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Lieut.. GentTal NdpoItoH DeuloIl
Forrest. the Southern Murat. died
at Memphis on Monday night last,
of general debility, resulting from
chronic dysentery. He was buried
from the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church of Memphis: Rev. DR.. Stain
back, who had been a private sol
der under him, officiating. JefTer-
son Davis, Jacob Thompson. COY.
Porter and others were the pail
bearers. Business was suspended.
and thousands joined III the funeral
cortege. At Washington, Generals
Chalmers, Dibbrell, Cook, and
others. of FORESTS old followers, who
are now IN Congress, passed resolu-
tions of unusually glowing eulogy.
Bedford Forrest was a waif of the
wa. and n of those men whom
Shakespeare designates as born
great" He was 50 poorly educated
rs to be scarcely able to read. bu
he Lad what education does no
give, the power to re0d meit, ana t.
almost read the future. He wa,
SIX feet two inches IN height, erect.
well proportional, and though very
spare, very mi scnlar and active.
Dark skinned, dark haired, dark
bearded, dark. heavy eyebrows. his
face while not disaoreeable was far
from handsome. He was a native
of Tennessee-born of Hollandesc
parentage his father having emf
grated to Kentucky with Daniel
Boone. While yet a farm-boy, Bed
ford developed uncommon shap-
ness. Getting possession of a fast
d.rfrttas@ ma. hoaraa3a 2""thru"gb
thC Southwest and cleared $4,000.
which he exchanged for an hotel at
fernando, Mississippi, where he
married "a worthy lady, who bore
him one son. Forseeing the future
Of Memphis, he removed there and
amassed a fortune. Presently he
bought a magnificent farm III Boil
var, Miss. and stocked it with an
hundred negroes-fifty Of each sex.
He knew how to select "Ikelv"
negroes, for the bulk of his fortune
was made IN "negro-trading."
After Tennessee seeded he joined
a military company as a private, but
afterwards went in person to st.
Louis and Cincinnati and bought
horses, arms and equipments for a
regiment of cavalry, and brought
them safely through the lines.
Then began his wonderful cavalry
career which made him, as the
Washington resolutions say, the
terror Of one army and the admira-
ton of the other" At Fort Doncl-
son he refused to surrender and cut
his way out. At Shiloh he was
wounded IN the thickest of the FRAY.
At MurfreesbOro he dashed into the
rear of Rosecrans army and burnt
his trains. At Lebanon he captured
an whole brigade.
His career was one continued
success, raising him from a private
to a lieutenant general.
After the war he devoted himself
to railroad building and other peace
full enterprises, until his health was
broken down. He then retired
measurahly from public life, and
became deeply interested in religious
matters. "Such was his strange,
eventful history .'->tranger and
more eyentful than IL often hears
Of outside Of fiction.
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THE n OF THE T.EAVES
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-08

