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Year: 1868

WEIGHING ON THE FARM.-A half bushel
m easure is considered indispensable by eve.
ry farmer. lie does not sell his potatoes or
grain, guessing at the contents OF his bin Or
the pile on the Aoor--it must be measured.
With this instrument at hand, hcmay know
Just how much corn is fed TO the hogs and
poultry how many oats to the
horses how much seed is sown upon the
land, and many other points equally valu.
able to know. But good weighing scale
is possessed by comparatively few, although
its uso would in many ways be even
more valuable than that of the half bushel.
For instances, in selling live stock, the
weight is usually ESTIMATED by the droyer or
butcher buying at the farmers door. Long
pactice enables the buyer to weigh them
very correctly with the eye, and thus he has
the inexperienced seller at an advantage,
which he is not slow to use. A good Fairs
banks standard platform scale would save
its cost in few transactions.


The weight Of wool, butter, and other
farm products, should be ascertained at
home, to prevent mistakes aud dishonesty is
weighing after the goods have been sent to
market. The weight of grain per bushel,
the grain OF cattle under different systems Of
feeding, EXACTLY whcn an animal ceases to
sncrease by feeding, ard many other i'm.
portant facts, can readily be determined by
having good scale. II should be part of
the furniture Of every farm. Fairbanks
scales have been named in this connection,
as being entirely reliable, having been adopted
as the standard in this and other countries.


THE Cultivator i Country GentlemRn.l
Year: 1868

NKw YoRK, August q.


The White Snlpher Springs correspondent
of the Richmond Wing says: General Rose
Grams, in his interview with Lee and others,
proposed that the general officers Of the Con-
federate army, representing IS they do the
valor, chivalry al. truth Of the South, write
and lay before the Northern people, in tangi-
BILE form, that cannot be disputed, true
state Of the feeling as they had found it ev-
erywhere in their travels in the South.


No plan has yet been decided upon, but it
is possible that some distinguished gentleman
that knows the whole country will be re-
quested to prepare paper in accordance
with the suggestions OF General Roseerans.
This will be printed and forwarded to all the
general officers Of the Confederate army and
such representative Of the Southern statemen
az is deemed necessary should sign it
At the same time they will
be requested to add such comments as they
may think proper
Year: 1868

1t was thought by some that we had better
get the Parker u Watson Series, which is the
most usedin the Schools, simply because some
had got it, for the sake of uniformity; but my
recommendation prevailed. One gentleman
present, who had used both, stated that he had
used the other as long as he cared to, and CON
sidered the Wilson Series as FAR superior, Civ
ing an example ofthe diff erence oftime reqaird
in teaching new pupil, the preference being
decidedly in favor of the latter series So we,
starting this new movement, have decided to
them.
Year: 1868

uAvE PROVED, FROM THE MOST ample
Il experience, an entire success Simple
Prompt-Eficient and reliable. They are the
only Medicines perfectly adapted to popular
use-so simple that mistakes cannot be made in
using them; so harmless as to be free from
danger, and so efficient as to be always reliable.
They have raised the highest commendation from
all, and will always render satisfaction.
Year: 1868

The More AND BEAM.-The Topeka
Record is very indignant because some
papers, as it says. while announcing can.
didates for the office of Attorney Gene.
raj. have spoken slurringly Of Col. Hoyt.
and thinks it very mean in them to do
so. We suppose we are one of the pa
pers referred to, as we recently named q
gentleman in connection with the office,
and remarked that be would GIL it more
creditably than it had been filled for the
past four years. That was ell the slur
there was in it. The Record short time
ago published sneaking attack on some
candidate for Congress, and has not yet
had the manliness to tell who it meant,
but leaves the way open to apply it to
whoever stands most in the way of its
candidate. When it has the manhood to
face the music. it may exhibit its right
eous Indignation at the slurs of others
with better grace.
Year: 1868

re- One of the Democratic tactics in
this Township. is to array neighbol
against neighbor. incite them to Lawsuits.
and then turn out en- nasse to carry the
case by storm in favor of their man
Thus far. they have met with poor sue.
cess. Are any set Of men good citizen.
who will stir up neighborhood strife.
and attempt to force political decision
in q court OF Justice?
Year: 1868

