority in the State on the popular vote against the administra- tlon. In Indiana, the State has been redeemed from further Radi sal misrule by the election Of the Democratic and Conservative State ticket, carrying with it gain of two mem bers of Congress and a majority in each branch Of the Legislature. Economy and reform are thus made sure to the people of that State in the immediate future. Tn Ohio the Radical majority of two years ago has been reduced more than one-half and the leader of the Radical corruptiouists in the present Congress been defeated. We now appeal to the Democratic and Conservative voters of the States in which elections are about to be held to make further and more determined efforts in behalf of the restoration of an honest administration We ask that they disregard threats from any central source, and pay no attention, in any respect, to the proposed use of military power of the gov ernment in the local management Of elections in the States. Let the doors of our organiza- ton be thrown wide open for the admission Of all who desire economy and honesty in the management of the public treasury, so that the present burden of taxation may be there by mitigated, regardless of former issues or past political association or name, and bring about entire cooperation among all who seek a restoration of the Union founded upon peace and goodwill among their fellow w-men, and a return to strict iii...ssssrity among the public officers of the nation.

 SAM. J. RANDALL, Chairman.

 H,J. JEFFRIEs, Secretary.
Year: 1870

STREET ErIeUETTE.--A gentleman meet. ing lady, should always take the right oi she walk.

 A gentleman meeting another, should al. ways pass to the riglt.

 lady, as general rule, should not take gcntleman's arm in the day time. How. ever, it IS not improper when the walk is crowded with people

 . A gentleman meeting or passing a gentle nan and lady, should pass on the gentleman's s side.

 A gentleman should never fail to salute q iady or his acquaintance when within proper us1shce, uhiesS she wears veil, in which case it would be highly unciyil to recognize her
Year: 1870

..r--a, We have just returned from the
E3s Eastern market with new and COM


1e Plete STOCK OF GOODS, and are
&sEAss Offering them as in days of yore, at


the lowest possible price. Our stock
is OF every variety, usually kept in country
house. We therefore ask all who are in want
OF something in our line 10 give US call. We
consider II pleasure as well as duty TO eX-
hibIt our wares, and make no charge for doing
so. We are now SELLING FOR CASH, SO
come along with your Greenbacks or their
equivalent, arc We can satisfy you that our
statement is correct. Determined not 10 be
unGersold by any, neither Jew or Gentle, we
have gone TO work with a WILL and will do all
GOOD who may favor us with call


We here take occasion TO return our hearty
thanks for past iayors, earnestly soliciting
share OF patronage from the citizens Of Duff
fields and vicinity. We can always be found
On hand. Respectfully.


4 LINK x co.
Duljeljs, Nov. 6, 1869. If
Spirit copy.
Year: 1870

1


Sir Frederick Pollock (says an Eng.
lish paper) appears to have discovered q


new remedy for some of the infrmities
! of age, and be is anxious that his expe-


rience should be made public. We de-


rive our knowledge of the facts from q


monthly medical magazine called the


Practitioner, to which they have been


forwarded by the President of the College
, of Physicians. Sir Frederick Pollock,


best known to his countrymen as the late


Chief Baron of the Exchequer, has long


been remarkable for great mental and
physical energy. He is now eighty-six
years old, and to the great wonder and
JOY Of his friends his strength scarcely in
any way fails him. Still some years ago
he suffered from the indefnable nervous
malaise which is incident to old age, and
which sometimes makes itself knowB in
painful spasms more or less connected
with the digestive system. 1t was neces-
ssry to find some drug that would be at
once stimulant and narcotic in it's effect,
such as tobacco or opium. These drugs,
if taken in moderation, are often found
of great benefit in old age, as soothers of
it's nervous troubles; but unfortunately
they either did not suit Sir Frederick
Pollock or they failed to produce the de-
sired effect. He, therefore, tried ether
the best rectifed ether--which he inhaled
from an ordinary bottle applied to one
nostril; and let us state, in passing, that
the safety of the experiment to some ex-
tent depends on the inhalation of the
spirit through only one nostril.


A few whiffs taken in this way re-
moved spasm and pain, and induces q
general tranquility of the nervous sys.
tenn. Sir Frederick goes on with the
inhalations every day, and enjoys in con-
sequence magnificent health. The guam
tity of ether which he uses is variable;
sometimes it amounts to several ounces
day; but how much of this escapes and
how much of it is absorbed into the sys-
tenn it would be difficult to estimate. 1t
is supposed that but very small quanti-
ties of ether can enter the system in such
inhslations as we have described, since
not only does much escape into the air,
but also of that which is at once actually
inhaled o large proportion is again ex-
hailed. Never, in any case, is 80 much
of the vapor absorbed as to disturb con-
sciousness or to cloud the intellect. Nor
is sleep in any way at all compelled,
although by the removal of nervous irri-
liability it is favored.


