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Year: 1867

DR.. j. c. V. Smith, celebrated anato-
mist and pathologist, delivered to the
Farmers Club of the American Institute,
in July last, an address on the feeling OF
animals. 1t is valuable paper, but we can
only give in Il condensed form some of its
salient points. \ carnivorous animal, the
Professor says, having but one stomach, re.
auires condensed and nutritious food, whilst
on the other hand animals that chew the cud
have firm stomachS and more than one of
them. The OK has four. In these hard
stomached animals mere nutrition is not
sufficient is not sufficient to sustain life. An
OK fed entirely upon highly concentrated
food will die, even though his food contains
sufficient nourishment to sustain three or four
oxen. The cause is there is nothing to dis
tend the stomach and its walls collapse and
destroy each other by attrition therefore
slops or liquid of any kind are worthless for
cattle unless the beast is also provided with
a plentiful supply Of some kind of herbage
to distend the stomach. AS already said,
the OK has four stomachs. The first, or
paunch. is mere bag or receptacle Tor hold
ing and soaking the food. An OK eats until
this is full. As an OK chews his food, it.
from the peculiar formation OF his mouth and
tongue, forms itself into little balls which,
as thew are formed, descend into the paunch
auJ remain there soaking in the peculiar
fluid of that organ, apparently during the
Measure of the Enthusiastically till the meal
is completely finished. After this the balls
return one at a time to the mouth and under
20 relieving called chewing the cud.-
This chewing disintegrates the food. and
then congresses it into smaller ball, which,
by another passage from the mouth, is sent
directly into the second stomach, or that
part of the animal from which tripe is made.
Until this point it is thought the OK has en-
tire control of his food, and that after chew
ing the cud he frequently sends 1t back into
the paunch, or first stomach, for further
softening there but, however this may be,
he loses all control of it when it once reaches
the second stomach. Tie secretions of the
second stomach mix with the food and turn
it yellow, and having arrived at u certain
state it drops, without any voluntary agency
of the animal, into the third stomach, the
secretions of which are white, and after a
time it passes into the fourth or real stomach
in a yellowish creamy stream. Here it
forms into layers and the secretions of this
stomach change the mass into curd-from
which curd the original idea of cheese was
derived-in fact this itself was the cheese of
the ancients, aud ia still used as such by
many of the nomadic tribes of Asia. So
strong is the curding power of this stomach
that its effects remain after the death of the
animal, and the rennet of cheese makers is
simply this stomach of a calf, cleaned and
preserved with salt. Its coagulating effect
ON milk is well known
Year: 1867

Established expressly to afford Tho afflicted
sound aud scientific Medical Aid. in the trcatmen
and cure of all Private and Chronic Diseases Case:
of Secrecy and all Sexual Disorders
Year: 1867

We presume that it is unnecessary to
remind our resdsrs that next Tuesday


will be election day: for they have
doubtless all had it firmly impressed up
on their minds BY the various csndidstes.
and will make up their minds how to
vote. Unusual Importance just now at.
taehes to some of the Offices. and it is to
hoped that voters will give such matters
due consideration. vote on general Issues
@ they msy.
Year: 1867

Or THE TRAcK.-G. W. Larzelsre.
Of the Watbena Reporter. witbdraws
from the race for County Clerk. in favor
Of Mr.. Downard. We learn that Q
pressure was brought to bear upon him.
in his own town. compelling him to re.
tire. We know of no person who has
worked harder for Wathens than the
editor Of the Reporter: and this coneen.
trated opposition against him. to drive
him of the the track. for the benefit Of q
person who is constantly being put for
ward for public positions. is rather un-
grateful. to Say the lesst. Such people
are not very deserving Of success.
Year: 1867

Our people must learn that they can make more money Gin tho long run" by planting tor crops that require but little attention, than can be made from those that require attention the larger part of twelve month in the culture of cotton (for instance) labor, including work done by man and beast, must be paid, and fed. and continuous, from years end to years end; while small grain, potatoes, and the almost endless varieties of fruits and veg ctables usually called marketing" pro ducts, require comparatively very little at tention and, with proper facilities for reaching a market, always command good prices aud ready money Any skilful gardener or horticulturist residing near a railway station can upon five acres of po- rous ground, send produce to the cities that will return more money to him than would twenty five acres of the same quail ity of land planted in cotton.

