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Year: 1871

FLORENCE, March 4, 1871.


am enabled to Inform the HERALD by cable tele-
gram to-day tnat it is oflically announced that o
treaty of commerce with the United States OF
America has been signed by the Italian government.
The Minister OF War OF Italy will soon ask OF Par
lament credit for the manufacture OF arms and
the construction Of defensive works in the kingdom
Year: 1871




ID the economical as the most reliable and ,h.s


the


watham Watch Is the cheapcst


as we'll as the best


Many nts have been added during
the last all of which display improvement. IN
design and nah and evnoe the rapid progress company
is making toward perfection the Among these tho
small Watch, FOR boys young gentlemen is 10
be specially noted very low price has been
Watch because is boys watch, and with object Of
being considered such watch quality beauty has
ever. in any country. been produced.


The CRESCENT STREET full plate Watch.
adted during the last year, made with without
either FORM the Company challenges all manufacturers Of
oil countries to beat equal for ts price, made
all the latest every part improvements
which improve and which only make better Tor ts
purposes a tmekeeper but win make It the grea. favor
e with watchmakers This, hshes, grade Of full plate
watches this country, in sire and appearance
in finish general excellence, Is especially intended
for and business men. particular
railway express men, travellers fact.
all live be told by their watches the correct
time Of day whenever they IT, All such should
have the "Amcrcan Watch Co.. crescen. street" Counting
on such destination for this variety Of their the
Company devote the greatest 10 It's construction
ploy upon only their best machinery and
.
For sale by all leading jewellers No watches retaed By
the Company.


ROBBINS APPLETON,
Year: 1871

The person may be pert, saucy,
impudent and inquisitive, but is
thought the worse Of BY no one. -
It is only 80 and 60 Is . sufficient


excuse for any improprieties OF
speech, which in another person,
less odd but more sensible, would
have received the highest censure.
Year: 1871

Was compounded for those not inclined to
extreme bitters, and is intended for use in
cases when some alcoholic stimulant is re-
quired in connection with the Tonic proper
ties of the Bitters. Each bottle of the Tonic
contains one bottle of the Bitters, combined
with pure SANTA CRUZ RUN, and favored in
such manner that the extreme bitterness Of


the Bitters is overcome, forming a prepara-


ton highly agreeable and pleasant to the pail


ate, and containing the medicinal virtues of


the Bitters. The price OF the Tonic is $1.50


per bottle, which many persons think too


high. They must take into consideration that


the stimulant used is guaranteed to be of a


pure quality. A poor article could be fur


nished at cheaper price, but is it not better


to pay little more and have good article I
A medicinal preparation should contain none
but the best ingredients, and they who ex-
pect to obtain cheap compound will most
certainly be cheated.


They are the Greatest known Rem
edies


For LIVER COMPLAINT, DYSPEPSIA,
NERVOUS DEBILITY, JAUNDICE,
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS,
ERUPTIONS OF THE SKIN,
and all diseases arising from
Disordered Liver,
Stomach or I'M
PURITY
of the
~ BLOOD.
Year: 1871

Pending examination the prisoner was


locked up in room in the hotel for


the night, but for further security the
officer took his clothes into his own
room. Somehow the prisoner man
aged to escape, minus his clothes
The next morning in the midst of the
CONSERVATION, the constable received
word from Mr.. Rose, that stranger
had made his appearance at his house
the night before, hacked, acting very
strangely, and refusing to give any
account of himself, and that he had
detained the fellow for further devel-
opments. The delighted officer start
ed, hand cuffs in hand, for the resi-
dence Of Mr.. Rose, and on arriving
there, was met by nurse, who pre-
sented him a fine baby which had
made its advent only few hours pre-.
vious. The constable saw the joke
and sloped.
Year: 1871

and keeping pace with the hours, cir
cles the earth with one continuous anC
unbroken strain of martial airs Of
England.


