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The Republican journal., 1872-05-09
Diphtheria.

Tie Tribune publishes remedy for diph-
liberia, which is said by many to be sure
cure. physician says that of 900 cases
In which it has been used not a single pa
tient has been lost. The treatment consists
IN thoroughly swabbing the back Of the
mouth and throat with wash made thus
Table salt, two drachms; black pepper,
golden seal, nitrate of potash, alum, one
drachm each. Mix aud puiverze, put into
a teacup, which half I'LL with boiling water,
stir well. and then Ill up with good vinegar.
Use every half hour, one, two and four
hours as recovery progresses. The patient
may swallow little each time. Apply an
ounce each Of spirits turpentine, sweet oil,
and aqua ammonia mixed, to the whole OF
the throat and to the breast bone, every
four hours, keeping flannel to the part.
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09

my own room, apart from all sound in the
great silent Abbey, too i'll and weak to
move. after the terrible blindness had left
me- Sometimes a plying face would look
in upon me, sometimes a plying word be
said, but never a leving one, never ten
der one. | did not wonder that only the
servants came to see me. I knew how
hard it would be for any one who had
loved Dolly to bear to look upon my face.
50. one early, early morning, as soon as
| was able to walk, l crept away to my
darling's grave, ant from there, when the
sun had risen, orept tulther out into the
wide cold world, which seemed to me.
Just then, only va5ter lonelier grave than
the one on which my tevered cheek had
rested.
| did not know until long afterward
that | had been alone at Craydon Abbey
with the servants through all those weeks ,
that Lady Hurst and Sir Hugh had left it
after the funeral, for the mothers heart
broken, aud they feared her life or reason
going, if sha stayed in the memory haunt
ed place That is twenty years ago, a. |
said and Sir Hugh aud Lady Hurst have
never returned to England. MIR. Hugh
and his wife and children live at the old
place now; but the long gloomy passage
has been built up, and there is no entrance
now to Sir Rapert's room Sir Hngh's
grandchildren have not even heard of its
existence. nor do they ever hear the
''scutfling struggling sounds, " which must
have frightened my darling to death in
that rat-haunted darkness, even before the
savage bit was giyen-the sounds that She
heard in that past time when she fanCled
Sir Ruper's ghost fought stll at times
with his betrayer.
Twenty wears and [ have never told
this tale before. | do it simply now with
out preface or appendix, 1t matters not
where | lived before those few. months
which | have told Of and which seem To
hold my entire lite it matters not where
| have lived since The name | have
given here is not my own; yet il my little
story true-most sadly, pidtully true.
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09

DEEP PLANTING OF TREES. In paper
recently before the Vermont Agricultural
Society, the writer states that he COM
menced planting trees thirty years ago, and
followed published directions to dig wide
and deep, and fill the hole when planting
with fine rich loan, but that not having
time to complete his whole planting after
that manner, he planted many trees by sim
ply digging Off the top soil and loosening
the subsoil, thus saving a vast amount of
labor, and in reality placing the roots of the
tree in just as good position for growth as
those in the deep dug holes. From the
first, he SAYS, the last planting made equal
growth with the first; and while the first
planted We're continually blowing over, and
to-day not one stands erect, his last plant
ing are all upright and have never required
care.
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09

A MEDICAL MIsER. An anacdote is told
of Nelpeau, the eminent French surgeon,
who was miserly, disagreeable man,
and died some few years ago He had
successfully performed, on little child
five years old, most peri|ons operation.
The mother came to him and said:
Monsieur, my son is saved and really
know not how to express my gratitude.
Allow me, however, to present you with
this pocket-book, embroidered by my own
hands" son, madame" replied Nelpeau
sharply, my art is not merely a question
OF feeling. My life has its requirements
like yours. Dress, even, which is u luxury
to you, is necessary tor me. Allow me,
therefore, to refuse your charming little
present in exchange for more substantial
remuneration"
but, monsieur, what remuneration do
you desire ? Fix the fee yourself"
"Five thousand francs, madame"
The lady very quietly opened the pocket
book, which contained ten thousand francs
in notes, counted out five. and after politely
handing them over to Velpeau, retired
Imagine his feelings.
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09
Primrose and Violet.

