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PUBLIBUD DULY, BY
PENNIMAN, REED & CO„ Proprietors
P. B. PENNIMAN. JOSIAH RING.
T. P. HOUSTON. N. P. WEED.
Editors ►nd Proprietors.
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of Plttaburgh, Allegheny/ aad
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1869,
WE PRINT on the inside pages of
this morning's GAZETTE—Sewn d page:
Canonsburg and the College Question.
,Third and Sixth pages: Commercial, If
nantia/, Mercantile and River Hews, Mar-
Ads, Imports. Seventh page: Poetry;
Ephemeris.
PlanoLnum at Antwerp, 51ff.
U. S. Bor. - mat Frankfort, 85-1
GOLD closed in New York yesterday
at 1331.
THE Cabinet has determined that• the
test oath and disfranchisement elattses of
the new Virginian Constitution shall be
submitted to a separate vote.
Tss Postoffice Department has estab
lished a through line to the Pacific coast
on the new railways, and will save an
Immense amount of, money thereby an
nually ovetthe stage system.
. DIRECT the attes on of on
readers to the very able argument, on our
second page, delivered before the Board
of Trustees of Washington and Jefferson
Colege,• by Rev. Blurt= J. Cowes in
the interest of Caionsburg.
.
Tan T nil should be a favorite pattern
with the Pacific road. The first regular
r
invol of goods shipped through "all
isil," from one ocean to the other, was a
::cargo:of Japan teas. Certainly, this
must meant for a delicate tribute to the
just d arts of the tea-drinking moiety of
the
i
W - ;sliall hear the first gun,• from the
firitactus War in Rhode - Island, to-day.,
The municipal election takes place at
krovidencii, and the dividing lines are
distinctly drawn for or against the Sena
tOr's claim to own the City, State, Planta
tionso and all: We rather think
that : title will not stand the teat of the
ex : • ation.
very unimportant exceptions, the
popular sentiment approves of the
of the ex•inilitary organizations in
!tintry, in appointing the . solemni-,,
MemOrial-Day for Sunday, May
The day, the occasion and the cer
• will be mutually I:iefitting—for it,
enmity and not a celebration which
:Bed. The proceedings, in every'
•
will . be in keeping with this idea.
W I
gent.
action
this •
ties of
SOth.
cmoni
is a so/
Is pro • i
respect
; OPE there will be generous atten
dance .n the, part of, the patriotic and
philan . plc, at the unique and pleasing
entertainments to be given every evening
this week, under the auspices of the
Grand Army of the Republic, for the
benefit of crippled and helpleia soldiers
and soldiers' widows. The entertainment
afforded is well worthy a visit, and those
who attend can feel con. • of helping
Ina noble and pralsewo . y
object.
In establishing at the
bee and perpetual Art
cost of a million of do
Mr. CORCORAN, the weal
Washington, has perfonne.
shall make his name rev
ed so long as the Govern
_Mr. AUGUST Anr.L.MONT,
too, has a right to reedy
the people, inasmuch ash
example - of his friend, an .
tiorni of weeks of art to th
tory, so rare and valuable .
.ary estimatezannot be set
Timis is, in fact, but on. faint Shadow
of a choice for the success .f the present
insurrection In Cuba. T t may come
from the blind folly of the Colonial author
ities in blundering, stupidly or madly,
into such violations, either of ihe law of
nat i ons, or o f the humane sentiments of
the civilized . world, as to demand the iri
teiposien of Other governments for their
correction. ltDurcla "can only keep his
subordinates, by land , orsea. in the civic
or the military service, well in hand and
Illirays in subnilasion to the written and •
the unwritten public law of the Christian
world, attain will in that way Succeed in
retaining her most valuable foreign de.
pendency. •
IT rs'emnotinted that the Spanish Min
.ister, at Wishington, has been of
notified of the entire overthrow and sup
., pression of rebellion in Cuba. We in
cline to the belief that such is the truth,
notwitluthuiding the fact that the friends
of the rebels adhere`to the idea that inde
pendence must follow the armed reefs
times to constituted authority. 'When
Hope hi centered in fillibnetering expedi
tions from ibis Country, and on conspire r
torn disuniied and working peacefully on
..cubs awaiting a signal
f or iiirignit, thin:aliment of the mas.
birrytAitsibtlildikflikrot. This rem-
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OFFICE
COMPLETING RECONSTRUCTION.
