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Year: 1871

single spark may kindle fame that Will con-
sumo city, and small ailments neglected, may end
in fatal disorders Bearing this fact in mind let the
first symptoms of de bty or nervous prostraton be
met promptly with invigorating treatment. Fore
most among the vegetable tonics of the age stands
Hostetters stomach Bitters and whenever the vital
powers seem TO languish there s any reason TO
suspect that the animal functions essential TO the
sustenation and purifcaton of the body are imper-
fecty performed this invaluable invigorant ana an
tiseptic should at be resorted to- Indigestion
always produces weakness OF tho bodily powers
Sometimes il happens that the appetite demands
more food than the stomach can digest; though not
more perhaps, than is required TO keep up the fuil
strength .of the frame. The object under such
circumstances, is to increase the digestive
capacity of the assimilating organ, 80 as to
make it equal to the duty imposed upon II, by
the appetite and capable of supplying the building


material ofthe system fast as 1t is required. Ih1s
object is fully accomplished by the use OF the Bit
ters They tone and stimulate the cellular MEM
brane which sccretes the gastric juice and the result
that the solvent is mingled with the food in sufh-
cien quantity to convert all its nourishing particles
into pure and wholesome element. If, on The other
hand there is a deficiency of appetite, without any
corresponding deficiency of digestive power, the
effect of the tonic is to stimulate desire for food.
In nineteen cases out Of twenty, headache, nausea,
nervousness, fainng- lifts, spasms, and indeed most
Of the casual aches and pains to which humanity Is
subject. proceed primarily from indigestion, compli-
Gated with bousness; and for both these complaints
Hostetters Stomach Biters are recommended as a
speedy and certain remedy.
Year: 1871

A servant girl read a story in the pa
pers which told how the hunters OF ST.
IBERIA, when they are hungry and have
no food, lie down, place board over
the stomach, and get their companions
to sit on it. III we are to believe the
narrative, the Siberian hunter imme-
diately rises like giant refreshed with
wine, feeling just as good as if he had
eaten hearty Chismas dinner and dis
counted supper or two. Now this
domestic, upon turning the matter over
within the darkened recesses of her
intellect, could not perceive why the
principle would not apply as well to an
American babe as to a wild rover In
Siberia. So when next the offspring
of her employer cried with hunger,
this woman, instead of giving it susie
nance Immediately from glass bottle
with O gum thing on the nozzle, went
and got the pie-board, spread it over
that unsuspecting child, and sat on 1T
for a quarter of an hour. Like King
Henry, lit never smiled again, and
the hired girl told the man who has
charge of the Jail that there certainly
must be something wrong about that
Siberian hHnter system, or else the
newspapers did not explain 1T prop
erly
Year: 1871

Masonic Celebration IN Petasb,Tg.-
On the 24th instant Saturday, Friend
ship and Charity Lodges, Free and Accept
ted Masons, of this city, will celebrate the
anniversary of st. John, in conjunction
with the Grand Lodge of colored Masons
of the State, in Petersburg. We are not
informed Of the programme of the occa-
sion, but have no doubt the ceremonies
will be interesting and appropriate. These
two lodges are composed of such material
as embraces many of the most worthy and
respectable colored men of our community.
We wish them a pleasant time, and that the
call from labor to retreshment will be en-
joyed in the highest possible degree.
Year: 1871

Important Meetmg.--A meeting of the
City Central Committee of the Republican
party, will be held at their rooms, Law
Building, on Friday evening. Business of
importance will be considered at this meet
ing, and it is desirable that all the members
be promptly in attendance.
Year: 1871

Disappoimtel-Rerenge.- is currently
reported that Governor Walkers visit to
New York has proven 50 far unsuccessful
as to satisfy himself that he will not secure
the nomination as Vice-President on the
Democratic ticket in 1872. This has so
enraged him that he proposes on his return
to appoint seven more notaries. His dis
appointment must be great, particularly as
our worthy Mayor was unable to secure by
his presence and assistance the desired po-
sition.
Year: 1871

Handsome Enquire. makes the
following handsome explanation Of its
"Turtle" Lodge error Of yesterday. We
were mistaken in our speculation relative to
the error, and offer an apology for our
remarks Of yesterday:


An Aaaustag Mistoke.-Onr compositors trans
formed Temple Lodge into Turtle Lodge yes
terday in setting up the Masonic programme for
st. Johns bay. 1t was, however, the most nat
ural mistake in the world, as they saw in the
same paragraph, and only little further on,
Dove Lodge. Now Dove always suggests Turtle,
and the two, Turtle Dove, beautifully and apt
ly represent the peaceful mission of Masonry on
earth-holding out as it does the olive branch to
true men in every land, and of every tongue.
Year: 1871

