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AB WE ANTICIPATED, Eon. THOMAS W.
TIPTON has been re-elected to the United
states Senate from Nebraska. He had no
organized opposition to his election. Mr.
TEPTON is a native of Cadiz, Ohio, and is
quite popular with the Nebraskians.
TEE Commissioner of Agriculture esti
mates the cotton crop of 1809 at nearly
2,500,000 bales, and that of corn at 005,000,-
000 bushels. At twenty cents for the former,
and fifty for the latter, the one yields $200,-
000,000 and the other s4so,ooo,ooo—that is
to'say the humble maize is worth to our
people more than twice as ranch as the once
regal staple of the South.
THE Executive departments have a very
poor show for securing the large appropria
tions which Congress has been invited to
make to meet"deficiencies." Of the twenty
millions asked for, nearly every item has
been ;ejected by Ahe Wsys and Means Com
mittee, which is likely to insist upon, an ab
solute discontinuance of a policy long es
tablished and as constantly fruitful of abuses.
Ix Niarm of the recent revelations of gross
abuses of the franking privilege, a bill
passed the House yesterday providing that
the signatures of members endorsing docu
ments and letters for free postage must be
written, not lithographed or.printed. This
will prev.ent fraud to a great eitent, but will
Impose a burden of labor on the members
who are attentive to their constituents.
The Senate will hardly refuse to concur in
the action of the House on this subject.
Tan Irowse. LEGISLAT mut has not yet
elected an United States Senator, owing to
the bolting of a number of Republican
Members from the caucus nomination of
Mr, Wna, CIIMACK for the position. The
dionorable and stubborn conduct of the
recusant members excites much feeling in
.Indiana, but they seem to care little for
public opinion and will hardly be whipped
into the traces at this late hour. The prob
ability is that Mr. Cult:sAm will &eve to
give way to a compromise candidate for
Senatortal honors. The Democrats are
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clinging manfully to Mr. Rracrattcxs, but
there is not the remotest chance for his elec
tion, unless the bolters are playing a much
higher game than they are charged with at
the present time. A. choice vfill probably.
be made to-day.
A PROCLAMATION by the Governor of
Tennessee, denouncing,the lawless outrages
of the Ku-Klux, and the incendiary appeals
of "certain ambitions men" for the over
' throw of the State -government, invites all
good citizens to enroll themselves in the
State Guard, to be mustered at once into
active service, in order that lawlessness
may be suppressed and the existing author
ity vindicated. It Is also announced that
martial law will soon be proclaimed in cer
tain districts to be designated. Governor
BROWNLOW pledges all his Executive pow
ers to make Middle and West Tennessee as
ordeily and quiet as East Tennessee is to
; day. The Governor will do all that he
`las promised, and like Governor CLAYTON
in Arkansas, he will prove to the world that
the Union men of those States, backed only
by -the moral support of an upright and
loyal Executive at Washington, are quite
able tawin for themselves a pacific solution
of difficulties which nothing but JOHNSON
remsu has made threatening.
GEN. IlszEN, writing from Fort Cobb,
advises the Indian Commission that
some eight or ten thousand of the wildest
Indians of the Plains, and who bays been
least effected by contact with the white race,
are now assembling at that point, demand
ing the protection of " . the Government, and
awaiting its action to place them upon res
ervations where they may be isolated and
self supporting." The General implores the
0-operation of the Commission in sending
thither, at once, instructors', practical mis
'siouarles, to study the Indian cluirauter and
„lay the foundathnifoithit Work'of human;
lty which it to solve the true problem of
In ian amelioratiora If the philanthropists
of iik . Cotnraission l 4n spare so much val
uable tk s rne, from their present engagements
in denouncing 9e qually practical energy
of ShEßmks,OrtEirm's and CIISTAR, who
are laying tlcitisprclifitinary foundations of a
just and pen** Indian policy, they
would do 1411 tb heed this timely appeal
rom Gen. thAzn?..i
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3. — EIAL 8.1.1 ms :is decidedly enamored
of "protectorates:" Only last week he
nadea Vigprous push to commit Congress
to his itivotite policy in behalf of Haiti and
San Thipit i gago. \ The push failed, but that
has nottliscouritgea the member from Mas
sachusetts. lie is again in the field, this
time teiiestablis:ii his own protectorate over
General G'ilitat as a fact accompli. From
statements in a New York journal, we
learn that but tor;
he sagacity and nerve of
General B4as, n two occasions, in dis
obeying the positive orders of the War De
patterr4,tof,:j tkuPet , ed,ing General GIIIIST
in,'chnrg; of ':the" operations against Vieks
‘lifirg, th Military'. ',areer of the future hero
.olthevrar l ; w4ald then and there have been
brought to a aummary end. We are told,
morenf. th&t,,,.
