Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1870 — Page 4

Proclamation Announcing the Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment.

It ta unnsnal to notify the two housM State o 5 the retifioatton ot a constitutional amendment. la view, however, o< the van importance of the Fifteenth Amend meat to the Constitution, thia day declared a part of that revered instrument, 1 deem a departure from the usual custom justifiable. A measure which makes at once four millions of people voters, who were heretofore dedarod by the highest tri bunal in the land net dtiaens of the United States, nor eligible to become so, with the assertion that at the time of the declaration of independence the opinion was fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white race, and regarded SMS*' 01 " r’L tire, That th*'biAck men bad no rights whwh white men were bound tn respect.

hutadeada measure of grander importance thnh any other one act of the kind from tbe foundation of our free government to the present lima Institutions like ours. In which all power is derived directly from the people, must depend mainly hpon their mmiligance, patriotism, and industry. ; call the attention, therefore, of the newly enfranchised race to the im portance of (torir striving in every honorable manner to make themselves worthy of their new privilege. To the race more fovored heretofore by our laws, I would fry; Withhold no legal privilege of advssic Mount to the new citizens. The framers of our constitution firmly believed that a republican form of government eotdd not endure without Intelligence and education generally diffused among the people. The Father of his Country, in his Farewell Address, used this language: Promote, then, as a matter of primary importance,institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion M «m structure of the government gives forco to public opinion, it is essential that puUfo opinion should be enlightened.” In his first annual message to Congress, the same views were forcibly presented, and wen again urged in his eighth uses F^ , asJe , :tfo£ o «ti t o h n e completed the greatest civil change, and constitutes the most important event that hy occurred since the nation came into The change will be beneficial in properTfon tb the heed given to the urgent . £*9° mmcn dations or Washington. Ifthes* Jteriomtnendatiffita were important then, *itb P°P oljU ion of but a' few millions, •bow much more important now, with a population of forty millions, and increas»‘nß in » rapid ratio. I would, therefore, *»« . n P° n Congress to take all means Within their constitutional power to promote and encourage popular education throughout the country, and upon the people everywhere to see to it that al! P? aJe * and ,lerciße political rights . snail have the opportunity to acquire .Jtaowiedge which will make their share ■ in the government a blessing and not a • ““ger. By such means only can the ben efite contemplated by this amendment be secured. (Signed) U.SGbant. Executive Mansion, March 3», 1870. Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United fitgtea THE PROCLAMATION. Zb A ****** praentt may come. Know ye that the Congress of the fXnited States, on or about the 27th day of ''February, in the year 1869, passed a rose .. tow* S# - * WOf< “ and fl ß ure * following,

* A ’tesoi'VTiON proposing an amendment to tbo Constitution of the United States. , Mtnttod, Bribe Senate and Honse ot Repre rtWsdroe Sf the United States us America, in Coogrom awembleC twothlrds of both Honse. coneurrinf.ttat tie following article be proposed letee Lexislatures of Ike several States as an lb * Oomtttstton ot the United Bt X e T’ ,ch - wheD ratified by three-fourths of r V<lid “ pirt ° rth '’ con Tote * hs " l “o’ *» denied ot hy the Un.sea States, or any State, on ac- «>■<*, or previous condition of ser..s^,?■ Congress shall have power to enforce i Jhisaft'cle by appropriate legislation. That it appears, from official documenta on file in this department, that the amendment to the Constitution of the United States, proposed as aforesaicL tarn been ratified by the Legis--latares of the' States of North Carolina, , Virginia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, Maine,-Louisisn«, Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Connectim, Florida, Illinois, lowa, Indiana, New Tork, New Hampshire, Nevada, VerMissouri, V irginia, Alabama, Kan - ms. Mississippi, Minnesota Ohio, Rhode Wand, Nebraska, and Texas, in all . A*enty-nine States further, that the 'States whose Legislatures have so ratified raid mpendment constitute three-fourths of the whole number of States in the United , And, further, that it appears from San official document on file in this department, that the Legislature of the State of 'New York has since passed resolutions claiming to withdraw said ratification of tMrtaUMp&nent, which had been made by the legislature of that State, and of which official notice had been filed in this department; and further, that it ap- . pears from an official document on file in this department, that the Legislature es Georgia has, by resolution, ratified said proposed amendment;

-tr ,?* xAer Cf < be H known, that I, TTarnffiton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States, by virtue and in pursuance the second section of- the act of Congress approved on the 20th day of April, in the yen 1818, entitled “ An act to pro vide for the publication of the laws of the L sited States, and for other purposes,” do hereby certify that the amendment aforesaid* has become valid to all intents and purposes as a part of the Constitution of the United State* In testitfiony whereof I have hereunto Kfc-rnjrhand, and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed. Doneat the city-of Washington, this 30th day of March, in the year of otir Lord ttirwifcynd sight Muwflmd &A(i S€T* . sPfy'k»d of ths independence of the • United States the ninety fourth. (Signed) . Hamilton Fish.

