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more than quarter Of century ago,
from the free lands in which made my

more than quarter of century ago,
from the free lands in which made my
studies, felt by contrast how ill
treated my country Ymen were, and then,
as I now do, pledged myself to wage
perpetual war against oppression, and
to know no rest till our people, accord
ing to their respective grades, would be
as we'll clad. as well fed and as well
lodged as their equals in other lands.
The day is surely daWning for the re-
alization of these hopes. Much has
already been done in that direction; yet
much also remains to be achieved. But
with men at our head like Parnell and
the parliamentary party, with priests
and people now everywhere welded
into one formidable phalanx; with seats
of learning such as this Rockwell, st.
Colman's, Of Fermoy, where I spent
many happy days, and similar institu-
tions scattered everywhere over the
face Of the land, inspiring the rising
generation with National sentiments
and aspirations our pilfered rights
cannot much longer be withheld nor
can ireland continue to be what for
centuries she has been, a byword and
an outcast amongst nations. As for
me, in conclusion, ! shall be always at
my post. For while / was to some
extent comparatively alone amongst
the higher clergy in the National ranks.
7 o-day, thank God and the Pope, am
but one of many, all animated with the
same desire to see old Ireland emanci-
pated, and her people prosperous and
contented. Gentlemen, accept again
my thanks for your address, and for
your genuine Irish welcome to the
French College Of Blackrock.
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THE SOIL OF IRELAND.
Robbed and impoverished Through Ez-
portation, Of All the Produce the
Soil Produces.
1rishmen Deprived Of Shelter BY the
Wholesale Destruction Of For
est Growth.

In late issue of the Dublin Freeman
the following article appeared showing
how the native soil Of Ireland is i'm
poyerished by the taking from it of It's
natural elements of life and strength:
We have seen, at least approximately,
how immense has been the robbery
from the soil Of ireland of that i'm
portant and necessary constituent,
phosphate of lime. There is another
constituent Of soils equally important,
viz. potash, of which the country has
been deprived for even a longer period
in large quantities. Nearly every kind
Of rock, and all soils, contain potash.
It is often the most abundant mineral
constituent in a large family of plants,
the sClanace@, which includes the po-
tato and tobacco, and tits abundant in
trees and other plants. In the wool of
the sheep it is found in large quantity,
while it forms a portionSof the flesh of
all animals. Both granite and trap
rocks contain potash in the mineral,
T 4
felspar, common to both; but rocks
take long time to become soils, some
times thousands Of years, so that the
supply of potash or any other mineral
from granite and other rocks could not
be depended on. So if the soil is robbed
of certain necessary mineral constitu-
ents it may take centuries before it's
fertility can be practically restored
We say practically, because capitalist
can, by unstinted expense, restore
piece Of land to. fertile state. But
this is not practical agriculture, which
looks to profit from its operations. Po-
tash forms from 20 to 50 per cent. Of the
ashes Of oil our cultivated crops that
is, OF the ashes of those parts Of them
used as food for man. The potato tuber
contains 6l.6 of po' ash; pea pods, 45.4;;
beans, 1875; oat grain, 81. .4S, and so on.
No one can therefore ignore the i'm
portance OF this mineral And yet there
is scarcely any artificial manure, except
kainit, that contains any potash; and
until few years ago there was gen.
eral neglect in returning any to the soil
rom which it was cOntinp~
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i. " hen Ireland was first colonized, and
foi thousands of years 5sfter, by far the
greater part Of it was covered with a
thick growth Of wood-in fact, it was,
till about 00years ago, among the best
| wooded countries in the world. Keating
in the first chapter of his history says:
An cheud ainam tugadh ar Eirinn, inis
! ma bh-fiiodhbhadh, eadhan, oilean ma
g-coillteadh. The first name that was
given to Erin was Inis ma bh-
fiodhbhadh, that is, Island of the
Woods" Mention is made frequently
in our early annals Of clearances of
woods for the purpose Of cultivation.
But Notwithstanding these clearances,
it was not till Queen Elizabeth's time
that the wholesale destruction of forest
growth began to be made. This was
continued by the English in the time of
James, Cromwell and William, in order
to deprive their Irish opponents of
shelter during the operations of the
English armies against them. The
Irish poetry of the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries contains frequent
mournful references to the destruction
OF the forests. Now, what was the re-
suit OF this destruction, which was
mostly consummated by fire? In the
first place, the accumulations of thou
sands of years of valuable organic mat
ter was dissipated into the atmosphere.