' i ver,t , as 43001118 GEANT, fighting
it out f on the 'Vicksburg line, thus under the
protectiem of General BAliss, accomplished
the**tioa of that place, every vestige of
of the 'records of the Department showing
the orders thus dbiobeked was mysteriously
spirited away. t.,
,
This must be the ninth or \ tenth sensation
el story which has. within time years, ap
pealed to "the credulity of the people, all the
substantial proofs thereof having been "mys
teriously spirited away" N from the Depart
ment records. To use a popular expression,
that thing is about playedout. Feople want
the documents, or doubt the facts. \ If, how
ever, such substantial proofs should really
be forthcoming, there are none of us;who
• Will doubt or deny the modest reluctance,of
the member from Massachusetts to have the
affair now made public. All who know
that member's delicacy will feel that he
shrinks from the possible imputation .upon
his motives—just now when Cabinet
making and all that sort of thing is going on.
WASHINGTON Gowan' states while Mr.
SENYA.RD confidently predicts the ratifica
tion, by the Senate, of the Alabama treaty,
a decisive majority of that body will be
found averse to this settlement, rejecting it
accordingly. The waiver, under this treaty, i
of all present decision upon. the abstract
question of international law, touching the
recognition by neutrals of belligerent rights, !
affords the sole ostensible ground of objec- ,
tion in the Senate. But, practically, this,
precise question is settled in our, favor, - Cly
the entire purview of a treaty which, with
out
such a concession, would not be worth
the parchment it is engrossed upon. Nor ,
are we diSposed to be so unjusj, to Senators as
to imagine that the real difficulty rests in a
'reluctance to see any adjustment so equit
able as this, and so honorable to Mr. SEW.
AHD and Lords STANLEY and CLARENDON,
perfected under the present Administration.
The Senate may protract its deliberations,
with a just regard for the gravity of the
questions involved, but, let the consumma
tion be sooner or later, no lapse of time can
strip the venerable Secretary of honors
fairly won, and which none can more
heartily concede that, tV'e who have so sel
dom, of late, been able to support his foreign
or domestic policy.
Of the new treaty, the 'New York Times
says:
It is not too much to say that, upon the
whole, the terms of the protocol are emi
nently favorable to the United States. Not
only are they based upon the original in
structions delivered to Mr. Reverdy John
son as representing the demands of his
Government, but they contain all those
amendments (or counter propositions)
made by Mr." Seward to the protocol drawn
up and signed in November by Lord Stan
ley and Minister Johnson. In other words,
every material point made by the Depart
ment of State has been conceded substan
tially•in the form in which It was submitted.
Mr. MORTON, of Indiana, has introduced
into the Senate at Washington a bill to pro
hibit State Legislatures from taxing railway
companies in proportion to the number of
passengers transported upon their respective
lines. The Company he specially aims at
is the Camden and Amboy Railroad Com
pany of New Jersey. By law that Coin.
pany pays into the Treasury of the State a
certain sum of money for every through
passenger carried over its road, either way.
, One of the conditions of this tax was that for
a certahrperiod that Company, in conjunc
tion with the New Jersey Transportation
Eempany, with which it is closely affiliated,
not identical, should enjoy a Monopoly of
through traffic. I This Monopoly ceased
.by limitation, a few weeks ago, but the tax
remains. At least, this is our understanding
of the case.
RE
TAXING RAILWAY COMPANIES.
In the aggregate this capitation tax has
amounted to enough, for a considerable se
ries of years, to defray the entire expenses
of the government, thus relieving the in
habitants of New Jersey from taxes for that
purpose.
It will hardly be denied by Mr. MORTON,
or any person of even ordinary intelligence,
that all property, real and personal, is prop
erly liable for taxation for State, County
and Township objects at the discretion of
the Legislature of the Commonwealth in
which it is situated. This implies that . the
Legislatures are not shut up to the necessity
of levyiug all taxes uniformly, and upon
one basis. •
The Legislature of Pennsylvania may
tax the capital stock invested in railroads; or
the dividends declarecktuld paid ; br specific
items of business done, as the transportation
of freight or , passengers. It may tax these
companies for State purposes, and exempt
them from assessments from County and
Township purposes. But it is bound to
make the taxes ratable to the actual value of
the property, intrinsically and as compared
with other forms of investment. This is
just what , Pennsylvania does. Real estate
carries no State tax, and railways are not
encumbered by local levies;:but these •di&
ferclut burdens ereto , Awitai as to be fairly
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE : I.II.URSDA.I, JANITAET 21, 1F69.
ratable to each other, so, that. favor favor is
shown and no extortion practiced.