“Sometime.”

Thm following is one of Mr. Prentice’s r We waifs: “ Sometime— lt is a sweet, sweet song, Vwarbled to and fro amonja the topmost ■boughs of the heart, and fimg the whole Mtrwith such joy and gladness as the 'songs of birds do when the summer morn-tog-copies out of darkness, and day is born ’ *Wthe mountain* We have all bur pos- • r sessions in the future which we call •remsttoie.’: Beautiful flowers and singing birds > are there, oply our hands seldom grasp the one, «r our eaiwhear the other. -But, oh£ reader, bn of good pheer, for all the good there is a gmden 'eomOime f when the hills and valleys of time are all passed; when the wear and fever; the disappoint menfand the sorrow of life are over, then there is the place andjthe rest appointed of God. Oh, homestead, over whose roof fall no shadows or even clouds; and over whose threshold the voice of sorrow is never heard; built upon the eternal hills, and standing with thy spires and pinnacles of iMitedWlmipj wMatwof the cftKpn high, those who love God shall resUaKr thy Shadows, where-taere >s no moreaorrow'nor pain, nor the sound of weeplug‘wnutfww

Major General George H. Thomas.

Ths brief, but sad istelligsnce. tehT graphed from Bah Francisoo, that Major will create a profound feeling of grief, not alone among the surviving actors of the war of the rebellion and among hlstowu soldiers in the Army of the Onibetlami, who loved him moat because they knew him best, but throughout the country andthe civilised world, which have learned to regard him as one of the greatest Generals and purest hearts of whom history makes mention.

General Thothas was bohi in Soulhampton county, Ta. (the rteae'bf Nat Turner 8 insurrection), July fit, 1816. Ill* father was of English and his mother u( Huguenot extraction. He received a good idu-, cation, and in his early life accepted lhe position of deputy to his Unde, then County Clerk, end soon after began the study of the law. This was of abort duration, however, for, in 1888, at the awe of 20, he received an appointment as cadet, and entered the Military Academy nt West Point, from Which he graduated twelfth

in a class of forty-five, June 80, IMO, and on the Ist of July received his first appointment as brevet Second Lieutenant In the Third Artillery, and Joined his regiment in Florida November 6,1841. lie was brevetted First Lieutenant for gallant conduct in the war against the Seminole Indiana Ilia regiment was ordered from Florida in January, 1842, and Lieutenant Thomas, with bis company, to New Orleans Barracks, and thence to Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor. Where he re mained until December, 1843, When he was ordered to ditty with Opmpany C, Third Light Artillery, at Fort McHenry, Maryland. On the 17th pf May, 1843,1 m was promoted First- Lieutenant Of Arfil lery, and in the spring of 1844 joined Company E, Th ini Artillery, at Fort Moultrie.

When war with Mexico became unavbtdable, Lieutenant Thomas was ordered with his company to Texas in July, 1845, to report to General Taylor. During the Mexican war he distinguished UiiilHelf at Fort Brown, Resaca ae la Palma, Monterey (for gallant conduct ait which he was brevetted Captain, September 23, 1846), and at Buena Vista, which scared him a brevet Majorship (February 23, 18ft). He remained in Mexico on duty until August 20,1848, When he recrossed Jhto .Texas, and thence went to Fort Adams, Rhode Island. He was ordered to Florids again tn 1849, upon the renewal of the war With the Indians, and served there until December, 1850, when he was ordered to Fort Independence. He remained there until March 28,1851, whan he waaaasigned. to duty as Instructor of Artillery ana Cavalry at West Point. He retained this popi tion until May 31,1854, having been .promoted meanwhile, December 24, 1853, to a Captaincy in the -'l'll ird Artillery. In 1854, Captain Thomas was assigned io Fort luma, California, where he received the appointment lit Junior Major of the Second Cavalry. From May 1, 1856, to November 1, 1860, be was on.duty- in Texas. .

