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Year: 1872

TERRIBLE STORMS IN THE BRrTIsH ISLANDS. =
The cable brings us the intelligence of another
destructive storm in England and Ireland,
which came in from the west on Sunday last
and ragged throughout the two kingdoms,
stranding many vessels along their coasts and
resulting in great destruction of property on
the land. We fear, too, that storm of such
force and dimensions was not exhausted on the
soil of England, but that it has probably
swept with undiminished strength, across the
Netherlands and along the German seaboard,
as other storms of this tempestuous season
have done. Still we hope that the stormy
opening of this Winter on both sides OF the
Atlantic will soon be followed by softer winds
and brighter skies.
Year: 1872

UNLESS you wish premature death you
will let ell the poisonous hair preparations
alone. NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE is
perfectly harmless, as any druggist will tell
you. See advertisement.
Year: 1872

HAVE You SEEN HER?-A lady who for the
last five years has been a leader of fashion in
New York, and who may be seen twice a week
in her elegant caleche driving pair of superb
ponies in Central park, has recently stated, in
the select circle to which she belongs, that the
only article in existence which imparts beauty
and lustre to the complexion without ultimately
impairing the texture of the skin and causin
it to collapse and wrinkle, is HAGAN's MAGNo-
Liza BALM The name of the distinguished
member of the bean monde who made this dec
laration cannot with propriety be given, but it
may be mentioned en- passant that she has
spent several years of her life in Europe and is
familiar with all the arts and preparations en-
ployed by the court beauties of the old
world to enhance-their charms.


II
Year: 1872

The Greenbush Gazette is responsible for the
following: A prominent citizen of this vii
lage went home a few nights since at a late
hour, and gently tapped on the door. "Who
is ?" inquired the better half To which
very proper inquiry the heartless man replied
by asking, "Who do you expect at this hour
of the night9' a F
Year: 1872

The German Reichstag yesterday by decided
bnaj ny passed to its second reading the bill
having for its object the taking away Of the
hight Of citizenship from the Order of Jesuits.
Bismarck is carrying his point, as usual.
Year: 1872

witer on long engagements says: "The diff
ticulty of sustaining, with appropriate effect the
character of an engaged man is sometimes enor-
nous"


Memphis, Tennessee, has a shoemaker who
claims that he used to work on the same bench
with Henry Wilson, candidate for Vice President
on the Republican ticket.


The Independent thinks that when child is
whipped just as hard for breaking dish as for
breaking commandment, there is need that
somebody should pray for his parents that they
may be able to distinguish between things that
differ
Year: 1872

New TELEGRAPH OFFICE.-Just AZ soon az the
wires can be put up, branch Office of the West
ern Union Telegraph will be opened in Newark.
1t will be located in e. A. Woodrow's jewelry
store.


IMpRovl MENT.-Samuel b. Wright has remov-
cd his old blacksmith shop from the corner to
make room for nice two-story shop which he
will coon build. The opposite corner was much
improved by the same gentleman some time
SINCE


WIN D. BAYNE.-The death of VIM. D. Bayne
was unwelcome intelligence to his many friends
in Newark. Born and reared here, he was as
one of us, and the blow was not in the least nit
igated by the fact that he died in Wilmington.
His name and his memory are cherished and re-
yered here, and many hearts are Wrung with
anguish by his demIse


The SMALL PIX 1t is currently reported here
that the small pox is spreading in Wilmington,
and large number of our people complain OF
coming in contact with persons upon the streets
of your city whom they thought were out too
soon. Our people fear to go to Wilmington on
that account.
Year: 1872

"The personal element these letters was unquesonsby oat
which gave their charm certain that the descab s
and unworthy actions which the Bes is the chroncer will


taken account in truthful narrative Of 'Ae geaI
Year: 1872

Probably no accounts tho elmpagn amply satisfied ou
modern rt for tho picturesque Tie description Of tho battle
Grayeo.e like page ont of Tas and for aWa ''dne
h stand By the side Of Thucyde narrative Of the plague
Year: 1872

A company has been formed 10 En.
gland 70 tunnel under the channel be-
tween Dover and Calais. This is one
of the most stupendous projects ever
undertaken By the might Of maa. Shall
we not next hear of an undertaking to
construct taanel under the Atlantic
between Europe and America, and to
span the distance by railroad
Year: 1872

0uR NATIONAL BANKING SYSTEM.
The subject Of finance is one atall
times full of interest, but one which is
imperfectly understood by the people at
large. We publish ou the outer form
of this issue an able article on this sub.
jeet from SerjJaer's Monthly, which it
would be we'll for all to atteutively read,
throwing, as il does, much light on the
operations of our National Banking
system.
Year: 1872

1t is not legally necessary to say on note
for value received"


note on Sunday is void.


