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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-01-18
MEDICAL.
CHRONIC DISEASES,


aosns ia Faons Block, Perry
Q SRI AIashu Mlwsuhs Wisconsin.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
The Model Farmer.

Governor Hoffman in closing his agri-
cultural address at Watkins, New York,
gave his views of the model farmer:
We hear much of model farming and
model farmers. He is a man that is cheer
full, hOspitable and kind to his neighbor,
and to all men. He is kind to the dumb
brutes and seeks to promote their welfare;
he Cherishes the little birds that deyour
the insects infesting his field, garden and
trees. He keeps his farm in good state
of improvement so that it will yield an
abundant increase, he sees that his farm
buildings are in COED repair and present
a good appearance and that his place of
abode generally shows neatness, thrift and
contentment. He is religious, exercising
a devout and reverent feeling towards
God as the author, and bostower of all
blessings. He is kind, indulgent 10 his
workmen, labOring to promote their hap
piness and secure their cooperation. He
is faithful to his engagements, and homes
ty, without grudging, to every man his
due. Cherishing his practices, he is hap
py in himself and beloved by oil who are
capable of appreciating greatness or moral
worth,
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15

DIR. George b. Wood, in u communi.
cation to the American Philosophical
Society, in Philadelphia, presented the
result Of certain experiments made by
him upon the effects Of salts of potassa
when applied to grain and fruit produc-
ing soils. In his view, the depreciation
OF the productiyeness of apple, peach
and ounce orchards is due to the ex-
haustion Of potash from the soil. Sew
Oral Of such orchards, formerly very val
liable, but which with a few years. ceased
to bear much fruit, on being treated with
IN application of wood ashes to the roots
of the trees, became completely revived,
producing full crops the following year.
A still more startling effect was seen in
the second year, under q renewal of the
application. He cited several other in
stances where the same results followed; ;
in one case where an apple orchard
planted on an old orchards site, which
had never bore fruit, was made to pro-
duce good crop by the application OF
ashes,
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
Prepare 10 Plant Irish Potatoes.

During the present month OF Febru-
airy potatoes should be planted for an
early crop. The proper time for pre-
pairing the ground is in this month.
Break up the ground at least a foot in
depth with the plow or spade. This cx-
posure Of tho soil to ths frosts of this
month will destroy the grub worms that
are often destructive to this crop in the
Spring. In February open burrows with
the plow or spade at least ten inches
deep, into which put three Of manure,
which may be fresh from the stables or
COW pen, il no other be on hand. Put
two or three inches Of soil on top of the
manure, when the trenches will be ready
for the tubers. Fill mp the trenches and
make low ridge on the top Of the pota-
toes, which will give seven or eight in
ches of soil to protect them from freez-
ing. II the Early Rose be the variety
planted, they will ripen from the first of
May to the middle OF June, when they
may be Immediately planted for second
crop.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
Answer tOa Challenge,

The eccentric II. II. Breckenridge
one of the Judges Of the Supreme Court
OF Pennsylvania, when a young man,
was challenged to fight n duel by an
English officer, whom he answered as
follows:
Il have two objections to tho duel
matter-the one is lest I should hurt
you, and the other lest you should hurt
me. l do not soc what good it would
be to put ball through your body. l
could make no use Of you when dead for
any ordinary purpose, us | would rab-
bit or turkey. am no canibal to feed
on the flesh of men. Why, then, shoot
down a human creature, Of whom | could
mako no use? A buffalo would make bet
ter meat; for, though your flesh might
be young and tender, yet it wants the
firmness and consistency which take and
retain salt. At any rate it would not do
for long sea voyage.
You might make good barbecue, it
is true, being of the nature of a raccoon or
oppossum; but people are not in the hab-
it of barbecueing anything that is human
now. AS to your hide, it is not worth
taking of, being little better than
two year-old calf.
$50 much for you. As for myself, I
do not like to stand in the way of any,
thing that is hurtful. l am under the
impression that you might hurt Inc
This being the case, L think it the most
advisable to stay at u distance. II you
meant to try yourpistols, take tree or
barn door, about my dimensions.
If you hit that, send me word, and 1
will acknowledge that, if had been in
the same place, you might have hitme' >
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
Letters Of Recommendation.