BY its aid gloves can be quickly and repeatedly
cleaned and made equal to new; even when bao-
ly soiled they can be readily restored 1t is easy
of application and is perferfectly free from any
odor. For sale by druggists and fancy goods
dealers Price 25 cents q bottle
Year: 1871

II has been reported at various times that
the caisson or wooden foundation whichthe tower
ON the New-York side to be built was nearly ready
and would be laid within few days, but the public e1-
pectation has thus disappointed The delay mas
been occasioned in a great by the inability OF
the Bridge Company obtain possession OF the Terry
slips ut the foot OF Roosevelts where the earSoh 10
be laid The Ferry Company cannot relnquish posses
sion of their present site until the LIST OF August WIEN


their new slips Immediately adjoining the present ones
will be In readiness for Formidable engines nave
been AT work for some months scOOping up the md ana
stones from the bottom In order to deepen the water
and the slips in Of rapid construction "heh
the Ferry Company yacate, the Bridge Company VIII
Immediately proceed to tear away the sidngs OF their
old slips and sink piles deep In the EARTH To be used as


foundation for the yard which necessary for their use
while the tower il building This will take considerable
time and as much OF this work must be finished
before the caisson bo laid, II IA not proDa-
bic that the latter be done before the LIT OF Sepem


Der next Meantime. the Brooklyn tower has reached
hight of 80 feet above highwaer mark and in


tended be go feet In hight II is 100 feet in length by
about 10 in width the river runs and built Of solid
stone each block weighing several uns the interstices
between the blocks being filled in with ROsendae cement
which, when thoroughly dry Is hard the stone itself


In the center two large squire spaces have been left
open the tower In the opinion of the engineer losing
nothing in strength thereby. II will be continued to the
top the plan when both towers are finished,
span OF 600 feet will be swung the river permit
ting the passage OF all vessels underneath Of less than
$500 tuns burden. Vessels that tunnage will be
obliged lower their topmasts before they can pass
Year: 1871

The Liabilities Of National Banks.


Suits have been commenced by the United States
District Attorney against the National Shoe and
Leather Bank Of this city for not making proper
turns OF Its dividends. The amount claimed by the
government is S1l.0O0-that Is, $1,000 for each Of
bank made certain deductions from the returns but
the government holds that these deductions were
illegal and improper and should not have been
made. similar suit has been instituted against
the Central National Bank. The law as set down In
the l20th section OF the internal act states
that bankers, IN the same way manufacturers and
traders, are bound to make correct monthly returns
OF their dividends, &C. No special action has yet
been taken by the government officials beyond not
tying the parties Of the charge held over them,
which notification will probably be sufficient TO
bring about an entente cordidie
Year: 1871

LOUISVILLE, August 6,-The police
this evening captured DIR. Carl Crosse,
at the Indiana end OF the bridge, and
brought him to this city and lodged
him in Jail. Crosse is the man whose
wife died the other day under his
brutal treatment. Notwithstanding
it is pretty certain that he was the
cause of her death, the Coroner's jury
so declared, and it is feared the evil
dence will not be Of such that he can
be convicted. He had written to a
friend in this city to collect some
money and bring it to him at the end
of the bridge, which letter was given
to detective and led to his arrest.
He bitterly denies being the cause of
his wife's death, and says the reason
he ran away is that he was distracted
by her loss and did not know what
he was doing. A brother-in-law of
Mrs. Crosse arrived yesterday from
Chicago and has taken charge of her
remains and the two children, one not
two years old and the other about
two weeks,
Year: 1871

The Immense yields OF UOnneCtlCut,
Massachusetts and New Jersey per
acre are induced, of course, by high
culture and liberal use of fertilizers.
But this care and outlay pays, for not
only is a much greater crop produced
than by the careless culture and from
the lean soils of the West, but the
quality is also greatly improved, and
the tobacco markets from those States
brings a higher price per pound than
does that raised in the West. That
this may appear more clearly to our
Western tobacco growers, we will put
the fact i6 tabular form as fOllOWs:
Year: 1871

GE~ The report of the Paper Credit
Commission, making 534 pages, has
been completed, and a copy is before
us. If the aspiring multitude that
labored to build the tower of Babel,
had each undertaken, after the dis
aster, to explain its cause, the gather
ed opinions might be something like
this report 1t begins nowhere and
ends in the same place. Like the
bcwildered pedestrian who walk seven
times around n race course, and re-
treshed himself at the waysidc tavern,
the rotating reader begins to perceive
a samentss in the narrative. Each
and every dealer is extremely honest,
but somebody else is a thief They
are joined and yet separate, like links
Of sausage from an individual pig
Each broker puts out more sprouts
of corruption than an East Indian
banyan grove, and all are joined in
bonds Of swindling closer than the
Samesc twins. The volume will
serve no purpose except to swell the
eXhorbitant bills of the State printer,
and go down to posterity as one Of the
curiosities of literature. 1t is pretty
evident that the swindle has got to
be endured, along with the rest Of the
robberies that were perpetrated by the
scum thrown to the surface in the
ebullitions Of civil war Let us be
thankful that anything was saved from
the rapacious horde. If the old time
practice were now in fashion, of pre-
facing volumes with q scrap of poetry,
we should suggest for this one a
couplet from Pope