Primrose and violet, down in the lane,
Trod by our footsteps so lightly of old,
| welcome you out of the earth again,
In your shaded purple and Sunlit gold.
Only-if only the warm spring sun
Brought back the dead who died with the
flowers.
Ye are so many, and she was but one,
Who faded forever from earthly bowers.
Closed her blue eyes as the violets slept.
Sank with the primrose into the earth:
None could awaken her, loud though they wept
She will not JOY in the flowers new birth.
Primrose and violet! mine still in death.
Those of your kindred she gave to me here
Granting nv prayer for her youthful faith.
And she had W ithered before they were sere.
Yet must live, and must live for the right
1t is tor her and to see her again.
And You've shall be where she lies this night,
And die on her dead heart as | would faln.
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09
Farm, Garden, and Household.
Cultivation of Potatoes.

The potato has now been introduced into
almost every quarter of the globe 1t grows
rsadAy in nearly all climates its culture is
simple auG .aSy, and it possesses the great
.iNautaSe OF succeeding pretty well on
'tt4l lat Is not adapted 10 the grains.
I- tlflu> wholesome article of food and
a~ "a good potato. like good water, has no
-rrat pecullar)ty of taste, it is relshed by
1itAry every palate. The potato has about
.1 oi 100 OF its parts water. No doubt can
Tx entertained of their wholesome nature,
when Ne consider how large proportion
W Me food of thousands consists of the
potato The numerous peasantry of Ireland
lave mainly >ubsisted upon them for many
wears. A given quantity OF land planted
with potatoes will produce as much food as
twice that quantity sowu with wheat But
must not he imagined that potatoes CON
raiu the same nutritive powers as bread
weight Tor weight. Two French chemists
AaNe estimated that one pound of good
raat y equal 10 two pounds and half or
larre pounds ~ potatoes; that - pounds
. BREAD and Hu of meat, are equal to 800
pounds u potatoes. Confined to a single
-.tIe.- Hl tond a man would probably live
-alt longer on boiled potatoes than on
.#-ai made of wheat tour Bulk is of i'm
,,srf4uve in our food, as well as nutriment.
lHe potatoes would give the bulk, and, in
nuN to preserve life but to continue health
sul strength
There i, however, considerable differ
ruce la The quality OF potatoes. The soil
aNpr Which they grow. undoubtedly has an
.rtCt upon them in TIL, respect. Ou the
~tlne Sai some varieties will have rank
N0r- while others, growing side by side
10 Them. viii be mild, and every way
s-rvcurle. In soil that is too wet, though
% "r1p j. often abundant it is scarcely ever
I's ataHlr. \ dry, mouldy, fresh, and mod
I4fr.v rich soil i> probably the best for
0N-ry variety nt the potato; and for an
-lry crop, ID the soil incines to sand it
Nli prove more favorable, especially if the
~rA~0n be wet one. On land thoroughly
Trained. even if il be heavy loan, the DO
tl viii flourish.
ln cu.uvating the potato, much will de-
H-uj upon the kind of manure used. 1t
..-> mot IKE uitr0genOus manure, such as
3ropPngS OF the cattle, IN its immed-
uel=hborhood. If such manure is used,
should be in fine condition. and thor
iguN mingled with the soil; not used in
Nr iilE Wood ashes is excellent; so is
sum line and SCOT, The most abund-
.ll .rnp> arr frequently obtained on muck
meadows that are thoroughly drained, by
u, application or gypsum only, as a ma
ul--.
What We want is a dry, mealy potato,
NhI q shpaau~ ia starch, one that is mild
tNur, WITH peculiar ''potatO odor,"
-l. 4. a> "a good variety yields, when grown
0l K ~.'H IS rre tbe forest has been recently
nf, ami tAe brush burned on the
nnl
l..tvtbtv wears in succession, we have
va. .-t- a l.t tftu. well known in New Eng |
rl Is tLc Dover" or Riley from the |
s. That "a rargO Of them was brought into |
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09

SEEDING Down TO GRASS. 1t is the COM
mon practice of farmers when desiring to
seed down field into grass, to crop it with
rye, oats, etc, but more recent experiments
ana practice induce the belief that if the
field be put in condition fit for good grass
meadow, then the sowing of the grass seed
alone Is most advantageous. In seeding for
grass seed alone, onethird more of seed
should be used. Young orchards should
be cropped with wheat, rye or oats. One
years crop of either these grains taken
from around the trees of an orchard plant
ed three to i've years, will retard theil
future growth at least two years.
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09

A correspondent of the Ellsworth Ameri-
can writes: Mr.. Henry Marsh Of New
port, one of the largest farmers in Penob-
scot Co., saw a notice in the Maine Farmer,
some years ago, that, if corn was sowed on
corn field, the crows would not disturb
the planted corn. Since then, he has sown
some six quarts to the acre, and has had no
trouble from the crows. 1t is the only
thing he does to keep them away
He says that the Information has been
worth more to him, than all the money he
ever paid for the Maine Farmer.
The crows think it is "trap," and are
afraid to touch it. This fact is certainly
worth knowing, and it will cost but little
to try the experiment.
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09
On A Locomotive.