tobacco::" Common SENSE answers
No" A self dependence must
be attained, and without It. stable
prosperity IS impossible. What IS
the remedy: The answer seems
to be in the recognition of the
force Of the axiom quoted at the
beginning of this article.
But is the idea a practicable one
for the South: That section has
accepted with a trusting faith the
inseparable concomitancy OF afervld
sun and an herbless soil; and on
the other hand, inferred that ma
ture had made the cold skies Of
the North and its verdant pastures
to 90 hand in hand. with a little
contemptuous compassion, We fear,
for that section which could hope
to grow rich on grass alone while
the South had the command Of those
semi-tropical productions whose
possession was wealth. and whose
control was a monopoly. But there
are other conditions of prosperity
than natural fertility; and Provi-
dence never intended the Anglo
Saxon to fall back indolently upon
the spontaneous bounties of nature.
Upon him, specially was laid the
burden-nOt the curSe-Of our
first parents: Wherever he ~relaNes,
then Providence deserts him to
that moment when he rouses to the
responsibility of that gift Of pecu-
liar energy and intelligence.
This is the point to which the
Southern farmer has come. He
has wasted his heritage. He has
sqandered his patrimony. lie
has worn out his lands, yielding all
too readily to his improvident de-
mands; and now want stares him
in the face, and his intelligence is
called into play to meet his emer-
gency.
He finds, that though the very
articles hal constitute his staple
crops are natives Of tropical eli
mates, yet their hexibility of habit
has made their cultivation proita-
ble in a temperate cline, and he rea-
sons justly when he :nfers, that if the
natives of the tropics can be made
to flourish by his care, the products
of a more inhospitable region may
l1o5 only srTaiy9; lat prosper n
his hands.
AS we have indicated, Southern
soil is naturally bare Of the grasses
that form the hay crops of cooler
and moister regions. Only do they
grow without care IN wet meadows,
and in these are found the only eX-
ception to a nakedncss relieved on
" by the cultivation of the staple
crops or by the after growth OF lux
uriant weeds. But experiment and
the experience of the more enter
prising or thoughtful farmer has
demonstrated that the same fieXi-
bility through which the cotton of
the tropics has adapted itself a
climate as far North aS that of II
linois. can attend the grasses of the
North IN their Southwark progress.
Their are pioneers IN this work Of
acclimation, if it may be necessary
so to style it, who viii live to see
themselves successful revolutionists
against old beliefs, old prejudices
and old traditions; men who have
not only realized the need Of such
revolution, but have put its theories
into action.
We mean no invidious distinc-
ton when we name such a one.
We name him, because it was our
good fortune to see more of the
fruits Of his labors than Of others.
Nj. d. w. Kerr, of Alamance had
on exhibition at the late State Fair
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follows that the chief faculties. op-
portunities and intellectual gifts of
the people should be bestowed upon
the culture of the soil. Instead Of
this, we see thousands of young
men stunning the country and
clinging to the poverty of the town.
They seem to imagine that there is
degradation in agriculture, and
honor in almost any employment in
the crowned city. This delusion is
not confined to any particular class,
and its mischievous effects are not
limited to any particular depart
ment. The colored laborers, upon
whom depend mainly the robust ac-
tivities of the farm, ~congregate
about the market places, whiskey
shops and grocery stores, and live
upon a lean pittance, rather than
remove to the corn and cotton fields,
where they can obtain a good sup
port for themselves and families.
Hence it comes to pass that agrlcul-
ture must fall back upon its ORR
ginal population, and as this van
ishes away by disease, discomfort, Or
a voluntary change of profession,
the muscular energies as well as the
brain forces of the farm must be-
come greatly deteriorated. This
ought not SO to be.
Why should not young men with
out fortune or family influence, even
though they have never handled a
pillow, leave the herded populace and
adopt farming as an avocatlon. 1t
is not the worst course they could
adopt by any means. We know a
young man of excellent family, who
sowed his wild oats rather strong in
his early youth. Though possessed
of a noble, magnanimous character,
he could not break the iron letters
Of his evil habits. They held him
firmly, and his young manhood was
flying away. He tried pursuit after
pursuit in the city, made a living
and made friends, but the adder of
the cleaning chalice stung him
again and again. At last he arose
with the resolution that conquers,
threw aside his kid gloves and per-
fumery, enlisted as an earnest worker
upon a friends farm, and is to-day
not only thoroughly reformed, but
is sounder in mind, body and spirit
than ever in his life before.
The country furnishes advantages
for a sound, moral education, which
can be obtained nowhere else. The
inducements to dissipation, which
are so many gilded snares in the
path of unwary feet /; the unhealthy
friction of appetite and desire ; the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1877-11-08
RECRUITS FOR THE COUNTRY

Ii the proposition be sound, that
the strength of the soil is the main
source of the national life, then it
follows that the chief faculties, OPP
portunities and intellectual gifts of
the people should be bestowed upon
the culture of the soil. Instead of
this, we see thousands of young
men stunning the country and
clinging to the poverty of the town.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17
.Self-Yiv1sectlon.