A note obtained by fraud, or from person in
q state of intoxication, cannot be collected
II a note be Lost or stolen, it does not release
the maker he must pay it.
An endorser of a note is exempt from liabilities
II not served with notice of its dishonor within
twenty-four hours of it's non-payment.
A note by minor is void.


Notes bear interest only when so stated.
Principals are responsible for the acts OF their
agents.
Each individual in partnership is RESPONSE
bic for the whole amount of the debts OF the
firm.
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.


1t is fraud to conceal fraud. Nh.
The law compels no one to do impossibtlities
An agreement without consideration is void
signatures made with lead pencil are goot
in law.


A receipt for money paid is not legally con
elusive.


The acts of one partner bind all the others.
Contracts made on Sunday cannot be enforced
A contract made with minor is void.


A contract with a lunatic is void.
Year: 1872

the metals, which aie inclined to be drawn
up the chimney by the draught.


In the bottom of the ore chamber is an
opening L) which extends TO the outside Of
the furnace on an incline plain, and through
which the ore is drawn off after roasting.


Thus Ear have explained the first part Of
my method or process for desuip iphurizing and
dsintcgra;ng ores, which differs from the
usual method of roasting only in the form
and arrangement of the furnace and the use
of a jet of steam for settling any light par,i-
ces of metals which are inclined to be drawn
off by The diaught.


1t is essential in working ores by my
method that the ores should be thoroughly
calcned, in order that all the volatile parts
be driven off. Dy this process ores of the
most refractory nature can be treated, when.
in fact, it would refuse to be acted upon by
mercury if treated by the ordinary method.


| therefore claim the advantage over
other processes, in the use of a jet Of steam
to prevent waste of metals and to assist in
roasting.


The second part of my mothod is solu-
lion that will cause The most refractory ores
to ama|gamaie.


There is no need of boiler on the furnace
if it is erected along side of steam mill, as
the use of steam from the mill will answer
the same purpose. Three pounds of steam
for each furnace is required.
For further particulars address
RoBEET BURNS,
Auburn, Placer County, Cal.
Year: 1872

FINGER MARKs.-A short time ago gen
tleman employed mason 10 do some work
for him, aud among oiher things to thin
whten" the walls Of one of his chambers
This thin whitening is almost colorless until
dried. The gentleman was much surprised
on Che next morning afler the chamber was
finished TO find on The drawer of a bureau
standing in his room white finger marks
Opening tie drawer he found The same on
the articles in it, aud on pocket book. An
examination revealed the same on the con-
tents of bag. This proved clearly that
the mason, with bis wet hands, had opened
the drawer and searched the bag, which
contained no money, and then closed The
drawer without once thinking anyone would
know it. The thin whitening which hap
pened to be on his hands did not show at
first, and probably he had no idea that u
hours drying would reveal his weakness.
Beware of evil thoughts and deeds! They
will leave their fnger-marks, which will one
day be revealed. They,may be almost, if
not quite, invisible at first. But even if
they should not be seen during any of your
days ON earth, yet there is day coming in
which all will be made manifest.
Year: 1872

The use Of electricity as an agent in aid of
dental surgery is a novel scientific applca-
ion. DIR. Bonwil exhibited, at late meet
ing of the Franklin Institute, an electro
magnet, which was constructed to drive
plugging tool for filling teeth, BY its agency
the work Of dentistry is said to be greatly
essened and the time of an operation consid-
erably shortened.
Year: 1872