New York Independent. Thus graphically
describe, his sensations while ridjno on
an enoine while ionrnevinU in the Rocky
Mounfains.
"Nay | pet on with you y" asked an
nnginecr ON tbe Pacific Railroaa. at a sfa-
lion si or seven fhnus.,nd tat.t above th,.
level of the sen. "Crrt4inIy.'' he said
..but hold fast or Won may fail off -
foot tont." went the whistle and the
lonr anaconda of the rail train tirSr went
crawlinr alone the rocks hut soon tuuk
on fearful momentum Sittiug in 4
ear. looki,,o put Of the window tht pas
senoer onts mo idea of the sn,.ed nt the
train; hut close bv the enuinerr. And feel
inc Tie nervous 1uiyer and lump OF the
iron courser. Won spe ,.the mountains Skin
like rams and thn little hills like lambs )
The door Of the locomotive furnace
cIangs open and the flames rave As rho'
they would lean ont 10 devour. as the fire
man laI3 the coal Into the laws OF the
monster The engineer has his hand on
the iron bit hat controls the speed and
seems to Use no more excrtion than 4 doe
tor feelIno thp pulse of 4 child. Indeed
the locomotive. to the engineer. is not a
mere machine. but animate. He talks to
it. seems almost to bat it on the neck. He
is proud Of it. There is Il warm under
standing between the two. and in occa-
sional spurts of steam the locomotive
seems to take voice and answer its rider
An engine never hurts its master. save in
the effort i'd throw the passenpers
But the engineer, though SITTING 50
placid, is wide awake. He j. Kept on
duty only tour hour. in the ,iay. and all
the energies ot bpdy AMI soul muster III a
vigjlant and Quick fhuub. Tvo hundred
live hang On his wrist.
We piinge into a snoW-shrd with in
finite chatter, every board and beam beat
INC back thu dpatrninr rY4r of the Pacific
Express A. we rush on. the prairie dogs
skulk into their holes. or Sit on their hind
quarters. with feet lifted. As much aS 10
saw. ..What next - me antelope, scamp.
en- over the plain We ride Unilnpptrd
where iess than two wears 400 the bulf:tlo
stopped the train AZ the herds stalnDeded
across its track; along here the sayaces
e;r5,red on their ponies. You see here
and there groups of red men with LONG
hair and cheeks dashed with war paint.
rinped ears and a supertluitv of dirt thar
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09

Canadian farmer says, although while
beans are of no value for fattening stock,
vet they are TIE best things that can be fed
70 young animals, as they contain the
necessary materials for making bone and
muscle. For young colt, one pint of
beans and oats crushed together will be
found much better than oats alone
The Republican journal., 1872-05-09
Some Remarkable Instances of Mistaken
Identity.

