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Year: 1868

WESTERN ELooUENcE. = Gentlemen of
the Jury; can you for an instant suppose
my client here, man what has alters sus>
tanned high depreciation in society;a man
you all on your suspect and esteem for his
many good qualities. Yes, gentlemen, a
man who never drinks more nor q quart of
liker day. Can you, say, for an instant,
dispose that this ere man would be guilty Of
hooking box Of PERCUSSION caps Rattle
snakes and coonskins Pietur to yourselves,
gentlemen, feller fast asleep in bis log
cabin with his innocent wife and orphan
children BY his side; all nature hush'd In
deep repOse, and naught to be heard but
the muttering of the silent thunder, and the
hollering of bull-frogs; then imagine to
yourself feller Sneaking up to the door,
like despicable hyena, softly entering the
dwelling of the peaceful and happy family,
and 10 tho most mendacious and distardly
manner, booking a whole box of precushuns.
Gentlemen, will not, cannot dwell upon
the moral ferocity Of such a scene. My
feelings turn from such picter of turpen-
tine, like big woodchuck would turn from
my dog Rose cannot for an instant harb-
er the idea, that any man in these diggiDgs,
much less this ere man, would be guilty Of
such a rantankerous and unextrampled dis
erection. And, now, gentlemen, after this
brief view Of the case, let me retreat of you
to make up your minds candidly and uDpar-
tally, and give US such verdict as we might
unreasonably suspect from a delighted and
intollerant body of fellow citizens remem.
bering, that in the language of Nimrod, who
fell 10 the battle of Bunker Hill-it is bet>
ter that ten men should escape, rather than
a guilty one should suffer. Judge, give US
q chaW tobacker.
Year: 1868

CAUSE OF RUST ON WHEAT-This is q
question that has long time agitated the
minds of intelligent farmers, but it has been
settled to my mind, at least, by series Ol
experiments. have sowd the wheat with
and without the grass seed, and have never
seen rust where there was no grass whilst
in the same field the rust has effected the
wheat. The grass holds the dampness at
the roots of the wheat, and when the sun
shines out very warm, produces the blight
Besides, the wheat standing alone will pro,
duce FIVE bushels more to the acre than when
the grass is sown. mean now, that this
will be the average difference. But the
question arises: When shall the grass be
soWn answer After the wheat harvest
PlOw the field and prepare it smoothly and
SOW the grass seed of whatever kind you
desire, and your crop of grass the coming
season will be equally as good if not better
than sown with the wheat. Farmers try the
above, and my word for it, the result will bt
satisfactory. Rural Gentleman
Year: 1868

KEROSENE LAMPs.-Kerosene explosions
are so frequent and fatal in their consequent
ces that anything tending to prevent them
is worthy of serious consideration. A res
cent article on the subject in a scientific
journal states that even, bad kerosene may
be used with comparatively little danger, il
care is taken to prevent the mixture of all
with the vapor Of the fluid. 1t is always
dangerous to light lamp when the oil is
very low, or TO move lamp suddenly when
the oil is nearly exhausted, or to take il
into dtaught Of cool air. Lamps should
always be filed by daylight, and never al
lowed to burn more than one night without
re6lling.
Year: 1868

PRINTERS MIsTKAEs. u Mr.. Greeley.
who can write fair hand, but is usually too
much 10 haste to make letters that any ordi-
nary reader can decipher, one day wrote an
article headed: William H. Seward His
surprise was great on seeing it in print as
Richard the Third At another time be
wrote: Three men in buckram,' but the
compositor set it up Three men in a back
room Another author wrote is there no
balm in Gilead 2 which came out thus: rs
there no barn in GuilfordP Of course the
printers had to take the blame but we sym.
pathized with them when we heard one Of
our own new printers, who was trying tc
make out puzzling piece of copy from
Head Quarters, eKolaim Whoever writes
like that ought to be sent to China to marx
tea boxes
Year: 1868

