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Year: 1870

a KIss.-What's in kiss7 Really, wben
people come to reflect upon the matter calmly,
what can they see in kiss? The lips pout
slightly and touch the cheek softly, and then
they just part-aDd the joy is complete There
is kiss in the abstract. View it in the alb
stract-takeit it as it stands-lOOk at it philO-
sophically What is there in it, after all p
Millions upon millions Of souls have been made
happy, while millions upon millions have been
plunged into misery and despair by this kiss
ing and yet, when you look at the character
of the thing. it is simply apouting Of the lips.
In every grade of society there is kissing
Go where you will, 10 what country you viii,
and you are perfectly sure to find kissing.
Year: 1870

a
Over the cradle a mother hung,


Softly grooming slumber songs;
And these were the simple words she sung
All the evening longs;
"Chsek or chin, or knuckle or knee,
Where shall the baby's dimple bef
Where shall the angels finger rest
When he comes down to the baby's nest?
Where shall the angels touch remain
When he awakens my babe again." 49,
Still as she bent and sang so low, e .
A murmur into her music broke;
And she paused to hear, for she could but know
Tie baby's angel spoke:
"Cheek or chin, or knuckle or knee,
Where shall the baby's dimple be-
Where shall my finger fall and rest
When come down TO the baby's nest?
Where shall my fingers touch remain
When awaken your babe again y
Silent the mother sat, and dwelt


Long in the sweet delay OF choice
And then By her baby's side she knelt,
And sang with pleasant voice:
"Not ON the limb, o angel deari
For the charms with its youth will disappear |;
Not on the cheek shall the dimple be,
For the harboring smile will fade and flee;
But touch thou the chin with an impress deep,
And my baby the angels seal shall keep"


DR.. Holland, IN Hours at Home.
Year: 1870

A very amusing affair occurred in New
York harbor last week. The Herald steam
yacht is a fine, fast sailer, while one owned
by Mr. Thacher is very slow. A bet was
made that, on race to the lightship and re-
turn, the former could sail around the latter
three times, and return in advance The con-
testants accordingly started on the voyage,
each confident of victory and each doing his
best to win the prize. The Herald yacht
made one circuit of its opponent before they
had proceeded far, and was in fair way of
winning the race when the Thacher yacht
was run so close in shore that her antagonist
could not get between her and the land.
Alas! there was no Plum Gut, as there was
at one time, and consequently the Herald
could not win. Slow. coach was anchored,
and lay so all day and all night, but the Ben
nettites were determined to wait and win and
they did SO, although the prescribed course
was not followed In the spirit of the wager
the newspaper yacht is entitled to the money.
Year: 1870

On the occasion of the first appearance of
the President ard his family in the Methodist
Church at Long Branch this season, a yerv
pleasant incident occurred. A couple of pews
had been reserved for the President and his
family, and the jealous sexton was careful to
exclude all others from their occupancy. On
the entry of the Presidential party the family
came first, followed by the General He GER
tainly did not look like the picte.re which the
sexton had seen, and his mind was made up
at once that the General was some jnterloper
seeking surreptitious fame by the occupancy
of seat in the church with the Presidential
family. In accordance with this view he po-
litely informed him that the seat was reserved
for the President and his family, and vacant
seat on the opposite side of the aisle was
pointed out to the invading stranger, as one
where he might with propriety listen TO the
service and engage in the worship. Not a
muscle moved on the face of the impurturba-
bic President, not word of explanation 20
the sexton, not a look of recognition TO his
family, but in obedience to "orders.' he moved
to the place indicated and took his seat where
he remained quietly composed, waiting for
the commencement of the exercises. Before
they began, however, a friend came in. and
seeing the anomalous condition of things. at
once proceeded to the President and invited him
to seat with his family, which was of course
promptly accepted, with the same quiet grav-
lty OF demeapor which characterized the
whole transaction from the first, but preferred
to let things take their natural course, rather
than create scene. In addition to this. il is
known he enjoys good joke, even if it De at
his own expense, and the idea that he should
be refused seat with his family on the
ground that he did not belong to them, was
too rich to be allowed to pass without the
fullest development.
Year: 1870

The Governor of Minnesota declined
to sign the bill to submit the question Of
female suffrage to the people for the fol-
lowing reasons


Section l of article 7 Of the State
constitution provides who shall be ''vo-
ters" in this State; and section l of a-ti-
Gle IA provides that no amendment pre-
pared by the Legis ature shall be adop-
ted. unless majority of the voters pres
ent and voting shall have ratified the
same. The word "voters," as used in
the section last cited, means vote as
defined in the first section referred to.
The bill proposes to test the question in
manner not within the constitution.