A gentleman advertised for boy to
assist him in his Office, and nearly fifty
applicants presented themselves to him.
Out Of the whole number he in q short
time selected ono and dismissed the
rest.
81 should like to know" said friend,
"on what ground you selected that boy,
who had not single recommendation. ."
"You arc mistaken" said tho gentle
mag; che had a great many. He wiped
his feet when he came in, and closed the
door after him, showing that he was
careful; he gave up his seat instantly to
that lame old man, showing he was kind
and thoughtful: ho took off his cap when
he came in, and answered my questions
promptly and respectfully, showing he
was polite; he picked up the book which
| had purpOsely laid upon the floor, and
replaced it on the table, while all the
rest stepped over it or showed it aside;
and he waited quietly for his turn, in
stead of pushing and crowding, showing
that he was orderly. When 1 talked
with him, 1 noticed that his clothes were
carefully brushed, his hair in nice order,
and his teeth brushed; and when he
wrote his name. I noticed that his finger
nails were clean, instead of being tipped
with jet, like that handsome little fellows
in the blue jacket. Don't you call those
things letters OF recommendation? | do
and would give more for what I can
tell about boy by using my eyes ten
minutes, than all the fine letters he can
bring me-"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
How Wagner Got His Nymph.

Wagner the great German Composer,
has great influence with the King. The
following incident is given to prove it:
The new opera of "Rheingold" was
performed for the first time in Munich
on the 9th Of August, 1869. As in the
case of the "Master Singers the King
donated an extraordinary amount to de-
fray the expense Of preparation. Wag-
ner conceived the idea that his Rhino
should not be porsonated by rolling,
painted vanvass, but that q verltable
stream of water must flow across the
stage. Then came dubious thought; ;
as the scene requires nymph to swim
from one rocky shore to the other by
the light of setting sun, who WAS to do
it. The part was to be taken by Frau
lein Millinger, and Wagnerhit upon the
brilliant idea of causing the King to Or
der the lady to take swimming lessons.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
The Crows.

Henry Ward Beecher says of crows:
"Aside from the special questions Of
profit and loss, we have warm side to.
ward the crow, he is so much like one OF
ourselves. He is lazy, and that is human
he takes advantage Of those weaker than
himself, and that is manlike; he is sly
and hides for tomorrow what he can't
eat to-day, showing a real human prov
idsnce; he learns tricks much faster than
he does useful things, showing a true
boy-nature; he likes his own color best,
and love to hear his voice, which are en-
inent traits of humanity: he will never
work when he can get another to work
fer him, genuine human trait; he eats
whatever he can get his claws upon, and
is less mischievous with belly full than
when hungry, and that is like man; he
8 at war with all living things except
his own kind, and with them he has
nothing to do. No wonder, then, that
men despise crows, they are too much
like men. Take off his wings, and put
him in breeches, crows would make fail
average men. Give men wings and re.
duce their smartnass little, and many
of them would be good enough to be
crows"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15

An exchange says We think it wrong
practice, when hauling out manure in the
fall or winter, to place it in heaps. 1t is
better to spread it at once. In the first
place labor is saved. But most important
of all is the fact that much of the manure
is wastod when placed in heaps. If spread
at once, it is more equally divided than it
can afterwards. We once hauled out ma
nure on a field, leaving it in heaps until
the hauling was completed. During this
time some showers fell. The land was
sown to oats next spring, and on the spot
where the heap had been the grain lodged
and was spoiled. The following crop was
wheat, and on those spots the wheat rustod
and yielded nothing, while the growth of
straw was remarkable. We have never
since repeated the practice.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
Ten Columns in a Nui.Shcll.

A New England merchant, doing n
large business, requiring several clerks,a
short time since missed several articles
OF value from his store, Ho determined
to watch the habits of these young men,
to discover, if possible, which one, if
either Of them, was untrustworthy.
There was one Of them who appeared
particularly active and faithful; his dress
was inferior to that of the other clerks,
and he was evidently not particularly
popular among them The merchant
learned that this young man remSiued
for half an hour or more after the others
left, with the door of the store locked.
This awakened his suspicious, and he ar
ranged plan to conceal himself in the
store, 80 that he night discover what
occurred when the clerk supposed him
self to be unobs~ved. Hqying sent the
young man on an errand just before the
hour of closing, he entered his place Of
concealmcnt. The door was locked as
usual, at the proper time. The clerk Mt
once begal to sweep and pat the estab-
lishmcnt in order. While waiting for
the dust to settle, he WAS seen to go be-
hind the counter, and taking something
from beneath it, place it in the breast Of
his coat The merchant was now alive
to discover what had been taken, and
what was to be done with it. Tho young
man wenE to the window, and sat in 81
lence few moments, apparently exam
ining the package which ho had taken
from his breast The merchant was not
long left in doubt His clerk soon fell
upon his knees. He saw that 1t was the
Bible he had been reading. And now
he offered aloud simple and touching
prayer for himself, his mother and sister,
his employer, and particularly for a
brother clerk, who, he feared, was yield
ing to temptation. After he had finish
ed dustiug he left the store, unconscious
Of having had a human eye upon him.
1t is easy to believe that the merchant
was deeply affected by what he had seen
and heard. The clerks salary was in
creased several hundred dollars year,
and he was giyee the position made va
cant by the discharge Of another, whose
criminal acts had been discovered.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
IaekSHH and the Bravo.