As he sat down one of the Senators
congratulated him upon his speech
and alluding to the above passage
said that to him it was inconceivable
how Mr.. Webster, in a certain speech
so manifestly unprecedented, could
have formed so very perfect and so ex-
quisitely beautiful sentence, which
with hours of study he could not i'm
prove. Mr.. Webster replied that the
passage was not extemporaneous; that
in his summer vacation he had visited
Qubes, and while standing on the
massive and almost impregnable cita-
del there, looking out upon the won
drous scene of national grandeur of
natures loveliness spread before him,
the idea occurred to his mind. He
Immediately took his seat upon gun,
and with pencil and paper, sketched
the thought in the most appropriate
language he could at the moments
command. Upon arriving at his ho-
tel he sat down at his leasure, and
wrote it and rewrote it, with many
interliueations and erasures, until he
had modified it into the form of words
which satisfied him. He then laid ii
aside in his retentive memory, to be
used when occasion should offer. The
opportunity arose upon that day.
Year: 1871

In ore of the debates in Congress,
which suddenly called Daniel Webster
to his feet, he made brief, but most
eloquent speech, apparently without
opportunity for previous preparation.
In the course of his remarks, he threw
out the following sentence, which has
ever since beepadmired as one of the
most harmonious and expressive in the
English language. He was speaking
of our military conflict with Great
Britain; Our fathers raised their flag
against power to which for purposes
of foreign conquest and subjugation
Rome, in the hight of her glory, is
not TO be compared; power which
has dotted over the surface of the
whole globe with her possessions and
military posts, whose morning drum


beat, following the sun in its course
Year: 1871

TAKE Your HOME PApERs.-A
newspaper is like a church-it wants
fostering in its commencement, and
for shot time then, as a general
thing, it can walk alone, and reflect
credit upon its location. Take your
home papers, and as many others as
you are able-they give you moro
news of immediate interest than you
can possibly obtain from any other
source; they talk for you when other
localities belle you; they stand up for
your rights; they tell who is married
and who is dead they tell you who
is manufacturer and who is merchant,
and is the mechanic; and thousand
other things which we have no space
or time to enumerate. Take your
home papers, not grudgingly, but in
liberal spirit; not as a disagreeable
duty, but as an investment that viii
amply pay the expenditure.
Year: 1871

Duo,


Don't tell me now. / know all
about it, cried Nathan Plumpton, saw
agely, shaking garden rake in the
air, in sanguinary manner. you
can't pamboozle me. know very well
what brings that scamp, Burt Mayfeld
loafng around here day after day
He's after you


Now, faith


Hold your tongue tell you he
is after you, aud he cannot have you
So, tnere now! You may make W
your mind to give him up at once-sc
you had better tell him to tend to his
own business, and not come botherine
around here


IF he chooses to come here, can
not help it, grumbled Kitty, respect
fully.


you cannot help it, ehs Then
can. So the next time come home
from the store, and find Burt Mayfeld
in my kitchen, sitting on one of my
chairs, whispering tom-foolery in your
ear, as sure as my name is Nathan
Plumpton, l will boot him into the
middle of the road, lawyer or no law
yer =


ooh! you cruel wretch = shrieked
Kitty.


'What9 Calling names at your fa-
ther9 Well, 1 never Go into the
house this instant, you hussy. Amt
you ashamed of younselfs Go in-do
you hear ? Cruel wretch, indeed


Kitty walked stiffly into the house
without deigning an answer to this
TRADE, and set to washing dishes, and
broke about dozen pieces of crock
cry in the operation, such was the agi-
tated state of her mind.


Il will have Burt Mayfeld or no
one 7 she said to herself, in a deter
mined tone, clenching her little teeth
together in desperate manner. Fa-
ther don't like him because he is poor.
I am sure that he is splendid lawyer
and 1 know he will be rich some day,
and then father will thank me for tax
ing my own way. Anyhow, 1 would
rather marry Burt without cent, and
live in pigpen, than marry old Seth
Buzby with his hundred thousand dol
lars, and live in his fine house and 1
know that is what father wants me to
do, and that is just what 1 will not
do p ..-te


And thereupon the dutiful and obe-
dient daughter Immediately began to
concoct a plan to outwit her father,
and obtain meeting with Burt, while
her father in the garden was engaged
in arranging a plan of operation by
which, in case Mayfeld should make
his appearance, he could punch his
head, or boot him into the middle Of
the road. L.t. ~.


But his sanguinary designs were
frustrated, for fathers have never been,
and never will be a match for their
daughters, especially if the daughters
are in love; So while Plumpton was
seated on the porch that evening, cast
ing his eagle eye up and down the
road, preparing for the booting, Kitty
was seated in the back garden, pouring
her sorrows into the smypathizing ear
Of Burt Mayfeld.


