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Year: 1869

Enlarge the Manure Heap.


We have some thousands Of
readers who will smile at our head
line-their trouble with it is-it is
too large, and they desire ways
and means to destroy or put it
out of sight, but the time will
come when their defendants or
those who come after them will
think otherwise.-The larger por-
ton of our readers think other
wise, now, and it is for their bene-
fit that we discuss the matter.


Stable, or Burn Yard Manure !
We say it with emphasis. should
claim the farmers most particular
attention. How to enlarge the
quantity and quality of this great
fertilizing should be study by
night and by day-he should have
"manure heap" on the brain-he
should not only think about it
and talk about it, but 60 to work
and act about it. If young mau
wants to get rich by farming, let
him first study how to enlarge his
manure heap. Feed everything
| in either the stable or barnyard,
corn fodder and all haul in leaves
from the woods, cut all the rubbish
before it goes to seed and add it
to the manure heap. Add plaster
of Paris frequently; this will at
tract and hold the ammonia, max
ing the manure richer. If you
have any swamp mud on the
farm, haul it out on the bank in
large heaps and mix with plen-
ty of lime and plaster; let it lay 8
year or so, to sweeten, then apply
it as top dressing on your grass
! land-it will double the crop and
give you so much more stuff for
the stables and barnyard the next
season and for several seasons
afterwards. Glover seed and plas-
ter are good Investments; plow
the clover under, it is cheap and
valuable manure, it acts promptly
and powerfully. A lazy man can
enrich his fields IN this way with
less labor than any other.
Year: 1869

The tedionsness of huskins corn is to
be done away by machine they have
got out West. The Prairie Farmer
gives an illustration of the machine, and
says that with power applied, it is
capable OF hn>king from forty 20 sixty
bushels per hour, ard that the quality of
the work is unexceptionable. With that
machine, Mr.. Quimhy would not have
had to work sixty days III huSking Col
onel Clough's corn last fall. If the ma,
chime is a good one, there is market
for it this way.
Year: 1869

TYRANNY OF EVIL HABITs.-He who has
struck his colors to the power of an evil
habit, has surrendered himself to an enemy
hound bv no article of faith, and from which
he can expect only the vilest treatment.
Year: 1869

MATRIMONIAL LorrERY.-A short time
since, at wedding in South Carolina, a
young lawyer moved that one man in the
company should be selected as president,
that this president should be duly sworn
to keep entirely secret all the communica-
tions that should be forwarded to him in
his official department that night, that
each unmarried gentleman and lady should
write his or her name on a piece Of paper,


and under it place the name of the person
they wished to marry, then hand it to the
president for inspection, and if any gentle
man and lady had reciprocally::chosen each
other the president was to inform each of
the result. and those who had not been re-


ciprocal in their choice were to be kept en-
tirely secret. After the appointment of
the president, communications were accor-
dinghy handed up the chair, and it was
found that twelve young ladies and gentle
men had reciprocal choices, and eleven of
the twelve matches were solemnized. LIT
the young ladies and gentlemen try it here.
Year: 1869

EDIT R SHASTA CoURIER.-If it is not To-
truding too much on you, desire to express
few opinions on points which, in my hum
BILE judgement, are highly important to all
real Democrats-men who think for them
selves and wear no collar In the first place.
sir, | am no time server, and always look
out for the permanent interest of my party
regardless of men. never was candi-
date for Office and never expect to be, but
have always taken lively interest in party
matters. And being Democrat from con-
viction and principle. / feel like have
right to speak on matters affecting the well
fare of the party whose battles l always
help to fight.


Now, | was not present at our late coun
ty Democratic convention. but have gath
cred full account of the proceedings from
those who were in attendance, and | must
say that things were very Loosely and badly
managed The few men who controlled the
convention may have thought they were ac-
ting for the best. but if they did think SO.
they must have arrived at the conclusion by
strange process of reasoning which plain
people cannot understand. Now is seems to
me like the delegates to that convention
ought to have been left free to select candi-
dates without any undue influence by log
rollers. After being "out in the cold" as
| long as we have, that convention should
have met as band of brothers, intent only
on selecting good and popular men with
straightforward Democratic records, as our
standard hearers. But instead of that, as /
am informed. some men utterly failed to ap-
prsciate the generous impulses which
should have actuated all true hearted Dem
| ocrats on an occasion like that, and as
consequence, great injustice was done, and
the claims of true and tried Democrats were
shamefully ignored and arbitrarily set
aside. Such action was not ouly wrong
but suicidal. as men possessing the least
spark Of independence and pride could not
tamely submit to such open Outrage and IN
Justice without dishonoring that spirit OF
manhood which dwels in the breast OF every
1 freeman. Such course would nave en-
dangered the chances Of majority party,
Year: 1869