The LAST BOYS WORK. The following
"boy's composition" is tie latest. The 10y
who manufactured it is bound to make
his mark in the literary world; who knows
but that some day he may be an editor.
GA goat is stronger than a pig, and gives
milk. lie looks at you. So does the doc
tor, but goat has four legs. My goat but
ted Mr.. Tillinghast and Il little calf would
not do so A boy without father is an
orphan, and if be hasn't got mother he is
two orphans. The goat don't give so much
milk as a cow, but more than an OK. We
saw one at a fair one day with card tied to
his left ear; he went in On family ticket.
Mother picks geese in the summer, and the
goat cats grass and jumps on a box. Some
don't like goats, but, as for me, give me a
mule with pant-brush tail The goat is a
useful ANIMAL but don't smell as sweet as
nice bears oil for the hair. If had too
much hair would wear a wig, as Captain
Peters does | will sell my goat for three
dollars and go to the circus and see the ele-
phmt, which is bigger as five goats. Father
is coming home tomorrow, and the baby
has got the Group bad.
Year: 1872

How They DIsAPpEAR.-As an instance
showing the readiness with which human
bones disappear, Mr.. Penselly cites the fact
that the Dutch Government in 1853 drained
off the Harlem Lake on which there had
been many shipwrecks and naval fights, and
where thousands had found n watery grave
The canals and trenches dug to u considera-
bic depth through the rescued land must
have had an aggregate length of thousands
of miles, and yet not a human bone was
exhumed from first to last. Some weapons
and few coins, and one or two wrecked
vessels, alone rewarded the antiquares who
watched the operations with the hope of u
rich harvest. Here, as in earthen deposits
and river gravels generally, works Of art
alone furnish evidence of the existence of
man, even though no part of the deposit
could be more than three hundred yaal4 cid,
as the lake was formed by an inundation to-
ward the end of the sixteenth century.
Year: 1872

The summer is ended To all, what has it
taught2 Are any rested in spirit l--calmed
by the peace Of Nature and made glad by
holy communion through Nature with Ma
tures God Are any strengthened in their
resolves to be more earnest 10 the work Of
the future-to help on Gods purposes with a
firm heart and an uufatering hand
Year: 1872

NJ. Ell. B., the lady correspondent in
New York of the Missouri Republican,
has this to say concerning the modus oper-
andi of Russian bath:


"We were divested Of every stitch of
our clothing, our rings and bracelets lock-
ed up, our back hair taken off. our own
special possession of seventy five or hum
dred hairs made into little hirsute pill
and impaled with hair pin. This was
the only token of civilization we boasted.
The procession formed. At the door we
were handed miniature sheet and little
bit of sponge wet with cold water
Through passage to room, where we
dropped our sheets and entered vapor
that clothed US decently. wonder if the
Illustrated Police Gazette or Days Doings
haven't hit on this business for illustration.
Well, in this steam I thought I should
suffocate. 1t poured up and down through
holes till it was dreadful. The use of the
wet sponge, I here ascertained. was to put
on the top of the head to prevent coup de
steam, or some such dire complaint.


They wouldn't let out. and the tempera-
ture got worse and worse, and began to
think of my mother and an obituary in
the Republican when we were pronounced
cooked enough, and let out into room
in which was mighty tank of cold water,
through which you must wade or swim as
you could. Caesars ghost! l few through
it, My anatomy and physiology were
heated to boiling point. This water seem4
ed like ice. It was the blood rushing to
my hollow head, Q'm convinced I have
no brains. and my heart came ker-fop
up and went ker-chunk down. I made
up my mind this was the worst of it, and
tried to be resigned. l had been soaped
and scrubbed in the vapor room till I was
scarifed. stood on the brink and watch
ed my companions splashing through the
internal tank One of 'em, to expedite
her own release. caught at my ankle a.
way went my soapy. slippery feet from
under me, and in went for a second
time. How very near an end was the
happy connection between NJ. Ell. B. and
the St. Louis Republican.