~ Lambs Knitting Machine is rap
idly coming into favor. and will no doubt
some day superssde almost entirely the
practice of knitting by hand. 1t is BY
some regarded as second in Importance
only to the sewing machine. I will not
attempt any explanation of its novel
mechanism. for it would be difficult to
make an ineligible description without
the aid Of diagram: but its most avail
able features are that it is not cumbrous.
and therefore not expensive. is only about
two feet in length. can be fastened to a
table. and is> easily worked by a crank.
two sets Of needles being used, which can
be so adjusted as to make the stitches
more or less close. and the work of any
desirable width. By this mschine q
great variety Of articles Of common use
may be m ade. such as stockings. gloves.
shawls. afghans. chsir-covers. blankets.
etc. The machine can be worked very
rapidly, and its work is we'll DONE
Those who have tried it say that its man
agement is not difficult to be acquired.
and il this is so, it will no doubt soon
take it's place among the most important
labor-saving inventions of the day
Moore's Rural Nsw Yorker, Nov. II,
1866. q,
Year: 1868




Within thirty days from to-day there will
be many deaths which might be prevented
By warmer clothing. Many fatal case Of
dysentery is caused by the want Of a WOODEN
undershirt, or Of an extra blanket at night
The sudden changes of temperature which
occur at this season the year are very try
iug to the constitution. People with weak
lungs quickly feel the effect of them. Ere
4neHtly the thermometer falls many degrees
within few hours. Noe only the fse6la
but robust and strong persons suffer from
such great variations oftemperature When
the weather grows cold rapidly, the pores
Of the skin are suddenly closed, and the re
-ult frequently is a bad cold, which may
hold on all winter and terminate in consump-
ton, or a fatal attack of dyseutery, or that
dreadful disease, typhoid fever.


Ifthe day seems ever 50 warm and bright
II is much safer to wear plenty of underclo-
thing at this season. In the evenings the
dews fall, and it grows chilly very suddenly.
At all times, even when ii feels the warmest
one experiences the difference which is so
marked, between the autumn atmosphere
and that of the summer. There Is some
thing more than the mere difference of ten
perature, andi may be in the electricity. An
occasional fire in a room dries the walls and
purifes the atmosphere. A little timely
attention to all these things would prevent a
great deal Of the disease and suffering which
are among the ills to which humanity Is
liable


There are many ready. made collins at she
cabinet shops and undertakers-little, short,
tiny eoffins-which are going to be filed up
soon by little children-some Of them as
sweet. beautiful little children as anybody 5
but your own; and just to think Of it, these
collins might be left empty, and the little
children might be left in their homes to
play. and to frolic, and make those homes
bright, if only warm shoes and stockings,
which would keep little feet dry, and warm
clothes aud soft woolsn blankets we're more
plenty.


Do not bother yourself to hunt up a mis-
sionary. Be sure that whenever you send a
pair Of warm shoes to a needy little child, a
good enough missionary, though you donot
see him, always travels inside Of them. In
warming feet and warming bodies you warm
hearts also; and, besides, it warns your
own heart to do this.
Year: 1868

point the way they never travel themselves.
thus they serve their purpose, doubtless,
but their position is not 10 be envied By live
men, Eho have higher ideas of life We
have known some such men. Of whom il
may bo said thsy are fifty years behind the
age. They are eontented in the possession
Of personal comfort and ease; their thoughts
are never troubled about public improve
ments, except the fear that they may be
taxed TO pay for them What was good
enough for their fathers is good enough for
them.


One can conceive what place would be
if entirely controlled, by such men-a Sleepy
Hollow kind Of paradise, devoted to the
past untroubled about the present, and
never even dreaming of the future. Ifsuch
men ruled the world, always, telegraphs
aud labor saving machines would be un-
known, and all would eventually relapse in
10 barbarism.