No decision, of the question concerning
the Virginia election, was arrived at, by
the Cabinet meeting of yesterday. It is
supposed that this delay is due to the dif
ferences of opinion as to the proper date
forlholding the election, and as to the ex
peullency of submitting separately certain
classes of the Constitution involving
questions of purely local interest. As to
tea} oaths and disfranchisements, the
P ident and his constitutional advisers
are of one mind. that these shall be made
distinct issues at the polls. In view of
the actual situation, it must be admitted
that public sentiment in all quarters, at
thei North as well as the South,
points, - beyond . any misunderstanding,
in the direction of liberality and
conciliation. In the case of Vir
ginia, the Administration will simply
recegnize thoi . general feeling among its
own intelligent supporters in every part
of the Union. Oar wisest . friends in
Missouri have already taken open ground
for the inauguration of a more liberal
policy in the affairs of that State, and we
shall anticipate a similar movement in
Tennessee as soon as the still-existing
clinics, for bitterness in their local poll
tilcs shall have been removed in the course
of e'vents. It is a greater work in that
Stai than in any ' other Southern 'com
munity, to invite the friends of the Union
to relax their strung hands over a class
which has so recently made war upon the
Republic, since such men as AsupnEw
Jounson continue to keep alive old dia•
cussions, and aggravate the political and
personal enmities which but for him, and
such as him, would ere this have faded
away altogether. But, even in Tennes
see, these ' pestilent agitators will . in
time lose all their power for mis
chief, - and after them will come a
more auspicious condition of the
popular feeling, and the speedy relaxa
tion of that restrictive policy which has
hitherto been considered necessary. The
better classes of citizens, of whatsoever
opinions during the rebellion, are already
in accord, throughout nearly all of those
States, upon that policy which shall,
quickest and surest, extinguish the last
traces of an era of infatuated and trea
sonable folly. A generous conciliation
on one side will be met on the other by a
hearty submission to the lessons of ex
perience, and by works correspondingly
meet for repentance. - A wise forbearance
will permanently secure the fruits which
war first conquered by arms ,
rational Capital
Gallery, at a
; to himself,
by banker. at
a deed which
•• d and respect.
era survives.
New York,
l • the honor of
followed the
made dona
•new deposi.
11. • t a pectud.
'upon them.
AN INJURIOUS DISCRIMINATION.
It has been our duty, frequently of
late, to advert to the prosperity which
has crowned the sagacious management
of the interests of the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, in connection with the
through traffic of the Continent. Stand
ing at this moment the that among the
trunk-lines—the extent 'of its participa
tion in the National business, the um
form success which attends' its combina
tions with affiliated railways between the
sea-board and the heart of the Mississippi
Valley, and the unanimity With which'
the pileple of the Great West look to this
corporation for its co-operation in the de
.yelopment of-their, own local interests
—all these elements agree together
in illustrating the.wise forecast, the am
ple resources, and the updeviating good
faith for which 'the ' Peimsylvanhy Rail
road has already atilitired the highest de
gree of public confidence.
While that Compahy has made friends
everywhere abroad, we are quite sure that
Its policy inn° sense proposee 'to diare-,
Bard the interestsor to forfeit the good
will, Of any portion of the i people of
Pennsylvania, by giving to them• any
real occasion for complaints. We are
aware of the Proclivity of a'trunk-line i
policy genera ll y, to recognize, In behalf 1
of a through business, certain distinctions
which do not apply to a merely local
traffic, but we prefer to believe that the
Pennsylvania Railroad has 'not subscrt-1
bed to this policy, one hair's breadth
beyond what have seemed to its man.
akers to be the actual needs of the
situation, and that, for tho most part, its
local freight-tariffs are constructed upon
the fair basis of a reasonable charge for
the work:done; and wlthaleyearpreasly
to the developr,nent of local NtereAkatid
I* pittifteNtriAlitto o 4 l OA
siviiii Co etie Contrary are cited, we also
. ,
nant of hope left the Cuban sympathizers i
smacks very much of the idea of Irish
liberty, through Fenian achievements.
