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The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-11-14
The Newspaper.

In no other way can so much, so varied, so
useful Information be impartedi and under cir
cumstances so favorable for educating the child's
mind, as through a judicious, well conducted
newspaper.
To live iu a village was once TO be shut up
and uninstructed. Bbt now a man may be a
hermit and yet cosmopolite. He may live in
the forest, walking miles to post Office, hav-
ing mail but once week, and yet he shall be
found as familiar wish the living world as the
busiest actor in it. For the newspaper is spy
glass by which he brings near the most distant
things--a microscope by which he leisurely ex-
amines the most minute objects-an ear trum.
pet by which he collects and brings within his
hearing all that is said and done all over the
earth-.a museum full ofliving pictures Of real
life, drawn not on canvess, but with printers
ink on paper.
The effect of liberalizing and enlarging the
mind Of the young, and this weekly commerce
with the world, will be apparent to any one
who will pender it. Once, liberal education
could only be completed by foreign travel
The sons of only the wealthy could indulge in
this costly benefit. But now the poor mans
son can learn as much at home as hundred
years ago a gentleman could learn by journey
ing the world over. For while there are some
advantages in going into the world, it is the
poor mans privilege to have the world come
to see him, The newspaper is great collector,
great traveller, a great lecturer. 1t is the
common peoples Encyclopedia-the lyceum
The college. ~...rs.r.. a.r..s
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M ovEo ON.

tt4. 20. r. .-- .-s -.-f .- t..
The march of life should never stay
All things should onward end,
Man should not clog PTogression's way,
But strive to move and mend.
The waters move in depth Of ocean,
The streams along the dales,
And rivulets with onward motion,
Through sweet and verdent dales, ..-
.alar'i nj ns Move on! .T- .,r.
The clouds move gently through the sky,
The earth rolls even on; .D-1
Time swiftly in his course runs by, Fs .
And years pass on, one by one.
Men, too, should strive to follow them,
In this their onwardway, ., .a5 1t. D."
Permitting naught the tide to stem, .fa., p
But ever, day by day, ,..... ...r
r Move on!
Men may be wiser, If they strive 'ua%
More virtuous, if they will; .. .a..r "
y And who. within this world would thrive,
Must aim at higher still! .-.......
Let bigots stand by doctrines old,
The wise will pass them by;
Weak minds may cling with subtle hold,
But strong ones valiantly |5
Move on! u ra.. j..
Like waters rolling to the ocean,
Down mountains piled on high
Like clouds forever in commotion ...'-
That move across the sky " ~ .-r..
We will forever onward press; .as.-....
Thus fetterless and free; .........
And, deeming virtue happiness, .i.....
Our watchwor' ever be,
Move on!
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GOSSIP,

Ofall the unisances that infest society, the
gossiping nuisance in the most unbearable.-
People that want to know what you had to eat
who watch from behind their blinds to see
when you 60 out and when you come home
and who are as much interested in the color of
your wall paper and the pattern Of your cur
tains, as they are in italian war, or the latest
news from Europe. II they wound stop at this
point, nobody would complain, but they are not
satisfied until they have picked your character
and falngs to, pieces, with tongues sharper
than thorns. We wonder if they ever paused
to consider how much they wasted in this non
paying employment. ''It is the least part Of
wisdom" says some one, ITO speculate on the
petty defects Of every day people" Only sup
pose, for moment, that every time we should
turn the telescope u another direction, and spy
out some darling fault OF our own. How long
would it be before the world would be reformed
by this means! The best and wisest man that
ever lived, would find something to alter and
improve, and we are very .teftain there would
be no time left to find fault with other peoples
failnss. If you can't hnd enough In your own
daily life to busy your thoughts, you must BIS
very unnteresting specimen Of humanity. Let
your neighbors alone--take care of yourself and
we can warrant your having enough to dol
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,q qPickled E3IeNHn;smt.y

Old Rowe keeps a hotel in the northern part
Of the State Of New York, which, he boasted,
was the best in t."those ,parts,' where as he
used to say, you could getnanything that was
ever made to eat One dayin comes a Yankee,
sends his horse around to the stable, and step
ping up to the bar, asked old Rowe, what he
could give him for dinner. .,gi'Anything, SIR :
says old Rowe, "anything, from a picked ele-
phant to canary-bird's tongue" ;"Wa'al"
says the Yankee, eyeipg, old Rowe, u guess I'll
take q piece ofpickled elephant" Out hustled
Rowe into the dining4room, leaving our Yankee
nonplussed at his gravity. Presently he comes
paicch ppaicch asaih' Be gf!1 rHF la yt95
n "Well, sir, we've got 'em; got em all ready
right here in the house, butyou'll have to take
whole one, cause we never cut 'cm.' The
Yankee thought he would have some Goldfish
and potatoes. # .4...a H.. .,..,..1
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A Sad but T'ruc story.