The Elie Railway Company, running its
line only through two small strips of Yeim
sylvania.territory, did not want to be at the
bother and expense of keeping account of
the business here, preferring to pay a defin
ite sum per year and have that suffice. This
was agreed to, and it pays accordingly.
There was, and still is, outside comment on
the exaction of this annuity, based on the
ground that the construction of this parties
ular railway was of advantage to Pennsyl-
vania. So it was, and continues to be.
That consideration does not touch the case.
All railways existing in the State are of
public utility; but that fact lees not, and
ought net, to avail to exempt them from
carrying equitable shares of the public bur
dens. All lands cleared, fenced and brought
under tillage, enhance the public welfare,
but that is no reason why they, should not
be taxed. If the coniideration of public
advantage resulting' from enterprise in one
direction, should' 'discharge the property
embraced from taxes, by a fair application
of the rulo ail property would escape, and
taxes would have to be laid, if -at all; upon
persons, which would involve the most in.
superable evils.
New Jersey has•the same right in this re
gard as Pennsylvania, and she exercises it.
The only real point of objection which we
see to her policy, is that the tax is imposed
upon through passengers, and not upon all
in proportion to the distance they are car
ried. By this discrimination, it is claimed
that people living outside of the States are
made to pay the whole cost of the govern
ment of New Jersey. It may well be ques
tioned whether this conclusion is well
founded
The Camden and Amboy Railroad Com
pany and the New Jersey Transportation
Company are liable to taxation for all pur
poses. The Legislature may rightfully re
lieve them from local levies, on condition
that they take the wh9le of the general
burdens. This relieves other kinds of pro
perty from State taxes, but puts thereon the
entire charge of local expenses. -So that
the division is ratable no cause of complaint
exists.
But 3fr. MORTON proceeds upon the as
sumption that if the capitation tax on
through passengers was removed the fares
would be less. In this, we apprehend, he is
simply mistaken. The railway companies
must and will be made to contribute to the
support of the State government, and it
practically amounts to little under what
particular rule they are made to do so, for
the effect upon the general public will be
the same.
Nor does it follow that if the Companies
aimed at by the Senator were altogether re
lieved from State taxes, they would carry
passengers for less than, they now do. Un
less competing lines should be created they
certainly would not, but would add the
sums saved to the profits divided.
This fallacy of Mr. Mowros's appear
ed recently, under another form, i n a
paper drawn by Mr. EDWARD QUINCY, of
Massachusetts, in which he endeavored to
demonstrate that the augmentation of rail
way stocks to make them repre sent the
amount of earnings applied to construction,
as well as the capital actually paid in, must
necessarily tend to increase freights, and so
enhance the cost of breadstuffs in New
England. If there is anything in this po
sition, it is much less than Mr. Qtrrscy im
agines. Railway Companies, as well as in
dividuals, will ordinarily take all the market
will give them. Competition alone can
bring down prices, and a new line of rail
way, to compete with an old one, is not
likely to be made unless there seems to be a
good prospect of businesS enough for both.
Whenever a new road is made on this
presumption, and the case proves different,
the two lines; are apt to coalesce, or else
one of them is reduced to such straits as to
be unsafe. As between the East and the
West, all experience goes to show that busi
ness is likely to multiply faster than com
peting lines of travel.
If Mr. Morrow means to define the pre
cise manner In which State Legislatures
may tax the railway companies they create,
he will find reason to reconsider his bill. If
he simply aims at the capitation tax of New
Jersey, he will fall under the imputedon. of
taking part in the rivalries of competing
lines, which Is below the dignity of his
lie position.
If the right exercised by New Jersey is
in contravention of the constitutional right
of Congress to regulate trade between the
several States. the Courts have been and
are open to afford redress. But if the
movement of Mr. 3PRTON looks beyond
ti
t,n
this, and is designed as lAn entering wedge
to the control by congress of the whole
,railway system of e country, under the
- authority given th National government
to decree and regu ate post-roads, then a
march towards a d gerous centralization
is intended; which ought to be seriously
considered before it hail be taken.
PENNSYLVANIA N THE CABINET.
The friends of Governor CURTIN are
working hard to secure for hini the appoint
ment as Secretary of Interior under Presi
dent GILA:CT. Prominent in this movement
are FORNEY, McCLURE, MANN, and other
gentlemen who a e skilled in political strat
egy, and know h w to turn the public ser
vices and unquest oned popularity of their
:favorite to the bet account.
On the other and, the friends of Mr.
J. D. CATAXRON
made
earnestly endeavoring
to have him made Secretary of the Treas
ury Department He has demonstrated
surprising executive and financial abilities,
especially for so ' oung a man. The new
Senator from thier
State, made such largely
through his influince and management, is
warmly enlisted, as a matter of course, in
his favor, and the utmost his father can do
will be done to promote his elevation.