Sir Frederick Pollock is, we observe,
able to sleep for as many as eleven hours
out of the twenty-four-bu this includes
q regular midday siesta Whether the
remedy which he has found so happy in
its effects on himself will suit Others who |
may suffer from the irratibility of ad-
vancing years is question in which |
London medical men are just now much |
interested; but at least the experiment
seems to be worth making; and in view
of the facts which we have recorded, it
might not be bad plan for any of us
who have elderly friends, to whom we
wish many happy returns of the present
season, to consolidate our wishes in a
bottle of the best rectifed ether.
Year: 1870

It will be seen By note in another
column from the constructing superin-
tendent Of the new postofiice building in
this city that before the close of the
month he viii be obliged 10 discharge
every laborsr now employed on the work.
Il is therefore useless to bore him, with
applications for employment This stop.
page ia the progress Of this important
work is very much to be regretted. It's
construction was commenced with the
most hattering assurances Of being car
ried on without being obstructed BY those
vexatious delays that have characterized
the erection of nearly every public build
ing Of note in the city. An unu-
sually favorable winter also contributed
toward facilitating the speedy compile
ton Of the undertaking. But, alas
the tardiness Of Congress in not granting
spprepristion asked for hy the depart
nent has accomplished what the terrible
old Frost King cogld not=uipped in the
bod he fruits Of the skill and energy Of
tbs architect sp1 his experimenting as
Year: 1870

TIE MIX FOR CITY CoNsuMPIoS.--Theoth other
day the Milk Producers Association of Boston,
published a statement to the effect that twenty
Eve per cent cf the milk used in that city was
adulteratei. What is truo Of the * Hub - is
true Of New York. says paper of that city. Only
q small proportion Of the article reaches New
York in y pure state. The dairymel dilute it,


The peddlsrs dilute it. and by the time the fluid
reaches the table 1t has not unfrequently been
subjected to a treble dilution. But, not satisfied
with imposing water upon the public, many
dealers furnish along with it an unhealthy, dan
gerous article of milk President Bergh, who
mas been looking into this matter, reports that
he found in one Of the milk establishments of
Brooklyn, cows confined in badly ventilated
stables, without exercise, with scarcely room TO
lie down, and positively rotting-tle poisonous
virus sometimes actually dropping from their
bodies. While in this condition they are MIXED
The dead cart makes daily visiis, where it may
be seen in some instances waiting for the very
bodies Of animsls then actually dying while be-
ing MIXED. This IS enough TO make city msn
utterly banish the lactesl fuid from his table.
Year: 1870

BILL1NGs says: The effeminate man
is weak poultico. He is cross be-
tween root beer and ginger pop,
with the cork left out of the bottle
over night. Ho is fresh water mcr-
maid lost in a cow pasture, with his
hands filled with dandelions. Ho is g.
tea-cup full of whipped sillybub-a
kitten in pantalettes-a sick monkey
with blonde mustachc, lie is vino
without any tcndrils-a fly drowned
in sweet OLA paper kite in dead
calm. Ho lives like the butterflies
nobody can tell why. He is as harm
less as cents worth of epruce gum,
and as useful shirt button without
any button-hole. He is as lazy as a
bread pill, and has no moro hope than
last years grasshopper. lie is a
man without any gall and woman
without any gizzard. He goes
through on tiptoes and dies like COL
ogne water split Oh the ground.
Year: 1870

The vastness Of the mineral wealth of Cali
iomia and the adjoining territory is by no
means as yet comprehended Gold mining
has OF late years fallen Off in some degree,
probably from the same causes which have
affected industry everywhere; but the produc-
ton OF silver has evidently yet to see its eul-
miAation in that rich section. Washoe, White
Pine, Gold Hill, Virginia, have become PROM
lnent as the names of several of these natural
treasure vaults, the COmstOck Lode is waiting
tunnel Tor its development, and vet the dis
c0verles proceed with the most strangely for.
tunate results, seemingly proving the deposit
OF the precious metal to be inexhaustibe.