But not only did this happen to the yo-
latiie OF organic matter of the trees de-
stroyed, but also to the greater portion
of the potash they contained. Potash
differs in this respect from most other
mineral substances, that many of it's
compounds volatilize at high tenn.
perature, such as is obtained by setting
file to a number of trees cut down and
lying On the ground. This is why in
the production of pearl ash the heat
must be moderated if the ashes left are
to contain any large proportion of po-
tash. Accordingly the destruction
wholesale of her magnificent oak, elm,
ash and pine forests by fire was the first
method by which the soil of Ireland
was deprived of its potash. The amount
OF this deprivation it is impossible now
to estimate. but it must have been en-
ormous. Land was cleared of timber
in quite different way in England and
Scotland. SO that the potash was not
dissipated. When it is remembered
that it is to the centuried growth Of
heavy timber that the black earth of
Central Russia owes it's present great
fertility, that the same may be said Of
many parts of America and of other
countries, the loss effected By the rapid
destruction. principally during the last
century. OF lreland's tree-9rowth can
be better understood.
We next come to the loss Of potash |
caused by the continuous expectation |
Of live stock. a half-fatox contains in |
his whole carcass the following per
centages of various matters: Mineral I
matter. 4.66; dry nitrogenous com
pounds, 1876; fat, 1871. contents Of vis-
eera. s.1s; water. 81 5; waste, 9.95.s We
may reckon that carcass weighing 300
pounds will yield ! pound of potash.
Taking, roughly, 800 pounds as the
.verage weight Of three foufsshs OF the
i've stock Of Ireland, which may be said
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asses, cattle, sheep and pigs. we should
i lose yearly by this expectation 6,233
pounds OF potash. This in 200 years
would make | ,246,60o pounds loss from
this source alone. But if the wool of
sheep is reckoned, it will be found to
be much greater. About a pound Of
potash per acre of fertile land does not
at first sight seem much, and il the loss
was confined to this source it would
not be, indeed, of great consequence.
But there are hundreds Of other sources
of loss on much larger scale, as, for
instance, the practice OF pairing and
burning, the expectation Of potatoes,
and formerly of grain, the dissolving
out OF potash compounds by foodings,
and the subsequent drainage neces-
STATED thereby, and various other
minor causes. In the fine, heavy loan
at Rothamstead, wheat removed dur
ing twenty years from the soil $50
pounds of potash. Now, wheat was
grown in Kilkenny, Tipperary and
Limerick before 1916 to avery large ex-
tent, sometimes two or three years con-
tinuously, to make up a high rent. But,
taking the ordinary four-course rota-
tion, each acre would annually lose
44-5 pounds of potash. This is not
much, but when long continued it
would ultimately quite exhaust the
most fertile soil. On the other hand,
the United Kingdom is reckoned to inn
port annually in it's provisions and ar
tificial manures about half a million
cwts. of potash; but it is needless to
mention that nearly all of this goes to
Great Britain Johnston has calculated,
Notwithstanding this, that the total
loss of the United Kingdom in potash
yearly is l12,800,OO0 pounds, while the
gain is only Il, $40, ,112 pounds. If this
is so for the United Kingdom gener-
ally, we may assume that, in proportion
to her extent, Ireland suffers a much
greater loss in potash than either Eng
land or Scotland. AS Ireland is about
-nineteenths the area of Great Brit
ain, her proportion of annual loss Of
potash would be, all other things being
equal, over 26, ,OOO, 900 pounds Of potash.
But considering that she is almost
wholly an exporting nation, except in
the matter of cereals, we may set it
down at least at half as much again, or
nearly 10000, 900 pounds, or ten pounds
to every man, woman and child in the
country.
We have now passed in review the
great loss of two of the most necessary
''+"nces in every fertile soil, viz,
of lime and potash There
ortionate loss in the
nstituents of Set
tor plant 1eaod. vs., soda,
nagnesia, sulphur, lithia, and other
ubstances. And although these are
lot 50 important as the former two, it
ften takes long time to supply the
oss from the subsoil, especially where
rees do not exist, and the soils suffers )
n consequence.