'Blest paper credit Last and best supply


That lends corruption lighter wings to fly"


-RepuJIican Journal.
Year: 1871

SPEAKING AT JUNCTION CrTY.-Iion. w e. Low
EFT spoke at Junction City Friday evening of last
week. A dance was in progress and compelled
him to be brief. He made an excellent speech
however, which was attehtively listened to, and
made good impression
Year: 1871

A New DoDGE.-A new thieving dodge is
out, as practced on railroads with success by
females who enter the cars, and finding a
gentleman sitting alone, ask if the other seat is
occupied The gentleman at once motions her
to be seated, when she politely asks him if he
won't allow her to sit by the window Of
course this request is granted and she be-
comes seated Presently she finds that there
is not air enough in the car, and requests the
gentleman to raise the window He at once
rises to do so, and as he leans over her she
picks his pocket or removes his watch, which
she passes to male confederate in the next
seat behind.
Year: 1871

THE GENERATIONS OF THE PASTA dead
man sits on all our judgment seats, and living
decisions We read in dead mems books
We laugh at dead mems jokes and cry at
dead mems pathoc! We are sick with dead
mems diseases, physical and moral, and die of
the same remedies with which dead doctors
killed their patients We worship the living
Deity according to dead mems forms and
creeds Whatever we seek to do of our own
free motion, dead mans icy hands obstruct
us Turn our eyes to what point we may, a
dead mans white immitigable face encounters
them and freezes our very hearts! And we
must be dead ourselves before We can begin to
have our proper influence on our world, which
will then no longer be our world, but the
world of another generation, with which We
shall have no shadow of right to interfere
Year: 1871

Where is there another city that has 80 many COM
busss s ss ana %pPepe aTe tSe "a @
weighing more lightly upoa the people?
In almost all other large cities the taxes on real
estate are much greater than our own, aud besides
they are heavily burdened by personal or special
tax, a tax so odious and burdensome that the tax
gatherer lays his hands upon almost every imagi-
nabe piece OF property. OF whatever kind or nature
None OF the people OF Philadelphia are distressed
as you t9as nd a s m ,h
best interests OF our CITY, and 1t ought to be frowned
down. What have these gentlemen not resorted TO
tmidate you. First the cry is city debt, corrupt
commissions, Intersection, and last, not least, that
this is to be great party question.


/ learn that they have threatened you and say
they Will start independent candidates against you
unless you will in great haste comply with their
wish. These modern Solons come here to tell you
that they ardent Republicans, and that they hold


In their hands the salvation Of that great party and
break from the ranks they love so well. What did
they Say in the Senate? They viii
this would be good idea. 1 never had had faith in
halfway party men, They are good deal worse
than the open enemy. Good, honest reliable party
this character This commission is composed OF
gentlemen Of both the great political
and therefore it is no political question When When
these gentlemen undertake to make their points
this way, will say to them that they widely miss
their mark, for know you too well to believe you
too well to believe you could be alarmed at such
subteIfUge as this. Gentlemen, will here close.
You Will pardon me for the great length Of time
have taken & AL o that shall ask IN
until the commissioners can be heard, is that you
will then report this bill with a negative recon-
mendation, and that these same gentlemen will
like the Connell or Nsgle bill, with such additional
amendments as in your Judgment may seem proper,
and that it may speedily passed in order to enable
your commissioners to proceed at once with the
erection of these much needed public buildings.


Permit me to thank you for Kind and patient
Year: 1871

Court of Common PleGs-Jtdge LudtouD.


The Court sat this morning to hear the arguments
restrain the acting yestry Of St. Clements Church
from enforcing their resolution of dismissal against
eS sS0r sg sed his the To the cSnr
room quite number of dlvines
tions. The bill sets forth that the defendants
not legally elected to the vestry, and their election
is now an unsettled matter writ Of quo carranto @
and OF course these whole proceedings were con-


Counsel began by reading conflicting afldavits,
one set being to the effect that the present vestry
were usurpers and the dismissal Of the rector was
against the wishes and interest OF majority Of the
congregation, and the other set being denias Of
these. The affidavit OF Rev. DR.. PATTERSON is as


Hermon G. Patterson, the plaintih in the above
named case, being duly sworn according to law,
sc sa S Cnnrch MAS bere were me
terms between me and the congregation or vestry;
there was no contract OF hiring for q year or any
other period Of time, but received and accepted the
call according the usage OF the Protestant Episco
pal Church, which have always understood to be
sent until the minister shall be removed for cause
showed, and after trial and investigation. At the
meeting of the vestry held Easter Tuesday, A. ID.
1870 the reading OF the report OF the account
ing warden, stated to the vestry that II any men,
ber thereof was dissatisfied with the result OF the
first years work. was ready then and there to
tender my resignation rector of the parish; which
they were unanimous In requesting me not to do.