With the two Senators from Pennsylvania,
it is stated, eight or ten others are acting in
this matter. •
It will be seenf consequently, that the
contest is an exciting one, and likely to
draw into It all the elements composing the
Republic= pfutr of this ComMtnp!eslth:
WHAT MAX BE
There are reasone for the belief that the
results of our late Presidential election are
to exert an important influence beyond the
present limits of the Republic. The decis
ion of the American people upon the high
question of the equal rights of all men,
already commands the admiration and the
confidence of all the world. Especially in
the neighboring
. West India Islands, our
own successful solution of this political and
social problem, which the late slave-hold
ing South forced ' upon the nation, attracts
the'sympathies of nations and poptilations
similarly situated. ' Is it any wonder that
the independent but feeble States. of Hayti
and Domingo feel themselves already
drawn, and perhaps irresistibly, to the clos
est relations with the Republic of Freedom
for all men I Would it be surprising if the
people of that magnificent island should, at
perhaps a very early day, present them
selves as applicants for our citizenship, lay
ing down, for that price, their independent
sovereignty Would it, be surprising if
Cuba and Porto Rico, with or /without the
consent of Spain,. should hasten to follow
the same example ? Would it, be surpris
ing if the administiation of President GRANT
should be signalized, not only by the abso
lutely successful pacification of all portions
of our own Republic, upon the broad and en
during basis of liberty, Fraternity and
Equality for all races and conditions of men,
but by the extension of thb National power
without any cost of treasure or bloo d _
over
the entire West Indian Archipelago? Would
it be surprising if we were to learn that
these momentous consequences of our last
November's ballot are already engaging the
serious contemplation of thoughtful men ?
Is any thing in this world surprising to
those minds which properly comprehend the
boundless scope and the undying influence
of any right idea?
We have no surprising predictions to
make. We can only promise that we shall
be surprised by nothing which is both pos
sible and probable, at no very far distant fu
ture.
Tur. NEW kiNANCIAL•SCREME.
Of the new Sherman bill, a Washington
writer says
The Committee could not agree upon the
funding clause, and it was therefore struck
out. Several amendments will be offered
to the bill by the members of the Commit
tee when it comes up for consideratton in
the Senate. There was no disagreement in
the Committee respecting the clause le
galizing gold contracts. fbe next clause of
the bill, which authorizes the Secretary of
the Treasury toi issue gold certificates to
the amount of gold in the Treasury, which
are receivable for duties, will be strongly
opposed in the Senate. The third clause,
allowing the holders of greenbacks to, con
vert them into five per cent. bonds rannibg
forty years, theltnterest payable in gold,
will also be opposed on the ground that it
will in effect produce a stringency in the
money market es it affords Inducements to
holders of greenbacks to convert them into
a long bond. The most important amend
' ment offered was that of Senator Williams
to the second section, which has the effect
I of limiting; the conversion of greenbacks
in 10-40 five per cent. bonds 05,2,000,000 per
month. The other amendment makes it
compulsory upon the Secretary to issue the
same amount of coin notes as there are
I greenbacks funded as provided in section
2. These are to be,employed In purchasing
1 bonds bearing six per cent. interest, so that
under this bill with the amendments
1 two processes are goingon at the same time.
One is the conversion of bonds bearing six
per cent interest, and the regular and
gradual conversion of greenbacks into coin
notes.
Planetary Worlds-114 of Them-23 of
Them Discovered by American Astrono
mers.
The whole_ number of primary planets
now recognized in the solar system is one
hundred and fourteen. Of this number
only six were known prior to the year 1781,
when Sir William Herschell, like another
Columbus, burst through the heavenly en
closures and discovered the remote planet
Uranus, adding- the first new string to the
old "Lyre of Heaven." The unwearied
industry of astronomers, and the powerful
aid of the telescope, have brought to the
knowledge of 'the world one hundred and
seven planets since the discovery of Uranus.
Every American must feel a pride in the
fact, as he cuts his eyes over the list of the
discoveries, that nearly one-13fth .of these
telescopic planets was discovered in the
United States. The latest astronomical pub
lications credit American astronomers with
the following planetary discoveries:
I. ICIIPIIROSTNE — September 1, 1854, Ferguson at
Washington.
2. VinuirtiA—October 4, 1856, Ferguson at Wash
ington.
3. PAxDOLA—September 10,1860,Searle, at A•banT.
4. Ecuo—September It. lel6o. Ferguson, at Wash.
!neon.
I. MAYA—April 9, 1 861. Tuttle, at Cambridge.
6. YzitoNlA — May ^9.'161 Peters, at Minion.
7.CLYTIA—A.prIi 7, 1863, 'Tuttle, at Cambridge.