It is not often that an inventor has
such an implicit faith in his invention, or
the nerve to demonstrate the fact as DR..
Waters of Salem recently showed before
the Massachusetts Dental Society. He
stated that bicarbonate of soda, such as is
used for cooking purposes, or any other
alkali in neutral form, would afford instan-
taneous cessation Of pain from the sever
est burns or scalds, and would. cure such
injuries in a few hours. Deliberately
dipping sponge into boiling water, the
Doctor squeezed it over his right wrist,
producing a severe scald around his arm
and some two inches in width. Then,
despite the suffering occasioned, he, APP
piled the scalding water to his wrist for
half minute. Bicarbonate of soda was
at once busted over the surface, a wet
cloth applied, and the pain, the expert
menter stated, was almost instantly dead
ened. Although the flesh of the wrist
was literally cooked down to the sweat
glands,andl the woundlwas of a nature to be
open and painful for considerable time,
on the day following the single applica-
ton of the soda, the less injured portion
was practically healed, only a slight tdis-
celebration of the flesh being perceptible,
The severe wound in a few.days, with no
other treatment than a wet cloth kept
over it, showed every sign of rapid heal
inc! IL, '''' G754s5W{5E-
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Never Saw a Picture.

incidentally, during the meeting OF the
managers Of the Industrial school of
jackson county, Wisconsin,, sad case Of
restitution and ignorance was brought to
light. 1t seems that four children, whose
mother was insane, and father imbecile,
were sent to the Industrial school. The
mother had once attempted to burn their
miserable howell, and again to murder
them. Under the circumstances the au-
thorities of jackson county agreed to pay
expenses if the children were cared for at
the school. They arrived some time ago.
Brought up amidst such surroundings,
they absolutely did not know what pic
ture was, but ran up to one hanging on
the wall, representing some kittens at
play, and tried eagerly to take them in
their arms. They did not know the use
Of a thimble, and of course, could not tell
one letter from another. @T% &#AS 35
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Look to Your stock.

A seasonable reminder, it is hoped; may
induce those who have hitherto been care
less about attending to their stock, at this
busy seasontolpay due heed toithe require
ments ofone Of thamost important branchs
es of agricultural economy. Let us once
more impress on all, that cows, to give the
greatest amount of milk during the hot
weather, should have an abundance OF good
clean water On the, importance, causes
and consequences of this, We have lately
dwelt at length. -, y,
The hot sun of these days. renders, the
grass less sufficient as it natures, and
dries up the natural supply Of water, SO that
it will stand the farmerin pocket, to pump
liberal supply for his stock, four or even
five times day, wherever there is not an
abundance of clear, fresh water supplied
by natural means. The use Of surface
water from stagnant pools is at once inju-
rious to the animals themselves, and to the
milk they yield. III 81
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17
LITTLE DANCING FEET.

Is . ( & T.. n
Did you ever see our baby
Little Tot
With her eyes so sparkling bright,
And her skin so lily white,
Lips and cheeks of rosy light?
Tell you what,
She is just the sweetest baby se.sSt 81 i n
In the lot. -
All! she is our only darling; 3%s
And to me
All her little ways are witty;
And when she sings her little ditty,
Every word is just'as pretty .s9sg,s ssTss
~ i As can be- .s4.-t ~. s'Es-,
Not another in the city
Sweet as she.
You don't think so?-neyeF, saw her!
Wish you could - A,at
See her with her playthin gs Gathering,
Hear her little tongue a-chattering,
Little dancing feet come pattering;
E--s Think You would ~ Ty5
Love her just aswell ash do; ~ %&s
If you could! f.1 .t.s...,
Every grandma's only'darling. - : J s.
suppose, ~
Is as sweet and bright a blossom;
Is treasure to her bosom, - Ea&& &
Is as cheering and enduring
AS any rose.
Heavenly Father, spare them to US 4
- Till life's close. = ''''>@ -
~ Mrs: r.. d., Ga9e.y
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17
Stalking Tomato Plants.

Stake your tomato plants now, before
they fall over and grow sprawling along
the ground. Drive stake four or five
feet high, close to each plant, with, two
or three cross-pieces foot long,, nailed
on it. Nip off every lateral branch that
starts from the main stalk, above the
leaves, and tie the plant to the stake as
it grows, with course Irvine. For early
fruit, select three or four of the most
forward plants, and pinch off not only all
the laterals, but the main stalk, u few
inches above the first cluster Of blossoms.
You thus divert all the vigor Of the plant
into one cluster of fruit, and can 1ipen
tomatoes two or three weeks ahead of the
other plants. We have had twenty-four
fine " Trophies making a cluster as large
as one could cover with q hat, .ripening
the most Of them in July, by this process.
Under favorable condition of soil !, and
culture, on singlestalk system, tomato
plants will grow five or six feet high, and
ripen as many clusters Of fruit cleaner
better in flavor, larger and earlier.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17
Eating Fruit.

