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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

Why Timber A. Painted.

When water is applied to the smooth
surface of timber. a thin layer of the
wood will be raised above ITS natural pos
ition by the expansion or swelling OF the
particles near the surface. In colloqui-
al phrase, workmen say that when wa
ter is applied to a smooth board, the
grain of the timber will be raised. Ev-
ery successive wetting will raise the grain
more and more; and the water will dis
solve and wash away the soluble por-
tons with which it comes in contact
As the surface dries, the grain of the
timber at the surface, having been reduced
in bulk, must necessarily shrink to such
an extent as to produce cracks. Now,
if a piece of oilcloth be pasted over the
surface, the timber will be kept quite
dry. Consequently the grain of the wood
will not be subjected to the alternate in
fiuences of wet and heat. As it is not
practicable to apply oiIcloth ready made,
a liquid or semi-liquid material is en-
ployed for covering the surface, which
will adhere firmly, and serve the pur-
pose of oilcloth in excluding water that
would otherwise enter, to the injury of
the work. Metallic substances are pain
ted to prevent oxidation of rusting of
the surfaces which may be exposed to
moisture.
Il is of primary importance to make
use of such materials as will forrn over
the surface smooth and tenacious pei:
licle, impervious to water. Any materi-
al that will not exclude water sufficiently
to prevent the expansion of the grain of
the timber, or the oxidation of metallic
substances, must be comparatively worth
less for paint. Linseed oil possesses the
property of drying when spread on a
surface, and forming tenacious cover
ing, imprevious TO water. Spirits of
turpentine, benzine, benzole, and certain
kinds of lubricating oil, all of which are
frequently used in preparing paint. will
not form a covering sufficiently tough
and hard to resist the action of water;
for which reason the paint that is made
by employing these volatile materials
will be comparatively worthless for out
side work. A pigment is mingled with
the oil to prevent the timber to which
the paint is applied from absorbing the
oil. The design is not to saturate the
wood with with oil, but simply to cover
the surface with coating resembling
thin oiIcloth.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31
.E.o. sxPERIB.N-cE .s.ND n MORAL.

lent my love q book one day;
She brought It back; laid IL by;
Twas little either had to say
She was so strange and so shy.
But vet we loved Indifferent things
The sprOuting buds. the birds in tune
And Time stood still and wreathed his wings
With rosy links from June to June.
For her, what task to dare or dot
What peril tempt what hardship bearf
But with her-ah she never knew
hy heart, and what was hidden there
And she, with me, so cold and coy,
Seemed little maid bereft Of sense;
But in the crowd. all life and joy,
And full of blushful impudence.
She married-well-a woman needs
A mate, her life and love to share
And little cares sprang up like weeds,
And played around her elbow-chair- =
And wears rolled by-but L, content,
Trimmed my own lamp and kept 1t bright,
Till ages touch my hair besprent
With rays and CLEANS Of silver light.
And then il changed took the book
Which she perused in days gone by;
And as read, such passion shook
My SOUL needs must curse or cry;
For, here and there her love was writ,
In old, half faded pencil signs,
As IL she yielded-bit by bit
Her heart in dots and underlines.
Ali silver fools too late you look!
know IL; let me here record
This maxim LEND NO GIRL BOOK.
UNLESS YOU READ IT AFTERwARDl
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31
Sheep Raising.

Gen. Sam Hartman of st. Croix
County having been invited to deliver a
lecture before the Farmers Club on the
subject of wool growing sent the follow
ing reply:
1t would give me unbounded pleasure
10 lecture upon that fruitful theme -
"Sheep Raising" if the multiplicity of
cares and persistency of my creditors
would permit. Few persons have had
so much experience in Sc short time as
the undersigned.
Say to your Association if they con-
template sheep raising to get the breed
known rs "South Downs" They are a
healthy sheep, will shed their coat in
March every year, and yield 90 per cent,
more pelts than wool.
The advantage of this breed over all
others is apparent. 1st. You avoid all
the trouble and expense of shearing.-
I'd. You can gather your wool with a
horse rake whenever the market is favor
able for the sale Of wool, and Sd. You
would never have any rejected or un-
washed wool.
They make a go6d rough thermome-
ter. as they drop their lambs, when the
mercury is at tw enty below zero, and die
when it is sixty above, and never until
they are fairly wintered through.
These sheep are fine feeders, will eat
oats as readily as horse and as many
of them.
They are very even tempered, never
too fat to kill or too poor to die, you new
err have any anxiety for the increase of
your flock or tro1ble in reducing it.
Thus it will be seen that sheep raising
is made easy and have never regretted
the time, money, and oats | have spent
in cleaning wisdom from wool, and feel
just pride in now being able to impart
this knowledge TO my fellow beings, and
have my name go down to posterity as
public benefactor.
Regretting my inability to comply
with your request.
am, Sir, yours truly.
SAM HARTMAN.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