8. FURYLICZ—Sept. 'V. 1862. Peters.at Clinton.
9. FHlOtik—Nurentberl2.lB62 Peters. at Clinton.
10. EuttYNOMP—depteMber 14, 166.1, Watson. st
Ann Arbor •
10--Septembor 18, 1865. Peters, at Clinton.
12. THISBE -June 16. 1666. Peters, at Clinton.
13. UNIDIXA—JuIy P, 1867. Peters, at Clinton.
14. llittignYA—August 24, 1867, Watson, at Ann
Arbor. •
' 15. ArnOnA*Seitember 6, MT, Watson, at Ann
Arbor.
16. LANTRA—ApriI 18, 18r3, Peters, at Clinton.
17.lizessit —July 11, 1868, Watson. at Ain Arbor.
18. lisLursa—Aagust 15, 1868, 19 &Ma, at Ann
Arbor.
10. litittAx—August 11%, 1358, Peters. at Clinton.
90. Not yet named--bepteinber 7, 1861, Watson, at
Ann Arbor.
11. Not yet named—September 11, 1863, Watson, at
Ann Arbor.
22 Not yet named -Beptember 16, 1888, Watson, at
Ann Arbor. I
P. Notyet named-October 10, 1868, Watson, at
Ann Arbor.
Anna Dleklnum.
The story of this young woman is one of
the moat, wonderful of our times, and yet
few there are who Mow or think of it.
Joan of Arc, by patriotic enthusiasm and
passionate appeal, moved to action a few
thousand rude or ignorant soldiery in an
unlettered and superstitious age, and history
rings with her name, while philosophers
and historians theorize over the phenomo•
non. Right by our side,
and under' our
very eyes, a more marvellous woman passes
unnoticed every day—a woman who sways
thirty millions or more of intelligent peo
ple by pure force of intellect and brain.
power. It is the story old as Sacred Writ
—a prophet without honor In her oWn
country. Miss Dickinson, six years ago,
was a poor girl working in the Mint on
Chestnut street. Within one year from the
time she milled coin she was the leading
Radical mind of the nation—had wrapped
Connecticut in a blaze of enthuslasmovrest
ing it from the Democratic party, which had
long held it as a crown jewel—had carried
Cooper Institute by storm, and introduced
by Yice President Hamlin had pleaded the
cause of the country against the general
of its chosen arms before the President
and Senators of the nation,'and an assem
blageof •picked men. Nor was this orlli
liant debut merely a spirit or spasm. Every
year since, Miss Dickenson has lectured
regularly in all the large cities of.the North
to audiences that never flag •or diminish.
t ritito. ram A, : • r
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Change in the Texture of Iron by Vi
brations.
Among engineering questions of great
practical importance if that relative to the
influence on iron -of continued vibrations,
or impact, in changing its internal charac- i i
ter and rendering it more liable to fracture
after a time than at &at. Many engineers
maintain,, as the result of both theory and
experiment, that a continued strain has far
less effect on an iron beam or rod than vi
brations produced by continual impact and
changes ofAemperature. Thus, in one case,
a bar of iron an inch square was hung per
pendicularly by one end, and a small ham-
mer arranged by clock work so as to strike
it continually. After the end of the year
the bar dropped in two. This bar would
probably have supported a weight at one
end of it up to the bending point for an al
most indefinite period. Wrought iron is
said to be more subject to molecular
changes than cast iron.
There are not Wanting persona of great
eminence, however, who deny the fact of
any such change, or limit it to a degree as
being of no practical importance. The late
Robert Stephenson referred to the beam of
a Cornish engine . , which received a shock
Bor 10 times a minute, equal to about 55
tons, for a period of 20 years, without the
least apparent change. The connecting rod
of a certain locomotive that had run. 50,000
miles, and received a violent jar 8 times per
second, or 25,000,000 vibrations, exhibited
no alteration. In all the cases inves
tigated by him, of supposed changes of
texture, he knew of no single instance
where the reasoning was not deficient in
some important link. .Mr. Brunel, after ac
cepting the theory of moleenlar change for a
time afterwards expressed great coubts, and
thought that the different appearances
shown by, iron when broken, arises from the'
combinations of the causes producing frac
'ture as often as from any change in the tex-
Mrs of the material itself. He found that in
certain instances iron broke with a fibrous
fracture by means of a slow, heavy blow,
and with a crystaline fracture when the
blow was short and sharp. The whole sub
ject is one of great practical moment, and
deserves a careful and exhaustive investiga
tion.
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A Council of Censor*.
*From the Boston Advertiser.]