 We make this assertion after having carefully and thoughtfully considered the subject, aided by light of the experience of others. All our farmers must know that much of the lands of this State that win produce from two to four hundred bushels sweet potatoes per acre will not produce more than one hundred pounds lint cotton. Then why plant lint cotton on lands that are better adapted to the culture of other commodities equally val uable and necessary and which would ac tually return several times more money at much less cost of production? It would be almost impossible to produce sweet po- tatoes in sufficient abundance to glut the markets CT to cause them to spoil on the producers hands, along lines of railways and rivers. They might all be sold before frost at the various markets, from Mobile to New York, Philadelphia and Boston,ex- cepting of course sufficient for home uses. The same is true of many other articles well known to every farmer.

 Sow wheat, SOW rye, SOW oats, barley-- anything that will not require constant stirring and consequent washing and was ting of the soil and the consequent expcn- allure of labor, provisions and money Cultivate less land than heretofore, and cultivate skillfully and thoroughly. We feel safe in advising most of our landown- CTS to sell from one half to threc-fourths of their plantations, thus saving taxes and enabling them to invest in other pursuits of industsy and enterprise. Cant find B purchascr?:" Then SOW tho surplus in grass, to preserve the soil from washing and for pasturage, and wait for purcha- eer--hc will come along after awhile.

 --T Montgomery Advertiser.
Year: 1867

Throw away your false friz-lss your switches your wig

 Destructive of comfort, and not worth 6g

 Come aged, come youthful, come ugly and fair, And rejoice in your own luxuriant hair.
Year: 1867

~ What young ladies some
times suppose the heart-ache is
merely a small-sized attack OF
dyspepsia; and a supposed condi-
ton of the little palpitator is mere
ly that of the stomach. Signs and
soft words will never cure the diff
ficnlty; but fresh air, energetic
walking, and tender beef will.
Ladies on their beat should ascer-
tain the real cause before attempt
ing the cure.
Year: 1867

w Somebody has published a
pamphlet to prove that the negro
is a beast, and a clergyman at
Charleston has preached a sermon
to prove that he is no more a
beast than white man is. The
matter might be comprised by ad-
mitting that some white men are
beasts-of the Louisiana Conven-
ton, for instance. 1919
Year: 1867

U We must, If ace aooald be
iedependent-raise our own horses,
mules, cattle, sheep and hogs,
and thereby keep at home the mon
ey we annually pay to our enemies
abroad for the very commodities
we can raise with less cost than
they can be produced for in sec
tions of the country that now sup
ply us, and that receive every dol
lar of our money. If we would
not starve, we must develop, and
husband as well, all our natural
resources. In the soil OF the South
are the only resources left us as a
conquered and poverty stricken
people-alI the rest of our former
possessions have been wrested
from us-stolen, burned, destroy
ed. All the necessary supplies
and many of the Injuries of life
can be produced on a Southern
plantation, and people can live
in real comfort without, handling
much money; and so that we may
defend ourselves from ''enemies
without as well as those within'
let us all make up our minds to
raise and manufacture at home,--
so far as we an,---every thing
necessary for our support both as
individuals and communities. In
sorrow we must admit, that the
Southern people have been, and
are today, extravagant, improvi-
dent and self indulgent. The car


dinal virtues of industry and
economy, have not been practiced
and commended as they deserve,
and while we have been reduced
from wealth to poyerty-from
prosperity to adversely, how many


of us attempt to affect the style of
the "golden era" Of the South and
strive to conceal penniless con


dition with the thread bare man


tie of false pride. Let us one and
all undeceiye ourselves and go to
work. There is a "good livingY


and eventual to wealth in our soil


for every one that is willing to


labor-bnt let us discard old no.