Several years ago p. 7. Barnum,
conceived the idea that the Rev. Mr..
Punshon, the noted English Methodist,
would make great American Show
So he addressed letter to Punshon,
proposing to hire him by the year, and
take him around the United States, 10
lecture at such times and places as he
(Barnum) should appoint-Puushon to
have his salary and Barnum to have the
profits of the lectures. Mr.. Puushon 8
answer was, in substance, as follows:-
Sir: You will find my reply in Acts
xiii. 10. % full of all subtlety and all
mischief, thou child of the devil, thou
enemy of all righteousness. wilt thou
not cease to peryert the right Ways of
the Lord 2"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

How PLANTS DEPEND ON ANIMALS.
The fertilization Of many plants can
be effected only by some particular ami
NAL. such as gnats, flies, small birds,
beetles and slugs. If 10 any particular
locality the animal necessary for the fer
tilization of plant is absent, it is cer-
tain that the plant cannot spread; and
thus the conditions for the diffusion of
plants are dependent on the geographical
distribution of animals.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

THE WYOMING FEMALE jury Coz
vICTs MAN OF MURDER.-The jury of
one man and eleven woman, recently i'm
panneled in the District Court at Lara
mic City, Wyoming Territory, to try
cases, bad a severe siege of it at the very
outset. A murder case WAS submitted
to them at the beginning of last month :
A dispatch ON Saturday says: 1.-THE
jury cannot agree, aud have been order
TO be confined until 9 o'clock in the
morning. when the court agrees TO meet
them. They were allowed dinner and
snpper. The women looked sick and
fatiguod, this being the fourth night of
their confinement. There is a general
complaint among the married men,
Another dispatch on Sunday morning
says: "The jury in the COwie murder
case returned verdict at II o'clock last
night Of guilty in the first degree. The
ladies Of the jury were much fatigued ,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

A bright little girl Of thirteen, at Ger
mantown, Pa, while endeavoring to mas
ter difficult lesson at her home few
evenings ago, was suddenly seized with
brain fever and fell helpless upon the
floor. On the following morning she
died.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

square will be counted the space Of one inch
Business cards. 5 lines OF less, 100 year
Lsgas charged at the rates prescribed by statute.
Special notices Is cents per line for nrst inseruon'
and 10 cents for each subsequent insertion.
Transient advertisements must be paid for IN ao-
vance; all others quartsFlr.
Advertisements not otherwise ordered. VIII
continued until ordered out, and charged accordingly
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31
Home Amusements.

What the Republican needs at this
moment is more home training, home
amusements home training and culture,
and until fathers and mothers can be
convinced of the necessity for these re-
quisites, and urged into the adoption of
them, the carnival of dissipation and
crime viii not abate, the young will 60
astray as they are now doing, and PEG
pie will hold up their hands in horror at
the degeneracv of the age. The youth
of the United States go to perdition
more frequently from neglect at home.
than from any other cause. The me
chanic thinks be has not time to look af-
ter the habits of his children. He feeds
them. clothes them, and sends them to
schools, and to the Sunday school. Per-
hsps he occasionally drops word of re-
proof or advice, in which be is joined by
bis wife, and they call that home train
ing. Now what more does the cuisines
man than the mechanic? Scarcely so
much. There is difference in the quail
ity of the clothes, of the food, and the
schooling; but it cannot be said that as
a rule he devotes any more time or at
tention to his children than the artisan.
Admitting that the associations of his
offspring have the benefits Of refined as
sociations, do not daily occurrences prove
that moral delinquencies are quite as fire.
quent among the rich as the poora
But what should be done? We ven.
ture to assert that if half the parents in
the United States would give their at
tention. for the next ten years, to home
amusements for the children. amuse-
ments which should involve healthful,
rational enjoyment, tie coming genera
ton would be stronger men aud women
than those Of any preceding generation
As a people we know comparatively lit
tie of the philosophy of amusements. =
Parents discuss politics and fashion, scan
dial and crime, during their leisure mo-
Inents at home, while the children sit by,
longing for something to amuse them,
something TO make time pass more pleas
antly and rapidly. The latter are sent
away to devise their own sports, while
fathers and mothers devote themselves
to social engagements, or personal case.
After time the boys fiud their amuse-
ments away from home. perhaps in pla-
ces of questionable reputs; and the girls
suddenly assume the airs of young ladies
and devote themselves TO late hours, re
ceptions, senseless small talk, and to
0eaus noted more for their fascinating
manners than their good morals. So
matters go on quietly, until society is
startled by the announcement of unex-
pected crime. or awful disgrace. Such
dramas are being enacted every week OF
the year. Would not parents be repaid
by deyoting more time to the amuse-
ments of home and less to business and
social pleasure?
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