Our Vermont frieds are agitating the ques
tion of abolishing their peculiar 'institution
called the ".Counell of Censors." The Con
stitution of-Vermont provides for the elec
tion, once in seven years, of thirteen per
sons, to be called the "Council of Censors,"
whose duty is to see if the Constitution has
been preserved inviolate during the preceding
seven years; if the taxes have been properly,
levied and collected; and if the public ser
vants have been- faithful and honest. So
far they exercise a sort of retrospective
supervision; and, in that respect, are of
very little practical benefit. But, further
than than this, they are required to examine
the' Constitution and suggest any amend
ments that seem proper, and, if considered
expedient, to call a Constitutional Conven
tion. The proposed amendments must first
be submitted to the people, who are to in.
struct their delegates to the convention in
the premises. This system of -amending
the Constitution is awkward and compli
cated, and there is an earnest movement in
the State for abolishing the whole thing. Of
the twenty-three amendments to the State
Constitution, one was adopted in 1828,
twelve in 1836 and ten in 1850. Amend
ments have been suggested by the Council
at other times, but failed to secure the ap
proval of the people. The last two or three
Councils have been costly failures. The
ablest journals and men throughout the
State desire to dispense with the machine
alt vether, and have amendments proposed
or a convention cared directly by the. Legis
lature.
DR. SARGENT'S BACKACHE PILLS.
The most efficient DIURF4IC, for treatment of
all complaints resulting from west mess and oerange-
anent of the Kidneys. such as pains and weakness In
the Back or Loins: Gravel, Dropsy, Incoettnance
(of Urine. Stranraary, Inflammation of the Kidneys,
de., de. DR. SARGENT'S BACKACHE PILLS
can be need with perfect safety in all eases in chil-
dren as well as adults. Upwards of tbirty-seven
years' experience has proven this medicine to be
the most uniform and efficient Diuretic ever discov-
ered, besides being in the form of cigar coated Pill!,
making them easy to take, and not being a purga
tire, never interferes with the regular discharge of
duUea• Then File can be had at wholesale and
retail from the Proprietor
GEORGE A. KELLEY;
Wholesale Druggist,
001 LIED OF WOO
E D STREET AD - OSMOND AVE-
NU, PITTEIB.
and from all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine.'
50 cents p•r box
"A LITTLE BILIOUS."
How often this is the response to the enquiry after
a friend's health: as If to be bilious was a trifling
matter, hardly worth thinking about.. But let it be
remembered that, as "tall oaks from little acorns
grow," so formidable die Ise from being "a
little !Atkins."
Severe bilious attacks are more common in Spring,
Summer and Autumn than n Winttr, but the seri
ous disorders of the liver which so often occur at
those seasons, might be traced, in hundreds of in
stances, to Winter indulgelth,es and their neglected
consequences. More highly-seasoned food is eaten,
mote deny drinks imbibed, in cold than In warm
weather, and thus the biliousness is produced which,
under a warmer temperature, culminates in remit
tent and intermittent fevers.
The very best medicine for persons who are either
a Was Or a good deal bilious, is HOSTETTER'S
sioKACH BITTERS. No Weida or calomel is
required. In such cues. Those powerful mineral
medicines cut two ways. like a double-edged sword.
They act, it is true. upon the liver, but re-act most
d leteriously on other parts of the system. They
"stick" there, snd cannot be got rid oC the Bit
ters contain vegetable agents of an anti-bilious ten
dency. that produce a specific Ann mostgenial effect
upon the billary organ. without entailing any evil
consequences whatever. They area/together sotto le
low, and act favorably and simultaneously upon the
stom
the. tue liver, the bowels, the nervous system,
, and brain.
TEE SOUND OF THE LUNGS
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One of the most accurate ways of determining
wtother the lungs are in a healthy or diseased con
dition, Is by means of listening to the respiration.
To those experienced in this practice it becomes as
plain an index to the state of the lungs, and Is as
well knqwn to the operator as are the voices of Ws
most Intimate acquaintances. The belief that long
standing coughs, and diseases of the lungs upon
which they are dependent, are incurable, are fast
becoming obsolete. One great advantage to be
gained from this advance in medical knowledge is
tl• e earlier application of those who become afflicted
with those diseases to some one competent to afford
relief. The error which had takeutold of the pub
lic mind in regard to the curabilityof consumption.
or rather non-curabillty, is fast becoming obliter
ated, and ills well .that it should be so, not that
persons should lose that salutary fear which would
make them apply for &Gnarly, remedy, but that all I
might be induced to use remedies while there is any
hope. It is the delay In these cases that tills us
with apprehension and alarm, for if every one
would make timely application of DR. KEYSER'S
LUNG CURE In the beginning of a cold or cough,
few Cases would go so far as to become irremediable.