When the lawyers arose to open the talk, his
Honor Judge Ludlow said to them that, as the
Supreme Court had already taken jurisdiction in
one branch OF this case, sense OF due Difference to
the supreme tribunal constrained him to suggest
that these present proceedings be suspended until
application for this injunction should be made to
that Court and If It declined to the jursdc-
tion, he would not hesitate TO hear and consider
the case; in the meantime the Injunction being
tnued, and his Honor holding himself ready to hear
the case II the Supreme Court declines 1t.


So the matter goes over until Saturday, the Goth
inst, the Judge saying 1t must be distinctly under
stood that the services OF that church shall be con-
Quoted in peace and order, and not in such a man
Year: 1871

Seven Trains Run Over a Mans Body.


The Lancaster Express of last evening says;--
This morning, about l o'clock, the body of
Michael Flannery, well-known citezen, was
found horribly mangled and dead on the north
track of the Pennsylvania Railroad, few yards
above the crossing at North Prince street. The
body was absolutely torn into fragments, and
almost unacceptable. He appears to have
crossed over from Martins TO the north side of
the railroad, and then crossed to the west side
of Prince street, and walked along the track q
short distance. The express freight west was
due at that point at the time, and It is supposed
he was struck by IL, as blood and portions of his
body were discovered but a few yards above the
Prince street crossing. Six freight trains follow
terrible manner In which the body is mangled,
il is supposed they all passed over him.
Year: 1871

Let.us speak of man as we find him.
And censure alone what we see,-
Should a man blame, let's remind him
That from vice there is none of MS free.
If the veil from the heart could be torn,
And the mind could be read on the brow.
There are many we'd pass by with scorn,
Whom we areloading withhigh honor now
Let's speak of man as we find him.


And heed not what others may sayi
Is he frail ithen a kind word will bind him,
When coldness would turn him away.
For the heart must be barren indeed.


Where no bud of repentance can bloom;
Then pause ere You cause it to bleed,


On smile or frown hangs its doom.
Year: 1871

A MICHIGAN paper, alluding to the
return of q prominent native OF that
State says: History records no M
stance of an intelligent man leaving
Minnesota and not neutrality-suspicious.
ing he had money enough to bring
him back" ost at 80
Year: 1871

el A CURE FOR CoLp.-A slight cold
or phlegmatic cough can be cured in


many cases with a very simple and
mce remedy--half pint of hot port
wlne negus, taken when going to bed,
Prepare it as follows: Make a tum7
bier quite hot by rinsing it out with
boiling water; into the hot glass put
two Jumps of sugar, one slice of LEM
on, and a good grating of Autmeg
then half fill with boiling water. Al.
low all to infuse one minute, then fill
up with port wine; stir together and
drink quickly fiss .effeg ueiHa1 E,
Year: 1871

IT is quite surprising, at time when al
most everything is done by steam, to
know how few people have any correct
idea of what steam really is Let the
question, "What are the bubbles whil b
rise through boiling water filed WITH" be
proposed to number of people of all ages
ana conditions in life, AMI part of them,
three out of four, if cot nine out of ten,
will answer at once, "they are filed with
air." But how air enough TO I'LL so many
and such large bubbles ever got into the
water, it is quite plain they have never
taken the trouble to think. And these
same persons will tell you, with equal
pronptness, that the white cloud which
comes from the nose of the boiling tea
kettle, and the whistle of the iron horse
on a winters morning, is steam.


Now, both these common notions are
wrong. The truth is, the bubbles are
filed with steam, which is water changed
by heat from heavy liquid mass to a
light, gas like fluid, just as invisible and
quite as light as air. The white cloud is
warery vapor 1t was once steam, it is
ed TO water, whence it came.


Such is the nature of water, that, when
an atom of it, lying at the bottom of a
kettle or boiler, is exposed to 212 deg. of
heat, tits isinstantaneou;ly changed to steam,
and becomes nearly tNo thousand times
as large as it was before. AS Satan, in
the garden Of Eden, crouching in the form
Of toad at the ear of sleeping Eve,
sprang instantly into the stately proper.
tions of a gigantic man at the touch of
Ithuriel's spear, so The tiny particles of
water, under the magical influence of heat,
suddenly leap from their humble form in-
to great Kissing bubbles of steam. These,
on account of their great lightness, quickly
begin to struggle upward out OF their
watery bed This great expansion and
rapid rising readily explain the violent
agitation of boiling water.-Oli0er OPP
fjc's 1E111zius