Been crying because Mayfeld was
not here last night, l reckon mutter,
Plumpton, next day. We'll she will
have to take it out in crying, then; for
/ swear to Moses that Burt Mayfeld
shall not have her, and Busby SHALL


But one thing that Plumpton made
up his mind about, and that was, to let
Mayfeld know that he had not the
ghost of chance to secure his daugh-
Year: 1871

The London dispatches re.
port case of womanly hero.
ism which will probably give
its possessor all enviabIe i'm.
mortality Of fame, like Chat OF
Grace Darling. 1t appears
that q vessel was wreceed off
Daogheda bar, in plain sight
ofthe professional life boatmen,
who, nevertheless, refused to
60 to her assistance until the
gale should abate. Already
had six men been swept from
the wreck by the waves and
drowned, when a lady put of
from the shore in a small boat,
and, at the risk Of her own life,
saved that Of one man, still
clinging to the wreck. So runs
the telegrophic story; and.ouI
admiration for this feminine
hproism is only heightened by
the vivid contrast with what
for the present appears selfish
ness, if not pol'roonery, on the
part of the men. Let us hope,
for the sake Of the lifeboat SER
vice, that a fuller explanation
Of the affair by mail will re-
lieve the official boatmen from
the blame which now seems to
attach to them, since it can not
diminish, in any event, the lus.
ter Of the achievement of this
brave woman.
Year: 1871

A very ingenious method
has been devised by a Man
chester (England) mechanic of
joining the ends Of an old
warp to the end ola new warp
in weaving. According to this
arrangement, the ends Of the
old warp to which the ends Of


he new warp have to be joined
are held in Il clip, and the ends


If the new warp are also simi,


arly held. The two sheets Of
warp are then. placed in the
machine; and the sheet Of old
warp being placed over the
sheet Of new, they are then
acted upon by the machine as
follows: The warp threads
are first laid evenly by means
of brushes, and a pair of chips
or nippers take hold of both
warps after they are laid; these
nippers take the threads in q
pair of rollers set at an angle
to tighten the warp threads,
and the end thread of the old
warp that of the new are de.
tached from the other threads
of. the warp by areciprocating
pair Of nippers. The threads
thus taken by those recipro'
eating nippers are laid by 9th,
er nippers over the side Of a
tube, by which the two threads
are formed into q loop; and a
hook passed through a tube
takes hold of the ends of the
two warp threads and draws
them into a tube, so forming
knot, the ends of the thread
having been severed by a cut
ting blade to allow this. Final.
ly, the thread is frightened 10y
the threads being drawn thro'
IA narrow nick, which will not
allow the knot to pass, and the
threads are cut close to the
knot.
Year: 1871

When a man is asleep, his
pulse beats and his lungs play,
but he is without sense, and
you can wake him mp.


If a person faints, he too is
without sense, but he has no
pulse and does not breathe.


Apoplexy is between the
the two; the heart beats, the
lungs play as in sleep, and there
is no sense as in taintiug, but
yon cannot shake the man back
to life.


In sleep the face is natural:
in a fainting fit, it has the pal
lor Of death; in apoplexyit it i
swollen, turgid, and fairly livid


If a man is asleep let him
alone; nature will wake him up
as soon as he has got sleep
enough.


When a person faints all that
is needed is to lay him down
fiat on the floor and he will
"come to' in double quick
time. He tainted because the
heart missed a beat, failed for
an Instant, failed for only once
to send the amount of blood to
the brain. IF You place him in
a horizontal position, lay him
on his back, it does not require
much force Of the heart to send
the blood on a level to the
head; but you set a man up,
and the blood has to be shot
upward to the head, and this
requires much more force; yet
in nine cases out Of ten, if a
person faints and falls to the
floor, the first thing done is to
run to him and set him on a
chair.


In apoplexy, there is too
much blood in the head, every
one can see that the best posi-.
ton is to set a man up, and the
blood naturally tends down.
ward, as much SO as water will
come out of a bottle when
turned upside down, if the cork
is out.
Year: 1871

Nature has no forgiveness;
Providence has 10 forgiveness;
Revelation has forgiveness on.
ly on conditions, 1t is Of no
use, it can be of no use to us
either here or hereafter, to at
tempt to practice deception on
ourselves. We must take God
as we find him, as he presents
Himself to US in Nature, in
Providence, in the Word, and
not as we would make Him
over to suit our DESIRES BE
not deceived. God is not
not mocked: for whatsoever Il
man soweth that shall he also
reap. He that soweth to the
flesh shall of the flesh reap cor.
ruption, and he that soweth to
the Spirit shall Of the Spirit
reap life everlasting"


Christ was full of mercy,
his mission was IL mission of
love but'you can find nowhere
in the Bible more terrific rep.
reservations Of the hopeless
eternal miseries of the wicked
in the future life than those
which are ascribed to Christ in
the Gospels. If these repre-,
sentations are not truthful, from
what source shall we correct
them? From Nature? But
Nature is altogether more re-
lentlessly and hopelessly severe
than Christ. Christ offers par
don and life to all who will
accept Him but nature has
no pardon for any transgressor.


