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will ll ISfJ 1 1 iih ii Til it; DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, POLITICS, AGRICULTURE, JtJVD THE INTERESTS OF IIICIIILA.YD COCJYTV. Vol. 33 No. 29. Hillsborough, Highland County, Ohio, Thursday, November 11, 1869.

Whole No. 174G. THE E5HL1SB WEEKLY MIS. OLDESTPAPE dlN THE COUNTY. I.

L. BOAEDMAS. EDITOR AND PBOPKIfOB. Orl'ICI In St. north aid.

second door tf High, XiMrtT opposite the PostOmo. MAIL Blsglscopy, oca year 00 00 8 months fiO PT.nt invariably la No papar eaat (nail longer than the time paid for. Mr An extra copy will sent a-ratia, for varf alnb abcribar at the abova rat. TOWN SUBSCRIBERS. To Subscriber In rTllleboro and vicinity, the Fawa VIII I promptly dlivred by Carrier, or at tLs Put VIBca or odoe of publication, on tha following terms a advance, or within month 00 At tha end of monthi i At the ad of tha Advance pavm.nt preferred In all cases.

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A fatlnreto order a diao la considered a equivalent to rderlnt the paper confirmed. WILLIAIIMEOAW, PHOTOGRAPHER, Main Street, near the Ellicott House. HILLS3OR0UCH, CHiO. Photographs of all styles, both plain and colored. Particular attention paid to makin- copies of old Da-gaerreotypeo aad other picture.

lylmJ W. T. BOWERS, AKcrscTrar.a or wo nmi i CONFECTIONERY, FRUITS, NUTS, BREAD, CAKES AND CRACKERS, HATN STREET, OPPOSITE THE COCBT HOCSB, IIILLSBORO, OIIIO. R. C.

RUSS, M. Physician, Surgeon and Aoooucheur. 053.00-IVI.txX aSt-e Soath side, enedooreast of EIHrott Besldn-e Sooth Hisrh south of South 8t. Office hours from to A. and 1 to and 6 to P.

M. Bliecle Mttention clven to the treatment of diseases ol the Ur and Surgical cases. June U. 1869. Jnt N0S HOLMES, M.

PHYSICIAN SURGEON, IIII.LSBOHOUGH, OIIIO. I ere.HIC nndersieoed, continue the practice of Medt-. cine, aad wiil attend promptly to all profeaional alls Office en Main Street, south side, a few doors wast to the Elitroit Hons. awr-gpecial attention given to rjtvrht calls. KNOS HOLMES.

ITillaboro, June 2. 18fS. i24 S. F. CHANEY, M.

XIiylo I fvro. sdb surgeon, DANVILLE, 310, (Successor lo Dr. R. C. Buss.) FspecUl Attention Given to Treatment of Chronic Diseases.

"All rails promptly attended io J.il0tf DR. R. McCAFFERTY, CJTTLL eontinnea to practice TEV'TISTKY irl the old Room lormerly occupied by Gumptun and White, Ililiben'a Block, Hiilsuoro, Ohio. SJWA1I work warranted satl.fartory. mtrllvl RODNEY T.

TRIMBLE, HI. D. rhysician and Surgeon, HILI.SBORO O. crrirr. on high uortit or tut vbt.e'8 COBNEB AND NEXT DOOR TO DK.

WEVKB. race hoars from I to A. 12 to Si P. 7. to I P.

M. de-17 B. V. HOGHLAND, M. D.

HILIiSBORO, O. RESIDENCE AND OFFICE: On Mala 8treet, north side, between Miith and East treets, a few doers west ef Hreebytenen Clitirrb. attention given to Diseases of the Lnsg and Heart, Scrofulous Affections of tbe Joints, aud I'leerattuu of Bone. Qillsboro, Nov. 6 1869.

W. HOYT, LYI. D. BOMCOPAiniO PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Orvica Oa Hlh over Amen Miller's Grocery.

BstovtCK Walnut Street, three doors east of the Corner uf Uigh Street, Rillsboro, O. From to o'clock A. M. i to 2 P. M.

7 te I P. Call from the country will receive prompt ettentlon, except during office hour. nov2i 1 Professional Card! V7. We Shepherd, LI. PHYSICIAN 8TJBGEOH', OFrlCK HOURS: From 8 to A.

12 to 1 P.M. I It P. M. and all day Saturday. Offlee on Short Street, two door west of High Street.

Jan'y 6, 186S. janoy' G-. B. GARDNER, ATTORNEY AT LAY, HILLSBORO, OHIO. FFirF in Smith's Block, second ioor, 8.

X. Cor ner nnu i Miayti Mrreeia. aw.lutiona. Partition ana rrooaic aether with the .11... hranrnH 01 Li 1.

uivie.w.1 be promptly attended to. Jnne 8, PENSION BOUNTY CLAIM AGENCY J. II. illullenix, -ar ATE Captain Company 9th Beg't. O.