There is yet but little or no evidence
OF manifestation ofany public sentiment
among the people at largein favor Of the
proposed change, and it is attempted by
this act to force the question upon the
people, and inaugurate a campaign up
on an issue which they have not made,
and in which they have manifested no
interest. I deem the bill not in confor-
nifty to the constitution in some OF its
provisions and premature.
Year: 1870

MISS CARR, the young lady from
whom our doctors removed the ovarian


.umor, spoken of last week, died last Sat.
urday morning. This is a sad blow, not
only 10 her friends but also to the medical
men, who bad bright hopes Of her recov-
cry after the severe operation. lnhama-
ton set in on Friday, which decided her
fate. Her feeble health at the time of the
operation, was great disadvantage, which
made her recovery doubtful from the out.
Year: 1870

A MIsTAKE.--It is a mistake to-
suppose that the City Store is behind in
enterprise or ability to furnish the people
of this community with any article in the
dry goods line. There is no place in the
city where customers can be better suited
in variety or quality Of goods, or where
lees money will buy more.
Year: 1870

"ANoTHER SHADowED ALTAR" is
the heading of an advertisement on the in
side of this paper. Don't read it unless
you want to be disappointed, or to purchase
the New York Weekly each week for an
indefinite length of time.
Year: 1870

The signs of the times Indicate
that grcenbacks will soon be equal in vaiae
to gold, and in view of the speedy return to
specie payment DELLxR announces that no
will sell goods so as to give the public the
benefit not only Of the yeeeut decline ia
gold, but will sell At preses. for a paper
dollar at such prices as are prospective
when gold is y par,
Year: 1870

The Harrisburg Topic of yesterday says:-
Never was the Democratic party more in want
OF capital than at the present day No drowning
man ever caught with more fearful agony at
floating straws than does the Democratic press
Their last attempt at a sensation in their favor
in this neighborhood must excite the ridicule If
not the disgust, of every intelligent Democrat
bar-room fight between some drunken white
men and half-sober blacks has given them mat
ter for at least month to come. This little
melee is published with flaming heading, in
large capitals, in the Democratic journals as a
Horrible negro riot at MarYsYille." ''How
negroes spent the Fourth of July at the State
Capital" ''White men shot down." 'Volleys
fired from guns furnished by the State"


Then again comes Terrible Negro Riot in
Harrisburg on the Fourth of July Night" and
paragraph after paragraph to the same effect,
the whole of which originated in the heated
brains of the writers, and is without scarcely
shadow OF foundation ia truth. Was ever a
party put 20 such desperate straits The truth
is, nobody wes hurt at Marysville, nor was there
anything there deserving the name of a riot A
quarrel occurred about whisky in barroom be-
tween some white Democrats and Republican
negroes, in which one was hurt 1t would be
di ficult to tell which party was most to blame
in this drunken squabble that amounted to
nothing. And SO far as the negro riot in Harris
burg is concerned that is purely Imaginary
Cannot our Democratic neighbors get up new
sensation? Upon the whole, the negroes be-
haVed themselves on the Fourth of July in Har-
risbprg and neighbOrhood quite as well as did
their white neighbCrs. That is the fact of the
case.
Year: 1870

I've saved thisl Now what she had
saved was a parlor broom. The painful
way in which great fire is sometimes
seen to effect horses, dogs and birds is
well known. The poet Gray was so alb
surdly nervous about fire that he used to
be very much teased ON that account.
One night some of his fellow-collegians
gathered under his window and shouted
" Fire, fire, firel" Out popped the fire.
escape which he always kept under his
bed, and down came Gray into large
tub of water, which had been kindly put
ready for him. 1t is not every body who
can be as cool as the Scotchman, who
flung himself out of the sixth fat on
hearing the cry of Firelp When he
had got halfway down he found there
was no fire at ALL but on seeing a friend
on tie third fiat looking out of window,
said contemplatively, Eth, Sandy mon,
sic ia as will haze " t''.'
Year: 1870