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/ NAPOLEON THE GREAT.
Description BY One Who Saw Him at
Borodino.

i Major General Y Yakovitch, of the Rus
sian army, is one of the few men now
living who saw the great Napoleon on a
battlefield. The old General saw the
French Emperor at Borodino. At that
battle Yakovitch, then mere boy,
served with a battery in the grand re-
doubt, which was the center of the
Russian line. He gives a vivid descrip-
ton Of the battle. When morning
broke a sea Of gray mist shut out the
field from view. The voices OF the
enemy were heard, the neighing Of their
horses and the rumble Of artillery
wheels. Then came the thunder Of can
non, making the very earth tremble.
Three times all the Russian gnnners
were killed, and three times new men
took their places. Bullets few thick as
'e4' nd men dropped dead or mangled
vent
nd vas heard inlthe dis
........,- s,.s on NitheEed
leaves. 1t grew louder and louder, ufsss iss
til it filled the air like the roar of q
stormy sea. All at once a great wave
of bright swords and helmets and
horses heads came surging up over the
.breast-Works. 1t was the Imperial
Guard. Before the shock OF that mighty
wave the Russian center crumbled
away, a shattered wreck. When Yako
witch came to his senses and opened
his eyes, he saw around him the corpses
Of his father and his comrades. Sud-
denly the tramping of hoofs called his
attention to group Of gayly-dressed
officers, and Napoleon's staff came rid
ing over the field. The young Russian
peered anxiously into their faces. In
his graphic language:
''There were the hard faces of Rapp
and Darn and broad-chested Sebastian.
and Nansouty, with the saber scar
across his cheek, and the low, broad
forehead and bulldog jaw Of grim old
Ney, the bravest Of them all. There,
too, was Murat, with his white plumes
and his braided jacket, his long, dark
curls hanging down his neck, and his
riding whip in his hand, just like cir
Gus rider. And then the group parted
suddenly, and there was the man HIM
self in the midst Of them, with his face
hard and immovable as marble amid all
that blood and agony, and far-away
kind OF look in those cold gray eyes Of
MS, as il he saw Moscow somewhere
up in the sky, and could see nothing be-
tween. A glorious yict0ry!' cried
Murat, waving his hand. What stir
5here'll be among the good folks in
Paris when the bulletin arriyesp
We've lost half our army in doing it,
,hough,' growled Ney. Hadn't we
better fall back little and wait for the
:einf0rcements?'
Then Napoleon turned his head
Ilowly, just as the statue might do, and
ooked him full in the face. Thou adj
rising retreat, Michael2 That is some
hing new, indeed must date my
lulletin from Moscow. Az for the
Irmy, you can't make an omelette with
'ut breaking few eggs. Yakoyitch
ays that when he heard that, he knew
hat God had forsaken Napoleon, for
10 man save one doomed TO destruction
ould have spoken SO lightly Of the
laughter Of thousands Of brave men.
ii three months from that day the
'lench Emperor was flying for his life
cross the border with the Cossacks at
lis heels like hungry wolves. !"
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Trial Of a Mormon for Polygany.

Mormon-Judge, I may be able to
give up one of my wives. Will that
satisfy the law?
Judge-No, it won't.
But III only have eleven left
That's ten too many.
s,sell. it's hard on me, but III try to
get along with ten if giving up two will
satisfy you.''
No; you win have to give up all but
one.''
'.Dnrn me if will.''
: Why, I should think you would be
glad to get rid of some Of them IN these
hard times. =
That's just the reason why / can't
afford to lose one of them, Judge. 1T
takes twelve TO support me as it is; and
1 am sure | should starve to death with
only one. New York Tribune.
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Christmas Gifts.

4 christmas GItts.
They are the noblest benefits, and
sink
Deepest in the man; of which, when he
doth think.
The memory delights him more, from
whom,
Than what he hath received John
son.
What shall give him fora Christmas
present?
She will expect something nice for a
present, and what shall it be?
These questions are the source of end
OF worry to the lads and lasses just
now. Those who are going to make
presents just for the sake of giving
them are worried more than those who
give them as tokens of esteem or love.