V. JLi would respectfully announce to tlie citizen ol Highland and adjoining counties, that he has opened General Claim Agency for tbe collection of ail Uevern-ment Clainie. Having had considerable experience with ths differ-nt reiartments. applicant mity.feei assureo of havinr their claims collected with promptness and safety, and that every attention will be given to whatever business wjavbe enleusted tome. aver On charges ar reasennble.

No charge If we fall to collect any claim. All kinds of Blank kept on hand for every variety of Officers or Soldiers for Invalid Pension, foi Bountv. after two years service, or arrears ofPay. Claim of Widow or Mothers of deceased Soldiers Father. Mothers, Widows.

Brothers Sister, of deceased Officer, er Soldier, for arrears of Pay Bounty, Money, Ac. Blants for th. wives of Prisoner, of war oMali the pay of their hnsbands while con 11 ned I Rebel prisons. Discharged OfSoers' accounts and certificate. non-indebtedness procured.

Office is th Grand Jury room of Court Hon, B'lsboro, o. Hllleboro. Tec. ISP. decW IVotico.

AtL person knowing theciaelve Indebted by not or book account, due, will please call and settle the same aad oblig. H. F. CLAYTON, rfeei NEW HOMINY 8AL1 BT CLAYT0. TcALLA.

if I I Oentiet. EiHsboro, Ohio.ll I Jl. lr. Callahau keopsu lw'th all the improvelnenla in II IDeutistry, puts up alt kinds ol 11 1 teeth made by tbe prof -csion, II II In the finest style, aud on the 1 1 most reasonable terms. I Office, over Haynes A West's Rtor.

aovliy JJ Select Miscellany. the News. AUTUMN DAYS. BY VILETTE VILLARS. Like amber thread, th slanting ray Of san-ahlne fall In Altaian day.

And with their geotl warmth and light. Dispel tha chilling frosts of night. The air breathe sadly, seeming yet The vanished Summer to regret Than, with load song ths harried brsess Tosses tbs branches of tba trees. Ths grand old trees. In gorgeoas dress.

Enliven all tba wilderness Tet downward flMUs the dying leaf. Nor sighs to lad existence brief. As 'nsath these trees with startled tread, I softly step, as o'er tbs dead, I hear a voice from lips unseen, "Below the brown Is living green. Bweet comforter 1 I bid yoa stay, Ker leave me at the close of day. Whes life pots a russet sown There's living green below th brown.

ELECTION RHYMES. Th Detroit Pest conUlus th Mowing sqalbs In rhyme: Asa the Packer did pack np pack, To go te the Oovercor'a msaslon alack I The people did give such a terrible whackiug To Asa th Packer as seat blm a packing. Asa, tbs wealthy, ao taxes would pay Asa, tbe sly, bid bis incoms away Th people thought Asa's own magio would bind him And he's ent, like hi Income, wbere ao one can fad bin. Little fJeorffle Pendleton Wanted a greenback. Little Georgia Pendleton Only got a tbwxek Bs got so many thwark Befor got through, Tbat Pendleton's green back Eas turned black and blue.

PUTTING UP STOVES. PUTTING UP STOVES. The Vexation of the Season---Description of the Ceremony by One Who has been Through It. a or In conseqnence of the arrival of cold weather once more, about these days there is a universal putting up oi stoves preparatory for the winter cam paign, and undoubtedly a preat deal of profanity is indulged in. One who has considerable experience in the work of putting up stoves Pays first Step to betaken is to put on very old and ragged coat, under the impression that when lie gets his mouth full of piaster it will keep his XT shirt bosom fh-an.

ext he gets his hands inside the place where the pipe ought to go, and blacks his fingers, and then lie carefully makes a Llack down one side of his nose. It is i.n- possible to make any headway, in doing this work, until this mark is made don the side of the nose. Having got his face properly marked the victim is ready to begin the ceremony. The head of the family who is the big goose of the sacrifice grasps one side of the bottom of the stove, and his wife and the hired girl take hold of the other side. In this way the load is started from the woodshed toward the parlor.

Going through the door the head of the family will carefully swing his side of the stove around and jam his thumb nail against the door post. (This part of the ceremony is never omitted.) Having got the stove comfortably in place, the next thing is to find the gs. Two of these fire left in the stove since the spring before. The other two must be hunted after for twenty five minutes. They are usually found under the coal.

Then the head of the family holds up one side of the stove while his wife put3 two of the legs in place, and next he holds up the other side while the other two are fixed, and one of the first two falls out. By the time the stove gets on its legs he gets reck less, and takes off his old coat regard less of his linen. Then he goes off for the pipe and gets a cinder in his eye. It don't make any difference how well the pipe was put up last year, it will be found a little too short or a little too long. The head of the family jams his hat over hU eyes and taking a pipe under each arm goes to the tin shop to have it fixed.