Madame X. is the anonymous title
given fashionable lady who has re-
Gently left Roman Society for curious
cause This is the story: She was at a
concert she had gone through the entire
first part with the constancy Of martyr;
par pdrenthese, she hates music, and, il
her fife was at stake, could not turn a
tune. But she was as handsome as
paint, to use a vulgar comparison; all
the world had admired her forest Of fair
hair artistically grouped in curis upon
the top of her head; necklace of price
less pearls surrounded her swan-like
neck; brilliant diamond cigarette was
proudly glttering over her left ear and
her delicately arched eyebrows gave an
inexpressible charm to her classically
shaped face There was slight inter
mission in the performances, for refresh
ments, during which Madame X. left
her seat to say few words TO her host
ess. Princess c. and then, as
the second part of the concert was about
to begin, she hastened to resume her
place, opened her fan, and Immediately
obtained what the French call an success
de surprise so universal that for five
minutes the voice of the artist was lost
in the general litter. There is no know
ing how long this sort Of thing would
have gone on had not Madame X, who
began 10 feel little embarrassed by this
excess of admiration, dropped her eyes
modestly and seen--alasl il was beau
tifully shaped eyebrow--one of the great
triumphs-whieh lay upon her
lap. There was but one of two things TO
do, faint or leave the room, Madame X.
Il Lo.h ------- --------- ------- ------
Year: 1870

A correspondent sends to the Hart
ford (Ct.) Times for publication the fol
lowing extract from the Farewell Ad
dress of President Jackson, and he ask.
candid readers to consider it thought
1 fully in connection with the great abuse
of power now so bold and unscrupulous
by the Radical party:


Extract from President Jackson's Farewell


Address.]


1t is well known that there have
always been those among us who wish to
enlarge the powers of the General Gov
ernment, and experience would seem to
indicate that there is tendency on the
part of this Government to overstep the
boundaries marked out for it by the Con-
stitution. The legitimate authority is
abundantly sufficient for all the purposes
for which it is created, and its powers
being expressly enumerated, there can
be no justification for claiming anything
beyond them. Every attempt TO exercise
power beyond these limits should be
promptly and firmly opposed For one
evil example will lead to other measures
still more mischievious, and if the prin-
ciple of constructive powers, or sup
posed advantages, or temporary cir
cumstances, shall ever be permitted
to justify the assumption of power
not given by the Constitution, the Gene
raj Government viii before long absorb
all the powers of legislation, and you
will have in effect but one consolidated
Government. From the extent of our
country, its diversified interests, different
pursuits and different habits, it is too
obvious for argument that single con
soldated Government would be wholly
inadequate to watch over and protect its
interests, and every friend of our free
Institutions should be always prepared
to maintain unimpaired and in full sigor
the rights and sovereignty of the States,
and to con6ne the action of the General
Government strictly to the sphere of its
appropriate duties.
Year: 1870

The two cent and ten cent postage
stamps Of the new issue resemble each
other very mnch and iheNew York Com
mercial SAYS that one Of the clerks of the
postofiee IN that city sold sheet Of ten
cent stamps for a sheet Of two cent
stamps, which was applied fur The
purchaser gave q TO the CLERK and re
ceiyed $40 worth Of stamps
Year: 1870

SwEEpiS0 CARPErs-lf the broom
is wet in boiling suds once week,
they will become very tough, will not
cut the carpet, last much longer, aud
always sweep like new broom. A
dusty carpet may be cleaned 10y setting
pail OF cold water out at The door,
wet the broom in it, knock it TO get
of all drops, sweep yard or so, then
wash the broom as before and sweep
again, being careful to shake all the
drops on the broom, and not TO sweep
far al time. If done with care il
will clean carpet very nicely, aud
YOU will be surprised at the quantity
Of dirt in tho water. The water may
need changing once or twice if the
carpet is very dusty. Snow sprinkled
over a carpet and swept off before il
has time TO melt and dissolve, is also
nice for ronovating n soilcd carpet


Muistcncd Indian meal is used with
good effect by some housckeopers.
Year: 1870

The New York Standard still ad-
vertiscs COR leader for the Radical
party. VIII not somebody volunteer
TO head this rotten old concern and
pilot it into some safe creek, where
The worthless hulk can rot undisturb.
ed Who bids for the leadership.
Year: 1870

