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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-02

Perhaps thnre is no city in America,
where the Sabbath is 50 regularly and
Systematically violated Us in Sew Or
leans. And tlesccration IL not con
fined TO the lower classes, but by the
refined and educated as well. Partic-
ularly are the young men addicted to
sabbath breaking, going in crowds 70
bi,liar,l-rooms, bar-rooms base bail
yrnunds, and worst OF all, to the so-cail.
ed pleasure gardens, where the flesh and
ths devil hold joint high carnival
prdfcyd's Litter h Cincinnati cnr'mef-
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-02

THE MAGIC NEEuIE In Eurore The
ch'ei power Of the magnet was per-
haOs known but never applied for a
lhouSand years An icelandic writer,
Are Erode, makes the frat mention of
It near ihe year ll00, stating that, a
hundred years before, "a famous pirate
went In search of Iceland under tic
guidance Of three ravens, trained for
tho purpose, since Gin those days sait-
ors Of the northern region did not vet
know the use Of the leadstone,n For
he called ii the lead or leading stoue,
from which our leadstOne il derived.
Even this historian, however, knew
ohly y magnet suspended by a thread,
and the compass itself was yet undis-
covered. AT first, the magic needle
WaI used with amusing clumsiness, az
we learn from u manuscript fateIi
i2o" in the Royal Library in Paris.
An ugly black stone, called murinicYr,
"e are told, which sailors valued
highly, was taken ont when nights
were dark, and needle rubbed with
1t lightly; the latter was then cum
ningly placed upon q straw, and set
ailoat in a basin, when the point would
Indicate tie north
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-02

George Washington was man Of o.n-
fashioned honesty. aS apprars fro tho
'"!io"ing memorandum made by him
"hGn N.hmander- iu-Chicf by crsh,
~i"3 10. Note-"ThiI sum stands In
my account of credit to the public, but
| ca" fiat no charge of it against me
in any ot the public offices. Where the
mistake lies know not. hut wish IL
could be aSccrtaircd. rs have no desire
to iiure or b irJgred y
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-02

The Boston Advertiser hns ~ ac-
Quaintanro who remarks jhat h" has
often heard thrProyrfh. ~ .rinnd in
need i-a friend indeed. " bat lac says
he can't see whore the laugh comes in.
lie has a friend in need who Is al
ways borrowing money of him.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-02

Count rnr-uzio Nlmiana, formerly
a r.reaud friend oi the Pope, and q
ntm,y, 81 hi, Gahiuui, regards 10
muuisll Is {. failure. It has produced,
he say, only superstition among the
lower CLASSES, indifference elsewhere,
spI among thlnke =, luadeli'y.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-02
WHAT THEN!

After the Joys Ofcnrth,
Aftcrits songs and mirth,
After It's hour of light,
After its dreams so bright
What then?
Only an empty name,
Onlyp weary frame,
Only conscious smart,
only an aching heart.
After this empty name,
After this weary frame,
After this conscious smart,
After this aching heart,
What then?
Only Il sad farewell
To q world loved too well,
Only y silent bed,
With tho forgotten dead.
After this sad farewell,
TOu world loved too well,
After this silent bed
With the forgotten dead,
What then?
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-02

Is the city OF New Iorx, sewers are
duS by machinery, \ steam en-
ginc placed in tho iilJdle of the street
runs two boom d,rricks, which raise
the dit IL patent coal lOi,t.bucke:s.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1871-11-02

The uones voters in Wyoming
number TWO thousand, and not one oi
| them at present holds any oilife 10
! the Territory.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
Glue and its Uses.