When he gets back he steps upon one of the Dest parlor chairs to see if the pipe fits, and his wife makes him get down for fear he will scratch the varnish off from the chair with the nails in his boot heel. In getting down he will surely 6tep on the cat, and may thank his stare if it is not the baby. Then he gets an old chair and climbs up to the chimney again, to find that in cutting the pipe off the end has been left too big for the hole in the chimney. So he goes to the wood-shed and splits one side of the end of the pipe, with an old axe, and squeeze it in his hands to make it smaller; Finally he gets the pipe in shape and finds that the stove does not stand true. Then himself and wife and the hired girl move the stove to the left, and the legs fall out again.

Next it is to be moved to ths right. More difficulty with the legs. Moved to the front a little. Elbow not even with the hole in the chimney, and he goes to the wood-shed after some little While putting the blocks under the legs the pipe comes out of the chimney. That remedied, the elbow keeps tipping over to the great alarm of the wife.

Head of the family gets the dinner table out, puts the old chair on it, get3 his wife to hold the r.bair find balances himself on it to drive some nails into the ceiling Drons the hammer on his wife's head. At last gets the nails driven, makes wire swing to hold the pipe, hammers a little here, pulls a little there, takes a long breath, and announces the cer emony completed. Job never put up any stoves. would have ruined hia reputation if he had. Amiable mother: "Here, Tommy, is some nice castor oil.

with orange peel in it." Doctor: lsow, rerncra ber, don't give it all to Tommy; save some forme. iommy (who has tieen there before-): 'Doctor's a nice man, ma; give it all to the Doctor." A lady rocently seot to request female friend to accompany her Grace Church. The reply came back: "Sorry, bat I'm dressed for St Wonderful Phenomenon. In the last number of Appleton's Journal, in an article by Dr. Bellows, entitled "Sittinsrs with Powers, the Sculptor," he relates some wonderful spiritistic experiences communicated by the American sculptor.

Mr. Pow ers distinctly states that he is not a believer in the revelations of spirits, as made known throuch mediums or otherwise, but he does believe In the fact of spiritual manifestation, animal maznetism, and the moving of solid bodies, by means as yet unexplained by purely scientific men. After this explanation he described to Dr. Bellows several phenomena which he had witnessed, among them the following: I had retired at the usual hour; as I blew out the candle and got into bed, I looked upon our infant child, sleeping calmly on the other side of its mother, who also was sound asleep. As I lay awake thinking of these I suddenly became conscious of a strong light in the room, and as I cast my eye upward, I saw a green hill-side, on which two bright figures, a young man and a young woman, their arms across each other's shoulders, were standing and looking down, with countenances fall cf l-vo and grace, upon our sleeping infant.

A glorious brightness seemed to clothe them, and to shine in upon the room. I was so moved by the reflection excited by this experience, that I could not restrain myself from awakening my wife and telling her what had happened. She instantly folded her child to her bosom, and said, 'And is our darling, then, so soon to be taken from us?" I pacified her by telling her that there was no evil omen in the vision I had seen; that the countenances of the heavenly visitants expressed only peace and joy, and that there was nothing to dread of harm to our child. And so we found it. Anecdote of Gen.

Longstreet. theibead the'batterv. h(1(, n'ot the'heart to alor(jcr it to be taken off.it being such a luxury in that dreadful dry country and it proceeded safely along for a couple nxlou.ly guarded by the I thirst captor. Suddenly the battery was 8tartled by a deep voice thundering out, halt this battery which was done instanter, for General ongstreet staff were alongside. "What have on, th' Piece- General.

"Lager beer, Bir," answered the and convicted captain. "What jn the 1 do you mean, eir," roared out On one occasion, during; tha period when l.t 1. ur. ri Xrl mrtA rna confetierute batteries happened to pass an upset sutler's waeon. Two or three gunners, in rummaging through; it, 'fonnd a keg of lager beer, which they 'quickly hoisted up in front of the limber i ft, a mn Ttio panlDlti 1-i HIT t.

the the General, "loading up your gun on tbe march, in the lace of the enemy, with a keg of lager beerT and (added he, subsiding a little, and feeling for his tin) and icithnxil any spigot in it." A roarof laughter followed the terrible wrath of the General a gimlet was quickly produced; in a minute he htid drank off a foaming pint to the health of the company, and wa off like a streaK, amlilst tba cheers ol the turn, his staff blunging alter him like a comet tail. Not at all Conflicting. a It to "Yon 've no wile. I believe?" said Mr. Blank to his neighbor.

"No, ir," was the reply, "I never was married." "Ah," said Mr. Blank, "you are a happy doa." A short time after, Mr. Blank, In addressing a marrit'd man, said "You have a wife, sir?" "Yes, sir a wife and three children." "Indeed," said Mr. Blank, "you are a happy man." "Why. Mr.

Blank," said one of the com pany, "your remarks to the married and unmarried seem to conflict somewhat." "Not at all not at all, sir. 'Ihere is a difference in my statements. Please be mor observing, sir. I said the man who had no wife was 'happy and I said the man who had a wiie was a 'happy Nothinir conflicting nothing at all. I know what I say, sir!" How Far down a Diver May Go.