ENFORCING THE LAWS.
The Administration responds to the
public demands for the repression of the
illegal transactions of our Cuban sympa
thizers. Vigorous measures have been
taken at New York, as, we trust at other
seaports also, for the examination and de
tention of vessels bearing either recruits
or materials of war. It is not for the pub
lic to complain that such action was not
sooner had, since the same public has
only within a few days opened its own sa
gacious eyes, to comprehend the danger
ous direction into which events, hereto
fore disregarded, were drifting our inter
national policy. In this republican coun
try it would be unnatural to expect the
Government to be zealous in undertaking
a work which would be distastethi to 'pub
lic feeling. For aught that was "ksiown
to the contrary at Washington, on that
point, until within ten days past, the Ad
miOstration might naturally have regard
ed`public sentiment as altogether in uni
son with the noisy clamor of a few inter
ested journalists. The awakening, in an
other direction, of late, has - been.as saluta
ry as it was decided.
PITTSBURGH. GAZETTE : IVEDISF.S.DAY. MAY 12. 1869.
prefer to think that the Company intends
to do right in such cases, and that its
management is sagacious enough to apply
the needful' emedy to any cases of hard
ship when clearly ascertained.
The refining interest in petroleum, at
this point, is one of vastmagnitude, both
in the capital employed and the success
with which it has heretofore attained a
leading control in the general trade. Yet
our, refiners declare, with entire unanimi
ty, that, under the present adjustment of
the freight -tariffs, on the Pennsylvania
Railroad, between this city and Philadel
phia, the whole of this very great
interest is effectually "headed off "
from I the sea-board markets. We
are told that the refineries in the oil re
gions and at Cleveland—these being the
principal points in'competition with our
own—are able to put their products upon
the dock i at tide-water at a cost for freight
so mut less, as in fact, to paralyze the
trade f Pittsburgh. Our refiners are
drivenlout of the trade, when this dif
ference, be it more or less, is actually
enough to exhaust the small margin of
profit in the business, so that, conse
quently, two•thirds of our refineries stand
Hie to- day—and plainly for that cause!
Thuo, 1 not only a vast capital
here has become unproductive, but a
fruitful source of wealth for our city and
State is dried up, and more than one thou-
Saha laboreis, directly employed in these
refineries, are thrown out of employment,
to say nothing of the consequent depres- .
sion among the bariel-men, the coopers
and the rollers of hoop-iron. To Pitts
burgh, this is a serious affair. It repre
sents the efibctual smothering of one of its
leading material interests. It is a matter
'which goes to the root of our industrial
and productive life.
We state these facts as to the condition
of the trade, as they are presented to us
upon abundant authority from the trade
itself. And we state also their view of the
cause which underlies this s+agnation of
their business—the extravagant freight
charges of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Upon their refined products. If the facts
in that remd be as stated, the situ
ation is one which should have the
immediate attention of the Com
pany. They ought to know whether
their oil-freights have - fallen off in
volume—and, if so, how to account
for that decrease. The facts lay thus be
tween the refiners and the corporation,
and, between them, any existing ember
rassmenta of the character specified ought
to be speedily adjusted, in the common
interests of both parties. We do our own
duty as journalists in inviting attention
to the state of an important trade, and
we should fail in that duty in neglecting
to urge the need of s speedy correction
by the parties concerned. This is
duty which they owe to the vital interests
of this manufacturing city,—and which is
especially due from the Pennsylvania
Railroad. We are not ready to believe
that the management of that Company are
content to surrender any precedence to
their competitors for oil-freights,—especi
ally when that surrender is to the detri
ment of a local patronage of such value
as they have heretofore derived from this
vicinity.