These known, or least think, the re-
ceivers will accept the gifts for the sake
Of the giver rather than for the value
OF the article. A book, pencil, a
handkerchief, trinket, any thing,
whether it has any intrinsic value or
not, passes current among lovers and
intimate friends.
Those who make presents for the
purpose OF being in the fashion or for
appearance sake will find no end of
trouble in satisfying themselves, much
less in satisfying those who receive
them. Instead of regarding them as
tokens Of esteem or affection they are
looked upon with a critical eye, and
sneered at if not far beyond their ex-
pectations.
To such as these gift has no value
beyond its worth as mere ornament,
and such it is always regarded. 1t
rarely calls to mind the giver, and even
when it does the recollection may not
be pleasant. Such presents are worth
less, and it were better they had never
been given or accepted. because there
was a motive in giving and accepting,
which must have been either pnre OF
hypocritical. Therefore it were better
neither to give nor to receive unless It'll
can be done heartily and honestly
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WHOLE NO 1862.

The bill introduced by Mr.. Jones,
of Jackson, providing that hanging
shall be done in the Penitentiary, was
defeated in the House last week. The
Columbus Dispatch, in its report, says:
"Mr. Jones supported the bill in an
argument, stating that in his Jack
sony county several companies of mill
tia had to be called out to hold the
mob in check while a murderer was
being executed"
We do not believe that Mr.. Jones
said any such thing, as he would have
no motive in slandering the people Of
Jackson County by any such false
hoods. There was much drunken
ness, and some rufianism, but there
was no mob, or any disposition to in
terfere or NEEDLE with the officers of
the law; there were no companies of
militia called out. In fact, there is
not a single company Of militia in
Jackson county.
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The Eolian Club, of Gallipolis. called
Bro. Pagan to account last week for al
legged charges detrimental to the charac-
ter of the Club. The Elder appeared at
a meeting of the Club, and entered his
denial as to having attacked the charac-
ter of any member of the Club, but he
told them in plain English that he "con-
sidered the Club more demoralizing to
the young than any other organization in
the CITY," The Club passed resolutions
denunciatory of Bro. Fagan's remarks,
but the Elder stays there. There is no
retracting. The Eolian is distinctively
IA dancing club, although its members
claim that it is a social club" We hope
our good friends in Gallipolis will not
fall out while the big revival is going
on-or at any other time.
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Inst Think nf TfH

Two brothers named Boil went into the
Probate Office in Ironton and asked for
marriage licenses to marry two sisters,
whose name they gave as pup" The
Register says the Judge repeated the name
in astonishment, when one of the broth
ers stated that some people called them
"Bob," and the licenses were made out in
the name of "Bob." Now, suppose that
name had been written pup" and the
Register had published the marriage no.
tice with the usual heading: "Boll-Pup
Nuptials," and more horrible still suppose
the erratic printer had gotten a "u' in
place of the 80" in BOIL" Horrible, hor-
rible! Judge Thompson is public ben
efactor for changing the names of those
girls!
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How fond is that mother, whose loving heart beeds
AS she bends DER delicate child
How she looks to her Savior, and warmly she pleads
For the life that in whose sad eyes she reads
The DEATH glance, staring and wild.
The gloom of pail hangs the scene
AS the life seems fading away;
Yet the poor, aching heart consolation may CLEAN
From the light of His love- which, passing between
Paints the shadows with traces of day.
IT'S weak, trembling voice-the accents that fall
Round the couch of the suffering one;
81 want to kiss Godr' How feeble the call!
Lights up with the rays of the Sun.
More tightly is clasped the precious young form,
To its placeo n the fond mothers breast;
In a strong, fond embrace. she keepeth 1t warm,
She prays that no blast from earths dreary storm
May come to disturb the sweet rest.
Theirs an answer to prayer-as the flight of dove
The Heavenly Spirit descends;
O'er that sorrowing couch with the light of His love
The messenger, sent from the mansion above,
On its mission of holiness, bends.
Life's glimmering spark is kinded anew,
And round that gloomy sick-bed
The rays of Gods mercy, bright shining through
The answer to prayer, the reward of the true
In glorious halo shed.
At the throne of Our Father who dwelleth high,
The prayers of His children heard;
And the weary and laden may utter cry
So faint but its pleading is borne to the sky
For SO He has taught in His word.