The greatest depth to which a diver can descend, with the greatest appliances ol safety, is about 160 feet, and for tnis a bunch of hundred-weiglits muse oe dis posed about the person. The average depth at which he can work comfortably is about 90 feet, which was near the depth at which the operations upon the Royal George were conducted. In the water, from CO to 70 feet deep, the men can worn for two hours at a time, coming up for ten minutes rest, and doing a day's work In six or seven hours. An English diver, in cased in one of Siebe's dressers, went down in theJMediterranean to a depth of 1G5 feet, and remained there for twenty-five min utes; and we have heard that Green, the American diver, inspected a wreck in one of the Canadian lakes at a depth ot 10 feet; but his experience was enough to con vince him that lie couia not wors on without danger of life. At this depth the Dressure of water on the bands is so great as to force the blood to the head and bring on fainting fits, while the requisite volume of air inside the dress to resist the out ward pressure of the water is so great that it would speedily suffocate.

Means nave been tried to obviate these difficulties, out for the present a limit has been set to the extent to which men may penetrate the secrets of the deep. An ingenious Italian workman has brought to tnglana a sort of armor dress which would resist the pressure of water; but our submarine engi liners thinK tnis would not ooviaie me difficulties arising from the limits placed to human endurance. Silent Men. Washington never made a speech. In the zenith of his glory he once attempted it, failed, and gave it up, confused and abashed.

In forming the Constitution of the United States the labor was wholly performed in committee ot the whole, of which George Washington was, day alter day, the chairman, but he made but two speecnes nuring tne convention, of very few words each. The convention, however, acknowledged the master spun, nd historians athriii that had it not oeen for his rsonal popularity and the thirty words of his hrst speech, pronouncing the best ttat could be united upon, Constitution would have been rejected by the people. Thomas Jefferson never made a speech. A farmer, who wished to invest the cnmulation of his industry in the United States securities, went to Jay Cooke's office to obtain Treasury notes. The clerk innnired: "What denomination will you have them In.

sir?" Having never beard that word used excepting to distinguish religious sects, the farmer, after a little de liberation, replied: "Well, you may give me part in Old School Presbyterian, nlPHse the old ladv. but give nie the heft ou't in Free-Will Baptist!" A verv beantiful idea was that advanced by one of the Methodist brethren In Conference, who said "He was a poor tripping mortal, but he always managed to Btum- towards the cross." GOSSIPS. Says gossip oae to gossip two, While shopping In tbe town. Old Mrs. Pry to oie remarked, Smith laught his goods of Brown." Say gossip two to gossip three.

Who cast her eyelids down: I've heard It said to-day, my friend. Smith jot his goods from Brown Say gossip thre to gossip four. With something of a frown "I've heard strange news what do yoa think Smith too his goods from Brown Bays gossip four te gossip five. Who biased It round the town "I've heard to day such shocking news-Smith stole his goods ftom Brown How Consumption May be Cured. A medical correspondent, who is contributing series of taluable papers to the Hearth and Ilome, has in one of the latest numbers of that journal the following: The first announcement to a patient that be or she has consumption, is often like a death-kncll.

The vacant stare, the pale cheek, and the convulsive sigh, indicate a shock of most profound character. Indeod, I have known persons to swoon away, and require tho most active exertions to restore them. And yet it is not! true that consumption is necessarily a fatal disease. In point of fact, it is not as fatal as many diseases which prevail in every community, and yet excite no remark. Consumption results from a perverted nutrition.

Instead of that perfect assimilation essential to sound health, there is an imperfect elaboration of the nutritive fluids, which inflammatory action or other processes, to the deposition in tho lungs and other tissues of crude material known as tubercle. Persons predisposod to consumption, living under circumstances which lower the vital energies, and prevent the nutritive processes, are thuSS i.n whom this affection most frequently appears. It follows that there is no specific for consumption. It is not curable by medicines; on the contrary, its fatal issue is more often has tened by medication. For the encouragement of patients, and to illustrate the course of life most ikely to restore vigorous health, a condition incompatible with con sumption, 1 usually relate cases that havo come under my observation.

The following is one example among many: 'A young medical friend, having a hereditary tendency to consump tion, began to renliZo the first well- marked symptoms. It progressed rapidly toward a fatal termination. rhe cough, emaciation, and hectic Hush betrayed his condition to the most superficial observer. Alarmed at his condition, hut dreading to vield "to tho conviction of his friends that he was a victim of this disease, he refused to be examined, or even to talk on the subject. At length ho becamo so weak and prostrated that he consented to have his lungs examined, nd on the announcement of the physician that they contained largo cavities, he fainted, and rallied with great difficulty.

Aroused to a pitch of desperation, he determined that he would not lie down and die, but would betake himself to out-door life. He accordingly spent his entiro day in horseback riding, sawing wood, boat-rowing, etc. At night he slept on a hard bed in an out-hnutse through which tho wind had full play. His diet was plain, and but little cooked; his clothing coarse and scant. That physician is to-day practising his profession in a New England town; he is upward of fbrty-fivo years of age, and weighs about two hundred pounds.