The business of refining oil has come
to be a great specialty here. We have
such extraordinary facilities for getting
supplies of the crude article, and the rocal
trade have realised so perfect a control of
the other adjuncts in the way of sail, of
mechanism, and of labor, in the business
directly and in all its collateral branches,
that our refineries only need to be enabled
to ship their' products to the seaboard at
no larger cost for freights than their rivals
pay, to give them practically the command
of those markets. With the business once
put In that position, Its rapid growth
would be a matter of course, and the re
sulting profits could not fail to enure
largely to the road which should have the
exclusive transportation of the increased
product. The rule of business is plain
enough; that a large business done at a
small profit promises larger ultimate re•
turns than a small business done at a profit
so large as to leave nothing for the Cu.
tamers. The Allegheny - Valley Company
are credited by the oil trade with doing
their oil business on the better principle—
and the Pennsylvania Railroad is not. If
this be true of the latter, it shows a dig
crirninaticin against Pittsburgh which is
not in consonance with' a sound policy—
and which no local consideratiOnscanjus
tify.
14bIngton Items.
Private advices received here within
the last few 'days, by persons confiden
tially connected with thd Cuban revolu
tionists, elate that they, have very little
prospect of being snecessful- unless they
obtain, material aid kiln the United States.
The Secretary of State has advices horn
Minister /levelly Johnson that, owing . to
&
official do furnished' by this Govern
.
ment regarding the seizure, by the Span
ish authorities, of the Mary Lowell while
she was virtually under the protection of
a British frigate, the English government
will make reclamation on Spain for the
outrage; It being one of greater offence to
that government than to the United
States. The owner of the Mary Lowell
will therefore look to England for dom.
ges.
tinder the extraordinary pressure of
Senators, Representatives and politictana,
during the brief extra session of the &ni l
ate, it has been discovered that 130,Me 11n
proper foreign appointments were made
by the State Department, and that some
of the candidates obtained their places un
der false pretense& The Department,
has the .matter !ander consideration, and
it iv not : improbable that some danlies
Wa belmsdetelbrilhe elope of the Oar
year.
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cENTILa BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Regular Monthly Meeting—Report of
the Committee on Text Buoks--;Tne
. Booke Selected, .kc.
A regular monthly meeting or the
Central Board of Education was held
yesterday (Tuesday,) May 11th, at two
o'clock P. M., in the High School bttild
ing, Sixth avenue and Wood street,
President Wilson in the Chair.
Members present: Merisrs. Anderson,
Brush, Chadwick. Craig; Cuddy, bun
can, Fleming, Getty, Harrison, Hart
man, Herdman, 'Humbert, Laufinan,
Mays, Miller, Mitchell. Neckermann,
Nobbs,
_Sergeant, Shaw, Taylor, and Pres
ident Wilson.
The minutes of the pro43ding meOting
were read and approved.
HIGH SCHOOL REPORT.
The Secretary react the report ofi the
Principal of the High School for ! the
month of April, showing a total attond
ance of 148 ;. total average 124)i.
The departments were attended as
follows : _
MALREL FEMALES. . TOTAL.
High School, 64 / 84 198
Normal Depl. 1 70 71
Commercial, 84 3
'Total, - 149 157 . 3pB
The report was received and filled,
At the suggestion of the Principal.
Monday and Tuesday, June 28th and
29th, were fixed as the days for theexsitni
nation of candidates for adinigaitin to the
High School.
The bond Of A. J. Cochran, collectOr of
city school taxes, was presented and:ap
proved.
TEACHERS AND SALARIES.
Mr. Taylor presented the report of !the
Committee on Teachers and salaries. The
report recommends the employment of a
grammar teacher In the Washington Sub-
District, and two
_primary teachers in the
Howard Sub,Dist ric t. Owing to the near
approach of the close of the school year,
the committee recommend the postpone
ment of any further increase of teachers.