FooLsCAP PAPER.-EVery kind of paper
is known by the stationer, by its name
quarto post, 8vo post; foolscap, etc. The
term fOolscap 10 designate certain kind of
paper no boubt has puzzled many a young
inquirer. The orign is not only amusing
but historical. Charles 1, of England, grant
ed numerous monopolies for the support of
the Government. Among others was the
manufacture of paper The water mark of
the finest sort was the Royal Arms of Ens
gland. The consumption of this article was
very great at this time, and large fortunes
we're made by those who had purchased the
exclusive right to veDd it. This among
other monopolies, was set aside by the par>
lament that brought Charles 1 to the scaf-
fold aud by the way of showing their con-
tempt for the king they ordered the royal
arms taken from the paper, and fool with
his cap and bells to be substituted. 1t is
now over 200 years since fOOlscap bells was
taken from the paper, but still the paper of
the size, which the rump Parlimeut ordered
for their journals, bears the name of the
water marks then ordered as an indignity to
Charles.
Year: 1868



 To make potatoes. it is necessary to plant in tolerably rich, sandy soil, inclined to be moist but not wet. The preparation of ground consists in deep plowings, in the winter, and frequent string of the earth by more shallow plowings, in the spring, to keep grass and weeds down un- til your plants are ready to set out. In order that you have your plants early re commend bedding the potato, from the middle of March to the first of April, as follows:

 Select piece of ground near branch, with a southern exposure---I prefer sandy soil--spade it deep, rake and level it, then lay it of in beds four feet wide-tske off about two inches of the top of the earth and sprinkle light covering of well rot ted stable, or COW yard manure, over the bed On this place your potatoes, yams and yellow spanish, leaving the width of your finger between each potato. After the bod is filled with potatoes, as above directed, cover them with fine, well rotted mauure--with spade throw on the earth three inches deep-taking it so as to open branch around each bed, to prevent them from holding too much water As weeds and grass spring up, shave of the earth with wedding hoe, and as the weather gets warm, water them with watering pot, every evening. You will have an carly and luxurant growth of plants These must be drawn very carefully from the beds when they get two or three inches high, placed in hamper basket, and set in water some hours before you intend setting them out, particularly if the ground is not in good order for transplanting. With turning shovel lay of the rows three feet wide and blow out deep and close. Cross blow with one or more fur ! rows and draw up the earth with weed ing hoe so as to form small hill, and in- sert--one draw or plant in each hill, leav- ing the bud and one inch of the plant above the ground. Cultivate them well, by blowing close and deep with scooter blow early in the season, and draw the earth to the plant in Hay and June, when the vines cover the ground so that you cannot use the blow Keep them clear of weeds and grass and, if the seasons suits, you will make fine potatoes l would re- mark that it is not necessary for the earth to be wet for transplanting the potato. By planting early in tie season, before hot days arrive, you can set them when you can blow up damp ground. if you will transplant late n the evening and water with half pint of water to each hlll on the evening of transplanting.

 In transplanting in dry weather, after inserting the "slip" in the hole prepared for it, throw in little dirt on the root, then pour on little water and after this has been absorbed, fill up with dry dirt This is the most successful method of transplanting all kinds eff yegetabes.-- Eds. So Cult.
Year: 1868



 4 NEW AND VALUABLE PLANT.-The Charleston (S. @ Courier has an account of wonderful volunteer tomato plant, which was produced in the little town of Waldo Alachua county, Florida, the pre- sent season It covers 8 bed eighteen feet square. This remarkable growth was pro- duced by the same habit by which the banyan tree multiplies itself indefinitely. The top of the plant became so heavy that it bent to the ground and the branches taking root, other new plants grew up, and these again produced ethers, each new sprout producing fruit, the same as the original plant This process has gone on until the space covered measures, as we have said, eighteen feet square. The first fruit produced in the latter part of May, and the vine has been known to have as much as a bushel of perfect fruit upon it at one time. By the latter part of August it had produced about six bushels, and was still giving good supp y. The fam fly to whom it belonged was supplied en- trely from the one vine, besides giving away large quantities It is evidently new variety of this valuable garden vege table.
Year: 1868

After all the united and combined ef-
forts of the devil and the church to save
the Radicals from defeat, the lion. heart
ed Democracy of Connecticut are again
victorious. English has swept the State
over Grant and Jewell, like whirlwind
Money and men flowed to the State, but
to no purpose. The Grant popularity
dodge fell Hat.


The sky is Frightening all about us.
BE of good cheer White Men of the
South, The White Men of the North
will strike from our limbs the chains of
Negro Supremacy that military despot-
ism has now bound US with.