tons of agriculture as well as iv.


ing, and adopt those adapted to


the changed condition of our sys-
tenn of labor aud means--in sum


mary, let us produce at home,


what we consume, and we can be


independent-happy in ourselves


and respected everywhere Iber-
vile South. !,
Year: 1867

1t is singular fact that the most
elaborate and extended characteristic
in the Bible is the portraiture of the
model wife. There is no nobler pic
ture than this furnished in the litera-
ture of the world of the worth and
beauty of true and faithful wife The
first feature of the picture is industry.
ldleness is said by great writers to be
the bane of the world. In every one
OF the twenty-five verses of this beau
tiful scripture poem is the virtue of in
dustry enjoined. At the present day
there is too extensive and foolish a
prejudice against labor for women
Year: 1867

LABOR AND CAPIrAL.-Colonel George ". McCook delivered a speech at Cincinnati re- gently, from which we extract the following

 "Labor has affections and loves. l. mar Eies a wife anl builds a house to shelter 8 family. It must have clothes for the back and food to support life. Capital needs no house in which to live and no bed on which to repose it's limbs. Its best and sweetest sleep is upon the iron Of bank vaults. Labor must quit work when the sun goes down, that it may have repose and rest, and be in readiness for another days work. But capital needs no sleep, and in the still hours of the night is earning as much interest as in the daytime. Labor must quit work at Satar- day night; the law compels it to do so even if it needs not rest; but capital earns as much interest on the iifty-two Sundays of the year as it does on the ffty-two Mondays. Capital has two chidren-one, Lawful Interest the other, what is called Usurious Interest These children do not need to grow up to manhood to assist the parents They begin to work and to do as much as the parents as soon as they are born. Are there not, fellow citizens, advantages enough of Capital oyer Labor, without eXcmpling the former from taxation2 In Heavens name, if in a demo- cratic government we are seeking what to cx- empt from the burden of taxation-whethcr Capital or Labor-in Gods name, would we decide that capital should go free and the weight and burden of taxation be thrown upon the shoulders of labor, Yet such is the financial system of our country at the present moment, which is threatening to impose bur dens upon our chldrrn's children for genera tions.n
Year: 1867

There is no better way of making accessious 10 our party than by the dissemination Of correct in formation, and certainly the proper mode Of doing that Is by means Of newspapers; anu, therefore every Democrat who is attached to the principles Of his party, and cntcrtains a sincere and earnest desire to sec those principles triumph, should feel it duty 10 contribute in some degree to the sup. port of the Party Papers
Year: 1867

It stcmmcd the torrent of bigotry intolerance and persecution, fcarlessly bearing up the OLD DEMOCRATIC ENSIGN through the dark period or our country misery, until victory was achieved and the principles it battled for were triumphant To do this incurred Q very heavy cxuenditurc which, however, was checrfully borne under the confident belief that tue opportunc time wou Id come when the party would reimburse us by con tributing generally its patronage That time has now arrived, and we ask Democrats to do their part in sustaining this
Year: 1867

l would suggest to the women who
read the Farmer, that we all wear less
cheap delaines, and shams. that won't
stand wear and tear and washing and
stand firmly for good calico.
would rather see a women on any
occasion. dressed in neat fresh print,
becoming her complexion, than in fine
merino that needed SO much watchful
care, or in gay delaine with the false,
cottony reality, showing SO visibly.


Let us show ourselves true women in
the matter of wearing honest dresses.
Never mind what the fashions are-wcar
whatever you like and whatever is the
most becoming


OF fowers--surely we love them, but
is it in good taste for rs elderly women
to wear them? Only think Of an old NO.
men, who smokes tobacco all day. wear
ing roses and buds, and delicate green
sprays Of beautiful things on the top OF
her head, or ly ing among her gray hairs
on her faded forehead. Think of plumes
lying softly aud caressingly about her
pallid cars, or roses that seem sparkling
with dew, pressing beside her shrunken
cheeks This is absurd. shrink away
and clinch my hands when I see this.-
and grow sick at heart, when I see
pleading faces upturned in prayer, that
are all made over newly with carmine
and lily white. These things should not
be


We should not fear to grow old,-to
stand up among ripe years prepared to
do good 1t should not grieve US to
give the light step and the ringing laugh
and the rounded face. and rose and lily
complexion For these beautiful things
our souls should have golden treasures
instead.