la April, 1861, Major Thomas was ordered to Carlisle Barreeks, Pa., to remount the Second Cavalry, which had been dismount*! by General Twigge, and on the Ist of May, 1801, he reported to the commander, of the Department of Pennsylvania for duty. Aprii-25,1864, he Was Sromoted Lieutenant Colonel, and, on [ay 3d, Colonel. From May tjirtd July he commanded the First Brigade of Major Ganeral Patterson’s army in Northern Virginia, and subsequently, under General Banks until August 26th. On the 17th of Augustus was appointed a Brigadier General of volunteers, and on the

36th took command of Camp- Dick Robinson, in Kentucky,'where, on the 26th of October, at the battle of Wild Cat, the rebel General Zolliooffer was completely routed, and his troops <!nve’ri”back to Cumberland Gap. General Thomas .then advanced to Lebanon, ana* organised lhe First Division of the Army of the Cum bsrland, and immediately - upon Tils arrival he found ’ himself confronted by Zolliooffer, who had takes up a strong position st Mill Spring. Zolliooffer. mttqe the attack, but was completely rcu'ei, and him«alf killed; and the ensmf abandoned their provisions, ammunition, arrhs, and camp equipage of every-description, fleeidg in wild dismay over lhe mountifliis, and leaving General Thomas’ the hero of the first decisive victory of the ' For gallant conduct in the battle lie 'was appointed andvonfirmed Major. General of VdlunteersfAprH 25,1869 )'* Ills division was then ordered to Nashville; but, as itwas In the reserves; he did upt paujmpete in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. 'May 1,1862, his division was transferred to the Army of the Tennessee, and he qofitinneil in command oi the right wing until June 10, when he was transferred to the Army of the Ohio under General Buelltj. When the command was assumed bf General Rosecrans, the name of the army was changed again to that of the Army ot (he Cumberland, and Gedbral Thomas fodk command of the centr^,—th'e Foiirteenth Corps. Under the command of General ■ Rosecrans he served- with distinguished ability and valor in that tetriMii series of battles on Stone River. ' »

From that time to this his record is fresh' in the memory of the public, and we need, only to mention Chicamauga, ; Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain,, Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, KefietoM; Peach Tree Creek, Chattahoochee, and, greatest of all, Nashville, to recall all the brilliant service which he rendered in these closing scenes of the rebellion. > Ho army at Chicamauga, and her crtisned every vestige of rebel Mon in the West at, Nashville, leaving Sherman free to march onward unmolested. About a year ago he was assigned to the. Department of California, which ends our record of the prominent events of his life.

In General Thomas there seemed to be a union of all the qualities which make up the great and successful soldier. He brought no peculiar trait of character into stronger relief than any other, but blenuod them all to perfect harmony. Although a Virginian 'bjP birth, he was a staunch, uncompromising Unionist in. feeling. As a soldier, he united skillful strategy with cool valor and tremendous power. Wh«u he fought ho hurled all his forces upon jfye enemy and crushed him. Me was #8 distinguished to council as he was terrible ip battle. As a gentleman, he was jrte-* proacljabic, both to contact with his mien and with the world, and nbnd evert /wed more deajiy tips lion-heart with the jdfec-, Rons Of a woman than- his oww soldiers who served underhim and knew the warm feeltags under the stem exterior. As a man, he was manly in all things. -' Not a spot of maanness er jealously stain his long and useful career. Tn his personal dh pearance, .be waa dignified a#d commanding ; in his hearing, gentle and courteous, and to tas habits sifictfy’ temperate an'd rigid. In all, he Was the Ofievalier Bayard of the army, vmepcujreC-iane rps proche. His tame is forever assured in the history of his country, and W jlf#' is a model for the emulation of every Chris, tian soldier and ojrwy asplrftg youth m America.- Chicggo_ Tribune, March 30. A Dutchman, tbrother day, reading an account of a meeting, came to the words, “ The meeting then dusofyed.” . M&gbuld not define the meaning of 'the . latter, so he-referred to his dictionary, and felt totalled. ton few mwMes & rncMiams in, When Houty -said, “Dey must have pecpleahad mgltolt away.** .