The GREAT REVIVAL AT CIEcrNNATI.
According 10 authentic information
gathered by tue Cincinnati Gazette, in
fifty churches in that city and suburbs,
2,092 have thus far been added during
the present revival. This, however, does
not embrace all the converts, very many
of them have not yet united with any
church-sc.ne with churches not heard
from. OF 1859 whose ages are known
there is no person over 20 years, and
but 81 between so and 20; between the
ages of IL and 20 and 20 and so. the
numbers are about equal.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

A locomotive on an eastern railroad
has been adorned with the title, 81 still
live" That is more than many of the
passengers can say at the end of their
Journey.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31

A little girl delighted at the singing of
a bobolink, naively and beautiful asked,
what makes he sing SO sweet mother!
Do he cat foaeers"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31
THREE DAYS IN A woMAN's LIFE.
from Once a Week.

From Once a Week.
There was it written in the sky
And in the stars above,
That but three moments should De given
Tc me for life and love.
One moment for us to meet,
And one to part, and then
One moment for rainbow dream
To melt in tears again.
Yes thus twas written in the sky,
Twas thus the stars decreed,
And we, far parted, wander on
Where 'er those stars may lead.
But there's a happy, distant land
Where the bonds of fate are rlveu,
And there we two shall meet again
Beyond the starry Heaven.
tn ANsr ATRD FROM THE GERMAN.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-03-31
j. ANDERS,

HARNESS MAKER. Custom work promptly
Il attended TO, Broad-st. 81
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-20

scientific operations Of the expedition are TO
be prescribed by the National Academy of
Sciences. If such an expedition as this must
be fitted out, it could perhaps be done better
in the manner indicated than in any other,
and it is certainly preferable that the whole
matter should be placed in the hands Of the
President for him to select the best man that
can be found to conduct the exploration, than
that Congress should undertake to decide
upon the claims either of DIR. Hayes or Cap
tain Hall, or to go into an investigation to
determine which of them has made the nearest
approach to the North Pole.
The expediency and propriety, however, of
expending sum like 300, 900 at the pre-
sent time for any enterprise of this kind
are at least open to doubt, and we hope that
the House Of Representatives will hesitate a
long time before it makes any such appro-
priation. We have SO many practical objects
relating to our national welfare upon which
we can lay out all the spare funds we have on
hand, that it scarcely seems worth while to
throw 100000 into the open Polar Sea,
unless we can get some better return for it
than the mere knowledge that such a
sea exists. The problem of the open Polar
Sea is curious and interesting, certainly, and,
under ordinary circumstances, there would be
no serious objection to the extension of Gov
eminent aid. No real benefits, however, can
be derived from such an exploration, and
burdened as the people of the United States
are with an enormous debt and heavy taxes,
it is the worst kind of folly to use the public
money for the purpose of solving the mys-
teries of the pole, no matter how interesting
they may be.
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THAT ARCTIC EXPEDITE

The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,
before whom the rival Arctic explorers, DIR.
Hayes and Captain Hall, have been pressing
their claims, has agreed to settle the dispute
by referring the whole matter to the Presi-
dent, and for that purpose has reported a bill
authorizing an expedition to the Polar regions,
and appropriating the sum of 800, 900 for the
purpose. The selection of commander is
left with the President, and he is further
authorized to detail any officer of the public
service to accompany the expedition and
to use any suitable public vessel. The
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THE TRUTH AT LAST.
MRS. RICHARDSON'S STATEMENT.

TER FULL STORY OF HER MARRIED IIFE-HER
RELATIONS TO RICHARDSON FROM FIRST TO
TASr-A u. RICHARDSON'S SEALED STATE
,,vNT LEFT TO BE OrENED AFTER HIS DEATH
Cu,s. RICHARDSON'S STATEMENT CONCERN
NC THE "MCRCENARY MARRIAGE "A. ID.
nICutPDSON's MEMORANDUM FOR A WILL.
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1870-11-12
Votantes Melicanos del Tucson.