Some time ago, says tire Cincinnati Daily
day, at one Of our wealthy farmers houses in
Pendeton COUNTY, Kentucky, the wife OF the
household walked out OF the room Her de.
parture was not noticed particularly, until the
lapse of time made it obvious that she would
not return. Observation soon convinced the
husband that his wife had eloped with hired
man who had been at work on the place. Time
in its progress alayed the modification and as
suaged the pain of the deserted husband, and
he pIodded on, from day to day in the silent
and almost unvarying monotony Of his course.
The wife was heard of no more. a... -
New affections sprang up in the breast o.
the man. whose heart strings were so suddenly
and so rudeIy torn. The sister of her who had
been the departec wiie-tora the husband was
now divorced by ,law-7slewly and almost nm
consciously gained favor in his eyes, and filled
the vacant place in his sympathies. lie mar
red her. ttl .5-re ,......,f. ,f.....,......l
The period of six months in the first years
marriage Of the second sister glided away, when
one day knock was heard at the door, and
the absent wife was returned.
The hired man with whom she had gone a.
way fell into drunkenness and debauchery,
soon treated the dcluded woman with neglect
and curelty, and at length deserted her.
She struggled on, then, amid many rriva !
tions and much suffering and in the maze of
her miseries wandered back to her fathers
house, whose farm was adjoining her husbands,
Her father would not permit her to come into
the house, and commanded her to Ieave.u<
She then turned to her husbands house, and
he found her in the door way when he came to
answer the summons.
Her wcrn and tattered garb, pale and hag4
gard countenance, lack lustre eye and SORROW
full air made her such an object whose sadness
can only be pictured in the mind.
The husband, lost to her, was struck dumb
with the pang Of recollection that penetrated
him like thunderbolt; in a moment more the
gloom. cloud opened little, and a tear drop
giistenng fell from his eye. -. .,..-y
His wife could not see her sister. No mem
Der Of the family would hold intercourse with
her. she could not live with them. ',,y I
But the husband built her cabin in an, ex-
treme corner Of the farm, provided for her sub
sistence, and there she now lives, an utter
stanser in her own household,
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AVlpydis,g Cows.

In the agricultural districts, the operation Of
milking cows is called pulling teats."---
This is the pre- face to our short but affecting
story. The people Of S-------7,l Portage county,
have adcbating society, The other night they
discussed the questIou-''Is the human race in
creased in development?1 The school house
was crowded with young ladies and gentlemen.
One of the disLutants for the negative ablyco
tended that the times were degenerating7-tha
things were growing ''wus' constantly, Said he'
"Why what on airth does the young man Of to
day amount to?. lie is feeble III body and mind
wears fine clothes that his iather buys him, has
rings on his fingers, and little hair on his up.
per lip, and the only honest labor. that he can
perform is to carry round mecrshaum pipe
Now, when was boy, we were not ashamed
to pull teatsm qa9alD 10 a~BUiugaq le1oI .
A wild shout greeted this announcement =
The speaker blushed, and in a laltering voice
said: .qragV.t ztBa&.g
II alluded to cowsp' .-.., .,.,,,..., .,..,-sj
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"A little humcr now and then
Is relished by the best Of men,"
Falling from Grace.