To Connecticut be the glory-she was
the first to strike for our freedom.
Year: 1868

From every section of the country the
voice of the people goes up to the con
clave at Washington in tones of con.
demnation. The question Of the Justice
or propriety of the impeachment of the
President has entered into every contest
whose result We have given in the last two
days, and the condemnation Of the con.
spirators has been emphatic in every in
stance. With these assures, if Andrew
johnson allows himself to be deposed by
the Rump, he will go down to future
generations as not only unworthy the
high office he occupied but as having
cranenly consented to the destruction of
the Government in the virtual abolish
ment of one of its CO ordinate branches.
One manly effort in its defense. will not
save the country but himself-G. Louis
Times.
Year: 1868

EE The Little Rock Daily Gazette of the
lOIh In an article on the Connecticut election
speaks our mind exadiy. We copy the fol
lowing closing extract and endorse it fully
All honor to the sterling Democracy of Con-
necticut:


at should I've rccollected that Connecticut
Democracy Is not of the timid, time serving
kind 1t Is bold and outspokcn in its denun-
Citations of the ruinous revolutionary policy
OF radicalism, aud goes to the fullest extent
In recognizing the integrity of the Union and
the rights ofthe excluded States to representa-
tion in the national government In no de-
gree does 1t compromise with the Jacobins
and especially is it the pronounced foe of the
negro suffrage, white acknowledgements recon
struction policy. In the name of the entire
white people of Arkansas of whom the COM
mOnwealth Is not ashamed to boast as citizens,
We thank the white men and Democrats of
Connecticut for their gallant fight in behalf
OF constitutional liberty ;and although We are
in chains and n standing army is engaged in
assisting Congress, and its ignoble henchmen
IN putting the negro above us as ruler, we
VIII still adhere to our attachment for the
government of our Fathers. and feel grateful
TO connecticut Democrats for the assistance
they bring to our relief ana the courage they
INSPIRE us with In our patriotic efforts"
Year: 1868

One year ago The Radical candidate for
Mayor of this city was elected by u ma
jority of 2,752 votes, THIS year the
Democratic candidate for Street Railroad
Commissioner is elected by 3jl majority
The net Democratic gain, therefore, is
JOB. In the face Of the difficulties we
had to contend With, this result is no less
gratifying than it is surprising.
Year: 1868




Having noticed an article in the Crescent
relative to the trial of certain parties from
Rapides whe proposed to make and execute
their own laws, would propose, as am IA
miliar with all the facts, to make this state.
ment. The ballot boxes were at Captain
Hove's store, and for several days previous to
the election reports were prevalent that he
and others would use powder and shot before
the negroes should vote for the Republican
nominees, and even on the morning of the
election he was heard to say to some colored
voters that he would shoot the first id
rascal who voted a Radical ticket.


Through fear of personal violence the
rebels kept some Colored men from voting
while those who had arms went to the
polls with apprehensions of danger, as some
OF them had experienced the ill effects o.
his overbearing and malignant temper,


The purpose to intimidate would have
eliminated badly had not those men gone
prepared to resist the determination to make
them support the Democracy. AS it wal
the colored citizens meeting with no armed
resistance voted and quietly returned Il
| their homes.


Captain Hove was for some weeks nego
| tiating for assistance in the enterprise
which brought him to this city.


The allegation to justify his nefariou
| conduct is the same old ''cow story" told o
| all Union men who resort to the laws TO
protection. If he was injured in person o
property the courts of justice were open tt
him for redress, and the advocate of hi
wrongs tells us he had most loyal judge t,
resort to-one of the uncompromising rebe
appointees of Ex, Governor Wells.
I would confess, however, that if COW
have disappeared the hides can be found a
Captain Hove's store, as since he came int
the neighborhood he offers the colored pee
plea premium of five dollars for them.


Whether / am yours respectfully or nc
you can Judge from the foregoing.