1t was while he was Judge that he ar
rested the notorious desperado Bean,
whom nobody else could arrest, Many
of Beams defendants are still living, and
the place where old Hickory's eyes
brought him down IS still pointed out,
As the storyruns, Bean went away
and left his family for two years, When
he returned his wife celebrated the event
by presenting him with new bonn babe,
This was new departure in domestic
economy, and Bean did not accept the
situation with very good grace, He de-
manded an explanation, and in Che alb
sence OF a satisfactory one, he sharpcnei
his knife and deliberately cut off both
ears OF the poor little baby, playfully re-
marking, as he did so, that he wanted
to distinguish it from his own, Some
thought this was an innocent proceed
ing. procticle joke on the baby, in fact,
while others considered it an outrage,
and should be punished. The Grand
Jury took that view of the case and in
dicted Bean; Bean, rs usual, brushed
up his horse pistols, and said chat they
might indict, but they couldn't arrest
him. The Sheriff tried it and was van
quished. Court came on, the criminal
docket was called and the clerk rCpor-
ted Bean "not taken"
"What's the matter?" asked Judge Jack
son OF the Sheriff
"Nothing's the matter, only I can't ar
rest him" replied tie official.
"Then, by the Eternal summon the
county to help you, and bring him in
here" hundred the Judge.
The Sheriff gathered up some citizens,
and advanced on Bean. The latter
backed himself up against house to
prevent n rear attack drew his pistols
and told them to come on He was n
centre shot, and to have advanced would
have been certain death to some. No
one cared to sacrifice his life in giving
the others chance to make start The
Sheriff reported to Jackson that Bean
could not be taken without a sacrifice of
lives.
by the Eternal summon the Court
thundered the irato Judge, and tho
Court was summoned.
Jackson refused arms, and advanced
emty-handed and beNrheaded upon Bean
His friends tried to restrain him, as he
valued his life, but ho needed to them
not. He kept his cold eyes fxedly upon
the desperate, walked right up to him,
jorkod the pistol away, took him by the
collar and marched him Otto jail.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15

A poor Arab going through the desert,
met with sparkling spring. Accustomed
to brackish water, draught from this
sweet we'll in the wilderness seemed to his
simple mind, present to offer to the
caiph. SO he filled his loathern bottle,
and, after weary tramp, laid his humble
gift at his sovereign's feet. The monarch,
with the magnanimity that may put many
Christian to the blush, called for a cup,
and filling it, drank freely; and, with q
smile, thanked the Arab and presented
him with reward: The courtiers pressed
eagerly around for draught of the won
derful water, which was regarded as wor-
thy such princcly acknowledgment. To
their surprise the caliph forbade thom to
touch drop. Then, after the simple
hearted givcr left the royal presence, with
a new spring Of joy yelling up in his heart,
the monarch thus explainedlt the motive for
his prohibition.
'During this last journey, the water in
this leathern bottle had become impure
and distasteful; but it was an Offering of
love, and, as much, accepted it with
pleasure. feared, however, that if
allowed another to taste it, he would not
conceal his disgust. Therefore it was that
l forbade you to partake, lest the heart Of
the poor man should be wounded"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
TER, TENN, THURSDAY, FEB. Is, 1872.
The Mammoth Cave Ouidone.