We need not grow repulsive because
we grow old. If we are good and true
and kind and loving. we cannot grow SO
very homely. 1 rather like to grow old.
One feels of SO much importance then,
and it is so nice to be called Auntie, and
have any body's children wind their
warm arms abou. your neck and give so
much moist kisses, thinking perhaps all
the time Of the apple or nut or candy in
Aunties' pocket.


Little dears if We elderly women
can't see how silly and false arc the pop
pies and marigolds and roses and gay
fixings about our faded faces, they can.
Children live so truly that they cannot
help seeing truly. RosELLA.
Year: 1867

loudest against this lew order of things
as public calamity are those whose prin-
ciples would fix it upon US without q
remedy. Hence it becomes US to insist
iha, suffrage should be extended in all
of the States, and fully tested. The peo-
pie of the North should adopt what they
have forced upon US; and if i. be prov
ed to be mistake, they should remove
it by the remedy under republican prin-
ciples of uniform laws upon suffrage.


If every man in the country will meet
the crisis with proper appreciation Of
our condition, aud come fairly up 70 his
possibilities, on TO morrow the sun
will smile upon happy people. our
fields will again begin to Weld their in
crease, our rail roadsand rivers will TEEN
with abundant commerce., our towns and
cities will resound with the tumult OF
trade. and We shall be invigorated by the
blessings CT Almighty God.


I am, sir, very respectfully,


Your most obedient servant,


JAMES LoNGsgREEr.
Year: 1867

BY A DECIDEDLY CONFINED BAcnHLoH
Not laugh was heard, nor joyous note,
As our friend to the bridal we hurried;
Not wit discharged his farewell shot,
As the bachelor went to be married.
We married him quickly to save his fright,
Our heads from tho sad sight turning;
And we sighed as we stood by the lamps dim


light,


To think he was not more discerning.
To think that bachelor free and bright,
And shy of the sex ~ we found him,
Should there at the altar, at dead of night.
Be caught in the snare that bound him.
Few and short were the words we said,
Though OF wine and cake partaking,
We escorted him home from the scene Of dread
While his knees awfuly shaking.
Slowly and sadly we marched him down
From the first TO the lowermost story;
And we never have heard or seen the poor man
Whom we left alone in his glory.
Year: 1867





How happy is he born and taught
That serveth not another's Will
Whose armour is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill I!
Whose passions not his masters are,
Whose soul is still prepared for death
United unto the worldly care
OF public fame or private breath;
Who envies none that chance doth raise
Or vice who never understood
How deepest wounds are given by praise;
Nor rules of state, but rules of good.
Who hath his life from rumours freed
Whose conscience is his strong retreat;
Whose state can neither fatterers fesd,
Nor ruin make accusers great:
Who late and early doth God pray
More Of His grace than gifts to lend,
And entertains the harmless day
With . well-chosen book or friend.
This man is freed from servile hands
OF hopes to rise, or fears TO fall;
Lord Of himself, though not of lands,
And having nothing, yet hath all.
Year: 1867

REMoyAL ROCK.