GOOD glue contains no specks, but is
transparent and clear when held up to the
light. The amber colored glue is the best
kind for cabinet makers, not the black
kind as some suppose. The best glue
swells without melting when immersed in
cold water, and renews its former size on
drying.
The best method of softening and dis
solving glue for use is first to immerse it,
in small pieces, for about twelve hours, in
cold water, then set it over fire and grad
ually raise its temperature until it is all
dissolved.
Fine white glue is made from careful
selections ofwhite, clean skin parings these
may be bleached in degree by immersing
them in a weak milk of chloride of lime
instead of one of simple lime.
Size for stiffening straw and leghorn
hats is made of clippings of parchment
and fine white sheepskin, dissolved in boil
ing water. White glue is employed in the
stiffening of silks and other fabrics which
are re-dyed and re-dressed.
If glue which has been stepped in cold
water until it has swelled, be then immers-
ed in linseed oil and heated, it dissolves,
and forms glue ofgreater tenacity, which,
when dry, resists damp. Glue is employ
ed for making molds for castings in wax
and plaster of Paris. Mixed with molasses,
it forms the ink rollers of the book print
er.-Cdbinet Maker
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
Draining.

WHEREVER the soil Is not naturally
drained by resting on porous sub-soil, ar
tifcial drainage is one Of the most impor
tant and indispensable operations on the
the farm. A good crop of any kind can
not be obtained from land which is satur-
ated with water; for the roots cannot de-
scend into the soil in search of suitable
ingredients to sustain the plants. When
land is properly drained, the water from
rain and melted snow precolates through
the soil, deposits its fertilizing ingredients,
and is carried away to give place to fresh
supply. In well-dra. ned land the roots of
plants descend to great depth in search
of wholesome moisture, and sustain the
growth and fructification of the plants,
even in seasons of drouth. The first step
in successful drainage is the securing a
suitable outlet for the water; the next is
to construct good main drain leading to
this outlet. If sufficient fall can be OBJ
tanned, the main drain should be at least
four feet deep at the mouth, decreasing to
| three and half at the upper end. This
will create sufficient fall for the water.
| The minor or branch drains should be
three feet deep. By this means there will
be considerable fall at the place where
they enter the main drain. They should not
enter the main drain directly, so as to form
right angle, but should be curved to-
wards its outlet. By this means, the water
from the minor drains will not form an
obstruction in the main drain, but will
flow rapidly, and will carry away sand and
mud. Very serviceable drains may be
made with small stones, if they are put in
carefully to the depth of eight or ten
inches and covered with green sods, with
the grass side down. The covering should
be close and perfect, to keep sand from en-
tering and choking the drain. When tiles
are used, they should be of good quality.
One soft, badly burned tile may cave in
and obstruct the whole drain Western
/ Rural
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
How a School Boy Got Lost.

THE Boston 7faUeuer tells this story:
The pet of family residing not far from
LAGRANGE street is boy who has recently
passed his fifth year, and having just don
ned his first jacket and trowsers, is attend
ing primary school. The other after
noon he failed to come home at the usual
hour, much to the alarm of the household,
aud after a long search he was found, some
time after dark, at the Providence depot
He was sent to bed without much explana-
ton, though it is possible his treatment
was what Solomon would have recommend
ed in such an emergency. The next morn
ing he was down to the breakfast table,
evidently none the worse for the lesson,
and perhaps the wiser. Taking advantage
of Iull in the conversation customary at
the morning meal, he turned his grave
countenance toward the head of the table,
and giving free vent to his overcharged
mind, he exclaimed, "I'll tell, you, mamma,
how it happened. After school went
part of the way home with Mary, and
at the corner of street where she left me,
I kissed her, and she kissed me, and then
I found l was lost" There was an explo-
sion around the table just about that time.
1t is suspected that this is not the first
young gentleman who has been lost under
similar circumstances.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
The -Purest and Safest.

The efncacy of Hostetter's Celebrated Stomach
Bitters a. q specific fos recruiting the enfeebled
body and cheering the desponding mind, has passed
into proverb. In the United States, where this
marvellous tonic has borne down all opposition,
and eclipsed all rivalry, the demand for it has
nually increased IN heavier and heavier ratio for
years, until at last, the regular sales Of this pre-
paration exceed those Of all other stomachics
bined. Eminent members Of the medical profess
sion, and hospital surgeons without number, have
candidly admitted that the phamacopeia Of the
faculty contains no prescription that produces
such beneficial effects in dyspepsia, general de-
bility and nervous diseases Hostetters Bitters.
To use the language OF q venerable physician of
New York, The Bitters are the purest stin,ulant
and the safest tonic we have" But the uses OF
the great vegetable antidote are much more COM
prehensive than such praise would imply. As .
preparatory anridote to epidemic disease, genial
stimulant, q promoter of constitutional vigor, an
appetizer, stomachic, and q remedy for nervous
debility, no medicinal preparation has ever at
tanned the reputation Of Hostetters Bitters. It Ii
the household tonic Of the American people, and
in all human probability will be so for centuries to
come. The magnates of science recognize its mer-
it's and that 1t is emphatcally the medicine Of the
masses, il proven by its vast and ever increasing
sales.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
Walking Horses.