Sold at the Doctor's great Medicine Store,No.l4o
Wood street. WILL SHORTLY REMOVE TO HIS
NEW STORE; NO. 16 LIBERTY STREET, SEC
OND DOOR FROM Sr. CLAIR.
DR. KEYSER'S RESIDENT OFFICE FOR
LUNG EXAMINATIONS AND THE TREAT
MEN P Olt OBSTINATE CHRONIC DISEASES, No.
OW PENN STREET. • PITToRthIGH, 'PA. Office
Rolm IBMS A. st.'rotil 4 r. Dt., luta Ram '7
to 8
at ittlNt' • - ' • • -
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IWasiungton Items.
/ General Humphreys, in his statement be
/fore the Committee relative to the proper
span of bridgesfor the Ohio river, gave as
his opinion thatit should not be less than
four hundred feet, and greater, according to
, particular topography. The conclusions of
' the Committee are likely to be based on
Humphrey's opinion.
The Ways and Means Committee to-day
decided to report an, amendment to the
Moorhead tariff-bill, increasing thediity on
steel one half per cent. on all classes. This
will in effect increase the present receipts to
I from three to...five per cent. Steel rails at
this rate will pay a duty Of sixty•four dollars
sixty cents per ton.
A Mistake of Four Millions.
A somewhat important error in our meas
urement of the sun from the earth has been.
discovered. It is now proved that we have
been accustomed to over-estimate the dis
tance by four millions of miles, and that in
stead of ninety-five millions the real figure
is ninety-one. This discovery is credited
to Mr. Stone, of the Royal Observatory, at.
Greenwich, England. It is not probable
that the sun and earth are gradually draw
ing nearer to each other? There are some
persons who profess to believe that ultinlate
ly our earth will plunge into the-orb of day
and be consumed. We patiently await the
result. --Scientific Amertean. •
TitE latest Paris scandal is the financial
ruin of the Duke du Castres. His wife sues
for a separation of the estate. His family
did all they could to save him. Marshal
Macmabon, his brother, went his security to
the amount of 600,000 francs, and the nest
day De Castres stave over 105,000 francs to
secure a diamond necklace for the lorette
who had ruined him. His family intend to
use every legal means to compel the lorette
to disgorge her illgotten plunder/
SAYS a discreet observer. 'lt le not worth
while to hear what your servants say when
they are angry; wliat your children say
when they slam the door; what a beggar
says whose petition you • have reiected;
what your neighbors say about your, child
ren; what your rivals say about your'busi
ness or dress.
Sr NOT! CEE — " ro • ' For dais. " "Lost,
„Wants. ,, "Found," "Boarding. he.. not as.
eeeditig FOUR LINES eaegs will be inserted in th 444
dOitUrISS ones for TWEET Y-FIVB OENT6 emit
additional line IYR `43,8472'8.
WANTED---SITUAT lONS.
WANTED. --A PERSON WELL
q tilled wishes to secure a situation in a drug
store. Ire thoroughly understands dispensing rusti
cities. Address A. RC., Pittsburgh city P. v.
Jalo;d3B - '
NY WANTED—HELP.
•
WANTED—HELP —At Employ
ment OElce. tio. 3 nt. Clair Street, BOX; 5
l RLs and MEN, for different kinds of employ
ment. Persons wanting help of all kinds can be
supplied on short notice.
WANTED-BOARDERS,
W ti---
AN TED—BOA RDERS—PIea
ant room, with board, suitable for gentleman
and wife, or two young gentlemen at 68 FOURTH
bTREET. 'Al!o, a few day or dinner boarders can
be accommodated. Reference required.
WANTS.
WANTED.—A Pleasant Room
with board, by a gentleman and wife fPri-
Tate family preferred.) tteterences exebarlged-
Addrece, statbng .oeation, terms. Ac.,
jai "T—," GAZETTE OFFICE•
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WANTED—TO BENIN—TWO or
THREE ROOMS Or A SMALL HGUSE. In
a pleasant location, by a man and wife; no children.
Good refei-ence. !.dd•ess C.. GAZETTE OF) ICE.
$251 000 TO LOA N ON BOND
and mortgage on Allegheny
Cuanty Property. Apply to ur address CROFT
PHILLIES,,ReaI Estate Agents, No. 130 fourth
asenne• -
LOST
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ja rr OST SPECTACLES.—A Pa of
J
gold spectacles on Hand street. SATUttDAY,
nnary finder 16. The nder will be sottably rewarded
by leaving them with the Collector or the Hand
Street Bridge. lilB
at4OST.-A Diamond Cross Breast
PIN. The finder will be rewarded b 3 leaving it
r. Mc MEAL'S office.