HEAR YE!-The Democratic press very
generally attempted to pluck victory out of
the jaws of defeat by claiming the result of
the election in Virginia as Democratic
victory. 1t is very evident that the Nor
thern and Southern Democrats do not un-
derstand one another. for this is the cruel
style in which the Richmond Inquirer
comes back upon the Northern colleagues


The Democratic papers of the North
have committed very grave error in
ascribing this great victory to the ''Vir-
ginia Democracy" There has been no such
party in the State for eight years, and its
very bones have rotted, and now crumble
at the touch. No resurrectionary process
could bring that party to life, and its ashes
lie mingled with, and undis.inguished from
that of the old Whig party
Year: 1869


God cures and the doctor takes the fee.
Go into the country to hear the news in
town.


Go to bed with the lark and rise with the
lark.


Give neither counsel nor salt ill you are
asked for it.


God help the poor, for the rich can help
themselves.


Grieving for misfortune ia like adding gall
to wormwOod.


Give clown a finger and he'll take your
whole hand.


Give child his will and wbelp his fill
and neither will thrive
Go not for every grief to the physician,
for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every
thirst to the bowl


Health is better than wealth.
Health and mirth create beauty.
lie who gives to The public obliges no one
de who maTries for wealth sells bis liberty.
He that wants health wants everything.
Humanity gains often more than pride.
He 10 handsome that handsome does.
lie who has no shame has no conscience.
lie that hath an i'll name ID half hanged.
lie is poor indeed who can promise moth
ing.


He that will steal pin will steal better
thing.


lie who avoids the temptation avoids the
sin


He who. knows himself best esteems him
self least


He who deals with a blockhead has need
Of much brains.
Year: 1869

A TABLESPOONFUL OF Indian meal taken in
cold water every morning until relieved, is
sure cure for constipation.


SEASONING SAUSAGE. - To twenty-iour
pounds Of meat add eight ounces OF salt,
three ounces Of pepper, AMI half pint NJ
sage.


REMEDY FOR CRoUP.--The French have
discovered that tho white Of an egg, given IN
sHeetened water, il a sure cure for Group.
The remedy IS to be repeated till cure is
eff cted.


IT is said that a cement for bottle tops,
that will keep the most volatile liquids from
eyaporAting, may be made by mixing finely
ground litharge and concentrated glYcerine.
1t dries quickly, becomes very hard and is
easily removed with knife.


WHEN vinegar has lost it's acidity il can
be restored BY the following process AZ
it is wanted for use draw O two gallon Jug of
1t and put into half teacupiul Of molasses.
Set the jug near the stove or in the sun n few
! days, and the vinegar will be Of the best
quality. BY using jug which has had vim
egar in it, tue acicity will be fastened.


RANCID BUTTER. pint Of water add
thirty drops (abOut half a t.-spoouFul) Of
liquid chloride OF lime. Wash in this two
and half pounds Of rancid butter. When
every particle Of the butter has come in
contact with tie water, let il stand An hour
Or two; then wash it well in pure water
The butter is then left without any odor and
has the sweetness Of fresh butter. These
preparations Of lime have nothing injurious
IN them.


We copy the above from one Of our ex
changes, the editor Of which says:


"We forthwith obtained some Of the most
rancid butter, and It was bad enough for any
stomach that had more sensibilitY than d
wagon wheel. We doctored it per recipe,
and when placed on the table along with new
and good butter, very able Judges could hot
distinguish which was the new butter. Here
is fact worth years subscription 70 pa
nnr -
Year: 1869

Al who have committed an excess OF any kind
whether it be the solitary vice Of youth or the sting
ing rebuke of misplaced confidence in matarer years


SEEK FOB An ANTIDoTE In SEASON.
The Pains and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
Prostration that may follow Impure Cotton,


are the Barometer to the whole system.
Do not wait for the contamination that Is sure to fol-
low; do not wait for Unsightly Ulcers, for