While few articles Of food are more
Or less injurious than unripe fruit, still it
is almost impossible to take too many of
those that are ripe, fresh and perfect
when eaten in their natural state. The
earlier in the day fruits are
eaten the better. Their healthful
qualities depend on their ripe acidity,. but.
if sweetened with sugar not only is this
acidity neutralized, but the stomach is
tempted to receive more than it can di-
gest, and if cream be taken with them
the labor Of digestion is increased. No
liquid Of any description should be
drank within an hour after eating fruits,
nor should anything else be eaten within
two or three hours after--thus, time be-
ing allowed for them to pass out of the
stomach, the system derives from them
all their enlivening, cooling and aperient
influences. The great rule is, eat fruits
and berries while fresh, ripe and perfect
in their natural state, without eating or
drinking anything for at least two hours
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17
HOW to Place the Bed.

Baron Reichenbach, who has devoted
many years of deep study to the art of
bed-making, maintains that you must not
always lie on your bed as it is made, un-
der penalty of abridging your life by a
great number of years. If, says the bar
on, a mere magnet exercises an influence
on sensitive persons, the earth's magnet
ism must certainly make itself felt on
the nervous life Of man. Hence he dwells
on the salutary effects of the inhabitants
of the Northern hemisphere lying with
their heads to the north, and those of the
Southern with their heads to the South.
For travellers with short memories we
may put the rule in general terms: In
whatever hemisphere you may be, always
sleep with your feet to the equator, and
let your body lie "true as a needle to the
POLE" In giving this rule the baron has
simply told us how to live long; for the
polar direction of the body is, it appears,
of the utmost importance for the proper
circulation of the blood, and we have
Baron Reichenbach's authority for stat
ing that many disturbances in the human
organisms have been cured by simply
placing the bolster at different point Of
the. compass from that it had occupied
before. Let such as have hitherto been
in the habit Of sleeping with their heads
where their feet ought to be, take to heart
the example Of the late DR.. Fischweiter,
Magdeburg, who died recently at the age
of 100 years, and always attributed his
long life to his faithful observance of the
pole to pole position of sleeping. The
mgstelnhealthy position, we are told, is
when the body lies due east and west.
Some observers assure us that to sleep in
such a posture is tantamount to commit
ting slow, suicide, and that diseases are
often aggravated by deviations from the
polar posture. <&
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17
Farm Household and Garden.
Terrible Corn,

Max Adeler says: We are surprised to
read in an exchange that the corn of Mr..
Redman, of Lycoming county, is seven
feet high" We pity Redman. We can
not imagine how he gets his boots 5on
over such corn, nor can we conceive how
he contrives to walk barefooted. 1t is
hardly likely, we should think, that Red
man himself is more than six feet high,
and if that is the case that solitary corn
of his must tower, above his head. It
might be good thing to tie an umbrella
to, or he might carry flower pot on his
foot and have honey-suckle climbing
up the corn and blossoming uuder his
nose.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17
[li[1GIE Pills

Permanently euro chronic constipation and all
p Ills that result from a want OF proper stools.
rs and will regulate the bowels when alf other
edicincs fail. produce appetite and cause the body
gain. in solid flesh. Sold everywhere Price
Re. Office s. Murny St., New York. ttt% i!
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17

Thirty years. experience proves the Graefen-
berg Vegetable Pills to be the mildest and most
effective medicine ever known for the complete
cure Of Headache, 'Biliousness, Liver Com
plants, Nervousness, Fevers and diseases of
Digestion. Sold everywhere; price rs cents
perbox. senp for almanacs. Noyes Bros. &
GU St Paul, Agents for Minnesota.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1877-08-17

afterwards. With these restrictions, fruits
may be eaten in moderation during any
hour Of the day, and without getting
tired of them, or ceasing to be benefited
by them during the whole season.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-07
rug coRoNER,s INQUEST.