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. * MPwwr* , ««yA Woman's Will—Won’tl < Pattkrx Women—The milliner*. Tun Bottlk Trick—Getting drunk. Flat FALaniitfo#-Lying on your back. , 1 Bioju Words—Dialogue in a balloon, • Tq Hux'ivu f tains Most CttaiuCflßß -‘•Get rich. VnuKQVitbD Lovr— A passion for gambling Pl’kcu calls a wig, gown, and bands, a law shtt. Men *bh know a good deilT—Uahlplayeri. Caitillaby Atthactiom—Falling in love with .a chiguon. Ir you want to get a sure crop and a big yield, sow wild onia. PttOpLß who live by jokes, aro geneally very “ poor Juksra"

MaTtbb* of moment ought to be described in a minute manner. A CBivrc fays nf a famous singer that “ she sings a fcw airs and pots on a great many.” Titn lady tVhosc blood curdled in her reins, has ever since been very sour in her .disposition. Tint lush that man does not object to have laid on his shoulders—The eye-lash of a pretty girl.

Wnr iann errand-boy like an o’d horse put up at auction ? Because he’ll go for what he’ll tetch. Makr friends with life insurance, that when you are old it may coinfort you. Remember the Washington Life. A lodging not'Bß NKcrßß* advertises “ to furnish gentlemen with pleasant and comfortable rooms, also one or two gentleman with wives." • An exchange wants the government to issue stamps tor kerosene, inscribed “ Prepare to meet thy God.” Phrenological Fact.—ln the whole Britiaa army, says Fan, not one soldier is there with a “ retreating” forehead. Whv is a horse the most curious feeder in the world ? Because lie eats best when he has not a “bit” in his mouth. Two twin brothers in New York are so much alike that they frequently borrow money of each other without knowing it. echoril examination, a young urchin being why it was so warm in the torrid zone, very promptly replied, “Because it is so hot!” The Washington Is a g'reat public favorite—the increase of business last year over the year previous, was greater than that of any other Cash Company. BtrAKGeas it may seem, it is nevertheless a fact that if you cut off your left hand, your right hand becomes your left hand. A boy’s idea of having a tooth drawn may be summed up as follows: “ The doctor hitched fast on me, pulled his best, and just before it killed me the tooth came out.”

“ That’s very singular,” said a young lady to a gentleman who had just kissed her. “ Oh, well, my dear miss, was the reply, “I will soon make it plural!” and the villain did. “PLAsfc tnrn your head a little," said a beautiful nurse, to her male patient. “ You have turned it already, madame,” said he. “ Ah, sir, I guess you will not die this time." “How is your husband this, afternoon, Mrs. Quiggs?” “ Why, the doctor says as how it he lives till morning he shall have some hopes of him; but if he don’t he must give him up.”

“I didn’t like our minister’s sermon last Sunday,” said a deacon who had slept ailj sermon time to a brother deacon. “Didn’t like it, brother A. ? Why I saw you nodding anent to every proposition of the parson.” A Widower’s Sorrows.— 1 beard a judge his tipstaff call, Audsay. ‘Sir. 1 desL”e Tuu go forthwith and seerch the hall, Aud send me in my crier." " And search, my lord, in va in I may,” . I rno lipstaff grave iy sakl; “The crier cannoiery to-day, Because his wife is dead I” A Pittsfield, Mass., mm lost his hammer. He gave one of his boys a sound thrashing for losing it. Not tong afttr the father found'the missing hammer where he had left it. “ Never mind,” said he, trying to console the boy and his conscience “ whippings never come amiss!”

A Cincinnati lady, who recently found the gas escaping in her servant’s chamber, asked her if she had blown it out instead of turning it off; and was told that she “ was hot so green as all that; she had only turned it on again a little, that it wou idbeeasier lighted inthe morni a’.” " Mv dear, if you go on at this extravagant rate,” said a penurious husband to his wife, “I shall go out of my wits.” Well, my dear,” responded the affectionate wife, “ there’ll be one comfort in it, anyho W; and that is, that if you do go out of your wits, you'll not have to go so far but what you’ll be within easy call.” A clergyman who had been staying for some lime at the house of a friend, on going away, called to him little Tommy, tfee lour-year-old son of his host, and asked what he should give him for a present. Tommy, who had great respect .for- the “cloth,” thought it was his duty To suggest something of a religious nature, so he answered hesitatingly, “ I —l think J ghoujd like a testament, and I know 1 should like a ppp-gun!” A Line of Lines.—A romantic pair in are blessed with a tot of daughters. The eldest was called Caroline, thejsecond Madeline, the third Eveline, the fourth Ange line, when lb! the fifth made its appearance and no name* could be found with the desired terminatigir. Tfotermiued, however, to “fight it out on thatnine if If took all riftnhrtr,” the parents at length pounced upon a name very popular in their neighborhood, and forthwith the baby was called Crino-line. 3 3 ttowrocND Interest.— Ben Alfi.ni had a gotten coin, one day, .. i Which he pat oip at interest with a Jew; Year aiyirj ear, awaiting him, it lay. Until ihe doubled coin two pieces grew; Arid these two, four, eouu, till people eakU •* ►‘fiew rich-Ben Adam is I ’and bowed, the »ervile bead. Ben Selim had a golden coin, that day, • which to a stranger asking alms he gave. Who went, rejoicing, en his unknown way. N Ben Selim died, too poor to own a grave But, when his soul reached heaven, angels, with pride, < . fehowed him the wealth to which his col* had > _ i. SaulUplied.