THE best gait horse ever had for every
day use is good walk. 1t is gait that
not one in ten possesses. Colts are not
'trsi ned to walk in all of the Eastern States.
Young America wants more speed. Ken
lucky has more good walking horses than
any other State, for there horseback travel
ing has long been in fashion for men and
women, overa country where muddy roads
at times rendered any other gait impos.
sible, and so horses have been bred for the
saddle and trained to a walking gait. This
is also the case in all the Western States,
and perhaps might have been so in New
meeting on pillion behind our grandfath-
ers. But one-horse wagons have put
horseback riding out of fashion, and now a
good walking horse is more rare than one
that can trot mile in 2 40.
At the Springfield, Mass, Horse Show of
1860, the writer was one of the committee
to award prizes to the two best walking
horses. Out of seventeen entered, the
committee found but one which was con-
sidered a first-rate walker This was a
Morrill, mare, which walked five miles an
hour with ease. Two others were fair
walkers, and the rest knew no gait that
could be called walking. At the New
York State Fair the same state of facts was
again developed. A letter from Wisconsin
says: "I think horses trained to walk fast,
would be greater benefit to our farmers
in general than fast trotters, as almost all
their work has to be done with a walk I"
I once knew man in Massachusetts,, who,
before the railroads were built, kept from
two to four teams at work on the road, and
never allowed them to trot at all, and
made the distance in quicker time than
his neighbors, who made their horses trot
at every convenient place. He said that
when horse commenced to walk after a
trot, he walked much slower than his COM
mon gait if kept on walk, and thereby
lost more than he gained. viii farmers
think of this and pay more attention to
walking horses?-Farmers Home Journal,
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
How to Get a Good Dinner.

A PARTY who travelled about pretty ex-
tensively, was gravely perplexed to under
stand how it was that other persons were
waited upon promptly, and well served, at
the hotels, while he was almost entirely
ignored, and could scarcely obtain square
meal, complain to and swear st the walters
as he might. At last his eyes were opened
to the dodge of feeling the walters liberal
ly, and, being of an ingenious turn of
mind, he determined to improve on the
plan.
The next hotel he dined at, he took his
seat very pOmpously at the table, and took
out well-filled pocket-book, extracted
therefrom ten dollar bill, which he laid
on the white cloth beside his plate, and
placed his goblet upon it.
In an instant almost, he was surrounded
by walters, who seemed to vie with each
other in attentions. Every wish was an
ticipated, and all the delicacies of the
kitchen and pantry were placed before him
in tempting array.
Having Jared as sumptuously as prince
Ito the envy of many of the other guests),
he took up the greenback, and beckoninp
to the nearest waiter, was Immediately be.
sieged by half dozen or so. Holding
the bill in one hand, he pointed to it with
the other, and inquired of the crowd:
"Do you see that bill ?"
"Ohl yes, sirt" they all exclaimed, in
chorus il.
"Then take deuced good look at il, I"
he replied, for you will never see it
again." Saying which he departed, leaY-
ing the walters aghast.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06