TO LET.
T O-LET.—Fuinished Rooms to
sinkle gentlemen. on Smithfield one square
rom P. U.
Boarding if desired. Address Box it..
la ZETTC OFFICE - Ja2o
TayO-LET.--THE COMMODIOUS
DIVECLINGHANE, No. 71 Liberty, between
and Marbury streets:
Apply to - JOHN McD. CROSSAN.
Jain Monongahela House.
TO-LET.—Warehouse No. 299
Liberty strAet, now occupied by S. EWLET &
For terms enquire of Teller of Keystone Hank,
rum Garrison alley. JIGS
FOR RENT.-A FIRST CL4SS ,
ALE VAULT, Capacity 1,000 bartele. Apr;
,iy at 204 PENN tiTitLET. jal
0-LET—HOUSE.—Brick Houser
of four noms and hitch Podiession
ruary let. Apply at 107 Clark street. uan
io LET..--TWO HANDSOMELY
furnished rooms . with gas ill d Inv. one on first
r. and one front up stairs. Inquire at 199 Third
avenue..
TO.LET.—Owelling House, No.
94 Wylie street. containing 12 rooms.
E RE ROOM, No. 96 Witlie street, corner of
Federal Street. Apply to A. M. BROWN, CKS.
Wylie street, and 114 Fifth Avenue.
TOLET.—WAREHOLNE. - - The
large YOur Story WANEHOUnE. 38 Siiilthflehl
street, - at present occupied by Messrs. T. B. Young
Co. In the furnituretustness. Ingolre of SIMON
JOHNSTON, corner of einlchtleid street and Founts
avenue.
9CI O LET—WAREHOUSE, No. ISS
timithlisld street, occupied by V. Dissen as an
up °lntuit and furniture store.
Also, to let; A. large oil warehouse. on Hancock
street. , • .
Al=o, a dwelling with I rooms.
_ Also, a well dnished house with II rooms. No.
dts Hancock street, boas opposite i. hrist Church.
Also, a large house- on she coiner of Peun and
Hancock street. singable for offices
Enquire at 2177 PEN N STREET. jal3
FOR BENT.- -HOUSE.—A large
BRICG. DOUBLE HOUSE, containing large
F OR
Parlors, Library, Dining Boom, Kitchen
and Wash twine on lower door, and 5 b.d rooms
and bath room on second floor. Also finished attic.
good cellar with bake-oven in it, together wltlttlarge
yard panted with shrubbery and fruit trees. Mot
and cold water and gas through tie house. The
house is in good order, finely papered anu imitated
throughout. Marble mantlepleces In parlors, libra
ry and dining room. Posisessicia given atonce. Lo
cation in Elevehth. (old E.evkrith) Ga z e tt e lermsr
(tc., address. D. Z., care Box W. Office.
FOR SALE
FOll SALE. —In Salem, Ohio,
A ' , ARMOR 30 ACKES, with god improve—
ments, an orchard of all kinds of truit. Would be
suitable fora truck garden. For terms. &capply
to J. G. SAINT, Box 344,
al9 r Mem, t.ble.
OS SALE-DESIUAItt E WES- -
TERN AVENUE IttrIIDENCE. located orr
West , ru avenue, Allegheny city. brtween Brali.ll
street and Irwin avenue. Resi 'ence—brick °CIA
room., hall and gcod cell.r, gas tbroughout and
all finish din first class style. Let 48 by 190 to a
110 foot alley, will be sold on easy terms. Apply to
CROI."V k PHILLIYS, Real Estata Agents, No. 189 ,
Fourth avtnaf .
F OR SALE-BUSINESS STAND-
A well known and prosperous wholesale, busi
ness stand. with Stock and fixtures, is offered for
sale. Satisfactory reasons are given for the dispo
sal. Aunty at 77 WOOD STREET.
FOIL SALE—That fine two story
brick Waiehouse, Al by 64 feet. situated on
Glilo dTREET, Allegheny city, No. 05, now Occu
pied as a Ylone and Grain Warehouse. Also, that
two story brick dweilleg house, AO by 64 feet, ad.
Joining the above containing sin rooms For
further particulars enquire on the promises of M.
STEEL 3 di.).N.
FOR • SALE—FARM.-200 acres
of goodtand, situated In Penn Tp., West.
moreland counts. two miles from Irwin Station. on
'the Penns:7l. B. Improvements, hewed log house
In good repair, bank barn and older outbuildings.
Terms moderate. Enquire of W. WIIISON, Lad
mer's Station. or R. A. HOPE. Penn Station.
Anna SALRr—Engine and Boiler
amOke Stack, nil In good romninit order.
evyijygff, 8.3 Man Una.
El