At the next stage of this truly awful
experience we received the shower" I
had now become convinced that should
never see home or friends again. In
calm despair | walked under solid column
of water that nearly broke my back, and
just here I got mad. That fat attendant
hasn't yet recovered sufficiently to make
a complaint, and when the thin woman
went before Judge Bowling that gentle1
man said it was conspiracy that no one
woman Of my size. unaided, could do such
damage He told the woman to go home
and say nothing about it, for she'd evident
ly been dreadfully drunk. and undertaken
to walk through carpet-cleaniug machine.
And that's the first and last Russian bath
[ take.
Year: 1872

THE fact is, Harry. you can't afford
fooleries," )" said my uncle; "you have your
own way to make. and nothing to make
it with but your own head and hands. and
you must begin to count the cost of every
thing. You have healthy and sound
body; see that you take>care of it. God
gives you a body but once. He don't
take care of it for you, and whatever of it
you lose you lose forever. Many chap
goes to college fresh and healthy as you
are, and comes out with weak eyes, and
crooked back, and yellow complexion, and
dyspeptic stomach. He has only himself
to thank for it. When you get to college
they'll want you to smoke, and you'll
want to do it just for idleness and good
fellowship. Now before you begin just
calculate what it will cost you. You can't
get good cigar under ten cents. and your
smoker wants three a day, at least There
go thirty cents day; two dollars and ten
cents week, or hundred and nine dol
lars and twenty cents year. Take the
next ten years at that rate and you can
invest ever thousand dollars in tobacco
smoke! That thousand dollars invested
in savings bank would give apermanent
income of sixty dollars year-a handy
thing, as you'll find, just as you are be-
ginning life. Now know you think all
this is prosy, but though you are amaz-
ingly given to figures of rhetoric, after all
you've got to get on in world where
things 20 by the rules of arithmetic"


We'll, uncle," I said, a little nettled !;
Il pledge you my word that wont smoke
or drink. l have never Gone either. and
[ don't know why l should"


Good for you! Your hand on that,
my boy. You don't need either tobacco
or spirits any more than you need water
in your shoes. There is no danger in do
ing without them and great danger in do
ing with them so let US look on that mat
ter as settled.


Now as to the rest: You have fa-
Guilty for stringing words together and a
hankering after it that may make or spell
you. Now remember, Harry, that an
empty bag can't stand upright. and if ever
you are to be writer you must have some
shiug to say, and you have got to dig for
knowledge as for hid treasure. A genius
for hard acork is the best kind of genius.
Look at great writer's and see how many
had it, What student Milton was. and
Goethe! Great fellows those. like trees
that grow in an open lot with branches all
round. Composition is the Towering out
of mans mind. When he has made
growth, all studies, and all learning. and
all that makes woody fibre, 60 into it.
Now study books. observe nature, diligent-
ly practice. If you make a good. firm
mental growth hope to see some bios
SONS and fruits from it one of these days.
So 60 your ways and God bless you !"-
My Wife and l.
Year: 1872

SAVING WooD BY ELECTRICITY The
latest novelty in the electric line is the


employment of the battery-turret to saw
wood, without saw 1t is we'll known


that the resistance to the passage Of a cur
rent is inversely as the sectional area Of
the conductor. In fine wire, for instance,
this resistance is very great, and the ar
Year: 1872

en-, who occasionally complain of what they
W .niik social coldness or ostracism, should lay
" heart one or two evident principles. Soci-
ely Is as we have said, matter of enjoy
nleht' not OF instruction or philosophie CON
verse NANNY. In order to such enjoyment,
all personal graces of manner. or habit,
indispensable.


The wisest or most learned of men must be
out of place in the ideal salon we have con-
templated, if he is dry, awkward, ungenial,
repulsive,-a sloven, cynic or a bore. The
virtues which the Brahmin especially needs
to cultivate are not after all, expensive. They
do not require large income, or wasting out
lay of time and care. They do call for a
fresh, generous, liberal temper, native refine
ment in personal habit and thought, cult
waited grace of manner and careful Observa-
ton OF the ornamental decencies of life. 1t
is not required of the Brahmin, male or fe-
male, that he should come to the feast in a
private equipage, or shine in diamonds and
cashmeres. 1t is required that he should sit
there with the same ease and assurance, the
same kindly readiness to fall in with the spirit
OF the moment, the same quick wit and sub
tie appreciation, the same readiness to catch
the bright social tone of his surroundings, as
his neighbor with the carriage and the cash
book. And when we consider how often men
anu women OF the clearest brain and the
whitest souls suffer themselves by sheer over
absorption in their higher pursuits to drift
into an pngraceful negligence in outward OBJ
servance-how often their devotion to ideas
leaves them weary, dry and unpliable for the
lighter and gayer intercourse of leisure hours
we may see some excuse for the much
abused swells after all. The journalist, the
professor, the artist, the physician, the divine,
ought each in his way to be valuable, nay,
an indispensable member of our regenerated
society, but on the condition that he comes,
not as professional man, but as man of
the world, and that the racy flavor of ''shop''
which pervades his habits or his ideas shall
blend harmoniously with the absolute ease
and lightness of the social atmosphere about
him.-London Saturday Reuieto.
Year: 1872