Disabled Limbs, for Loss Of Beauty
Year: 1869

From Er-Governor Cony, Of Maine
1t was equal to any fertzer Of its class ever used
by me, and i can confidently recommend II as of
great agricultural utility. shall continue to use 1t
quite largely.
Year: 1869

Young men troubled with emissions I'm sleep,-a
complaint generally the result of q bad habit In
youth,-treated scientifically and perfect cure war.
ranted or no charge made. - -


Hardly day passes but we are consulted by one or
more young men with the above disease, some OF
whom are as weak and emaciated a. though they had
the consumption, and by their friends are supposed to
have It, All such cases yield to the proper and only
correct course of treatment and in short time ara
made to rejoice in perfect health.
Year: 1869

ELooENcE OF Tom FITCH.-Mr. Fitch
has at last made himself heard in Congress.
His first speech was in reply to Wood of
New York, who charged the Republicans
with entertaining feelings of vindictive
hatred against the Southern people. Fitch's
reply was eloquent and telling Here is a
brief extract:


Sir, it is not true that Congress is ami
mated by any spirit of vengeance or even
of retribution toward that people. 1t may
be that we are not inclined to entrust the
control of this Government to those who
SO very lately endeavored to destroy it. II
may be that we shall continue to interpose
to strike the lash out of fingers from which
we recently wrenched the sword. 1t may
be that we do not eelany delicate obligation
of gratitude toward Jefferson Davis, OF
tender emotions of friendship toward the
jailors of Andersonville. 1t may be that
we believe that Farragut sailed into Mobile
Bay for some other purpose than to give
Raphael Semmes an Office, and that Sher
man did not blaze his tail of fire through
Georgia merely to light sunrepentant and
unpardoned rebels the way to seats in Con.
gress. 1t may be that we honor those
who stood by the country in her hour o.
triumph. 1t may be that we shall moi
strike the word traitor from our literature
that we shall not forget the names or the
deeds of our heroes. These things all ma,
be, and yet believe that the Republican
party in this House and in the countr,
earnestly desire peace. l believe that W,
seek only to remove, thoroughly remove
the blight and mildew of secession from Of
the fair face of the South; to reopen he
ports to commerce, restore her great mart
to thrift, her fields to opulence, her peopl
to contentment, to prosperity, to voice il
the government of the nation.
Year: 1869

RESERVED PEoPLE.-Men have been
distinguished from beasts, say the loqua-
cious, proudly, by the gift of of speech
True; but have they not also been dis
tinguished by the gift of silence They
are not constrained to purr, or to wag their
tails when pleased, or to howl and carter
waul when they are in extremities they
are allowed to reserve their motions The
human cOuntenancc, the most delicate
indicator of feeling, the dial that may with
its record fix the shadow of every fitting
passion, can silence its indications at will,
and become 4 mere blank. A decent
gravity of expression may cover anger
tenderness may hide itself behind the wall
of compressed lips; exultation may bury
itself under downcast eyelids movement
of joy may shelter itself beneath the
wrinkles of the brow, or the whole features
in combination may be ordered by the COM
manding officer to stand at ease in total re-
pose while the thoughts arr full of war and
tumult. No other creature but man has
this power; it is high privilege which
must be used by all men more or less.


Those who use it the less are recognized
as the frank and open; those who use it
the more as the reserved and close.
Year: 1869

SMELLING IN WHITE PINE--The pro-
cess of smelling silver-bearing ores dates
back to the days of Solomon, and even
anterior to the years when his reign was
prolific with the gorgeous wealth that his
tory details with such romance and inviting
charms. Lead and other refractory ores,
bearing silver in quantities from $50 to
SlOO ton, will readily yield handsome
profit before the lurid heat of simple con
structed furance, provided there is sufficient
carbonate of lead or cube galena-the
former being the most desireble-to carry
down the silver, acting the same as quick
silver, in anal lgamating pans by mill pro-
cess. A Stag is formed which if not pure
and free from minute globular particules
of silver, shows negligence on the part of
the smelter, and at once condemns the in
stitution. The character Of ore that will
easily yield to the furnace exists in mex
haustible quantities in the range west of
Treasure City, and carries with it all the
requisite combinations necessary for its
rapid and economical conversion into fine
silver. Nature has supplied with gener-
GUS hand everything to facilitate the oper-
ton of smelling, SO that nothing remains to
warrant success in every enterprise of this
nature but the display of ordinary skill in
the construction of the furnaces and the
proper application of the blast Cupular
furnaces are, probably, the best adapted
for our rebellious ores, as the reverberatory
style would involve an additional expense
in crushsng the ore by the battery White
Pine NewS
Year: 1869