Ii is duty men owe to themselves and
their fellow men to encourage liberal spig-
it. 1t is the opponent OF seIfshness; en-
larges the heart and makes the world better
aud more fit for the residence of beings with
souls. It increases the great sum OF human
happiness, and promotes the best good Of
the community and the world A public
spirited man is generally a safe guide to fol
low in matters affecting the temporal as well
as spiritual good Of the human race
Lynn Mass Reporter.
Year: 1868

The following Is nom recent sermon by
the pastor Of Plymouth church


On earth there Is nothing more beautiful
than the first breaking Of young, strong, new,
true love- No flower that ever blos-omed,
however fair; nor fragrance that any flower
ever emitted, however sweet; no bravery Of
the sky; no witchery of art; nothing that
man ever invented or imagined, is to be
compared with the hours of dawning love in
the young soul And it Is a shame that
men should be taught to be ashamed ofthat
whichis the prophecy Of their highest being
and glory. Alas, that it should ever perish
in the using Alas, that men should not
know that to endure it they must rise high
er, since it Is only by growing into its full
and later disclosures that it may be saved
from quick mortality. 1t must grow or die;
for that which suffces for beginning Is not
enough for all, and for all time.


Love, therefore, should be a school mas
ter, carrying It's pupils up from room tn
room. through the whole university Of the
miud. As the lower begins first, 1t ends
first. The higher, beginning latest, lasts the
longest.


Aud, hence, true affection Is strongest in
the latter periods Of being. Perhaps 1t Is
less stimulating than young love, but the
popular impression that we love strongest
when we love earliest is not found It truth
OF analogy. No one knows the whole lore
of love, that does not know how to love with
reason, the imagination and all the moral


sentiments. It is the most interior school
/ that the soul can know Men may know
I how to deal with numbers and solve prob
| lens: but that is the rarest, the inuermost,
the deepest knowledge that comes with low
ing by all the parts and faculties ofthe soul


They only can love greatly or fruitfully
who are good, since the line, the direction is
from the flesh toward the spirit It is from
the low toward the high 1t Is from the sub
stantial toward the invisible. And none
can truly love except those whose life Is the
unfolding Of their whole nature on the plan
IF Christianity


How Illliu IL Is 10 see AlGA DH4'C teu NV
/ I cannot bear to see the young gathering to-
eether and building their nests as the birds
10. On my lawn l see the larks aud other
birds building in the grass, and know that
before the young are fedged the remorse-
less mower, with revolving strokes, will
sweep the ground, and the nests viii be ut
terlv destroyed. and the young cut and vast
ed. And do | not see men building their
nests lust 50? Do l not see love beginning
TO nestle in the flowers? But the flowers
themselves are rooted in the dirt down low,


close to the foot that easily shalcrush them.
/ [ mourn when / see a mother loving her
children for time, for time only. | mourn
when I see two natures that should be etcr-
ua'ly afianced, loving each other within the
horizons Of time. There must be something
! higher than the circlings of this world No
love is fit to be called by the name Of love


that has not in it something Of the other


world, and much Of immortality. 1t must


have in it faith aud hope. 1t must be a


love that Is served by the reason, by the i'm


arination. by all that there is in the soul
Year: 1868

some one was telling an Irisbman that
somebody had eaten ten saucers Of ice
cream, whereupon Pat shook his head. SO
you don't believe it?' With shrewd nod,
Pat answered-'I believe in the crane, but
not in the sareeFs
Year: 1868

FIRST LovE.-Ask very young lady
what she thinks of ''first love-" and she
will tell you that it is the quintessence of
all that is ecstatic, compared with which
any so-called love that may come after it
must be as sky-blue SKINNED milk to clot-
ted cream Put the same to an enamored
young gentleman of eighteen, and he will
vow that it is the Cliquot champagne of
human existence, to which all subsequent
emotions, dignifed with the name of love,
are mere Jersey cider. But the mature of
both sexes, in nine cases out of ten, can
tell a different story. Boy and girl love
is but faint shadow of the intense pas
sion which often overcomes and enthralls
the middle-aged. The capacity for loving
is not fully developed in the young miss
who has Just cast aside her doll, nor in the
youth whose chin is but newly acquainted
with the razor. The enthusiasm in these
novices in the tender passion is generally
eyanescent Of course there are excep-
tional cases. but, as general rule,- love
does not take firm root in the heart before
the age of twenty-five. Professions of
undying devotion from young men of niner
teen and twenty are not to be trusted
The question which lady who receiyesan
offer of marriage should consider is not
merely whether she has won the affections
of her admirer, but also whether, if won,
she can kecp-them. To have and to hold
are two things.
Year: 1868