BAR Room REMEDY for weakness of the
stomach is dose of Rum Bitters They are
surcharged with Fasel Oil, deadly element,
which is rendered more active by the pungent
astringents with which it is combined If your
stomach is weak, or your liver or bowels dis
ordered, tone, strengthen and regulate them
with VINEGAR BrrTERs, pure VEGETABLE
SToMAcHIc CORRECTIVE AND APERIENT, free
fromalcOhol and capable of infusing new vital
ityinto your exhausted and disordered system.


m29-4w
Year: 1872

A New Fairfield man who failed to get a
thirty centpine apple for quarter of dol
lar wanted to know "whether we are breath
ing the pure air of freedom or being strangled
with the fetid breath of hellish despotism ?'
The store keeper said those were the only pine
apples he had
Year: 1872

A new health journal says the best way to
get to sleep is to breathe regularly and count
one with each respiration. Before you have
counted one hundred, your purpose will be
accomplished. This is designed for night tri-
al, not for Sunday afternoon service.
Year: 1872

The finest specimen of Brussels lace is so
persons on piece, and each operative is en-
ployed at distinct features of the work. The
thread used is of exquisite fineness, which is
spun in dark underground rooms, where it is
sufficiently moist to prevent the thread from
separating. 1t is so delicate as scarcely to be
seen, and the room is so arranged that all the
light admitted shall fall upon the work.
Year: 1872

ABOVE the sunset hills the vanqushed clouds


are breaking,
The light trails its jewels along the dusky lane
And "a bird at my window the old song awaking
AdOwn the meadowpath the well-known way I'm


taking,
And dream and I dream am but a child again.
know where the blossoms of the golden bell are


brightest;
know where the fern sips the brooklet's falling
know of a bank where daisies bloom the whitest.
And nook in the beeches where shadows fall the


lightest,
And cooling breezes flicker on a sultry summer


day.
was there by the brookside we built bower of


rlishes,
the shade of the beeches in that old happy
time;
Wewrought the rustic roof where the purple hare
And Ben trimmed it o'er with the fr-tree's sombre
brushes,
While'our merry voices blended with the waters


ripping chime.
How sweet on the air came the breath of new


mown Cloverl
How soft was the whisper of the wind in the


treei
There were Maudes golden curls, with the sun


light gilded over,
There was merry little Carl, and brave Ben, the


rOver;-
Ah me Ben is sleeping now beneath the South


ern seal
And fair little Maude in stately ship is sailing,
Is sailing and sailing to a far foreign shore;
And Carl is at rest where the Northern winds are


wailing,
Where the Northern sea is moaning, and the North


ern lights are pang
And the wild waves thunder round his bed for


evermOrel
But the song of the bird in the sunlght's quiet


beaming,
The sound in the tree-top of the winds low re-


frain,
And the voice of the river with Is white waves


silver cleaning
Draw me back through the years to our youth


times happy dreaming,
To the dear olden time that can never come


again!


Our Y0ulaq Folks
Year: 1872

bring the delicate embroidery with which
she was busy near the flying threads of
hair dust-she went bravely on.


Oh, how the little back did ache, and
how the little brown eyes did sting. But
when Uncle Reuben came in again at
sunset, the work was done, and the weary
child lay asleep in her chair. He stepped
up very softly to her side, and laid
bright new dollar note in her lap.


Never was there happier heart than
Josie's when, after supper, he took her
out to walk, and let her buy, with her
own hard-earned money, the curtains for
mothers room.


Yes, she was happier just once in her
life, ana that was when her mother, GO
ing up to her room when she returned
from her journey, asked "Why, who put
those pretty curtains up here?" And on
hearing from Aunt Lottie of her little
girls unselfsh love, took her in her arms
and said, "My own blessed darling childi
Id rather have these than the finest cur
tains that ever hung in palace"