The report was accented.
- SECRETARY'S REPORT.
The Secretary reported that warrants to
the amount of $13,196.03 have been draWn
during the month of April. The report
was accepted.
Mr. Brush, from the Finance ComMit
tee, reported that the bills referred to
the Committee were approved, and he
moved that warrants be drawn for the
amount. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Getty, a committee
on printing was appointed, as TolloWs:
Messrs. Getty, Hartman, Sergeant, Brush
and Anderson.
Mr. Harrison, from the Committee on
High School Building, reported that
plans, &c.,of the new High School build.
lag bad b een completed, and the Coin
mittee were now ready to advertise for
proposals.
TEXT BOOKS.
Mr. Hartman called for a report of Ate
Committee on Text Books.
Mr. Sergeant, Secretary, stated that
there were two reports, a majority and a
minority report, the latter signed by one
member. '
The majority report was read, as fol
lows:
Your Committee on Text Books and
Grades report that they met on the 2tith
ult., and at said meeting agfeed to ie
commend fer adoption the text books
now in use, by order of this board.
Accompanying the report, were the
minutes of the meeting.
The following resolution also accompa
nied the report:
Resolved, That Oagood's Ist, 2d, 3d, 4th
and sth Readers, Osgood's Speller, Os.
good's Pricier, Burt's Grammar, Dean's
Primary, Intellectual, Elementary, ,In
termediate and Public School Arithetne
tics, Mitchell's Primaryjr.termediate and
Physical Geographies, Goodrich's Pick).
rial History of the United States, Robin
son's New Elementary Algebra, Web
ster's Dlctionaries,Sntarts lidanhal of Free
Gymnastics and Dumb-BellExercises,
Cowe's Drawing Cards, Alden'a Citizenls
Manual be adopted as the text books fir
the City Schools fur the ensuing year.
The minority report was then offered,
but the Chair ruled the reading of it at
this time out of order.
Mr. Hartman appealed from the ruling
of the Chair.
A lengthy discussion ensued, after
which a vote was taken and the decision
reversed.
MINORITY REPORT.
The minority report was then read ai
follows: •
The undersigned, a member of the
Committee on Teat Books, dissenting
from the majority report so far as they
recommend the Osgood series of prink:,
mer, speller and readers for adoption;
would respectfully submit the following
minority report and amendment: • ; 1
At the only meeting of the Committed
the agents for the various competink
books were in the wisdom of the majority;
of the Committee allowed only ten min-;
utea to explain the merits of the books
they represented, and believing that this)
Board cannot approve of the manner in
which the book question has been treated!
in Committee, and that the good of the'
schools demands a change in the Readers'
which have so long been in use without
revision or change, and the merits of
books proposed to be introduced, when
used‘side by side with some of those now
in use will give a greater variety in the
reading exercises, as well as settle the
question whether or not any other than
Osgood's Reader can be advantageously
used in training our children to read and
impart information at the same time.
Therefore, the undersigned proposes the
following series for your adoption as an:
amendment to the majority report, to
wit: Osgood's Cards and Primary Spel
ler, Wilson's First Reader Osgood's
Second Reader, Wilson's Third Reader
and Third Intermediate Reader, Osgood'a
Fourth Reader, Wilson's Fourth Reader,
and Osgood's Fifth Reader. • '
The minority report, so far as it re
ferred to Readers, was adopted.
The majority report was then further
amended. on motion of Mr. Craig, by
suostituting Guyot's Geographies.
The report was then adoptecLas amend
ed.
Craig asked for an additional teacher
in the Oakland District.
Mr. Mitchell asked for two additional
teachers in the Washington District.
On motion of Mr. Craig the Slimmer
vacation was fixed from July let to
August 80th.
-A - number of bills were read and or.
dared to be' paid.
Reports from the various sub-districts
as to amount levied for building purposes.
The Ibllowlog were received : Duquesne
13r, mill South 1j: Forbes 6 mill; How
ard 25 mills ; Oakland 10 mills; DD.