Bad company is like nail driven
into a post, which, after the first or
second blow, may be drawn out with
little difficulty but, being once driv-
en- up TO the head, the pinehcrs can.
not take hold TO draw il out, but
which can only be done by the dcs.
truction Of the wood
Year: 1870

A Baltimore man olIcrd to bet mon
ey that he could GIL a lighted kerosene
lamp. lie filled the lamp and a six
foot coffin. and now the man ho bet
with wants the widow TO pay the
debt. OF course the widow cannot
be held responsible for acts commit
ted by her husband, when insane, as
man must bo TO commit such an
upf
Year: 1870

There is right way and a wrong
way to do everything-to stop Il
newspaper or anything else. One
of our exchanges has the right idea
when it says;


You have an undoubted right TO
stop newspaper whenever you are
disposed, upon payment Of .all ar
rearages. Do not hesitate TO do SO
out of any tenderness of feeling to
tho editor. Don't you suppose he
would stop buying sugar of you, or
meat, clothing, dry goods, &C., if
he thought he was not getting his
moneys worth ? And, when you dis
continue a paper, do so mantully.-
Don't be so pitiful as to throw it
back to the postmaster with con-
temptuous / don't want it any lon
ger and have "refused" written on
The margin, and have the paper re-
turned to the editor. No gentle
man ever stopped a paper in that
way, no matter if his head is cover
ed with gray hairs that should be
honorable. If you no longer wish to
receive newspaper, write q note to
the editor like man saying so-and
bo sure that arrearages are paid
This is the way to stop newspaper.
Year: 1870

That the most common ailments


Of the present are Neuralgia
and rheumatism, both of


which proceed from the same
cause-Acidity of the Secre-
tions, acting, as it were, as a
blood poison, and giving rise
to the painful suffering Incl
dent to an attack Of the above
mentioned diseases. The Kid
neys are the natural depurants
or purifiers Of the blood, and
want of tone and action of
these organs the cause and
origin of both Neuralgia and
Rheumatism. The effete pro.
ducts of the decomposed tissues
of the body from Urea and
Uric Acid, which, in the
healthy condition of the Kid
neys, are removed from the
blood in its passing through
them, which, remaining in the
blood, is unquestionably the
cause of both diseases named,
and their removal the most
rational and effectual method
of cure.


Wayne's Diuretic Elixir will
cause q healthy and increased
action of the Kidneys, and
bring about radical cure, both
of Neuralgia and Rheumatism.
Year: 1870

Nobody is more like ar
honest man than q thorough
rogue.


When you see a man with a
great deal of religion displayed
in his shop window, you may
depend upon it he keeps a.
very small stock Of it within.


Do not choose your friend
by his looks: handsome shoes
often pinch the feet.


Do not be fond of compli-
ments; remember "thank you,
pussy, and thank you pussy"
killed the cat.


Don't beIive the man who
talks the most, for mewing
cats are very seldom good
mousers.


BY no means put yourself in
another persons power if you
put your thumb between two
grinders, they are very apt to.
bite.


Drink nothing without see-
ing it; sign nothing without
reading it; and make sure that.
itmeans no more than it says.


Don't go to law unless you
have nothing to lose; lawyers
houses are built on fools heads.


Put no dependence on the
label Of q bag, and count mon.
ey after your own kind.


In any business never wade.
into water where you cannot
see the bottom.


See the sack open before YOU
buy what is in it.; for he who
trades in the dark asks to be
cheated.


Keep clear of q man who
does not value his own char
lcter.
Year: 1870

If people who suffer from
the dull stupidity that meet us
everywhere in spring, and too
often in all seasons of the year,
knew how quick it could be
cured by taking Ayers Sars,
aparilla to purge the bile from
their systems, we should have
better neighbors as we'll as
clearer heads to deal with.
Year: 1870

Judge Portly says the liveli.
est time he ever experienced
was on issuing the first number
of a newspaper in a Western
town. The people wanted
something stirring. He pub
lished the personal history of
the leading politicians as furn.
ished by their friends. The
Judge says that for the first
hour they all rushed for the
paper; the second hour they
went for him.
Year: 1870

Ladies who may wish to
palm themselves of MS younger
than they really are, shouldn't t
leave the family register lying
around loose, as the following
incident abundantly bears evi-
dence A young man, well
known in these parts, while
waiting in the pallor Of the
house Of his intended, casually
examined the family Bible,
which was upon the table, and
found by the register that his
to.be wife was ten years older
than she had represented her
self. The consequence Of this
attempt at deception by endeav.
oring to set back the wheels of
time q half score of years, is,
that the wedding isn't coming
off at Christmas time. He is
thinking the matter over, and
asks for further time.
Year: 1870