A good story Is told of certain Methodist
dominic Of the pioneer stamp. The dominic
had in some way incurred the displeasure ofone
of his members--one of those touchy irascible
saints Of which nearly each particular charge or
circuit has oiie or more representatives. The
dominic had tried in every way to effect re-
Cancellation. He had ''wrestled with the Lord
ID the errihs brothers behalf. He had labored
personally with him, earnestly, but all to no
purpose; so he expelled him, as matter OF du-
ty,s., The e&- brother then took every occasion
to insult and woind the feelings of the pastor.
He slandered him, abused him to his face, and
behind his back, until at length, the poor DOM
inie could stand it no lohger. Meeting him one
doy in the post office, where large crowd was
collected, as usual the wretch commenced his
abuse. The dominic, as he was leaving the
room, made some remark, to which the dissev-
cred member responded, HThat's Id lie."
Quick as thought the dominic ,turnedi divested
himself of all unnecessary apparel, and stepping
up to his astonished enemy, and sezing him BY
the throat, gave vent to his long pentup feel
ings as follows; "Don't venture to repeat that
word again, you poor, low, dirty scoundrel!--
I've stood this just as long as possibly can
1 Try to be a Christian. l have followed Christ
in my weak way, nearly forty years. But | be-
long to a church that believes in falling from
grace. And if you eter in any way insult or
l.
probability, fall from grace. And if do You'll
get one of the allfredest thrashings you ever
had in your life. 1 wouldn't advise you to
try it on, for I've made up my mind to do just
that thing" 1t it is needless to say the ex.
member concluded it was time to "dry up.'
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Cleaning the Lips.

No feature on the face Of child is lovelier
than the lips, with rows peral teeth playing
hide and and seek behind them But ahl some
times months that look like rose buds, send
forth words unfit for a mothers ear, unfit for
the Ear in Heaven. Some boys who would not
coarse and impure forgetting that this also is
sin. ' .. ..i
We knewa dear old lady, who many years
ago, taught little private school in certain
town. Her heart was pure, and therefore her
words were sweet. She loved, the blessed Sa-
vior, and cared most tenderly for the lambs of
His fold. She seemed to live in the little chill
dren's world. rejoicing and suffering with them.
She had always something pleasant to say, and
a flower or kiss to give; so that the scholars
loved the school house next best to mothers
room at home. ., ....... r..r,
They never had to be sent to school, but ran
offcheerfully before nine O'Clock that they might
speak to her before the little bell rang. She
believed what Solomon said about the rod OF
without using it very often, Once her heart
was deeply wounded by hearing that little
fellow had spoken unclean words while out at
play. When forced to runish little ones, she
used to take them on her lap, but as master
Charlie was nine years old, she called him to
stand before her. Taking both his hands be.
tween her own, and looking into his blue eyes,
she asked;
Have you been using wicked words to-day,
my dear?''
III didn't s,CeG' )" whimpered Charlie.'
"Are you willing to 80 home and repeat all
you have said in your mothers presence?"-.
Charlie hung his head and colored deeply and
whispered: ... .--.. ........... ....r
"No, ma'am, because it would grieve her,
% 'And have you forgotten, my dear boy that
One far holier than She has heard in Heaven
the naughty words which came from these lit
tie lips today am afraid there is something
unclean in your heart, but, as | cannot reach
that myself, will ask Jesus to do it; can reach
your lips; and as l am sure they are not fit to
give your mother the good night kiss, nor to say
Gour prayers will clean them for you."
She then took from her desk bowl Of water,
a tiny bit of soap, and small sponge, and bid
ding Charlie open his mouth, she washed it
well--teeth tongue, lips and all. She then
wiped them dry with soft napkin and bathed
his tear Stained face, on which she pressed the
kiss of forgiveness. This simple punishment
and the real sorrow Of her who inflicted it,
made a deep impression on the minds OF her
scholars. Charlie is now almost man, but
never sihce that day has an unclean word pass
ed his lips. At the very thought of such
word, he iancics he tastes soap; and that he
hears again the gentle rebuke Of his first teach
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Family intercourse at the Fable