GENIUS REwARDED-A fewM nights
since lady living on Nilsson street was
alarmed by hearing burglar in the lower
portion of the house, her husband being
away at the time. The lady was terribly
alarmed when she remembered that her
only companion was her little daughter,
bright girl of twelve Summers The DO
liceman was not within call and the burglar
could be heard as he groped around below
What could she do to save herself and
property? The little girl solved the prob
lem, for she too had heard the noise and
was fully alive to the situation Slipping
from the bed she went softly to closet,
and, taking thence her fathers boots, she
put them on her tiny feet and walked
heavily across the floor toward the head of
the stairs, and from thence she tramped
down two or three steps, when the burglar,
thinking he heard a " coming man" broke
from the house and ran away The brave
little girl gave the alarm to officer Stiles as
he came along, but though he searched the
yard, he could not find the frightened bur-
glar- Chronicle.
Year: 1869

HARD TIMEs-Soft heads are constantly
talking about hard times. This cry does
not come from workingmen nor poor men
but from a class of chronic croakers who are
a curse to any community. We hear this
murmur now throughout this State-a State
which has in the past year transferred hun
dreds of millions of dollars into internal i'm
provements, and mining speculations out of
the State, and has not suffered by the failure
of one noted business house. Talk of hard
times-nonsense California never was in
so flourshing a condition. nor more gold in
circulation 10 her boundaries, than at the
present time. Hard times! Why mining
aud agriculture smile with promise; all Of
our industries are on the increase manufac-
lures have been enlarged to an astonishing
extent; and enterprises of every character
seem successful. This talked of depression
in the money market" is but the fancy Of
the timid, speculated upon by sharpers.
Why should any man of business tact, OF in
industry, of good intentions, be down with
"the blues" when the Pacific Railroad is
completed, when the mines yield abundantly
and our crops promise well. A little strin-
gency in the money market amounts to moth
ing. Every State in the Union experiences
| the same at certain seasons. All this talk
about hard times has no meaning-unless II
be strategy on the part of the shrewd to play
down into the pockets of the timid. Give
dependency cold shoulder to-day. and to


morrow's sun will shed upon you warm rays
of prosperity.-Sacrdmen Record.
Year: 1869

THE Canadians want first-clsss Lord
for Governor General They have just
voted what they consider frst-class salary
for that functionary-S50, 900 per annum
and now they are dismayed to learn that
they can scarcely expect sccond-class
Lord for the position Lord Mayo, who
is certainly nothing more than second class,
was asked to go to Canada, but fatty re-
fused to stir without salary of S125,00O
per year and a peerage in succession, and
after much correspondence and tribulation
the home Government informs Kanucks
that they cannot expect frst-class man
without giving him princely income
This is King Stork and the frogs over
again They must have vice-regal show,
pomp and fummery, but they must pay for
it out of their substance. We have no
Lords in the United States, but there are
any number Of sovereigns who would 90
over into Canada and make things lively
for half the money which they offer first
class scion Of nobility-Aha
Year: 1869

a NEW CEREAL.-The Tuolumne City
News gives very interesting account of a
new kind Of grain, being raised in that
county, which promises to surpass all others
both in regard to quality for feed and pro-
ductiveness. Its origin borders little on
the marvellous The statement is that
returned Frazer river miner had in his
possession four grains which he said he
had taken from the craw of swan, killed
in that country. Of these, Mr.. Oakes
obtained three, two of which decayed and
one produced yield. This was again
sown, and the increase has been steady,
until this year Mr.. Oakes has in some seven
or eight acres 1t is sown on land that
usually produces from twelve to twenty
bushels of wheat per acre Competent
Judges states that the yield of this new
grain will probably be from seventy five to
one hundred bushels per acre 1t is some
thing like cross between rye and wheat.
1t is too clear and plump for rye, and yet
not round enough for wheat 1t is said to
be very superior feed for animals Its
alaptablity to the soil, and its immense
yield will probably bring it into general
use throughout the State as soon as seed
can be obtained
Year: 1869