ADAM JOHNSON.
Year: 1868

Some hearts 60 hunting through the world
Aud never End the love they seek
Some lips with pride or scorn are eurled
To hide the pain they may aot speak.
The eye may fash, the mouth may smile,
The voice 10 gladdest music thrill,
Add Jet beneath them all the while


The hungry heart be piniug still.
These know their doom, and walk their way
With level steps and steadfast eyes,
Nor strive with Fate, nor weep, nor pray
While others, not 90 sadly wise,
Are mocked By phantoms sEermore,


And lured By seemings Of delight,
Fair to the eye, but at the core


Holding but bitter dust aud blight.
see them gaze from wistful eyes,


mark their sigI on fading cheeks;
hear them breathe 10 smothered sighs,
And note the grief that never speaks
For them no might redresses wrong,


No eye with pity is impearled.
o miseonstrued and suffering long,


o hearts that hunger through the world
For you does lifes dull desert hold


No fountained shade, no date grove fair,
No gush of waters, clear aud cold,


But sandy reaches wide and bare.
The foot may fail, the soul may faint,


And weigh to earth the weary frame,
Yet still ye make no weak complaint,


And speak no word of grief or blame.
o eager eyes which gaze afar


o arms which clasp the empty air
Not all unmarked your sorroWs are,


Not all unpitied your despair.
Smile, patient lips, so proudly dumb


When life's frail tent at last is furled
Your glorious reeompense shall come,


o hearts that hunger through the world |
Year: 1868

WHO Is ABLE TO STAND AGAINST Envy.
The rabbins have curious story on the
subject and it has been formed by the mod,
erns into fable There were two persons,
one covetous to whom a certain person prom'
ised to grant whatever they should ask; but
double to him who should ask last The
covetous man would not ask first because he
wished to get the double portion, aud the
envious man would not make the first res
quest because be could not bear the thought
Of thus beueRtting his neighbor However,
at last be requested that one of his eyes
should be taken ont, in order that his neigh
Dor might lose both.
Year: 1868

At recent sOciab'e gathering, a young
lady informed me that she never seWed
What do you suppose was the nature Of nv
reflections on bearing the declarationl I
said 10 myself either the girl speaks falsely,
or she is very lazy. Never sews Who,
then, l qperied, made your dresses aud
clOaks, your skirts and bows Who repairs
the rips in your pretty gaiter boots, and
darns the holes in your stOckings? Is il
your aged mother or your more Industrious
sister Or do you hire all your sewing
done 7 Should this last supposition be the
case, may you never marry; and the chances
are you never will. Not one yonug man in
a hundred can afford to marry q woman who
hAbitually neglects household duties.


Young man, if it should ever be your for
tune to hear a woman declare that she never
sews, beware Shun her as you would the
chills and fever. Be insane enough to make
such a one your wife, and before the honey
moon is over, the horrors of buttonless shirts
and hose full of holes will be upon you;
your fair lady's sewing will be done by
others, while she mopes in idleness or riots
10 fashionable dissipation. Then you may
bid farewell to all your dreams of domestic
felicity, they would fade as summer flowers
at the touch Of frost l have heard ladies,
educated and intelligent ladies, declare with
actual pride their ignorance Of the ART of
cooking. They "could not make a cup of
coffee to save their lives )" and as to their
making loaf of good bread, or cooking a
simple dinner, that was out of their power.
Poor, miserable unfOrtunatesl


Doubtless mothers are much to blame for
thus neglecting the education of their
daughters; but surely there is no sensible
girl who could not, by the exercise of little
energy, perfect herself in the most useful
branch of domestic knowledge. False pride,
in every case, is the only barrier in the way.
1t is not considered "genteeP eP'-how do
abominate that word-to do anything useful,
and fashionable Miss would consider her
self disgraced should she be seen with her
hands in the dough, or caught in the act of
sweeping room: If young lady of the
present day can thumb the piano, make use
of few French phrases, dance, Airt, and do
nothing generally, her education il accom-
plished-she is considered "6Dished"
Year: 1868