q, To meet at the breakfast table, father, mo"
ther children, all well, ought to be hrppiness
to any heart; it should wake up the warmest
feelings Of our nature. Shame upon the con
temptble and low bred cur, whether parent or
child, that can ever come to the break fast Ia
bic, where all the family have met in health on
" to frown and whine, and growl, and fret-
II is prinaa facie evidence of mean and grove
ing and selfish and degraded nature, whenceso,
ever the churl may have sprung. Nor is it less
reprehensible to make such exhibitions at the
tea table; for before the morning comes, some
OF the little circle may be stricken with some
deadly disease, to gather around that table not
again forever Children in good health, if left
TO themselves at the fable become, after a few
mouthfuls, garrulohs and noisy; but if within
at all reasonable or bearab,c bounds, it is better
to let them alone; they eat less, because they
do not cat SO rapidly as if compelled to keep ST
lent, while the very exhileration ofspirits quick
ems the circulation of the vital fluids, and en-
ergizes digestion and assimilation. :, The ex-
tremes of society curiously meet in this regard.
The tables Of the rich and the mobiles of Eng
land are models Of mirth, wit and bonhommie;
it takes hours to get through repast, and they
live long. If anybody will look in upon the
negroes OF a wel-to-do family in Kentucky,
while at their meals, they cannot but be i'm
pressed with the perfect abandon of jabber, ca
cbination and lnirth; it seems as if they could
talk all day, and they live long. Tt follows,
then, that at the family table all should meet,
and do it habitually, to make common inter-
change Of high bred courtesies, of warm affec-
tions, of cheering mirthfulness, and that gener-
osity of nature, which perish, promotiye as
these things are Of good digestion, high health,
and long lile.---Halps journal of Health. \.
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WANTED COMMON SENsE.-A coroner, ont
west recently reasoned out verdict more sensible
than one half the verdicts usually rendered. 1t
appears that an Irishman, conceivipg that q lit
tie powder thrown upon some green wood
would facilitate its burning directed a small
stream from the keg upon the burning pile; but
not possessing q hand sufficiently quick to cut
this off at a desirable moment, he was blown
into million of pieces. The following was
the verdict, delivered with great gravity, by the
ofiicial;--"It can't be called suicide, because
he didn't mean to kill himself it wasn't vista
ton Of God, bekase he wasn't struck by light
MIN; he didn't die for want OF BREATH for he
hadn't anything left to breath with it's plain he
didn't know what he was about; SO T. shall
bring in--pTEp FOR wASr or COMMON SENSE
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Gge familg GirtIe,
HOMES HARMONY.


The lark may sing her sweetest song,
AS rising from the waving corn, -.
On soa nng wings, she skins rlong
ar'rr 10 welcome in the rising morn; 90.
,.. Her sweetest song is nought to me,
..f, s.. Compared TO homes sweet harmony.
Deep in the woods, the nightingale,
At midnight's hour, may tune her lay,
May pour upon the listening vale
Her loveliest streams of melody, alr.4
,i Lovely her midnight lay may be- 1-
But lovelier homes sweet harmony.
q Sweet are the songstors of the spring,
21i5 And of the summers sunny days, g..
And autumn's feuthered warblers sing .
,, In rapturous strains their sweetest lays:
.rtr Lovely the song of bower and tree,
But loveliel homes sweet harmony.
But, oh, what cheers the winter night,
When all around is dark and gloom,
. When feathered songsters take their fight,
70 Or fill gloomy little tombl .'t "
... IT'S at such hours us these that we
|s5gs Prize most our homes sweet harmony.
Oh, when dark clouds above US lower,
And life's drear winter DER us comes;
'ris then we feel your magicpoN or;
Ye songsters OF our hearts and homes;
For soon the lowering clouds do flee
From cur dear homes sweet harmony,
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"LIFr IS Almost the last words
Mr.. Ball uttered yesterday before the fatal mis-.
step which cost him his life, were those which
head this paragraph. 1t was a singular coipd-
cidence. Standing on the Platform at Francis.
vile, upon the arrival of the passenger train
north, he remarked to friend in relation 10
some unsettled business at Wimnemac-r+I had
better go up and settle y; life, is short you
know" and turned to step aboard the train
which was already in motion. The next in
slant he was rolling under the trucks Of the car
manged and lifeless corpse.-L4fayette,( ( la.)
Courier.
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Astonishing Potato Eror,.

5a The Potato crop Of Iowa, lor the present
year, is reported to be truly astonishing. The
yield in some, instances comes up, to 400 and
500 bushels to; the acre, ana the general aver
age is not much less that 200. The quality OF
the potatoes is better than usual, and iaf ex-
ceeds the best raised 10 any country we have
ever visited, 1t is not unconnmon.to find them
weighing pound each, and some that we have
seen weighed three. four and five pounds. Not
sign ofrotsor imperfeclion has been discover
ed, So plenty and cheap are they, that for the
per bushel' No danger 81 Starving in iowa at
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The senator and the Dromios.