CRICKETs IN LAssEN CoUNrY.-Tbe
Sage Brush of June 9Th says the crickets
are down upon the grain fields east of town
in innumerable millions. The citizens
have been trying for several days to turn
them OF into the mountains, but thus far
they have met with but little success
They have already eaten up several large
telds OF barley, and hardly green thing
that lies along the line Of their march
escapes them.
Year: 1869

RUST IN WHEAT.-A correspondent of
the San Francisco Times writing on the
above subject remarks:


The parasite is simply the result, and
not the cause, it being an insect feeding
on the juices of the plant that are exuded
from the ruptured stalk, and that by ex-
posure to the air are oxydated or inspis-
sated on the surface, furnishing deleicate
pabulum for the sustenance Of insects that
by an incrutable law of nature are genera
ted for such an exigency. When the wheat
plant in state of maturation is exposed to
unusual moisture from rain or fog, it pumps
up or absorbs an excess Of liquid, SO that
when suddenly exposed to an increase of
temperture from an unclouded sun, the
liquids expand, rupture the stalk, and
necessarily cause an outflow OF the life
blood of the plant This makes a rare food,
and insect creation Immediately follows
The wounded plant at once ceases to
assimilate its juices, and no longer makes
deposit in its head The unsolid grain,
not receiving further accession, becomes
shrunken and worthless A critical ex-
animation of the plant will exphibit the
rupture, and affirm the correctness of the
above The soaking of the seed-wheat in
blue stone is not designed to correct the
rust in wheat, but to prevent the smut
Smut is constitutional disease that is
hereditary and transmissible, and that, like
syphilis and other human diseases, can be
corrected by proper medicaments. Crack
the hull of smutted grain, and its black
puiverulent contents will adhere to the
furry exterior of the sound grains in
which state, if sown, the young plant will
absorb this venomous matter, and conse-
quent disorganization in its nutrition and
assimilation is the result An immersion
in a solution of blue-stone will neutralize
this powder, and free the grain any liza
bility to distemperature. To repeat, rust
arises from repletion of food and subse-
quent exposure; while smut is constitu
tional disease, effecting the plant from birth
to maturity but only evincing its impurlty
in its Tipened fruit 1t is as unwholesome
to animals as to vegetable organization.
Year: 1869

From the new 'DoMINIoN."l


At this season. when coughs and colds prevalent
an efectual remedy, and easily obtained to Perry,
Davis Vegetable Pain Killer" 1t is hostrun
vede by unknown agents but has stood the
twenty ears and those who the article internally
or externally will connect with grateful reco
its worthy inventor. Hastings Chronicle, c. w.


FAM kIlLEE-The testimonials borne TO the efficacy Of
this valuable medicine sufficient its
auction In every house. Our opinion Is that am
ly should be wit"out bottle Of fr single hour In
flesh wounds, aches pains, &c it is the effect
ual remedy we know Of bottle will last tor very
long me and its low price places within the reach Of
all-St. John News


ES We are glad to learn that the "Pain Killer" Is
having SO large sale in city. We have every
to believe 1t to be almost falling for pain
and medicine that no family should be without tMonI
treal Pilot.
Year: 1869

We all have DAYS when everything
goes wrong. We get up in the morn
ing with thesbcst intentions in the world,
and begin the work Of the day hope
fully, with a full stock Of courage and
patience and we have to fight obstacles
and row against wind and tide from
the rising OF the sun to the going
down Of the same.


This bit Of moraizing was suggested
to me by seeing little hoy stumble on
the street and drop half-eaten apple
into the mud, while his hat, which his
unfortunate stumble had jerked off,
sailed away into neighboring field. on
the wings Of the wind; said field being
full of wide bitches, which he had been
forbidden to approach.


There is much good sense in the fol-
lowing remarks by Theodore Cuylcr:


Now let me say plainly, that for one
grow more distrustful every day ofthese
pulpit prodigies, and Of the spirit that
lusts after them. No man car be a
"power' in the pulpit unless he posses
ses a good brain, godly heart, q deep
knowledge Of the bible and the human
heart. and glowing love of souls. And
the very qualities such minister of Christ
will be most likely to aim at will be
simplicity of speech, and spiritual unc-
ton from the Holy One, and rigid
conformity in his every utterance to the
inspired word of God.