From Providence? Look at
the history Of mankind, at the
condition of the human race
from the beginning to the
present time. Does that look
like IN indiscriminate "slobber
Of mercy" Gas we recently
heard an energetic layman ex-
press it) on the part Of the
Creator and Ruler Of men?-
Nothing of the kind. Oh, the
unspeakable, sickening miseries
of men in every generation in
consequence Of their babitual
violation of Gods laws! And
just so long as the violation
lasts,the suffering will also last.
And the violations will last
just SO long as there are i'm
mortal creatures who allow
themselves to be ignorant,
careless or i'll disposed.
Year: 1871

The following composition
has proved very efficient to
prevent polished materials
from furnishing.


Put half an ounce of solid
para6in into II bottle with a
wide opening, and place it in
boiling water, when the con-
tents will melt ; then add one
and a half ounce Of petroleum;
shake the mixture, after having
corked the bottle, until the
material becomes a cold oint.
ment. In using cover the met
al with it, and wipe off after
ward the greater portion, so
that the polish be little affected.
The mixture forms carburet
ted hydrogen compound, which
is un affected by moisture and
the oxygen of the air. A thin
coat is sufficient to prevent pol.
ished metals from furnishing.
Year: 1871

The fixed idea of having
heart disease is a very common
one. We knew an Indian off.
Ger who indulged in it for
twenty years, to the great an,
noyance and terror of his wits
and friends, and who died at Il
good old age, with a perfectly
sound heart physically speak
ing. BY auscuItation doctors
can very easily tell you wheth-
er the heart is right, just as
you can hear whether a clock
is right as to its tickings and
beatings. There are other very
sure symptoms known to the
profession; so N. B. may drive
away her fear into the woods
which surround her paradise
of a home. Many persons also
fear they have cancer in the
stomach, or liver; or a tape
worm, or some other dreadful
malady; but generally these
feals are the result of a disor.
dered Imagination, and ground
less.
Year: 1871

Frequent instances Of the
cure Of cancer hy means of q
tea made from the common red
clover have been published OF
late and as the remedy is GER
tainly Il harmless and inexpen'
sive one, the qualities claimed
for it should be generally
known. The Boston Herald
says that n well known sea
captain Of New bmyport,' feels
certain that he has been cured
Of a cancer OH his nose by
drinking tea made from red
clover tops, and using the
same preparation as an exter-
nal application. What was
considered o fully developed
cancer two years and a half
ago has now almost disappeared
under this treatment,
Year: 1871

Put a quarter of a peck Of
nnslacked lime in the bung
hole Of the barrel, into which
pour a gallon Of boiling water
to slack the lime, then put in
the bung and shake the cask
well so that the contents of it
will come i'll contact with all
the inside, Let it stand q day
oE two, after which rinse it out
well with plenty of cold water.
Ii the barrel or cask is still
musty, the same operation
must be repeated.
Year: 1871

The statement has been
made that the Khedive of
Egypt had become weary OF
American officers in his army,
and meant to give them perma'
nent leave Of absence, is con-
tradicted. A letter from one
the officers to gentleman in
New York states that the
story is n British yarn, and that
the Khedi>e has given no init
nation of any such purpose
The writer further says that
his pay doesn't amount to
much, but living is compare.
lively cheap, and it is as good
a passport in modern Egypt to
be an American citizen as it
was in ancient days to be cit
izen Of Rome.
Year: 1871

We were not little amused at a
little 'set-to' between countryinan
and one of our Teutonic friends S
the other evening. The former
had not paid that attention to the
admonitions of our neighbor up The
street, that he should have dohe-
IN fact old Benzire had rather the
better Of him. 1t took some time
to get up a war spirit on the part
Of" our Fritz''-bnt when he did
get on a war footing "he went in
with a 'cussedness' fully equal to
the occasion" Germany soon
made a dart between cOuntry's legs
and laid him sprawiing on his
back needle gun or matrailouse
meyer fired more rapid shots than
did our German friend. and COun-
try was placed hors de combat.
The last We saw of them tLey were
winding their way TO tie Mayors
Office under the guidance Of Jack
GO0de. from whence they shall de-
part wiser If not richer men.