The senior Mr.. Guy of the National Hotel,
at Washington, bears quite likenessto Gener-
al Cass, and upon this the correspondent Of the
New York Times tells the following story: 6y
o A stranger who supposed he knew my host
very we'll, put up at the National the other day
and for the first night was sent to the upper
floor to sleep: Coming down stairs the next
morning, little cross, he met General Cass,
who has fine suite of rooms there, in the hall,
stepped up to him, and in language more forci-
BILE and rapid than elegant, said. F"I'il be id
ifI'll stard it'll You've put me at the top oI
the house. l must have room somewhere
lower down. 'iirE "s -riHE ,g#,lsGsiaa84
General Cass interposing nervously--"Si
you are mistaken in the person'yo are address,
ing. | am General Cass, Of Michigan" Stran-
ger confusedly, beg your pardon General Cass
Thought it was my old friend Guy. Beg a
Thousand pardons, sir. ltAll mistake, alt a
mistake, assure you, sir.' The General pass
cd odt Of the building, but soon returned; as
luck would have, the stranger met him full in
the face Hgain, but in another position. This
time he was sure he had mine host, for the
Senator from Michigan he knew, had just gone
out. So the stranger stepped boldly up, slap
ped the General heartily aitde familiarity on the
shoulder and exclaimed: a''F ,8a" aHad
.'By heavens, Guy, I've got rich sell to re-
late. met old Cass up stairs just now, tho't
it was you, and began eussing him about my
rooin'a General Oass, twith emphasis) a'Well
young man, you've a'et old Cqss qgrin" The
stranger sioped, and has not been heard Of
since. .s5yT]tUss un'aua .~usalapo ftiu s3nch
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AGritnlturaI.'' e.
shingIinR.

A correspondent asks: "What will mako
shingles last, longer?' Twenty.three years a.
go found had quite lot ofrefuse shingles
oh hand, both sappy ind shakey; and laid
them on the back kitchen and wood shed.
have Just examined thein, and think thgy
will last at least seven years longer. The build
ing has not leaked, to my knowledge. -.
| soaked these shingles in very thit &hite.
wash made with brine instead Of clear water
There has been nothing done to them since, ,si-
though | have no doubt that to have white
washed, or served coat OF dry-slaked lime of
flne salt once in two or three years Uft theft;
would have been oi great advantages to them.
As shihgle differently from almost any 6hs
else, will give you my method, and my reass
ohs for it. r fas5F d. = .,s.s7sa, .tEI-.an
However wide the shingles ttia5 Be, ! do nos
allow the nails to be put more than tttc liz
ches apart '.' 1 '87 t' -IJ''a- nas5 aRAH
Reason. .--ffyotr Shingles are wet or sfesh.
and the wide ones;a are nailed at the edges, the
shingles must split, or one of the nails muat
draw when the sbingle shrinks. 1.-THE shingls
is dry it must huff OF crowd the nail out when
it swells. Thus your nails are kept in constant
tnotioii by every shrink or swell Of the shingls
till they are broken, pulled oat, or the shingls
is split. Nf3sha'1 s8t. ',gt araoi aR eg5
/ do not want the nails drove quite In, or 30
as to sink the head. q, -
Reason.--The heads ofthe nails hold up tho
butts OF the next row Of shingles, and give the
air free circulation. 7nl.s1y1I ig Eas sTssi.s
lay all my shingles in whitewash. / pfeef
brine for making 1t, / line with red chalk. 1
then whitewash the last course laid down I'd
the line, and after the building is shingled
whitewash the whole roof SO sev 9aa!4 edi
Reasonable make the shnslea last twice as
long as they would without the whltewash,
and I consider it much better than just white
washing the roo after shihgiing: esFs'.'a
Carpenters often object to shingling III this
way, as it is rather dirty work, and declare
they know it does not do any good--that it is
Just as good to whitewash after shlngIing, &cs
A common practice Of the above suggestions
would probably save thousands Of dollars in
time, lumber and nails, annually.-Ns,o Eng
land Farmer T. fa.sgi ssseVl7 GE ~ 9ug h