An Allegory.

♦ Tlfe told ntau Ares toiling through tie burden and heat rW the day, in cultivating his fields with his own'hand#, and deposit- 1 ing the promising seeds'ta the fruitful lap of yielding earth. Suddenly there stood 1 before him, under Ihe shade of a huge linden tree, a vision. The old man was struck with amazement. I r “I am Bolompn,’ spoke the phantom, in A friendly voice. “What are doing here, old man f” ' ’ ' , “ IT, you are Solomon,”, replied the venerable laborer, “how can you ask this? Iscmy youth you rent me to an ant; I saw its.occupation, and learned irpm that insect to be industrious aud to gather.’ What 1 then learned ! have followed out. to this hour.” “Y* b baYfi jQflfy. learned j half your les- i «jd,” resumed the spirit. “Go agfon to the ant, aiid learn to rest in the w taxer of 'your life, , an 1 to enjoy what you have gathered up.”— From the German.

The Pagan Democracy.

... ■■■ Gibbon give* • mphlc aqd ludicrous description of the lingering pagan* at the empire, who, long afterihe Chriotinn religion had been accepted ail over tlie Roman World, continued tbeir aolemn sacrifices to JUpitet and rati, o>ijv|oua of the change* that had taken place around them. 'The Deoaoenttfo party lhe United Mtatesarei rti tlld aaane mnner.

still offerlhgiiecrificca to their Jupitet and theit Fan It Bistta** not that the conntty bits moved onward I that it haa left behind forever the aacritices ta slavery and *t*ceaalon; tbe <tid pagana continue to light the Urea, liny the raffia, and interrogate the oracles, as of fOtt. The D«po<reti.c State Convention in Oregon spent an entire day last weeit, discusvlng whether .they would repudiate the public debt, in «o many Worts, or aoL That debt wan arented, they sald,Vt an

UncopsLiiutional war, ..to coerce sovereign Slates i" If was created In a war against lb« Tigfci of a fttaia to secede from the Union : it was inburred to >ay the expenses of armies to invade the South and enforce obedienct to thb natiohal authority, from which lhetfe fitafile had been releasixl by the action oil their States. Moreover, in that way, four millions of slaves had been emancipted, torn from the possession of their lawful owners. In violation of the express doc trine of the Democracy, that property in slaves was held by a tenure superior to constitutions and lawn The. Democracy of Oregon were not prepared to j-t"e up their ancient idols, so they relighted their fires and offered attain their sacrifices to the older dispensation. A few of them,) of a more politic turn of mind than the rest, induced the majority to change the form of the resolution, and dbtlare that to pay intertrt on the debt was a burden too heavy to be bonse; that the debt was excessive, andthat it wm rank oppression to repeat the payment of tbeitrtincipal in the form of interest, and that the govern ment creditors ought to compromise, and take lens. A, '