The mythical story Of the Salt Lake fisher
man, who was carried down the whirlpool
and iloated along a subterranean river whose
sides were solid silver ore, seems almost real
lied in the latest mines discovered in New
Mexico. These mines, or lodges, are, by all
accounts, the most remarkable that have been
found. They are located in the Burro dis


rict, at an altitude of some five thousand feet
tbUve the level of the sea. The lodges are
from thirty to sixty-fiye feet wide, projecting
boldly from the surface thirty or forty feet, so
as TO become visible at distant. II fifteen
miles. The ledees form the northern end of
the Pyramid Mountains, and are apparently
formed by the washing away of the earth
from immense veins of quartz forced ND from
beneath. The sides of the mountains are a
complete network of similar veins running in
all directions, covering an area of six square
miles. The discovery was made by traveller
late last year, passing fiom Denver down to
the Rio Grande to El Paso. He saw indica-
tions of silver, but had no time to make in
vestiSations OF the great ledges he saw in the
distance.


In January last a party of these men set
out to prospect the place, and Immediately
located claims and recorded them under the
laws Of New Mexico. Since that time the
work has been pushed as rapidly as the dis
tant location of the mines would permit.
The New Mexican Mining Company hold the
title, new town has been laid out, mills put
in operation, a municipal government formed,
canal and railway company organized with
capital Of ten millions, and everything
started on commensurate scale.


The warrant for this enthusiasm is the uni
versal opinion OF experts, and all who have
been there, that the Burro mines are the rich
est in the world, to which is added the tes.i-
mony OF the assays, showing yield OF, in
some cases, $1,000 ton, or more, and all rich
ly paying. The immense extent of these
mines and their exceptional richness, make
the discovery the most important of late years
in that wonderful reoion
Year: 1870




We have before alluded to the need of lead
efShlp IN Congress. The large amount of time
wasted during the session just closing. with
the consequent failure Of several important
measures, and the crowding of the last mo-
ments i'll. the session with other necessary
business which ought to have been complet-
ed sooner, affords fresh Illustration of this
need. The tax, funding, naturalization and
currency bills have all been obliged to under
60 successive mutilations in conference COM
mittees in order to get them through the two
Houses, and have been pressed through hur-
rleily at least, and in form more or less
crude. There danger is that the apportion-
ment bill will fail entirely because of a want
OF harmony between the two Houses. Our
finances need reorganization which progresses
but slowly, because there are at least four
financial policies, one emanatiDg fiom the FL
nance Committee Of the Senate, another from
the Ways and Means Committee of the
House, another from the retar, O. the
Treasury, another from tn o,i..s9n .-' d.
the Revenue, while out of Congress tnere Is
scarcely thinking man of mature years who
has not had peculiar financial policy Of his
own. These efforts are in great part wasted
because entirely disorganzed. The method
adopted by European governments, in great
degree prevents this. There the Cabinet off
Ger representing the views and wants of the
administration in any department of the pub
lie service, has seat in one or both branches
of the legislature, and can explain and defend
his views.


The Chicago Tribune suggests the following
remedy in regard to the finances, which could
easily be extended to the other departments if
found satisfactory: "It should be the duty of
the Secretary of the Treasury to appear in the
House in person with his annual report or
budget; to state the measures to be asked on
behalf of the government; to stand the usual
cross-eXamination and sitting necessary to
satisfy the House upon their wisdom, and, if
he failed to do so, to resign and let somebody
succeed him who has the confidence of the
House. A Secretary who is to carry out a
certain policy should cooperate in framing it.
At present our system of legislation is hydra
headed and conflicting" AS the country in.
creases in population and wealth, and the va
rious interests requiring legislation become
more diversified and complex, the need of
something to give unity and system to our
legislation will be more and more felt, and
must be met in some way.
Year: 1870

The following from the New York Tribune
is a discriminating estimate of the Chinese
by Californian:


The Chinese are an ingenious, not an in
yentive people. They initiate but do not orig
mate. They have made no progress in either
manufactures, agriculture, or literature for
centuries; but, in contact with the races OF
Europe, 1t is not impossible that they may
take fresh start in civilization. Already
they have shown their ability and readiness
to adopt the Improvements which they find
in America. They are more industrious, and
possessed of greater intelligence as a class,
than the immigrant laborers .now employed
in our cities. In all branches Of industry
where eXpertness is required, where dexterity
is necessary rather than brute strength, they
excel the operatives Cf Europe and America.
They are admirable feld-laborers and are
actually capable OF performing heavy work.
Although generally of slight rather than
muscular build, they possess great powers of
endurance and wonderful vitality. They will
work a greater number OF hours each day
and accomplish as much as the average white
They are thoroughly trustworthy in their
work. accomplishing tasks without the need
of an overseer, and rarely attempting to cheat
the employer. A lazy Cinnamon is a rarity.
They comply faithfully with the terms OF a
Year: 1870

.