The Kansas City Times says several
gentlemen recently explored q cave late
ly discovered in Southeastern Missouri.
The entrance 10 through volcanic fs-
sure, seven feet wide by twenty feet in
length, which at the distance of hun
dred yards terminates III a room named
by the explorers The Bat Room, from
the thousands of bats that swarmed
within its dark and hidden rccCsses; they
flew about in swarms, making q terri
ble noise in the archod roof above. This
room has three sides, each with AN aper-
ture opening into smaller cayerns or side
rooms. Its Dimensions are fifty by one
hundred and thirty feet, the ceiling be-
ing about twenty feet from the floor,
From this room hall, four hundred
yards in length, leads to still larger
roc .Nin the shape of a horseshoe, which
the explorers say nature must certainly
have intended for a church, since the
roof is 0rched in purely Gothic style,
with dome and columns, and, to finish
off and make it complete, pulpit near
the centre.
The walls Of this magnificent cavern
are one hundred feet high, but one OF
tho most remarkable features about it is
fountain OF pure water, four feet in
diameter Northward OF this is q room
sixty feet wide, and almost filed with
glittering stalactites, which hang in Gu
riously formed pendants from the roof
To the South of this is another room
which should be named the "bottomless
pit" since it apparently has neither bot
tom, sides, nor roof The darkness with
in this place is appalling. Turning to
the East the party walked distance of
about quarter Of o mile, when they
came to a flight Of natural steps, forty
or fifty in number, terminating in a wide
platform, the entrance to mammoth
hall, supported by Corinthian pillars Of
various thickness and endless in mum
Der, all white as snow and glisteuing as
though studded with millions of dia-
monds. This hall is estimated to be
two hundred feet in width, and commu-
nicNtes with number Of passages lead
ing off in various directions, none Of
which have yet been explored.
Proceeding on their way the explor-
ers found river Of running water, is
suing no one knows whence, and going,
no one knows where. 1t is about fifty
feet wide aud three feet deep. The par
ty followed its course down stream to
the falls, where the water goes roaring
over precipice into the darkness be-
low.
Explorations on q lake showed that
the noise was made by huge waterfall,
where the water falls distance of fifty
feet. The lake is circular in shape, and
has no VISIBLE outlet for water. There
were eight or ten dark passages found
upon the banks Of the lake, leading in
all directions, but the guide accompany
ing the exploring party lost his courage
and refused to so further. The party
were then about eight or ten miles from
their starting point. They were in the
cave forty-three hours.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
THE ENTERPRISE
Sweetwater, Thursday, Feb. Is, 1872,
Charcoal for Sick Cattle.

A correspondent in the Country Cen
tleman says that nearly all animals be-
comes sick from improper eating. In
nine cases out of ten, the digestion is
wrong. Charcoal is the most efficient
and rapid corrective. 1t will cure in a
majority Of cases, ifproperly administer
ed. An example of its uso--tho hired
man came in with tho intelligence that
one OF the finest COWS wasvery sick, and
kind nsighbor proposed the usual
drugs and poisons, The owner being
i'll, and unable 10 examine the COW, con-
cluded that the trouble came from some
over-eAting and ordered tsscup OF pull
verizSd charcoal given in water. 1t was
mixed, placed in a junk bottle, the head
held upwards, and the water with its
charcoal poured downwards, In five
minutes an improvement was yisible,a and
in few hours the animal was in the
pasture eating grass. Another instance
Of equal success occurred with young
hoifer which became badly bloated by
eating green apples after hard wind.
The bloat was SO severe that the sides
were almost as hard as barrel. The
old remedy, sal@ratus, was tried forpur-
pose of correcting the acidity, But the
attempt to put it down always caused
coughing, and it did little good. Half
teacupful of fresh powdered charcoal
was next given. In six hours all ap-
pearance OF bloat had gone, and the
heifsr was well.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
Bad Habits.

Understand clearly the reason, and all
the reasons, why the habit is injurious
Study the subject until there is no ling
ering doubt in your mind. Avoid the
places, the persons, the thoughts that
lead to temptation. Frequent the places,
associate with the persons, indulge the
thoughts that lead away from tempta-
ton. Keey busy. Idlensss is the
strength of bad habits. Do not give up
the struggle when you have broken your
resolution once, twice, ten times thou
sand times. That only shows how much
need there is for you to strive. When
you have broken resolutions, just think
tho matter over, and endeayor to under
stand why it was you failed, so that you
may be upon yoar guard against re-
currence of the same circumstances. Do
not think it little or an easy thing that
you have undertaken. 1t is folly to ex-
pect to break off a habit in q day, which
may have been gathering strength in
YOU for years.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15
Sore Eyes.

The following receipt for the cure Of
inhamed eyes is given: "Take potatoe,
aud after quartering it, Crate the heart as
fine as possible, and place the gratings be-
tween pieces of cambria muslin. Place
the poultice over the eyes inAamed, and
keep it there fifteen minutes. Continue
the operation three successive nights and
perfect cure ensues." 1t is worth try
ing BY those afflicted with sore eyes.
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15

An Irishman, in writing letter to his
sweetheart, asking whether she would
accept of his love or not, writes thus: "If
you don't love me, send back the letter
without breaking the seal"
The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1872-02-15

Quite recently coroner's jury in Cons
necticut where deliberating over the body
of man whose prediction for strong
drink had brought him to a quiescent
state, and they hud just concluded to bring
in verdict Of "delirium tfemens," when
the supposed defunct rose to a somi-re-
cumbont posture and playfully exclaim
ed, "Hsre's one of yer jury as votes NO."