It is said that Sam Tilden bam-
BOOBIES himself with the notion that
if new presidential election should
be ordered, he could be the success
full candidate. In that he is sadly
mistaken. Tine simple fact is that
Tilden is politically played out. The
old graveyard party corpse which he
and his special admirers thought
themselves capable of bringing back
to life again, is not more effectually
done for by the pusillanimous abdi-
cation of their representative func-
ton by the Tildenites in Congress
than is Sam Tilden. If he should
ever again be candidate for Presi-
dent, the number of electoral votes he
could expect to get would be no less
: than the number given last fall for
the venerable Peter Cooper.
Tilden as candidate for the presi-
dency is, most probably, the last of
his political line-a line hypothetic-
ally connecting the democratic party
graveyard with the day of resurrec.
ton. Mcclellan, Seymour, Gree.
ley, Tilden every one of these
was confidently expected by The
fearful monrners to raise the dem.
ocratic Lazarus from the dead. But
four times the resurrection expert
ment has failed. Though Tllden may
not be de discouraged, it is evident
that the rest of the resurrectionist:
have lost heart. There will prOba
ably never be any more democratic
candidates for the presidency. At al
events, there will never be any more
democratic" presidents. = Chicag'
Times (wah dem.).
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-07
LOUISIANA.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Represen-
tatives Ellis, Gibson and Levy and
Col. Burke after an interview with
the President this morning sent the
following telegram to Governor
Nichols:
The President says he sent a des-
patch to Packard on Saturday, noti-
flying him that troops could not Ion
ger be employed to uphold either
claimant, and that he does not be-
lieve Packard would attempt any
offensive operations. The President
sent the dispatch so he might have
time to retire his pretensions, if dis
posed. The president says instruc-
tons have been issued which cancel
all orders for the preservation of the
statu quo, and that neither you or
Packard are longer bound to observe
it. That he means the people OF
Louisiana arc as free in their affairs
from federal interference as the peo-
pie of Connecticut, and that there
will be no disposition to interfere
with them any more than with the
people of New York. The President
concurs with us that you Immediate
ly issue proclamation and urge pro-
lection, amnesty and peace. Being
asked if a posse executing a process
of the Nichols court would be inter.
fered with by the military the Prcsi.
dent replied no more than in any
other state. Being asked if the
Nichols officers should take possession
of the offices in the State without
mob violence, would there be mill.
tary interference, he replied that
there would be none, that the militia.
ry would only besused as it had been
once in New York, and would be in
any of the states, to overcome mobs
too formidable for the civil powers
or State authorities, We. have sub
mitted the foregoing despatch Of
yesterday to the President, who ha,
revised it with his own hand, and
authorizes us to state that in its pres
ent form it is absolutely correct.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-07
A New AYrangemont.

WAsnNGToN, March. 6.-The mill
tary academy and the post of West
Point have been constituted separate
military departments, and the com.
mander will report directly to the
General-in-Ch of the army, who,
under the rules of the War Depart
ment, shall have the supervision and
charge of the academy. He will
watch over its administration and the
discipline and instruction of the
cadets, and will make reports thereof
to the Secretary of War. by order
of the President, Major General Scho-
field has been appointed commander
of the new military department, and
will make his reports direct to the
Adjutant General, the same as Di-
vision commanders. In matters of
instruction and financial administra.
ton he will address the Secretary of
War through the Adiutant General.
President Hayes receives n great
number Of people at the Executive
Mansion to-day, including Wells and
Anderson, of the Louisiana Returning
Board, and delegations from differ
ent states. The East Room was
thronged, and floral eagle was pre-
sented to President Hayes, which was
placed on a pedestal In the center of
the room,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-07

Patrick persuaded Pelton into the
belief that he represented Kelly.
Grover, and Democratic Oregon at
large; Kelly, Grover and the rest de-
ny that he did. Pelton persuaded
Patrick into the belief that he repre-
scented the Democratic National Com
mittee, his uncle, and his uncle's
bank accounts Mr.. Hewitt and Mr..
Tilden deny that he did. No third
pssty had any knowledge of this mu-
tual swindle, and yet these two en-
terprising gentlemen, separated by a
continent and only united by a peck
Evolutionary, deluded each other Into
ciphering up an Electoral College, set
everybody concerned at vindication
and testimony and letter-writing,
furnished the High Commission with
a novel plan for celebrating Wash
ington's Birthday, and incidentally
discovered Hoadly. Truth is strang.
er than fiction.-Neac York Tribune.