A finer specimen of health is not seen in New England." Kecovery from the latest stage of consumption is therefore possible. The following outline ot the course ot life to pursue is given: Live in the open air and sunshine; avoid dampness and darkness in your dwellings; if possible, choose a dry mountain region; develop by vigorous exercise every muscle in the body to its fullest capacity; select nourishing and easily digested food, and be sure that it is not over-cooked; dress in coarse woolen clothing; batho for cleanliness and comfort; never forcibly distend the lungs, but increase their capacity by exercise; and finally, take no medicines except as aids or additions to the course of life recommended. I)rt. Livingstone. It is at last known that Dr.

Livingstone, the African explorer, was alive and safe, as late as February last. A missionary fnra Ztnzibar has reached London, and reports thst a letter has been received from Dr. Livingstone, dated February, 1SS9. lis was then well, though short of provisions. He was Lake Tanganyiky, which is situated about five degrees below the equator, to the left of the Mountains of the Moon.

If Dr. Liv ingstone is spared to return, his account of his explorations will exceed in Interest and value that of any other explorer, and will lay open to the gaze of the world the wonders of that mysterious and unknown country. A girl at Kansas City had six offers of marriage within a month, and hot month, too. It is supposed to ba on account of her frigidity. Youth's Department.

SVOrlKinsl Enigmas, Cliitradss, Proble solicited lor this Dsi.artmrnt. Problem. A (rrorar fcnow nslthir tha nor ths first cost of a Imx ot t-a. Hh only thnt If hs had the whole at .10 cts. per lit.

ha would hare catned but if he had sold it at 22 cts. per he would have Find the ouiaMr ot IL.a. io the box, and fimt-coet prr lb. Octouar, 1809. B.

J. A. Conundrums. to To what color does a flossing change a boy' complexion It msks hlio yeil-O. What Is the greatest want of the age? Want funds.

Why were the unite ol Wellington noota Abraham's female servants? Because they were hand w'hy'i. lettor irk. thnnder? Bec it make, oor cream sour cream. When is a wall like a flub When It Is sealed. Why Is a camel ih lraelt.

anhnal In th world? Bacaus a alwa) bas his baek np. Conundrums. How a Newspaper Man was "Corralled" by a Landlord's Daughter. I haven't dated this letter because I don't know where I am. I am about nine miles from Julesburg, at a little settlement on the South Platte River.

At daylight, to morrow, I am to catch some of the finest salmon you ever saw. They will not bite at any other time of day. I suppose they learned this disagreeable habit of early breakfasting from the "Bull Whackers" who have navigated these plains. I am stopping at a little hotel about thirty by ten feet. The scarcest thing In this country is lumber, settlers having to pay ever so many dollars a foot for all they use, besides what they brought in their valises.

The landlord is from Pennsylvania, and seem3 to be doing a thriving business. By dint of hard talking and liberal promises, I got a room to myself. It is just large enough for the bed, and candle-box set on a chair, upon which I am writing this letter. It is in one end of the building, and separated from the next room by a bed quilt, which you crawl under to come in or go out. But it is my room, and after the jolting I have had upon the Indian pony, I expert to have a good night's Was ever a poor pilgrim in such a fix? Just I had written "night's" above, and had sleep on the point of my pen, I heard a knocking on the floor outside the bed quilt.

"Crawl said I. Enter the landlord's daughter, a buxom j'oung lady, about seventeen years of age, I should Judge. She opened her rosy lips and spoke as follows: "Mister, don't take off your clothes to night, when you go to bed." -eause I am going to sleep with you." "Well, If you have no better reason than that" "Hush! Shet npt Yu told par that you would not slaep with a man." "I had rather sleep with a wet dog." "Well, I have given up my bed to a sick man. I have been hard at jvork all day, and have to work hard all day to-morrow and I can't affurd to set up all night. That bed is wide enough for us both.

I shall stay on the back side, and if you don't stay on your side, you'd better, that's all." As she said this, she raised from her dress pocket an iufernal ick knife, such as farmers use in trimming fruit trees, and then let it fall back with a chug. I comprehended the situation in half a moment, and unto this maiden I quoth as fallows: Miss young lady, your intentions may, or may not, be honorable. I am traveling entirely by myself. My natural protectors are miles and miles away beyond the boundless prairie, ignorant of the perils which ty be set their idol. Thus far I havi not been insulted by your sox.

I am a man of a few words, but they are always emphatic. I will give you up a part of that bed, and that's all I will do. If you attempt, during the silent watches of the night, anything contrary to this firm determination, by St. Joseph, my patron saint, 1 will shoot you right through the midriff." As I concluded, I laid a Slocum pistol upon the candle box. A Lnv chuckle outside the bed quilt gave evidence that pater familias had heard and approved the arrangement- My antagonist laughed, and saying: "Mister, I reckon we understand each other," bounced over to the backside of the bed.