t The late interesting TichADrne case recalls
| this question OF identity; aud it NAV he inter-
/ e,tiug to reproduce some of the celebrated
| trials,
very curious one is that which gave such
prominence Ia TrosOn du COudray, who ater-
/ ward nieaded 50 uohlv for the unfortunate
| Maria Autoiurte. The story. too, has pretty
| hit of romance in it worth erailng. In the
| year tII3. in August. near PerOnne, traNtier
| on horseback finds stray boy, clad III rags.
wandering diSconsoate by the side of i forest.
! Attracted bV h> in4rtirutato cries, he addresses
| him ind finds That he j. deaf and dumb. VI. 'lt
! Sirtne j. then Minister of Police. and the en-
| is placed IN the asylum ut Blcetre. The boy
! there, generally Of low origin, despise the new
| conner, who seems OF gentle birth, ana who re-
| fuses to play with them All this comes to the
ears OF the Able lie l. Epee celebrated for his
| discovery in giving back lost senses. tie sees
| the boy. who has already acquired some knoH
| edge of the deaf and dumb language, and The
| little fellow makes him understand thai he l. oi
! gentle birth; that he once lived in a beautiful
country house; that his father. who WAS al Of
/ ticer and nohlrman, Is dead, hut that hiS
| mother and sister are living He informs The
! Able thai one day a man ON horseback took
| himaWaV Ana left hm in The Wppdh hF hlm>cll,aH!
| thit bee was in this way cot rid Of TIE Abb" tuptl
! the boy, whom he called Joseph, under his own
/ care and he became hi eSpo cjal tayOrile. BY
! anl-ty the good Abhr was tired with ihe ldfa
| OF haAing researches among ri the noble fam
| il 6 Of France. with the hope I'll finding some
! Ylace where Jo>eph'> story would rplnrlde.
Strangely enough, ii came io-his tai> that there
/ was nnta family called Solar consisting "i
| mother and laughter that th, Count Solar was
| dead, aud, what m0le singular. iou. thrrr
| had been Il deaf and lumb boy, son, "h" bal
/ Disappeared. Here was perfect parallel. thr
| SON w;t~ sand to have died
/ The Abbc would nor believe H.. Ihru Nh un-
| Fortunate man was introduced on the serur.
! ClzeauN hv name, who Vas to >uiler all kinds
! ot torutcuts Ii was i,s,rrr uurj that th' young
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parent that activity abounds, as IL does.
doubt IL there Is any one branch of busi-
ness overdone." j know of none, and
still they multiply owing to the constant
growth of the city. There are good OPEN
ings, in my Judgment, for "black-smithing,
carpentering, wagon-mal<ing, saddlering,
hotel and g-house-keeping," &C.,
especially, Horticulture and horticulture" :"
either of which could be made both n
pleasant and a profitable occupation.
We need more manufacturing establish
ments in our city, and, to man of capital,
there is no better opening than Knoxville
affords. i am urgent and emphatic on this
point, giving utterance to n substantial
truism. a wOolen or cotton factory is
much needed. Forty thousand dollars ih
either would yield n handsome profit. If
this article should meet the eve of any
capitalist in Ohio who may be anxious to
change his location, let me advise him to
come at once to Knoxville and start either
woolen or cotton factory.
This communication has been extended
beyond its proper limits, but l cannot
close without alluding to our scholastic
and social advantages. We have no lack
of schools, free and private. The East
Tennessee University is solid and pro-
gressive institution, and is working man.
iully in the cause of education. 1t is pre-
sided over by the Rev. II. w. Humes, ID.
D., one of the purest of men, elevated in all
his feelings, and a highly accomplish
ed gentleman. l have known him for a
quarter of century, and during that time
have never heard ought breathed against
his reputation. He is assisted by an able
faculty, all of them working men and all
imbued with the spirit of their work. We
want it understood in Ohio and elsewhere
that the citizens of that region need not
hesitate about coming here because we
have no educational advantages. Wei have
them, and, what is better, they are daily
improving.
1t affords me a DOWNRIGHT pleasure to
bear my feeble testimony to the high So
cial character of the citizens of Knoxville.
1t were immodest to be too fulsome on this
subject, yet duty compels me to say that
know of no community of the same popu-
lation where a astranger would find loftier
type of good breeding, refinement and in
telligence. We have none of that abomin-
al " stuff " some folks call ''uristocrdcy. -
Our people are too sensible and too well
raised to become the dupes OF any such
folly. Among the hundreds of visitors to
this city not one, that have heard of, ever
spoke disparagingly of our society. They
are always pleased, and often delighted
with the social character of our citizens.
e- .e G. w. CHARLTON,
Commissioner of Immigration.
Knoxville, Tenn, April 20: 1872.
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HON z NEWS.
RELIGIOUS CEREMONIAL.
The Marauders of the Indian Territory 10
he Subdued