HUMAN OccUPATIoEs,-Whyi is it that we End
50 many iu all professions, occupations aud
trades, who are dissatisfied men 2 They seem to
be moving in a sphere Of life for which they are
neither fitted by education nor taste. The
answer to this question is the important view of
the theme. It is because the profession, trade
or occupation, is forced upon the child before
his mind has acquired the power of judging;
before his tastes are developed. and his genius,
or aptitude to any one pursuit, is evinoed,
Many men study law, who had better have been
farmers or mechanics, and many mechanics had
better have been lawyers. The parent, instead
of studying the disposition of his child, gives
him such chance as agrees with his own taste,
rather than his child's, and, perhaps by this
course, units him from all hope of usefulness.
There is, undoubtedly, such a thing as natural
taste; taste not innate, but resulting from or
ganization, or early, insensibe education. The
eye of the painter, the ear of the musician, the
love of mathematics belonging to sedentary
men, and the phlegmatc temperament, all prove
this If, then, this natural taste should be con-
suited, instead of pursuing the arbitrary course
now so common, we might hope for better work
In all the occupations Of life. Besides q mans
moral character often depends upon the interest
be feels in his occupation. When they dislike it,
they take every occasion to rid themselves of it,
for the time, and contract habits of idleness
which lead to poverty, and poverty, nine cases
out Of ten, leads to vice.
Year: 1868

The Democratic party has been accused
with favoring Rspudistion, and it has been
very stoutly persisted that if the Democratic
party we're 10 get control Of the Federal
Government, the Public Debt would, beyond
doubt, be repudiated The success Of the
democratic party in the enusing Presidential
contest will alone save the country from the
humiliation Of repudiatiou. When journals
like the New York Herald take hold of
Reputation aud discassIit familiarity, il Is
time for the people to put on their thinking
caps. The Herald uttes but the truth,
when it says that nations, like individuals,
may be driven BY the stress of circumstances
to take advantage of bankrupt law, or
what is the same tbing-to practically make
such a law for Themselves The Herald
makes the following inquiry, which it fol-
lows up with pertinent remarks, which we
commend to our readers for their considera-
ton


Why is it that real estate 10 this city and
elsewhere is being purchased so eagerly at
extraordinary prices while Government
bondr are fallingH Evidently there is want
OF confidence. The reduction Of the revenue
by tie passage Of the Manufacturer bill, to
favor certain class and for political effect,
and of other bills reducing the revenue, while
enormous expenses for the army, navy, re-
construction, Freedmen's Bureau, pensions,
Pacific railroads and numerous other things
are kept up, threaten US with a bankrupt
Treasury. Had the dominant radical party
in Congress wished to bring about, repudia.
ton they could not very we'll have done
more to accomplish that object. By the
time the next report of the Secretary of the
Treasury is made out, and perhaps before,
we may expect to see a large amount Of ouI
securities sent back from Europe and conse>
quently rapid decline in them. 1t is all
very we'll to say we are a rich country aud
able to pay the debt. This or any other
country, however rich, may soon be ruined
BY incapacity of the government, extravagan
ces and mismanagement Of the finances.
The present ruinous financial policy, or rather
want of policy, cannot be followed long.
The American people are peculiar 10 this,
that they bear evils patiently to the limit
of fOrbearance, and then as we saw in the
uprising OF the war, they move suddenly,
like tornado, aud sweep all before them.
We warn our reckless and extrs7agant Con-
gresSy the grasping bondholders, greedy
manufacturers, and national bank mOnopo.
lists, against provoking the overburdened
people beyond the limit of endurance.
Year: 1868

THE HUMAN FIsURE.-The proportions Of the
human figure is strictly mathematical. The
whole figure is six times the length of the foot.
Whether the form be slender or plump, the rule
holds good and deviation from It is departure
from the highest beauty 10 proportion. The
Greeks made all their statues by this rule. The
face, from the top of the forehead where their
hair begins to the chin, is tenth Of the whole
stature. The hand, from the wrist to the middle
finger, is the same. From the top Of tbs chest
to the highest point in the forehead is q seventh.
IL the length of the face, from the roots of the
hair TO the chin, be divided into three equal
parts, the frst division determines the place
where the eyebrows meet, and the second the
place Of the nostrils. The height from the feet
to the head is the same as the distance from the
extremity of the fingers when the arms are
extended.
Year: 1868

CuRIous.-The New York Times lrepublican)
in alluding 10 the rejection of negro suffrage
singular that in spite Of the strong determination
OF the Northern States to impose universal suf


mage upon the South, not one Of them has
voted as yet to accept it themselves. That they
may be educated to do so in time is quite likely,
but tits clear that considerable training will be
required meantime. 1t is still more singular
that despite the fact that every State in the
Union, North or South, East or West, is opposed
to negro suffrage. Congress should endeayor TO
force upon all the people this odious measure.