time, the first snow of the season, two
feet in depth, fell, making all following of
trails or journeyings on foot impossible for
Mr.. Evarts, and periling his life from ex-
posure It was saved by a provision of
nature not known in these parts-the hot
springs He remembered that they had
passed some of these, five or six miles
from the spot where he became separated
from his party, and succeeded in making
his way back to them. He lay by these,
on the ground warmed by the springs, till
the snow went of, sustaining his life on
kind of thistle root, which could be eaten
when sodden in the hot water of the
cprings, though having little nourishment
in it. There was plenty of elk and other
game in the woods and fish in the streams,
but he was wholly without any means to
take them. Neither did he dare to leave
there, without some means of kindling
fire, for the nights were too cold to
be without a fire. How to get the
first spark was the problem. For
tunately he had with him his field glass,
and using its lenses as a burning glass, he
succeeded on bright day in lighting fire
with some rotten wood. He then started
ON the track of the party, using his burn
ing glass to make a fire in bright weather,
and carrying brands in his hands from one
stopping place to another In cloudy days,
burning his fingers terribly in the process
in spite of all his precautions. Two nights
he had to spend without fire, and with the
utmost difficulty kept himself alive by
constant motion and rubbing of his stiffen.
ing limbs A single small bird and a small
fish or two gave him all the food he had
except the thistle roots. His boots gave
out and his feet became worn to the bone.
In spite of all he pushed on, and thirty
eight days from the day he was lost he met
a party coming to find not him but his
lifeless remains, for they had no hope of
finding him alive. He had made his way
over hundred miles toward civilization.
He had become reduced in weight from
100 to 80 pounds; but he was alive, and is
a living and healthy man to-day, though
his feet have not yet fully recovered from
the terrible wear of that month of foot
travel. We can remember no instance of
endurance surprising this.-Burssngton
(Tt.) Free Press.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
Liquor Drinking.

The people of the United States, ac-
cording to Commissioner Wells, swallow
ed by retail in single year, 81, ,573, ,491 1865
worth of liquid poison. Of this vast sum,
New York guzzled $246, ,917, $40; Penn
sylvania, $152, ,663, ,495, and Illinois, $119,-
993, ,945! This is the direct cost of sin
gle year, in which poverty has been
general throughout the country; in which
thousands of families have suffered for the
necessaries of life; in which large num-
bers have died of starvation and exposure
Indirectly, the cost has been immeasurably
greater. 1t is summed up in blighted
hopes, saddened homes, ruined fortunes,
broken hearts, crime, debauchery, degrade
ton, dishonor and death! Every prison
in the land cries aloud against this fright
full social evil every poor-house is filled
with its victims; every insane asylum has
its raving maniacs; every brothel and
gambling hell bears witness to it deprav-
ity; every penitentiary is monument to
its effects; every gallows I" its tale of ruin
tells" And yet the great, busy, unthink-
ing world drives madly along, guzzlIng,
rioting, impoverishing, running, drinking
| up their substance, filling the land with
crime, and sorrow, and wretchedness. Yet
| so it is and now we are officially inform
! ed that our own country, boasting it's in
telligence and civilization, drinks $1,573,
421 1865 worth of retail liquors in single
year.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
MEN WANTED.

The world wants men-large hearted, manly men !;
Men who shall join Its chorus, and prolong
The psalm of labor and the psalm Of love.
The times want tscholars-scholars who shall shape
The doubtful destinies Of dubious years.
And land!the ark, that bears our cOuntry's good,
Safe on some peaceful Ararat at last.
The age wants heroes-heroes who shall dare
To struggle in the solid ranks of truth;
To clutch the monster error bv the throat;
To bear opinion to a Ioftier seat;
To blot the era of oppression out,
And lead universal freedom in.
And heaven wants souls-fresh and capacious
souls;
To taste its raptures, and expand like flowers,
Beneath the glory of its central sun.
It wants fresh souls-not lean and shriveled ones
Il wants fresh souls, my brother-give it thine.
Il thou indeed wilt be what scholars should;
Il thou wilt be hero, and wilt strive
To help thy fellow and exalt thyself,
Thy feet, at last, shall stand on jasper floors;
Thy heart. at last, shall seem thousand hearts
Each single heart with myriad raptures filed
While thou shalt sit with princes and with kings
Rich In the jewel of ransomed soul.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
"NOb0dy." I"