There she is now, pretending to be asleep. I can't finish this letter. I can't do anything. Talk about the trials of the earlier saints about being broiled over live coals about being fl-tyed alive about beiiis boiled in oil. What was all that to all this? Where the Sun Never Sets.

at a 81, the of nie The following graphic passage Is from the description of a Mr. Camp bell and his party, in tne north ot Norway, from a cliff 1,000 feet above the sea The ocean stretched away in silent vastness at our feet; the sound of its waves scarcely reached our airy look-out away in the north the huge old sun swung low along the horizon, like the slow beat of the pendulum in the tall clock of our grandfather's parlor corner. We all stood silent, looking at our watches. When both hands cam a together at twelve midnight, the full round orb hung triumphantly above the waves a bridge of gold running due north spanned the water between us and him. There he shone in sil-nt majesty, which knew no setting.

We involuntarily took ofT our hats no word was said. Combine if you can, the most brilliant sunrise and sunset you ever saw, and its benutus will pale fore the gorgetsus coloring which now lit up the ocean, heaven and moun tains. Iu half an hour the sun had swung up perceptibly on his boat, the colors changed to of fresh breeze rippled over tho flood, one songster after another pipod up in the grove behind U3 we had slid into an other day. There is an old Garm in verse relating to the month of October, which we here give. How correct it is, remains yet to be seen: "if lo October there' ninrh frost and atortn.

The Comins; January will he mild and warm: But it the weath ir ill the ill prove clor. The winter winds 111 prove cold and drear." Bogus Insurance Agents. Don't insure with Agents whom you do not know to be reliable. In soma localities bogus insurance agents are traveling about, insuring at a low rate and taking a note for the premium, then going to ft neighbor, he is prevailed on to buy the note at a discount, in- i nnta. vvriir-h 8Ur6 alsO and give hlS note, hlctt also sold, till the "gentlemanly" agent I concludes it to be safe to "put having fleeced a neighborhood.

Grant and the Gold Gamblers. During the excitement following tbe defeat of the late conspiracy in Wall street to put up the price of gold, and at a time when very vague insinuations were thrown out in irresponsible quarters concerning the alleged complicity of some member of the Ad ministration, Mr. Robert Bonner wrote to General Grant, asking him to make a "brief denial over his own signature of all foreknowledge of the gold combination, In order to relieve himself entirely from all responsibility for their acts." Mr. Banner added that those who knew General Grant personally required no disclaimer; but the great public, whose minds were liable to be warped by the determined and persistent effort to injure him, would be at once satisfied and quieted by such a statement. The President replied in the following letter, which is published (with the one that drew it out) In this week's number of the Ledger WASHINGTON, D.

Oct. 13, '69. Robert Bonner, E-iq Dear Sir: Your favor of the lllh inst. Is received. I have never thought of contradicting statements or insinuations made against me by irresponsible parties as those who are alluded to in your paper but as you have written to me on the subject in so kind a spirit, I will say that I had no more to do with the Lite gold excitement in New York City than yourself, or any other innocent party, except that I ordered the sale of gold to break the ring, engaged as I thought, in a very disreputable transaction.

If the speculators had been successful you would never have heard of any one connected with tha Administrsti'1'! as being conuected with the transaction. Yours, truly, U. S. GRANT P. S.

I have written this in great haste, and without exercising judgment as to the propriety of writing it, but I submit, it to yours. TJ. S. G. Nothing prevents this letter from being thoroughly admirable save the fact that there was no occasion for it.

The insinuation that tL President was in collusion with the Gold Gamblers never had a fact to lift it above the level of audacious calumny, or a motive save the coarsest sensationalism or clumsy malignity. There was a combination to put gold up When it assumed dangerous proportions, General Goiut Interfered and crushed it. Thereupon he is charged with having been a member of It. The country knows its President lo be incapable of such conduct. If it did not, it would still be able, in so plain a case, to reason that men are not secretly seeking that which they openly, determinedly, and effectively destroy.

"By their fruits j'e shall know them." N. Y. Tribune. Printer's Advertising Pay? The rainesvilllo (O) Advertiser thas answers the question, and il'us trates the short-sightedness of those business men wlio dsny the benefits of "printer's ink:" A business house id this town which has pa'id us since the January last fifty dollars for 1st of adver- Using, declares to us that their sales over and above last year' will reach fully four thousand dollars. As the year has been no better (but worse if anything) than last year, they attribute their increased sales solely to the free use of printer's ink.

There are a number of very good business men in Painesville who might double their sales by it judicious nso of printer's ink, but who seem content plod along, wrh their hands in their pockets, catching now anu men a customer, who drops in because he observes something hanging in tho window tnat ho wi.dics to procure JNo man tninKS oi engaging in uum- door. That sign is noticed during each week by not over a few hundred persons, who simply read: JOHN SMITH. What business "John rfmith" is rared in mey can i.ni nv calling in side. If they 'jfive plenty of leisure and aro us to know, or are looking for a stove, they will diop in to that "John Smith" deals in rcsjy-made clothing. Now suppose man who wants a new stove sees an attractive advertisement in tne newspaper ot some enterprising house, he goes straightway to that bouse and makes his purchase.