New YORK, April 22-Thc Rev. Father Nc
Mercy was consecratcd at st PatriclSs Cathe-
dral as Coadjutor Bishop of Albany. Tho con-
secration was conducted by Archbishop Nc
ClosRy, assisted by Bishops Loughtin, of Brook
lyn, and Bacon, Of Portland, Me- The sermon
was preached by Bishop Bailey, OF Newark A
large number of Church dienitaries of the
United States and Canada were present.
Bonners four year old colt made quarter of
mlle IN thlrty-four seconds, and half mile in
one minute nine and throe-qtiarter seconds 10 n
pounds. ~ ~
ST.. LorIs, April 2o.-A special from Maska-
acquitted Of murder Whereupon relative of
the deceased killed the defendant and the Judge
on the bench. An indiscrminate fight folio "
cd. Eleven persons were killed and many
States Marshals
WASHINGTON, April 20.-The Fort Smith
Ve,g Fro confirms the reported massacree in
Indian Territory. At last accounts the parties
were close together for another fight The
Marshars posse numbered eleven, whereof
seven were dead. 4 dispatch saws this Is ono
of the most horrible affairs ever known in
Cheerokee county, originating in dstrust and
Jesa:lousy with which more Intelligent portion
OF inhaDitants of the Indian Territory arc mis-
led by bad white men.
CHICAGO, April 22.-Two companies of in
iantry have been ordered TO re-occupy Fort
'iooon, anu W capture or drive out the murder
ers and marauders in the Indian Territory
General Pope had ordered its abandonment
but terrible afiray shows the necessity of force
there. - 'o
~ cNlIARLEsToS, April PIN the United States
Court to-day the case of John Rodgers, of Union
county, indicted of conspiracy and murder was
taken up. The Government abandoned the
murder charge and the trial for conspiracy be-
gan, -FOUR witnesses were called by tho Gov
ernment, who testified to their participotion in
several murders
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plause.l Now, gentlemen, the Republi-
can party has $500, 900 voters. Twenty
eight out of the thirty-seven States on q
fair, square and honest vote, are Republi-
can to-day. [Applause.1 If there is q
combination at Cincinnati, don't care on
whom they make it, we will take more
Democratic voters than they will take Re-
publican. APPLAUSE The nominees at
Philadelphia, gentlemen, will be elected.
Applause | make that prediction here
tonight, and say to every man in Ameri-
ca that my voice can reach him through
the Press. And, gentlemen, let each one
of us do our whole duty. Let us be as firm
as the eternal hills of our country but let
us be kind, conciliatory, treat our erring
friends as erring friends, until after they
choose to take farewell of us and go away.
and then, gentlemen, they will be where
the men who have deserted us in the trials
OF the last twelve years have put them
selves, out of power, and out OF the contest
of affairs, and proved false and reereant to
their own past. Loud applause
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WASHINGTON.
MUsKoGEE sLAUGHTER CONFIRMED
white ScOundrels at the Bottom of the
Affair

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Secretary Cleland
telegraphs to the President from Muskogee
confirming the reported slaughter that was per-
petrated there. He says that the evil arose
from bad white men who follow the progress OF
the railroad. He urges the organization of 4
District Court for the Territory as the only
means by which such matters can be quieted.
The Court of Claims to-day decided cot
ton cases involving nearly million dollars
against the Government, which has been with
held upon the Drake amendment, which the
Supreme Court decided unconstitutional The
cases decided were chiefly from Savannah, and
includes the Elegee case. Other cases will fol-
low.
The Drake amendment which has been de-
cided unconstitutional, invalidatee the Presi-
Dental pardons.
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FRANCE AND GERMANY.
War Preparations aud what They Mean.


phe london Times, of April 4, says,
editorially: From n letter we publish this
morning, and from that of our Partisan
correspondent yesterday, it will be easily
seen with what deplorable eagerness these
two Nations, which are yet hardly recover
ing from their recent struggle, are bent on
maintaining peace by preparing for war.
Germany hardly considers herself IA a
match for her lately vanquished enemy,
because she can bring no more than l, 125, :
600 men and 1900 cannon into the field,
while the available strength of the French
Republic will soon, the German strategists
calculate, be raised to 100000 men, and
2, 200 pieces of artillery. On the other
hand, in order to muster this force, France
will not only have to draft all her able
bodied youth into the ranks, but will not
even be able to spare the one-eyed, hunch-
backed, halt and lame, exception being
made only in favor of idiots and cripples.
We thought we had heard enough before
1870 of the superiority of the chassepOt
over the needle gun of the high intelli-
gence and, of all others, excellent qualities
of Frenchmen and Officers, but Nj. 'Thiers
dwells with new emphasis on the old, in
vidious theme. Why should the army
which ought TO have conquered yesterday
and which Is to conquer t0 morrow, be left
to smart under the sense OF unme 'ited de
feat In that question lies all danger. M.
Thiers may well proclaim before the whole
world that he is only arming for peace.
The world knows that proof OF an arma.
ment is i'm the war. Common pgu. .irnce
il no higher motive, might warn him thai
the object To be perceived Is 10 run the risk
of seeing IL frustrated
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State at Large.

Presswood, the DeKalb couatN. murder
er, has made full confession Of his guilt.
He will be hung on Friday the 26tA inst
Colonel John Netherland. seems 20 be the
strongest candidate from the First District.
-CydrksUiHe ChrOnicte.
General WA. QuarloE will address the
Alumni of the University of Virginia on
the 9th of June next, Senator Trumbull,
of Illinois, will deliver an address to the
Literary Society on the Goth.
The Governor has offered O reward of
$500 for the apprehension of Joseph
Braneh, for the murder OF man named
Phillips, in Franklin county, last month.
A deck hand on a steamboat was drown
ed at Clarksville last Thursday. He fell
overheard.
will be generally observed by the Odd Fell
lows throughout the State.