PEOPLE write page on page about Some
body, and devote column after column to
Everybody, but when Nobody wants a
little public attention, why Nobody has to
blow his own trumpet. Who will be No.
body's advocate? Silence will I know,
but Silence is dumb creature and avails
me nothing.
This is very selfish world think; I've
always been left out in the cold, scarcely
person ever cares for Nobody. You would
rather hear what Somebody, say, about
Everybody, or Everybody's remarks on q
popular Somebody, than to read one SEN
tence concerning Nobody. I know it's
fact am Nobody, and am obliged to
for once, for even Nobody is worth listen
ing to on certain subjects.
never had much of an education, but
when did study was often compliment
ed. My teacher always said Nobody had
her lesson and the girls said he was kind
to Nobody, yet they made me suffer for it.
The teacher never left the room but the
scholars made disturbance, and if an &C.
cident happened it was always laid at No
body's feet, when he returned. He otter
took my part, and declared Somebody did
it, but Somebody always insisted it was
Nobody, and so in order to appear impair
tial I was generally punished, and then
the schelors would laugh about Nobody
getting the blame, and rejoice among
themselves that Nobody was discovered
One day there was private school started
and went; but the teacher seemed much
enraged on seeing me, and said that if No
body came she would resign her situation
I never went again.
You have seen Everybody, haven't you
| "Q11 cha 10 INV rival or 1ooc or coll hor
self so. She takes care to keep out O
my presence, and am just as careful no
to be seen with her. You never thought
did you, why you never see me at thes
large parties? Well, the why is, whel
Everybody goes, Nobody has to deny her
self
Did you ever attend lecture or concer
where if any disturbance was created, No
body was requested to leave, before tn,
performance was finished? Did it occu
to you how embarrassed Nobody woul
be?
Did you ever hear the people of tow
rejoice when Nobody caught the diseas
prevailing in adjoining towns? Were go
thankful that Nobody was suffering?
Did you ever attend church and afte
listening to tedious discourse hear som
one remark that Nobody was satisfied
DlQ you DelleVe Hl Do you tmnk NC
body deficient in taste?
All, you don't know Nobody, and yo
don't care to; see it in your face you fec
while Everybody is your friend you'll lie
Nobody go. What will you do whe
Everybody leaves you? Trodden upo
and oppressed by you as am, Nobod
will visit you then. Nobody befriend
poor people.
have but little more to say for mysel
!, Remember if you love Nobody, Nobod
will reciprocate. Be kind to Nobod
and though in doing it you deny yourse
the company of Everybody, yet Nobod
will remain true, when Everybody has b,
come tickle. And if you want to pleas
Nobody despise Everybody. Having don
, as have written, when discouraged an
, disheartered, look for, with the expects
! ton of finding, friend in NOBODY.
Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-04-06
Remarkable Adventure.

WE have been glad to see in our city
Mr.. T. G. Evarts, of Helena, Montana,
who is visiting his brother, our townsman,
Miles A. Evarts, for few days. Mr.. Ev-
arts is the hero of one of the most re-
markable escapes from starvation in will
derness that we have ever heard of-an
escape achieved by a display of endurance
almost without parallel. Our readers
will remember mention of Mr. Evart's
case, in our paper, last fall but we did not
begin to realize then it's remarkable fea-
lures. These we have learned afresh from
Mr. Evarts' lips, and they make story
SURPRISING in interest any in fiction. Mr..
Evarts was one of an exploring party, last
september, In the wild regions about the
sources OF the Snake and Yellowstone riv-
ers, In Montana. 1t was high region,
over eight thousand feet above the level of
the ocean-one never visited before by a
white man, and which the Indians have
never inhabited. 1t was wooded coun-
try; its trackless wilds covered with fallen
timber, making travel very slow on foot or
horseback. The party scattered in search
OF game one day, and Mr.. Evarts followed
deer's trail till, at nightfall, he realized
that he was lost in the woods. He camped
out that night, not doubling that he could
retrace his steps, and rejoin the party the
next day. Starting early the next morn
ing, little too early to see clearly, he
dismounted from his horse to ex-
anime his trail more closely, when
the beast, frightened by something, started
away on run, and he saw no more of
him. Attached to the saddle was
his carbine, pistols. ammunition
fishing tackle, matches, everything in fact,
of his equipment, except the clothes on
his body. Of course, he realized that it
was now serious business Thinking,
however, that some of the party would be
back to look for him, he remained in that
vicinity for day or two; but his friends
knowing that he was mounted on good
horse, did not doubt that he would soon
days journey before they stopped to wait
Or make search for him, In the mean