La election del Martes pasado, nos
hace yer que nuestros conciudadanos
de estirpe Mejicana fueron verdadera-
mente fielas sus interests a sus conf
ados amigos y al biene5tar general.
Mccormick Sc hs mos.rado vuestro
mejor amigo como Governador y como
Delegado y continuara siendolo. Es
con mucha satisfaction que os congrat-
ulalnos por vuestro sano juicio como
votantes y que a la verdad en- NADIA ca
receis de el.
Sc hizo un esfuerzo para desvisrios
por medic de las mas atroces fslsada-
das perO gracias q la incausaole in
dustria y honestidad de los Senores
Ochoa, GARLIC, Ainza, y otros bisn in
formados Mejicanos y Americanos ea
los empleos puolicos los cuales So les
esplico satisfactoriamente.
Nos aprovechamos de esta OCCASION
para aSegurar nuestros ciudadanos
Mejicanos que Ia eom6anza que han
mOstraio taner en- ii Hon. Il. @. No
Corlnick no sera jamas desdsna1a Ii
desapreciada. Todos aquellos que pr
el votaron no tendran motive dc CUE
jarse.
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1870-11-12
San Diego and southern Arizona.

4 comparative test of routes for
travel and freight from California to
Southern Arizona, has given the one
via San Diego preference. Unless bu-
siness call travellers via Wick.nberg,
Prescott, Ehronb9rg or La Paz, all
Tor south and many north Of the GiIa
take the San Diego route. Freights
are now principally coming via the
same one. Several OF our merchants
are receiving goods that way, and
have large train loads coming, and So
far as we can hear, with full satisfac-
ton. Thus it appears the wagon road
route is established. This is more
gratifying to San Diego people than
to Arizonans. We, of course, prefer
the cheapest, quickest and safest, and
that by San Diego has that reputation
now.
The San Diego people have been
quite liberal in improving the road
between the seaboard and the Colora-
do Desert OF California, and it shall
not be our fault if they fail to meet
with the anticipated profits.
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1870-11-12
RICHARD C. MCCORMICK.

This gentleman's praise has been
sounded by the great Press of Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Washing
ton, San Francisco, and many other
places of less note. Every Legisla-
ture of Arizona has warmly eulogized
him for all the good qualities which
adorn the good officer and good man.
He has already an almost imperisha-
bic and unexceptionable history writ
ten in leading journals of America, IN
pamphlets and books of his own au-
thorship, in the Departments at Wash
ington, in the records Of Arizona as
Secretary. Governor, and large proper
ty owner, and in the journals of tha
United States Congress. Indeed so
firmly is his high character for great
trustS-both puolic and private-es-
taolished, that all the small and vi
cious Or other attempts to assail him,
to detract from his just popularity, have
greatly damaged MS assailants with
out III the Last injuring him. In
fact, his friends are daily becoming
more numerous.
Such is the man Arizona has just
chosen to represent her III the Nation
al Legislature. When TINS news goss
aoroad there viii Dc one common ex-
clamltion cf, Well done, Arizona! 1T
viii show to tue nation tna5 while
sonic Territories are ssndlng men tn.re
merely ayailaoio for plrtIsan putpo-
seS, Arizona s5l-cts one o5caa5. Of .iIs
assured aoilsy and fitness. HIS olsc-
ton IS hlgn Compliment to UlJ Z ID
sense OF tn5 5teLb mass u Ouf cItlz5A
and as sucl VIII % much 70 diet
tle steps OF p5-ln4 ,-l45 residents n4.l-
eraarl
Vita Mccormick as Dsl5sate in
Il united and n4nno.uou5
ana eu5a.; ;ytic psopl. at holue, and I'll,
o5r1a.Ity q t4e snort3 OF tu5 ron
lJr5c re5oui-dlu5 ii oar valleys and
nolntans ul-4Iu q f5w years, We a5
4 p-opIs have almost eyoay encom-
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1870-11-12

ABSENCE AND PARDoN.-Special
Orders No. 2S, Department Of Arizo-
ma, gave Lieut.. G. II. Burton, Adju-
tant 21st Infantry, thirty days leave
of absence, with permission to apply
for thirty more at Headquarters Divi-
sion of the Pacific; and upon recon-
mendation OF his post and company
commanders, !assd upon his good con-
duct during his long confinement
awaiting trial, Private James Clark,
Company 6, 2lst Infantry, is released
from confinement and restored to duty
without trial.
Arizona citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Pima County, A.T. [i.e. Ariz.]) 1870-1880, 1870-11-12

CoPIOUS rains-not showers-have
recently fallen and frightened every
thing IN Southern California. That re-
gion had long suffered from an almost
unparalleled drouth, but the moisture
has generously come, and songs OF
gladness prevail among the people.