PRUNING RosEs,--The past winter was
very hard upon rose bushes; especially
where they were lightly strawed up. In
pruning them it should be done with lib
eral hand. There need be no fear of inju-
ry. Nothing stands pruning better than
the rose, and We think it is benefit to it
to be killed down to the ground every two
or three years! Therefore, whenever any
considerable dead portion of the wood APP
pears, cut nearly or quite down to the
ground, and it will give vigor to tho root
and new shoots, and the flowers will be
much finer
Year: 1868

Before you acquire taste for whiskey,
insure your life and take faroEell of your
family. The certain death which whiskey
brings is only question of time. He is
always bearing surely down upon his vic
tim, like strong man armed, and comes
inevitably as fate or taxes,
Year: 1868

AS the season for making hay is
approaching we publish the follow
ing discreet advice to farmers from
the Ohio Farmer. g.


"Don't dry your hay too much.
Hay may be dried till it is as
worthless MS straw. AS a good
coffee maker would say, "Don't
burn your coffee but brown it, so
We say, Don't dry your hay but
cure it," Our good cid mothers
who relied upon herb ten instead
OF 'pothicary medicine, gathered
their herbs when in blossom and
cured them in the shade. This is
the philosophy Of making good
hay. Cut in the blossom, and
cure In the shade. The sugar Of
the plant, when it is in bloom, is
in the stock, ready TO form the
seeds. If tho plant is cut earlier
the sugar is not thcrsi if later, the
sugar has become converted to
woody matter. Hay should be
we'll wilted in the sun, but cured
in the cock. Better 10 be O
little too green than too dry
II on putting into the barn
there is danger heating in thu
mow,' put on some salt. Cattle
will like it none the less"
Year: 1868

Some months ago the Pittsburg
Post, one Of the most respectable
OF the Democratic papers Of Penn
sylvanias contained u leader un,
der the caption of "Thc Duty OF
the Democratic Party in q Certain
Event. from WHICH we extpac, the
salient paragraphs without any
further comment. They speak for
themselves: ..ti. .. ..


Suppose that contrary 10 tho
wish of some of the leading Radi.
cal Black Republicans. who want
the Office themselves, Gen. Grant
shonld be nominatcdrfor tho Pres
idcncy by the Republican party,
what course ought the Democratic
party TO pursue?


Ought VIC to nominate a man in
opposition to General Grant?-
Ought We TO charge him with be-
ing an enemy to his country, or in
favor Of unjust measOrcs, merely
because he may have received said
nomination =?


We are inclined TO believe that
more,,depends upon General Grant
now than upon any other individ.
ual in the United States. We be.
lievc him to be far superior to the
majority of the far sighted poIiti.
clans who have been ruling the
nation without bringing peace or
economy to our legislation. lie is
known to all the people as a
straightforward man, and, so far as
can be judged, a man vel disposed
10 deal fairly with the people Of all
sections Of the Union.


What better thing can We do in
clsc Of Gen. Grants nomination by
the Republican party than to r0ff
for him for the President? Our
aim should be TO strengthen his
hands; to render him as much as
possible Independent Of party, and
TO elect him as The PrcSidcNt of til,
people. II unanimously, SO much
the better.


We solcmn'y believe that if :hc
people generally of the United
States can come together with rca
unanimity on General Grant, ir
regard TO the Presidency, it vii
be the happiest thing for our coun
try that could possibly occur
The future good effects of this course
are almost incalculable. We earn
estly ask our Democratic friends
everywhere to consider this subjec
carefully.
Year: 1868

The grccnback circulation ia
about three hundred and fitty,sev>
Ell millions. but sixty millions are
kept on deposit as redemption fund
for the National bank currency,
and much is kept on deposit for
other purposes; probably not over,
two hundred and fifty millions are
in circulation.
Year: 1868

FOR SALE ON THE POPULAR
Gg- ONE PRICE P L A N. -G&


GIVING EVERY PATRON
HANDSOME AND RELIABLE WATCH
For the low Price of Ten Dollars!
WITHOUT REGARD TO VALUE,
And not TO be Paid for unless perfectly sat-
Year: 1868

Which viii be sufficient TO duplicate lines to
all or nearly all the paying points reached by
the present monopoly.