The condition of the Democratic pagans on the Pacific is hardly more patiable than those of New York. In that corner of the vineyard the question is not whether they will accept the new faith, but whether tiiey wiU-eaorifiee tq Jupiter or Pan. Heretofore they have offered all their incense to Pan. Pan has generally been right side up, and been in the keeping of the celebrated priests Tweed, Sweeney & Company, ft is proposed by some to discard Pan, assassinate- bis Jrieets, and restore the worship of upiter. The Tammany Democracy under Tweed and Sweeney, and the “Young Democracy” under Morrissey, Fox and O’Brien have lost sight of the' external enemy (Christianity) in the violence of their ottn schism. The rival worshippers accuse each other of being thieves and ballot-box staffers; of being corrupt, and of holding their seats by crime. Combined, they have temporary control of the State of New York; but, having no political principle in common with the great body of the people, they are wrangling among themselves as to whether they shall worship this or that

god, and are rushing to destruction, dragging with-< them sundry professing Christians who have not scrupled to mingle in the strife in the interest of Pan. • The condition of the pagan Democracy in other States is equally disheartening. Everywhere, they have but one common*, rule of action, and that is a blind devotion to the past, and an obstinate determination not to accept truth. Never was there a more pitiable exhibition of a party once the ruler of a mighty nation, wasting its strength, chattering feebly, and passing precipitately away in death, and still hoping that prayers to its defunct idols will turn back the wheels of time, revive the dead, and bring back chaos to comfort them. Though in the article of death, they still moan miserably all the way from Oregon to New York, “ This is a white man's government“ The constitution recognizes slavery;” “States are sovereign;” “Repudiate the debt; pay no interest;’’ “Rescind the Fifteenth Amendment."— Chicago Tribune. March 281st.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Prefare for sickness in the day of health, and for old age in thy youth. Beauty eventually deserts its possessor, but virlue-and talent accompany him to the grave. ..... No character can be lastingly injured by a fearless discharge of duty. - Calumny or prejudice may obscure it for a time, T>ut in the end it will shine the brighter for the clouds which obscure it. A COBRBSFONDENT of the Wutem Rural sent 1,908 pounds of sunflower seed to anoil .mill and had returned to hi;p pi a pounds of oil and 1,781 pounds of oil cake. The oit he finds a superior lubricator,- and thinks it may be valuable for other purposes. H. Griffen, of Vermont, says in the N. B. Farmer, I have a pumpkin that was raised in the year 1808, that is about as fresh looking as it was the fall it was taken from the vine. I think it Was the largest one I raised. I kept it where it would not freeze in the winter, out of the cellar, and in the milk room in. the summer. It bids fair to winter again. In a letter to an editor of the American Agrindturiit, John Johnston, writes : “if you put a good sounding bell on one of your Cotswold sheep, the dogs will not be so apt to hurt them;, but the best thingjl ever tried is alittle strychnine on a piece of meat—and if the iheat is tainted, they find it better. I have often got rid of dogs in this way. Put it around your yuco- fa the evening, and if the dogs come, you Will find some dead ones in the .SMBgn**"?!* chimneys, such as two near Glasgoyr, which are over 400 feet high, urq very apt to get out of perpendicular, under the influence of high wind, before the mortar has time to harden. They are generally straightened by repeatedly sawing into the bulging side, and on removing the saw the chimney settles the thickness of the cutting. The Scientific ■Anerimn mentiona the ease pf a chimney feet high, in Barmen, Prussia, in which the method tried was to replace whole layers of brick by thinner layers, an <l allow the chimney to subside. Scouring Kntves.—A IsdyurnrespondP’rtPj.UP s Agriculturiet writes' that for five yearp. she has used water-lime for soourtag knives, forks, ttas, and the like. She says: “I have a box with a' partition and. keep the lime in one part and the cloths in the other. I wet a small eloth a little and dip it in tbe lime, and after the articles are well washed and wiped, I. nib them until the (spots are removed. Then I take a larger, dry doth, dip'it in the" dyne, and nib the articles until polished to suit me. Wipe off the ’ dust from the knives and forks with a dry cloth, and they tore ready to' pW aw *y ; ’ • ■ A Word to Pankeys. -Remember that the time must come in every family when it is the children’* right to begin to think and act for themselves, and the parent’s, duty t<) allow them to do it; •when it is wisest gradually to slacken authority, to •ink I eommand”into “ I wish, -to grant large freedom of opinion, and, above all, in the expression, of it, 'Likewise (and this is a most important element , in family union) to givs liosuw—nay, actual sympathy —to wandering affections, friendships, dr lives which, for tbs’ time being, seem to find the home circle too narrow and too dull.—Jfito Jfulock.