Albion 4 mills; Highland 20 mills. In the
North sub-district no levy will be needed.
The Sometary read a communication
from the local board of the Moorhead
district; concerning a resolution passed
said boards • asking the resignation 'of
Mr. Mays from the Central Board. Laid
on the table.
on motion it was resolved that here
after viarrante should not be drawn in
favor of any pnnolpal of the city schools
until he had handed In his report for the
month.
The President tasted that the
btaxed , lnsattleldikairdfq.oblifurbli Alt
istrotht undit apart rade to sae
ry of the Central board. •
On motioakadjotirood.
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Amusements. 1
OPERA House.—A large audience Lat
tended the Opera House ( last , night,
"Humpty-Dutupty " being ;the attrac
tion. It will be continued iduring the
present week.
PrrTsiurton TEtuarnh.- - Th.s estau
lishment was closed last night in order
to make arrangements for the presenta
tion of the "Female Forty Thieves to
night. The arrangements have all been
completed, and a grand entertainment
maybe anticipated to-night.
THE ACADEMY was again well Ailed
last evening, it being the occasion of the
second representation of the "Renegade
of the Potc.mac." We are glad to see
our people so handsomely seconding the
efforts of Posts 35 and 88G. A. R., to raise
money to assist the soldiers' widows and
educate their chidren. It is truly a
praiseworthy coined, and deserves, as it
has, and doubtless will continue to re
ceive during the week, the liberal pat
ronage and encouraging presence of our
best citizens. The piece, too, is full of
striking scenes and good hits, portraying
vividly the varying fortunes of the sol
dier, as well as the habits and customs
of the South. Among these are the
Fourth of July in Salisbury, and the per
formance of the plantation darkies on
being set free.
COMIC ENGLISH OPERA.-012 the 24th
inst. ? at . 2.113 - Fittsbnrgh Theatre, the pret
ty, sprightly and charming actresses, the
Chapman Sisters, accompanied by a full
troupe, will inaugurate a brief season of
Comic English Opera. These dashing
and brilliant young artistes have every
where been awarded large audiences, and
we dare say our staid old city will go
into raptures when they put in au ap
pearance on our theatrical boards. The
engagement of the roupe is necessarily
brief, running thro gh a week, during
which, however, th new musical bur
lesques of Ixion, Forty Thieves and Abon
Hassan, the Wag, will be presented.
COMIC FRENCH OPERA.—Pittaburgh is
to have a brief season of Comic Opera,
commenelng on the 24th inst, under the
auspices of the - indefategable Manager
Gran, at the Academy of Music, and to
be given by the celebrated company from
the Theatre Francai S , New York. This
ti
comphny is the stro gest that has ever
visited America, its personnel number
ing nearly one hundred persons.
Whereever it has performed it has been
1
greeted most ent . usiastically by de
lighted audiences, a nd their perform
ances have been distinguished for a
completeness of detail and ensemble
rarely witnessed. All their operas are
presented with rich Costumes, magnifi
gent properties, and a great perfection
of music, and for Ten months they
succeeded in attract s g crowded houses
at the Theatre Fr nettle, New York.
The principal artists It 4 the company are
Mmes. Rose Bell Desclanzas, Gnerette,
Rizareill, Bageard,!Victoria, Maurice,
Clementine. Messrs Carrier, !Becker%
Francis, Genot Bourgoin, Dengue, Mlle.
say, Fleming, Juighet. Reveney, and
Chapin. There is a large and powerful
chorus, together with a full and com
plete grand orchestra. It is the inten
tion of the director, during the short
season he proposes to give here. to pro
dnce the following operas: Offenbach's
"Genevieve de Barbant," the greatest
and most successful opera bouffe ever
written, and the "La Grande Duchess."
A Card
SUARPEBUBO, May 11th, 1869.
EDITORS or GAZETTE : The statement
of Miss Mary Swartzwelder before the
Ccronor, to the effect that I furnished .Luo.
Singleton with belladona, by which the
children were poisoned in Allegheny
city, is entirely untrue.