fisherman Patriot.
Year: 1871

A lady adveriises for a larndress who
will be willing to take her pay in lessons
on the guitar. Imagine one lady tsang-
tranging on q guitar TO pay another lady
for keeping time on q wash board.
Year: 1871

The stock market has been but moderately
active throughout the day At the opening prices were
steady and advanced until after the adjournment OF the
first session. after which the market was barely steady
for a time Toward the afternoon call prices took on
more strength but the extreme fluctuations OF the DAY
were very slight. While transactions were as q RUE
well distributed the special features were the prominent
stocks dealt in from day to day. Union Pacific was
strong and advanced from 1s to l5i in the afternoon
This rather sudden advance mainly owing TO the de
fault Of bear operator whose short bonds and STOCK
were bought in under the rule Of the Stock Exchange
The disturbance In money market has for time re
streted dealings and decided disposition to operate
manifested The Hannibal and St Joseph stocks were
less active and frmer Investment securities were firm
but aniet while Express stocks were dull The subjoned
table shows the highest and lowest prices paid for active
stoc ks during the day:
Year: 1871

To the Ediior OF The IrtoHhe'


SIR: For the information of Others, who, like
myself are the unfortunate holders Of North Carolina
state bonds bought high prices desire to give few
facts which may cheer thems little in their despondehcy


b.eye that no one OF us need fear any ultimate loss,
although some persons have for their own selfish par
poscs done all they possibly could to deprccate the
Year: 1871

The figures given in the to-day OF the business
Of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
Company quite full and clear enough to enable
people opinion to the results OF the
year If correctly reported from Albany, it appears
that the dividends of per cent scarcely earned and
earnings OF the year would not equals per
dividends upon the present amount OF stock by
the OF s2s7s97. The condensed statement showing
this result is as follows:
Year: 1871

The Government bond marketwas heavy and fraction
lower the early Boards the depression being the
large bond offerings at the Treasury purchase Prices
improved in the afternoon, and the market closed
on the basis OF lOIalOs for 6s Fisk Hatch reports
follows at A ID. m
Year: 1871

Faith shows itself in strange ways,
sometimes. The following is interest
ing, both for showing how we'll heath
Ell understood the spirit of the gospel,
and for the ludicrous instance i: presents
Of dleading its good effects:


A poor simple hearted African once
came to Mr.. Moffat. the missionary, and
told him, with a lugubrious face, that
his dog had torn his copy of the New
Testament, and swallowed some leaves
Of it, and that he was grieved about it,
for the dog was valuable.


But" said the missionary, why do
you grieve SOP" You can get another
Testament and the leaves will not hurt
the dog" .r.za a.


Ah,' said the savage, that's what
fear. lie is good hunter and a good
atch dog, and the New Testament is SO
full of gentleness and love, that I am
afraid he will never be of any service
again." s.z ..
Year: 1871

FIFTEEN GREAT MIsTAKEs.-It is a
great mistake to set up our own stand.
ard Of right and wrong, and judge peo-
pie accordingly. 1t is great mistake
to measure the enjoyment Of others by
our own; to expect uniformity Of opin-
ion in this world; to look for judgment
and experience in youth; to endeavor
to mould all dispositions alike; not to
yield in immaterial trf1es; to look for
perfection in our own actions; to worry
ourselves and others with what cannot
be remedied; not to alleviate all that
needs alienation, as far as lies in our
power; not to make allowances for the
infirnities Of others; to consider every
thing impossible which we cannot per.
form; to believe only what our finite
minds can grasp; to expect to be able to
understand everything. The greatest ol
all mistakes is, "to live for time, when
any moment may launch US into eter.


nifty" 5s'.i W.
Year: 1871

Was compounded for those not inclined 10 extrems
bitters and IS intended for use In cases when como
alcoholic smuant Is required In connection with the
Tonic properties of the Bttcrs Each bottle Of the
Tonic containing one bottle Of the Bitters combined


manner that the extreme bitterness ofthe bitter
pleasant to the palate, and containing the medicinal
virtues Of the Btters The price OF the Tonic IL u
per bottle. which many persons think too high They
must take into consideration that the stmulRnt used
Is guaranteed to be ofa pure quality poor article
70 pay little more and have good article: A me-
dcinal preparation should contain but the best
Ingredients and they who expect to obtan . cheap
compound and be benefited BY will most certainly
be cheated. q E' WI -