New York had poor ap-
petite for poultry on the
Thanksgiving anniversary
There remained on hand next
day over six hundred thousand
pounds. One firm carried over
one hundred and twenty-four
thousand pounds. The corner
in turkeys was q sad failure.
Year: 1870

OUR friends will not forget that
tho Eaquirer Office is now in the
second story of our own building,
on the North sidc of Main street,
east of the Court House, whero we
shall be pleased to receive them on
calls of friendship or business,
Year: 1870

THE CENsUs.-The census man VIII
shortly be about in Pottsville askinghi
knotty and impertinent questions. Ev-
erybody should therefore be prepared
with correct and ready answers, so as
not to keep him waiting. The follow
ing are some of the main questions
which he may probably ask;


How old are you?


Were you ever elected to ofiice?--if so,
how much did it cost you, and what was
your majority?


Are you married?--if so, how do you
like it?


Have you any children, and how
many measles have they had?


Do you use corn in solid OF liquid
state?


What is your opinion of lager beer?
How many glasses can you drink, and
with what effect?


Were your father and mother both
white men ?


What is your opinion of our Borough
Council?


Did they all go home sober from the
supper on Wednesday morning?


Do you observe the XVIII command.
ment?


Can you stand on your head, and how
long?


Have you any children married ?-if
50, how much?


Did you ever fish for frogs, and with
what success?


If half an acre of ground will yield
one hundred bushels of rutabagas, how
many glasses of lager will make man
draw bee line?
If your family eat ham in three
days, how long will it take them to de.
YOUR hammer?


Lend me five dollars.


There are number ofother questions
which we have not the space to men,
ton, but the above are the most intri-
cate, and if our readers are prepared to
answer them when the proper time ar
rives, no difficulty will be experienced
in answering the others.
Year: 1870

Reader, if you want to make yourself
very agreeable in printing Office, step
into the sanctum first.


If the editor is writing or proof-read.
ing, take seat along side of him, and
tell him how you started in business,
about your dog, your horse, your wife
and baby, or,ifyou can remember, your
boyhood sports. Should the editor
manifest signs of being bored by your
story stick to it and go through with
it. Should one of the compositors or
"devil, "step up and ask for copy"
whether the proof is read or if done you
should by all means ask what the ar
ticle is about and insist on seeing.
OF course the editor will read the ar.
ticle for you and profit by your opinion
as to its fitness to go into the columns
of the paper. After thus entertaining
the editor, step into the composing
room and ask each one of the hands as
many questions as to the cases, letters,
&C., as may be agreeable to yourself.
Then begin to whistle. All printers
are fond of whistling. Give them at
least three or four jlgs. Then sing
Milwaukee" and "Ham Fat Man."
Before leaving the office you should
take hold Of the handpress. give it Q
pull and let il fly back, just to see how
it works. Don't forget to squirt tobaG-
co juice on the devils feet, or to ex-
anime everything in the shape of mat
ter on the stone, even If you knock
some of it into "pi; that will only
put the patience of the printers to q
fair test On leaving the office be sure
to promise another visit at an early
day, and leave the door open fits cold,
and our word for it you will be held in
'fond remembrance" for long time,
Year: 1870

and your daughter will some day pos.
sess my estate"


The next day Wcresford left London,
and everybody was certain he had gone
TO spend his fortune in France.


On the day of the marriage, the Qua
ker brought together n company of
merry friends, among whom were
noticed number of persons enchanted
with the conduct of the robbers of Lon
don, who through the interposition of
Toby, had made restitution of their
lost capital with interest.
Year: 1870

/, Who Was IT2-One day I sat in my room
In the Inquirer office, when an officer came


IN who was unknown to me. He intro


duced himself, would not sit down, and


showed nervousness Of manner, At last


ne rose, placed in my hand newspaper
closely folded up, shook hands with me and
went quickly out without another word. i
found 1t to be a Dublin Freensa,Ss Journal;
and soon found the paragraph which had
induced my visitor to give me the paper, but
which he would not stay to see me read-it


was to announce the death of my daughter.
Henrietta at her convent school In Paris
John Mitchers jail Journal.