Ido not know such a mi n as John
Singleton, and never gaveum or any
ono else belladona or any other medi
cine for the purpose -named. Allow me,
therefore, to state emphatically that so
far as my connection with this affair is
concerned, it is entirely false
Very Respectfully, C. A. -
Bonn curious discoveries have been
made by the engag in pulling
down the old Roc.kendorff House in
Washington. The buildin : had once
been used by the gambling fr ternity, and
it would seem that they biting t the devil's
own ingenuity to -work to ansform it
into a suitable den for their o. ations of
villainy. This machinery, ; now laid
b are, shows that immense ; • and labor
were bestowed upon its in • ention and
preparation. The gambling ooms were
in the second story front. Over them
were two garret rooms with • ormer win.
dows. In the flooring of e: : of these
upper rooms a trapdoor he . been cut
about six feet in length and thr • - in width.
The trap
,being taken up shows an aper
tura between the floor and the ceiling of
the room below of a size to accommodate
the gambler's confederate; and a series
of small perforations in the ceiling afford
ed him a full view of the cards held by
the players at the table in the room be
neath. At its side was the end of a thin
wire, which passing along under the
flooring of the attic to the walls ran down
to the flooring of the room below (play
ing upon nicely adjusted angles), and so
on until it reached a point directly under
the card table. Here a very ingenious
pedal arrangement came into play, by
which with springs of spiral wire a trian
gular piece of iron was made to work up
through a minute aperture in the floor un
der the boot of the swindling gambler.
The victim in this operation, it will be
seen; had no show whatever. In follow
ing the course of the wires it is noticed
;that a packing of soft Wool had been
placed at every point where the working
of the apparatus would possibly ake a
noise calculated to warn the victim . The
operator of the machinery was as silent
as death, and not an indication appeared
anywhere to give him suspicion of the•
net-work of villainy in which he was en
trapped. The aperture in the ceiling,
Which gave- a view of the -cards to the
F,onfederate overhead, were screened from
view by an ornamental oval of green fig
ured papering, and the aperture in the
floor under the card table, through which
the spring played, was concealed by the
carpet,
Fantotrrs from S. Louis to Benton on
the Missouri this season have ranged
from four to six cents per pound. The
Missouri Democrat says that passage has
been so low, that any one, in place of pay
ing hotel charges in the city, could make
the round voyage, live well, become fat
and robust and save money; also that no
trip is so conducive to health and vigor
as a journey to the Rocky Mountains by
steamer. Thus far, thirty-one steamers
have left for the Upper Missouri and but
four are now under orders to go.
firm Lincoln Monument Association
have awarded to Mr. W. D. Richardson
the•baildlnz of the architectural portion
of the monument for .186550. The as.
sets of thtt Association now amount to
$155.218.08, including ~estimated value of
donadokof btoozorone thegOternmeht.
WolltelidOai not include the donation
of $lO,OOO made ooaditionally by the
State of New York. '
•
A VERMONT farmer, living at Bt. Johns
bury. has all his kit year's - butter on
hand—between on& and two tons—for
which he was offered last winter fifty-twO
cents per pound. He asked fifty-five and
—keeps the butter, which makes first-rate
wagon-grease. -
THE REASON WHY
Dr. Keyser's Blood Searcher is the best. It is
computed that a man's Ostem undergoes three
Ames a spar, that is every four months, *radical
and thorough. change, that is, that at the end of
that time nothing remains in the sy. tem of she
material of Which it was composed before Rita
time. The eliminating - organs carry out the
worn-out and used•up material, and'new matter
is made to take itiplace and carry on the work
ings of the human organism. The coat of four
months treatment in this way would not at the
outside be more than ten dollars, and frequently
the fanctions of life have an activity and vigor
imparted sufficient' to renew them by the use of
one bottle, costir g only one dollar. No organ or
the body but will be henelltted by such a process..