This rock, long impeachment 10 navigation In the
Harlem river, and whose ragged juts have made many
breaches in the sides OF noble vessels should be
removed by the city authorities or BY the company
whose interests 10 s that this concealed enemy upon
their daily route should no longer exist
Year: 1867

A RECEIPT WORTH ONE THOUSAND Dol
LARs.-The Ohio Cultirdtor says: Take one
Pound of sal soda and a half pound Of un :
and boil twenty minutes, let it stand till COOL


then drain of, put in small jug or jar, soak
your dirty clothes over night, or until they
are wet through, then ring them out and rub
on plenty OF soap, and in one boiler Of clothes
Well covered with water, add one teacupful
OF washing fluid: boil half an hour briskly V,
then wash them thoroughly through one suds,
than the old way of Washing twice before


boiling This is an Invaluable receipt and I
want every poor, tired woman TO try it. |
think with patent Washtub to do the little
rupping, wssherwoman might take the old
tlble and compose herself on q lounge and
let the washing do itself
Year: 1867

MARYLAND CRoPs.-The wheat in the
neighhorhood of Baltimore is looking fineIv.
In montgomery county it is also doing well
Fears were felt for the oats, but il is now
thought that there will be an average crop
Corn was mol planted SO early as usual. and
NO predictions can be safely made rs vel
There Will be an unusually large crop OF grass
In Talbot county more white and sweet pota-
toes have been planted than ever before Corn
rs IN excellent condition. 1t is hoped thai
there will be a more than average crop n,
wheat, although the fly is doing much mis-


chief
Year: 1867

horse will not be very troublesome ; but
If violence is dealt out in large doses,
you will have more than your hands
full. ...-..-


The horse has such a power of obser-
vation that while he will learn every
thing that is taught him, he will also
learn and remember many things that
ought to be forgotten or rather, that
ought not to have been learned. If he
is tiogged for starting at an object, he
will only start the more on meeting
with it again for he will remember the
chastisement it occasioned, and will
fear repetition of it again. If he is
hurt while being shod, or on. any other
occasion, he will not soon forget the
pain it occasioned. and so long as he
remembers it he will not suffer repeti-
tion of the same!operation with patience.
Remember that great care and pains in
training colts are always repaid in
kind and gentle disposition; and that
revenge and malice are in this as in all
other affairs, like hiltlessi swords that
injure those who WELD them.-Fdrmer's
.idrertiSer.
Year: 1867

After eighteen months of the depot,
Hugh was drafted to the headquarters at
Dover, and the first day on parade he
saw the man he had thrown on the COM
mon; saw him, too, in command of the
company to which he was attached,
and knew that he had not been wrong
when he judged him to hold the posi-
tion of gentleman.


The recognition was mutual, though
neither of them suspected that it was
so.


"Keep your eye on that fellow the
captain said to the sergeant; "he's a
black sheep. know him of old; but
the fellow, bad as he is, must have a
chance, only don't let there be any slip
ping, don't pass over a fault, however
slight, and we'll court-martial him for
the first act of insubordination.'


These words leaked out, as such
things always do, and Hugh became a
marked man. There was no advantage
in his being attentive; what would have
passed with any other man was pounced
upon as sign of bad blood, and so it
came about that, before Hugh had been
eight months at headquarters, he was
mad up for drunkenness, insolence, and
attempting to strike the sergeant on
guard. His bad name came ont and he
was sentenced to he fogged.


Hugh bore his punishment without a
groan, and when the term of his impris-
onment was over he returned to his
duty without word of complaint; but
month after, when there was a call
for men to volunteer for India, Hugh
was one of the first to give in his name,
and not until he was embarked did he
write his tale of disgrace and shame to
his father.


"He was so sure like" said peor Jem,
when he had read the letter. "Poor
lad to think O. his bein' fogged like a
dog. Oh good Lord !" and Jem laid his
face upon his knees and sobbed.


Mrs. Tanners eyes were dry, but there
was red spot on either cheek, and her
white lips were pressed hard together
as she sat down By the board; opposite
was the doorway through which, years
before, she had seen the musical party
The remembrance flashed upon her, and
throwing up her clasped hands she
cried aloud, in the bitterness of heI
heart.


"May be he'll forget the shame when
he's among strangers" said Jem, Ious'
ing up to comfort his wife.


But there was no comfort for her; she
understood her boy better, and knew the
wound was mortal.