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Tira Abrrican Mnwai arni published toy <*• F- Howell A Co-. Adveftw*| Agent*, Ho *> Park Row, Mew York, court In. a Ml and eomploW aUUiment of U 1 facta about tie tu paper a which an adfenafr dealreaUi kuow. The subscription price in 1 ye dollart. • To CBii* VoßStoßrWiod -The remedy ehouldbo tetooMth dleorgJnWeS.ALt.nirj> LCK. Bataan willbe Ibond to give Inttadtal® lettvC. For sale by all Medicine De afar a_ ( Coroni—The administration of medicinal preparation* in the form of a loiengt is of allmodes the most eligible and convenient, more especially *S regards a ■Cowin Remedy, "Broien* Bronchial TYecVr " or Cough Lozenges, allay irritation wblflS Induces soughing, giving instant relfcf in Bronchitis, Hoarsenes*, Influenia, Mid Consumptive and Astumatic complaints.

Sinking Slowly.

Dlseaws that progress rapidly to a crlatajare not the only ooea to ba dreaded. Canker Or dry rot dues not bleat a tree aa suddenly as a stroke of lightning, but unless arrested. It destroys it aS certainly ; and in like manner chronic debility, although it does not kill with the swiftness of yellow fever, is aa aure to sap the springs of life eventually as any acute disease ■ if not checked by invigorating medication. There Is something inexpressibly touching in the spectacle of preinatnre decay. Languor, pallor, emaciation, depression of spirits, and a distaste tor exertion, *r® its ordinary symptoms, and they should be promptly met by tonic treatment The best invigorant and exhilarant can oe administered in a case of this kind is Hoetetter’s Stomach Bitters. The stimulating principle of the preparation ronses the dormant energies of the system, and the strengthening andregu atSerties give a permanent and healthful imthe vital forces thus brought into play, ing appetite is re-awakened, the process of digest ion and assimilation ft quickened, the quality Of the blood is improved, the secretions become more natural, and every organ that contributes to the nourishment of the body undergoes salutary change. By these means the repair of the physical structure is effected, and its health and vigor restored. In no cla-s of diseases has the benideent operation of the Bitters been more marked and • striking than tn those characterized by general debility and nervous prostration, Ladies affected with these ailments find in Ulis most wholesome of all tonics and correctives the safest and surest means of relief. It is strong to restore and powerless to injure. Such is the uniform testimony of “clouds of witnesses^!—.——————

ly you do not feel well you send fori a doctor, he calls upon yon, looks wise,’ scrawl* some hieroglyphics upon a piece of paper which you take to a drag store and there pay 50 cents to >1 00, besides the doctor's fee, for a remedy nine times out ol ten not half so good as Dr. Monss’s Indian Boot Pilu, which coat but 25 cents per box. Do you think the former the best, because you pay the most for ttf If you do, we advise you to nse. Just as an experiment, the Mons's Indian Root Pills. They are prepared from a formula pronounced by the most learned physicians of our country, to be the best and most universal of family medicines. The Mouse’s Indian Root Pills cure Headache, Liver complaints. Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Female Irregularities. Ac., and are put up both sugar-coated and plain. Give them a trial. Sold by all dealers. Drawing-Room Chat.—The so lowing conversation took plaoe in the drawing-room of a mansion on Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, one pleasant fohenoch about ten days ago. (Two fames, Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Knight, had JUst dropped in for a morning’s call on MrS, Ranelje the la 'y of the house.) Mrs. M.-Mv d«-ar Mrs. Rapclje, are you sick ? Ton look quite delV-ate. Mrs. R.—No ; not sick exactly; but suffering from deMlttr, and dreadfully nervous. Do you know,’ I could cry this minute. Mrs. K —Too much excitement. Pm afraid. Mis. B.—Perhaps. But whai can one do* In the gay season, one must give parties and attend them. Mrs. M.-I suppose so. Faahl in Is law—more’s the pity. But you must take something to tone your system, or you'll break down. Mrs. R.—l bate medicine! But yon shall prescribe forme. What would you advise? Mrs. M.—well; I’ll tell yon my plan. Whenever I'm nervous or hysterical, or have a headache, or am at all ont of surtsl I take a couple of tablespoonfulls of Plantation Brarxns once or twice a day for a week or so, and It lansrioMg brings me round. Mrs. K.—l do the same Hung, with the same pleasant result. I have Implicit faith In that article. Mrs- R.—Well, ladles, on your recommends lon, I'll try IL - Never nay Dye or ‘‘Not a Dye;" but ask for PIIALON’S VITALIA OR SALVATION FOR THE HAIR. Examine it, yon will flud It clear; shake It, Son will see that It has no sediment: apply It to your ead, beard, whiskers ormustacbes, If grey or grizzled, sad the color they wore before they sassed win return to them, r . THE BEST AND ORIGIN AX TONIC OF EBON.— Phosphoi us and Cahsaya, known aa Ferro-Phosphated . Elixir of CaUsaya Bark. The iron restores color to the blood, the phosphorus renews waste of the nerve tissue, and the caHsaya gives natural, healthful tour to the digestive organs, thereby curing dyspepata in its Various tbrms, wakefulness, genera! debility, depression of spirits; also, the best preventive against fever sad ague. One pint contains tha virtues of one ounce ot ciHsaya, and oue teaSpoonfW, a grain of Iron and phosphorus. Manufactured only by CASWELL, HAZARD A CO., successors to Caawxll, Mack * CoNew York. Bold bv brugglsU. “Ba a Moss Fanns can be taken into the stomach of the mo-t delicate, and Is just the thing for invalids and all those desiring a light and Delicate food."—Past.