The present Telegraph Companies Of Ia eoun-
try have been consolidated into one huge
monopoly, and are now earning over
SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS per year, or
over one hundred per cent. on the actual cost
OF their lines their present capital having been
watered over ONE THOUSAND. per cent.


THE NATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have recognition from the United States
Government OF the Importance OF their enter
prise, with grant Of the most valuable frs1-
ohises ever conferred upon a telegraph COM
pany. No competing line has ever had ths
right now granted by Congress to this company
to construct and operate lines over every
RAILROAD and MAIL ROUTE in the United
States. The position of this company differs
nom that OF any company ever before organ
ized. TIE question OF the RIGHT OF WAY Is
FOREVER SETTLED.


The stockholders OF this company cannot be
sold ont or TRAN5FERRED to any other
company. The act of Congress under which
this company has been organized, prohibits
any transfer OF ths franchises granted.
Year: 1868

same, or not to give evidence of it. II
this wholesome law cannot be enforced,
and the Hystem of Olsck-mailing be thus
put al end to, it should be repealed that
the ministers Of the las sid officers Of
Justice should not be the breakers OF the
law, and always saturated with the incli-
nation and having the opportunity TO
take hrfhas
Year: 1868

STANTON, and the Radical junta at Wash
ington, have applied their "spy" system TO
Judge Chase, in consequence of a suspicion
that he is disposed to do justice in the i'm
peachment trial. When the Judge goes
out, where he goes, and what he said, and
to whom he talked when he got there, who
called TO see him at his home, and what
took them there, as near as it can be learned
by spies that dog the heels and Shadow"
the Chief Justice and even the members of
his family, is reported regularly to the
Radical cabal who profess to believe the
Judge capable of the corruptions they them
selves so readily practice.
Year: 1868

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people 20 be self-reliant. and shall do what we
may be able TO induce the establishment oi
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
ducts. To this end we will pay special attention
to the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing
and exert ourselves to encourage the diversif-
cation of Southern industries and the develop
usnt Of Southern resources
Year: 1868

THE horn of sea unicorn was lately ex
tracted from the side of the ship Poca-
hontas, now at Boston. 1t had passed
through thickness of four and halt
inches of Southern pine, and about twenty
inches in length was left in the ship, show
ing that il must have been driven with tre-
mendous force.
Year: 1868

The Senate must have a presiding officer
in the absence of the Vice President, or
when the Vice President exercises the Office
of President Of the United States the pre-
siding officer must be President pro tempore
Of the Senate, and there can be but one
President pro tenpore at any one time. To
elect a second vacates the Office of the first.
This has more than once happened in the
history of the Senate.


The conclusion of this examination is
too obvious and decisive to need further
statement, though other considerations
might be offered Every avenue to the
Presidency through either House of Con-
gress has been efectually closed by the
Constitution; for the main objections to
the President pro tempOre of the Senate are
equally potent against the Speaker of the
House of Representatives. The Fathers
indeed "builded wiser than they knew"
and If living, their unanimous response to
the caption of this paper would be-NOl .
Year: 1868

Allen Strick alias Garner, (colored)


This result will no doubt cheer the hearts
Of the "truly toip' everywhere. 1t is to be
regretted that Esquire Garner could not
receive hie commission from Gov. Brown
low in time take his seat in court last Mon
day, inasmuch as we understand it is the
purpose of many of the unprejudiced 10y
alists to make him Chairman of the Coun-
IH Court
Year: 1868

Ths subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring Es-
tablhment, would inform his friends and the
citiEels of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opensi New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose Of manufacturing to order first
class inc custom work 10 those that have been in
the habit of getting their garments cut by us,
while at Mr.. Cones, would extend an invita-
ton O. call on US ut our new establishment, and
TO those that cannot get suited in Rock Island
and in the habit of sending east for their gar
rlents we would invite them to call ana give us a
trial, feeling confident that We can suit them in
every respect. We have a handsome assortment
of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, together
with large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Trieots in different shades and coors for fine
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
colors, for overcoats,-all of which we will make
to order in the best and most fashionable manner
at lower rates than the same class of goods be
obtained on either side of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,
North SIDE of Third Street. near the Post Office


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


N. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. nov29dly.