For the sign above represented, "John Smith" paid twenty dollars. For the same money he could place before the eyes of lioiiand3 of pooplo every week for five ynutn the following n- JOHN SMITH MERCHANT 8, RIVER ST. Also Dealer in Ready-made Clothing. And we leave it for "John Smith" or "any other man" to decide in which wav he could best invest his twenty dollars. A Hint to Farmers.

13 The Cincinnati Gazette offers the following sensible suggestion: "In our market, on Saturday, hogs sold at $11 per 100 lbs. gross equal to $13 75 net. The highest price paid for hogs during the war, when business was most inflated, was $16. The opening price last year was $9 net. Farmers have every inducement to pnsh their hogs and take care of their sheep.

If pork keeps up, mutton wiil be in demand next spring and summer." A RACE FOR LIFE. A Husband and Father Saves the Lives of His Family by His Presence of Mind. On Sunday afternoon, the Fort Wayne railroad company sent a construction train up the road preparatory to the commencement of work on Monday morning, as is the usual custom. The engineer, anxious of course to make his Sunday work as short as possible, ru-ihed the train out of the depot and around the curve to the bridge at the top of Its sptd. Upon arriving at the bridge, however, hf saw that which caused him to reverse the engine and apply the brakes with all force.

A man with his wife and two children were on the narrow portion of the bridge, where it is Just wide enough for a train to pas, about midway of its length of six hundred eet. Neither end could be reached by the Imperiled family before the train would rush upon them but the father and husband was equal to the emergency. Catching up the children in his arms, he told his wife he would see to them and bade her run toward the end of the bridge, until the train should reach her and then Jump into the water. She must run fur her life, as her safety depended upon her getting near enough to shore to find shallow water before being overtaken by the train. She did as directed, and when she felt the hot breath of the iron monster she jumped from the bridge, fortunately alighting in not more than two fi-et of water and weeds, and the train passed her in safety.

But what of the father and little ones? He could not run with them, and while almost distracted with fears for his wife's safety, he was bound to find some escape for them. Taking the little ones in his arras he coolly and steadily, in the face of the approaching train, lowered himself with them to a brace beneath the bed timbers, and there held fast within a few feet of the water, while the train came thundering over them. About the time the engine reached the centre of the bridge the exertions of the engineer and brakeman efT-'cted the stoppage of the traiu, anil their assistance was rendered to extricate frightened family from their yet peril ous position, and they went. on their way thankful for their deliverance. The Oldest Man in America.

We have no end of accounts of venerable centenarians during the past season so many in fact, that persons under one huudred and ten years have become a drug in the market. Ossipee, N. however, claims a resident who Is the oldest Riman of them all. Joshua Kannock, a native of Scotland, formerly a resident of Maine, but living in Ojsipee for forty years past, Is cliimed to be, "accord-ins' to the best information." one hun- drcd and sixty years of age. Ha is I cared for by his descendants of the fifth generation, and it is said, iougtii in the old French Revolutionary wars.

Though now nearly imbecile, his recollections of early days are quite cljar. He has used tobacco from his youth, but thinks it has hurt him, and will shorten his days! On entering tho army he became addicted to liquor, and drank for over twenty-five years, but left off tha habit, because he thought it did him no good. We give the story as we find it, but do not ask our readers to believe it unless much better evidence is furnished of its truth than yet appears. There are records of two Englishmen who have reached about the same age as that ascribed to Mr. Kannoek; viz i Thomas Parr, who died in 1635, aged 152, and Henry Jenkins, who died 1670, aged 1C9.

Indian Summer. o(hpr )0rtu)n of the aUvays oc-to ur3 after hw fl.8t kiuing frustt tl0l The New York Farmers' Club ppec i ulates upon ths causes of Indian Sum mer In this wise: The warm, smoky spell known as Indian Summer, which is perhaps more peculiar to the North eastern States of America than any whjte but Qne whk.h is enousrh to bring down nearly all forest leaves and kill the herbace- lous plants. The bulk of vegetation (h(js (1((itrove(i im08t incalculable. In its decay this is un'rgoing slow combustion. pan calculate the amount of ivnoko and heat given off, or whr 'effect this must produce upon Vitf atmosphere, or tell whether that is not th9 true cause of Indian summer.

In support of this theory, the fact is patent that when frosts were i much more extensive, me iiiui.ni summer was longer, warmer ami more smoky than at present. The McPherso Monument. T. D. Jones, the sculptor, of Cincinnati, was the successful competitor for the design of this monument.