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X, W 3* OO.’B IffMtaSad ' DassripUve Catalogue of H M Vm R SJ SOMETHING NEWII, * HEAD TUB FOLLOWING. WHAT I«k • City Missionary of Boston BSTS about uurs ibis -a. * Be “’ r Al an ExpßCtoraut It has bo Eqnal. Borton. Mosa, February is. w*. famines, Aul wMW illuarkable effect Tn ev«y >u«“ n "?- One woman has been restored from what her pl,ysi; clans pronounced oonsumtNloa, alter several months sickness with cough, great pain In ihe Jungs, prostration. so that she Is able now to do housework and aisle) In Urn support of her fsfflly. and wltljewre and continued uss of the Balsam she expects entire rectorAnother person, a young women to whom I gave one bottle, has recrivad area! betsedt, which was of J" ““ she has purchased the second bottle, sad baa every was raising blood, and suite weak andslrt. naa by the ueeof two bottles, bem much Improved, ddu bsiletodo sllttle at bls work. A young man to whom I recommended atrial of w, ;»«e n S‘. to ’S.Tto & ’’' r **fe f J, H. HARRIS & CO.y Sol® Prop’s, CIWCIIMWATI, OHIOtr Bold br *» Prstfriwe.

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.era. ENOCH MORGAN'S 80M8’ im. ■'AfSha gHWaaWnirton-at.NiT. BEST. .' TfhNO . .. ■’ TbrUtßaMMWlndo-Ht (without watery; removing Btalns from Marble and Paint; PelUrhlng Knives, (no scratching,; Washing Dishes, scrubbing Floor., HdMF Cidtll, TahJeK dpwtr Twfcs, Arc.; Polishing Tin, Brass. Iron, Copper and Steel Wares; Removing Gums, Oil, Rust and Dirt from machinery. Indispensable for Housp Cleaning, aad all uses (except washing ek>thea>. Itcosts but a few cents, aad Is sold by all good Grocery, Drag and Notion Stores. '"■l «’■' '-iZT'-'-'i.' 1

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ssisar SIX-CORD. For safe by all dealer? in DRY COOPS A NOTIOMS. an entirely New DisctMterj, for making a ra'ght hair curl, and remalnlag so; «n* u ®' l tor '^ e THQ I ?NTON. <1 H < ohoken. New .Trpev. "ft. New DiscqvßßY 1 I PHALONfS the k Hair. Fw RtJtoringto&!£* Hair Hi Original CoZoN Fhalon’i differ*’ utterly from “dyes,” * M restorers ” (?) in j<se. It acti on a totally different principle. In limpid\fragr-ant, and per - fectly precipitates po muddy or flahwlent master, requires no shying up,, and communicates no\tain the Ain or the lined. W&j faptr turiain is necpKary to' conceal its tuf£j»df*appearance, for the simple reason that it u turbid It is, to ail intents imd proposes, a new dijcovimt in Chemistry. gff" PhMurfs‘‘Vitalia* * warranted todfirt » change in the color of thelhur within 1 o days aftt' r the firstypplicalion, tlie being jarefuliy JT 18 AS Cp<RAS VTATiB r AND »<AS NO SBOBDENT. Price, One Dollar per Box;, COtfflqNßM TWO MtTUM. Sold by aIISQr vggists. If your Druggiih has hot * Vitalis * on hanijc write, en—closing Wt will forward it hflmediately. Phalqn & Sow, 07 SrM/«Msy, M T.

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