Professor J. Blascom, OF Williams College, WI.
lamston, Mass, last night delivered the fifth Of the
course Of scientific lectures before the American In.
stitute IN the large hall Of the Cooper Institute.
The attendance was not large, bur was very appre-
ciatlve. The lecturer Of the evening was introduced
by Judge DAILY. Professor Blascom announced his
subject as "The Connection OF Natural Science
and Mental Philosophy" The lecturer COM
menced with defence OF metaphysics. Natural
science had to some extent lost hold
upon those who were placed among the intel,
the supremacy or mind, more particularly tue power'
OF the mind in connection with the selses Prolessor
Bascom then recrred to the word OF sieht ana
sound. The solar system was creation OF the nlnd
not declared by the senses; Tue soar system was
not really seen. The theory OF chemistry in MOLE;
cues was more complex than the solar system rms
was entirely conception OF tue mlnu me spectro-
scOpe even was but little gain to the senses. The
mind declared the nature o. Lhe sun. iioW was u
cause it brought to the external world certain ideas
winch compelled q conception The idea OF spacaf
was received rrOm the mind, The same was true mi
the molccule SYSTEM Referring to the dea OF causa
ton, the lecturer stated that this was brought to-
his observation by the Cardiff giant, which had
awakened so much interest. Referring to geology,
Professor Bascom said that causation must be taken,
into account The lecturer then divided lls subject
into tnree heads and IN very mastery manner
board was used and his remarks illustrated TO some
extent thereupon. The remarks made were gener>i
ally too deep 10 make them interesting to the pub.


lie. The most Important point was TRADE against
out IN such manner as TO meet the appreciation OF
the audience. Time and space were also considered.
and discussed at some length. At the close OF the
lecture vote of thanks was passed to the LECTURER I'd
Year: 1870

STILL THEY CoME.--Another fine lot of Boots
Shoes and Hats, Just received at No Texas street,
and J. B. Lewis says he will sell them cheaper than
ever.


STILL MARCHING OS.-The st. Louis Republican has
been sadly deceived in the hope that the fatigued
spirit of that genial and gentle old man, John Brown,
would to the end of its journey on the day when
the President proclaimed the adoption of the fifteenth
amendment. 1t had begun 10 felicitate the great
champion marchst that his walking match was over at
last and that he might sit down and rest himself
with the that if any walking was re-
quired, somebody else would have to do it. The pleas
ing hope delusion, for Wendell Phillips cruelty
forces that poor old mans soul to keep marching on
much beyond the original contract is the march
ng," asks the Republican, ''of his accord, do
his relentless masters of the Radical party compel him
march for their amusement? Is it essential to that
partys existence that he should be kept on the go?
But he must stop sometime or other, and when he
stops-what tbeu?"


What then? The answer is easy enough. Some
philosopher has discovered that if the earth should
stop but for single moment it would be burned to
crisp. So in this casecheck that old mans spirit in
its march and the Radical party would be consumed in
a twinkling.
Year: 1870

1t will only cost you dollar to buy bottle of Ed
WARD WILDER's CHILL Tonic, which is purely vegeta-
ble and will not only cure you any of your family
of Chills and Fever, Fever and Ague, and every FORM
type and variety Of Malaria Paudal Fever of Aec-
tions, but will entirely drive them from the system,
which no other Chill medicine made will do. Don't
buy any of the old and than vaueless nostrums
but use only Edward Wilders Chill Tonic, cure is
guaranteed in all cases.
Year: 1870

Extravaganza is relative term. What
would be extravaganza for Mrs. A. may
not be for Mrs. d., and would be mean
ness in Mrs. g., who has half million
in her own right | think the very beauty
of this place is its many sidedness and
the glimpses it gives both rich women
and poor women of life different from
their own.
Year: 1870

How strange i should be. that this Beauti'
full Ale
Should make us so sick, and have such
a large sale;
How strange it should be, when the night
comes again,
That we go on precisely a similar ''train,"


With others.
Year: 1870

CHILD KIDNAPPED.-On Friday evening
Abram Halls wife left her little girl seated
in front of his dwelling. In few minutes,
when she went to look for her, she had
gone, and in vain did her anxious friends
Took for her during the entire day and night
up to 10 o'clock.


Saturday morning he searched again all
over the city, and between II and o'clock
found the little girl on Eighth street near
the corner of Clay.


The child, who was too young to have
left of it's own accord, and is just able To
talk, says she was ;" carried away by a
man." Beyond this her father is unable to
learn anything from her. -.