It is to in the form of a pedestal, of Scotch and Quincy granite, nine feet high, to surmounted by an equestrian statue General McPherson, eleven foet high and In bronze, made from cannon captured by McPherson's men during the war. The monument will erected at Clyde, Ohio, the birth-place and now the last resting place of the patriot soldier. Ca-besh-co-day-way, a Chippewa chief, has three Indian wives and wants a white one. Ho says he has a good, large, warm house, promises her 6he shall have plenty to eat, assures her that he bas never yet struck any of his wives, and avows that hnart. in hif.

We do not know post ofuce address. Found Advice. Keep your rame, business and location constantly before the people, and when anything in your line in wanted, your name will be familiar and your place first visited for th article. American Literature. That the daily papers of this country are giving tone and style to its lit erature there can be no doubt.

And there are a few excellent reasons fur it. One of which is that the editori and writers of the daily press are, to a great extent, the book-makers at well. There is, however, a deeper reason than this, which is, that Amer ican readers afe not, as a rule, people of leisure. They have, In fact, little time and inclination to dwell on the beauty of an elaborate sentence or well-rounded period. What they da want and will have, are the latest news and freshest opinions and thesa they want served up like their matutinal cakes hot and relishable, aud without circumlocution or unnecessary fuss.

If an American has one weak ness greater than another it is to know what is passing; and he want to know it a few minutes before any one else. If It were possible, ne would greatly prefer to know it befor it happens; but, as it is not, he is usually content if other people have to come to him for the facts. Newspa pers are essentially given to thi weakness; and if there is any achievement which a live editor regards with greater affection or more profound respect than what is technically known as a "beat," It has not yet been discovered. The severe competition in this line has sometimes the effect of producing a record of more news than actually occurs, but the general eff -ct Is salutary, and the strife does much to develope writing talent as well a to put writers In sympathy with the breathing world. If there is a term of reproach which a newspaper writer would specially dis like to earn, it is that expressive Americanism "old fogy." To speak of newspaper editor as "a fossil" or a "barnacle" is to say the severest thing of him that could be said.

In looking over an early file of the New York Ileral 1 the other iy, we saw the expression "blmket sheets," as oppro-briously applied to the Lirger and more dignified and conservative papers of that day; and we could not but feel that in this thought lay thj secret of 'Mr. Bennett's early sucees-f. Tho original Herald, like the Sun of to day, was an epitome of passing events, and its success was due to th fact that it contained more ueta than liny of its cotemporaries, and told it in a briefer and better way. And In thli very Idea lies the true germ of Ameri can literature, dentiment, poetryj the graces of rhatoric and the beauties of imagination, may serve as the outward adornments or the occasions! relishes of the feast but the substantial food upjn which the readers of this and tha coming gniaiUa-iii demand to be fed wiil be the plain, homely, inornate record of the facta and opinions which mark the world progress. Packard's Monthly.

Sheridan's It was Written be of b'1 his Iu 1361, I think It was, at any rate it was the day the new reached Cincinnati of General Sheridan's ride Murdoch was breakfasting with Buchanan It "ail, whose guest he was. The poet painter was then living at Cincinnati. Oa that evening there was to be a benefit to Murdoch. The distinguished actor said, during breakfast "Read, you ought to have written me something new for this evening." Read was looking over a Njw York paper which contained an account of Sheridan's II ftpliei by reading aloud, and added "Murdoch, there is tha material la this for a poem and a picture." "Bah said the actor, "what's that to me when I have not the poem for tonight?" "I'll write It for you now," sail Read. "What if you do? It is too lite te get it up properly." "Never you mind!" said Read.

"You shall have the poem in time to study it for ths evening." Rad went to his room, told hi wife to send him soma hot coffee, arid not allow him to be disturbed, even if the house should be burned down. Iu a little over au hour came to Mar- .1.. US .1 If ana reau. nun tne uciu stands. The actor was delighted, and instantly prepared it for the evening reading, while Mrs.

Rad, whose bold, beautiful hanowriting Is wtll fitted for the purpose, prepared a written copy of the verses, to guard against any tricks the reader's memory might happen to ''j. Oliver Wendell Holmes says that a man over ninety is a great comfort ta his elderly neighbors, lie is a on the extreme outpost, and young folks of sixty or sevity feel that the enemy must get him before they cau come near their encampment. "Here, Biddy, my darlint, what' the time n' night, and where 's the pf-taty pud ling "It's eight, sir." A chap from the country, stopping-flt one of the hotels in the city of New-York, being aked by th? winter whether he would have green or tea, said he did n't care a darn wh it color it was, if it had plenty of sweet-enln' iu it. Dealers in winter ciothing are fn'l smiles this weather. people shiver they warm np with anticipations of immediate trade.

Bucyrus has a Union School buTd-Ing worth over $30,000 the finest In tha State. Quails, it is reported, are now seeking winter quarters in the west. is sail to indicate a hard winter. a It is Krtld that ths revived National In-tellisrenrsr is anont to p.ss Into the hands of Senator Spritgue, who will os it as tha organ frr th expression of bis eccen ric political iheori..