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Persons who have noticed the school
children at play about the many little
patches of ice along the streets, have OBJ
served countless illustrations of the rep
Eehensible character, and utter wicked
ness, of the mean boy. He comes from
the school room with a fiendish grin upon
his face, rendered hideous by the play of
wicked designs upon his features. With
look of careless abandon, he waits until
the smaller boys, and little girls come
out, then the devilish side of his charac-
ter begins to shine. Should the smaller
children begin to slide upon the ice, he
will look about to see that there is no
public spirited citizen near to wiring his
neck, then he will attempt to trip the lit
tie children down upon the ice, not caring
whether he kills or cripples them or not
IF he should get an opportunity, he will
push smaller comrade over on the rough
frozen ground, and dance with delight to
to hear the cries of pain. Should an inno-
cent cat chance to be summing itself upon
fence, the mean boy will work, and
watch, and wait, patiently, to get an op-
W hlIl Gu liltU dl1Ildl
record for faithfulness and nobility of
character will live after the mean boy
shall have gone to the Reform School or
the Penitentiary.
There is but one streak of intelligence
and philosophy about the mean boy. He
is ever expecting a thrashing because he
knows that if all people are not his enc
mics they ought to be. Therefore he is
careless and saucy to a high degree. He
becomes so accustomed to his own mean
ness that he actually hates himself, for
which his comrades give him great credit
as possessing excellent taste. We see this
mean boy occasionally on the way to and
from the Public Schools. A little COM
rade carrying a slate, is just picnic for
him, if there be possible chance to make
the child drop it and break it. Should
another and smaller boy appear with a
new cap, the mean boy always manages
to tear it accidentally" of course. Should
the parent of an abused child attempt to
reason with the mean boy, he will display
the utmost impudence, or even threaten
personal violence. We have in mind an
incident happening some years ago in
which the mean boy figured. A number
of boys were making a great noise at the
door of a citizen of this place. He went
out and addressed them as gentlemen,
asking them to please not make so much
noise. But the noise went on. Again
the request-but this time the mean boy
stepped to the front with "come out here
we can whip you" Oh, didn't that citi-
zen go out, though? And didn't that
mean boy sail? That lesson was a good
one and the boy and the citizen were fast
friends afterward. A lesson like this
sometimes has good effect, but if per.
mitted to 60 On unchecked, the mean boy
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Carry the News.

In the days Of biliousness, when
your liver is torpid and your skin is
yellow, remember you have never.
failing friend in DIR. Jones' Red Glover
Tonic. which is unequaled in purity
and efficaciousness. In cases of dys-
pepsia, costiveness, ague and malaria
diseases, and diseases of the blood and
kidneys, its action is prompt and cure
speedy. Price so cents, of E. d.
Lewis.
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Do you need remedy that will cure
every kind of humor from pimple or
eruption to the worst scrofula and
syphilitic disorders. use DR.. Guysott's
Yellow Dock and Sarsaparilla. Three
to five bottles cure skin disease, salt
rheum or tetter. Four to ten bottles
cure running ulcers, scrofula and all
sypilitic disorders. One to three bot
ties cure sores. boils, carbuncles, etc.
One to two bottles cures pimples on
the face, blotches, etc. 1t is the only
perfect blood purifier that can be made
from thorough knowledge of drugs.
Ask your druggist for it. Take no
substitute. 29ian5w
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A bad jury in a law-suit-Perjury.
An End to Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, Of Harrisburg,
ILL.,, says: Having received so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, / feel it
my duty to let suffering humanity
know it. Have had running sore on
my leg for eight years; my doctors
told me | would have to have the bone
scraped or leg amputated. used, in
stead, three bottles Of Electric Bitters
and seven boxes of Bucklen's Arnicaa
Salve, and my leg is now sound and
WELL"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty
cents bottle, and Bucklen's Arnic
Salve at 25c. per box by E. d. Lewis.
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They tell in Columbus of a grim joke
said to have been played by some of the
Hooking Valley strikers at or near Straits
vile. A number of repeating rifles were
put up at auction, and as each one was
put up it was bid off at ten dollars,
and paid for with an old ten dollar bill.
1t was soon discovered that the same old
bill paid for each gun, and did duty to
arm large number of men. There must
have been some old soldiers among that
crowd