The liver, the stomach, the kidneys, the OM*,
the lungs; are all. as it were, made over &gala
by the impetus given to the stomach. and diges
tive system—old and prostrated people whose
systems bad began to languish and decay, have
been restored by DR. KEYSER'S BLOOD
SEARCHER to youthful health aid- vigor.
Especially is this medicine suitable at this
season ,of the year, when the dormant
POweis of life, like all the rest of nature are
emerging from the chilling and torpid state
usual t4O,.the cold and wintry month?, w e .
know very well that all advertised medicines are
apt to be regarded as useless and nugatory, but
with DE. KEYSER'S BLOOD SEARCHER we
feel perfrly secure In the promise that it must
do good. Country Merchants and those who sup
ply others with needful things for their wants
cannotconfer a greater service than to keep a
few bottles of this valuable medicine on their
shelves to supply their want.. Dr. Keyser will
take back every halt dOzen that remains unsold.
It at the same time affords the merchant a
good profit, and to those who need it, It is of
more: valtie than silver and gold, for what can be
of more value to man than a medicine which car
ries health and life to the suffering invalid/
We earnestly entreat all who read Bilotti try
one bottle of Dr. Keyser's Blood Searcher if they
-need sucti!a medicine, and we will guarantee sat
isfaction.l In order, .however, not to be dleap- .
pointed,let them buy none but that which has Dr.
Keyser's name over the cork and blown in the
bottle, and in that way the Doctor will hold him
selfriimonsible fur its results when the directions
are closely fohowed.
SOLD AT THE DOCTOR'S GREAT NEW
MEDICINE STORE, NO: 160 LIBERTY ST.
DR. KhYSER'S CONmULTATION . ROOMS.
NO. 120,-PENN STREET, FROM 10 A. M.
.UNTIL 4 P. N.
WHAT IS A TOPIC?
Bear this In mind—that although a tonic Is. to a
certain extent,* Stimulant—a stimulant; unmodi-
fled by any medicinal substances, is net at:epic,
but ♦ DEBILITANT. In HOBTEIThEII 8T931-
ACH BITTERS there Is a stimulating element of
the purest grade manufactured in this or any
other country. Every fiery and corrosive oil or
acid which contaminates the ordinary liquors of
commerce, Is expelled from the rye spirit which
forms the alcoholic basis of the BITTEBP, by
careful and reneatea rectification. The Juices el
the valuable roots, barks and herbs, infused into
this wholesome product of the finest grain, still
further modify its nature, so that it becomes, is
fact, a simple dlflosive agent, minus all the heavy
and brain exciting properties which belong,more
or less, to all liquors in a raw state. It is merely
the saib and harmless vehicle which renders the
medicinal virtues of she preparation e ifective—
Increasing their ac Ire power, and diffusing them
through the system. Hence the pleasant and
gentle glow which isexperleneed alter taking a
dose of the BITTEII4. 'instead of creating hea4-
ache, as nemedicated stimulants are apt to do,
this salubrious tonic is the. best known remedy
for that complaint. It calms and soothes cerebral
excitement. strengthens the nerves, promotes the
secretion of the gastric Juice, Invignratea the
towels. determines the fluids to the surface...lm
proves the appetite, iecreases the animal vigor.
regulates organic action. and, from Its mild, yet
eirictive. alterative q admini st erede ver preparation that can beto theweak
er sex in the peculiar thniculties to which their
organization subjects them.
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SPRING STOCK
OLIVER
ArCtIITOCh.
COMPIIY'S.
We are receiving this
week by ocean steamers from
England a fresh stock of the
latest and most beautiful de
signs in English Tapestry
and Body Brusseli by dirict
importations from the man
ufacturers. We invite the
inspection of house furnish
ers, confident that me offer
the largest assortment and
greatest variety of elegant
patterns ever brought to
this market,at the lowest
Prices.
Great inducements are
offered in all grades of In
grains. and Three Plies, it
being their constant aim to
offer. to' the multitude, the
fullest assortment of cheap
and serviceable Carpets at
lowf,ar. 'rates e
than &tit
,other
how in. th'tad&
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