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Year: 1860

EDIToR OF New ERA:-I am glad
to see that the people in Minnesota are
waking up to the Importance of Rail
road to Lake Superior. always argu-
ed the Importance and necessity of such
road while was in Minnesota. Su-
perior occupies tn ) same relative posi-
ton to Minnesota that Chicago does to
Illinois and southern Wisconsin. and
whenever a railroad shall be built west
or southwest from Superior, thereby af-
fording direct communication with the
east through the great Lakes, then, and
not till then, can the producers of Min
nesota compete successfully with those
who produce in the country back of
Chicago.


On my way to the east, a year ago
last fall, | stopped in Buffalo, and took
pains TO inquire Of shippers there, what
difference, if any. there would be in the
tariff of freight between Chicago and
Superior, and ] was told invariably that
there would be ao difference. That
goods or produce could be shipped to or
from Superior just as cheap as from
Chicago. At that time tried to set on
foot project to build wagon road from
Superior to some point on the Mississip
pi-either St. Cloud or Sauk Rapids
Little Falls or Crow Wing. called
to see several gentlemen who were in
terested in property at or about Superb
or, and in the Copper Mines, and wrote
to several others. They all seemed
anxious to do something, but il was just
after the financial revulsion, and they
had not recovered from the effect of that
sufficiently to do anything just then, and
let the matter drop. In short time
Wisconsin will have road from Hud-
son to Superior, and that road will do a
large amount Of business when it is fin
ished, Cor Minnesota-but that is all
wrong-there should be road through
Minnesota which will accommodate the
upper valley of the Mississippi as well
as that part southeast If st. Paul, aud
drop in settlers along its line from Su-
perior to the valley of the great river
and give them a market without going
first down the river long distance. 1t
shonld be from the Upper Mississippi,
and no better point can be found than
Sauk Rapids or St. Cloud, for two very
good reasons in particular. First. the
country from there to the Lake is more
favorable for settlements, and equally as
favorable to build a road through as
from any other point. sa


Second, there is no point along the
Mississippi from whence the immensely
rich country west of that river, is SC
easy of access as ST, Cloud. Up the
valley of Sauk River is a good road
easy to travel, mostly over prairie, ant
the shortest distance through to tn,
grand prairie. s .;.


There is no country in the Unite,
States which offers greater inducement
to settlers than Central and Northerr
Minnesota. The soil is as good as car
be found, and easy Of tillage. the eli
mate perfectly healthy, and highly con-
ducive to yigor both Of body and mind
And | think now, as have always tho't
since ! first visited that country, that al
Year: 1860




Our country readers. says'the NJ Y


Mercury. know very. little ofgenuine
poverty, The Mercury is right, They
donot.' I Most Of them do not dream,
and cannot conceive, Of J the want, rpri-
vation, and utter dependence of the
hundreds o. thousands now dragging out
amiserablelexistencei in the great, cities.
We, a little while ago, saw it stated
thasa hundred and thirty thousand, were
last year. dependent on charity ia the city
of New York alone. Thousands habit
ually sleep out doors in the summer,
and beg, or steal their food when they
cannot find some little work to do to
earn few cents. In warm weather,
an empty dry goods box, a cellar way,
or an old sugar hogshead affords them
sleeping place. In the winter they
hunt up some out Of the way place, and
lodge on Cravings or straw; hundreds
without money, or credit, or friends,
applysto the station houses, where hard
dreary hunks are made up for these
homeless creatures Think of one.
hundred and thirty thousand human be-
-ings thus living on from year to year
begging old clothes and cold victuals
from door to door raking over old ash
heaps to find few bits of coal to burn
and keep them warm IN cold weather
scraping up from the filthy streets, rags,
and bones, cast out, with which to get a
few pennies. Think of them all ye in
this beautiful, productive land of Min
nesota. Think of condition in life.
where, when work fails or the worker
sickens, the little pittance that barely
sustains life, is gone and no hope but
gaunt hunger is left where "no work
means no bread" where sickness
means starvation and death Think of
these thousands upon thousands
out houses, without a foot of land
without friends-without employment
without the necessary clothing-wth
tood just enough and no more-to keep
soul and body together--and thank God
that you live in the country-that you
own landstfrom which you can raise an
abundance with ordinary industry-and





have house to shelter you and your
little ones. Really how little cause
have we in blessed Minnesota to COM
plain. What if money is scarce
What tho times, as the word goes, are
hard. How rich is the land-how cheap
in what abundance. Every man may
own a hundred and sixty acres. Every
acre Of it, well cultivated, will yield
enough to feed one person. Food is
found in abundance. 1t is cheap and
plenty Of it. No one within all our
borders need to want for any one OF the
comforts of life. Such a thing as real
poverty, poverty that knows no mercy
mo such thing is known or can be
known here. Let US rejoice with ex-
ceeding joy that our lines have fallen in
such pleasant places and say, with
smiling faces, as we ought to do, Min
nesota is our Garden of Eden.
Year: 1860

CoNGREss The Washington cores
pondent of the New York Commercial
Advertiser. remarks that the fourteenth
week Of the session finds Congress in
the midst of series of investigations of
matters bearing no party politics, and
not likely to lead to any particular re-
suit. f.
Year: 1860

NNh are nov prepared 20 show Merchants much
w laser, more attractive and cheaper stock Of Spring
Nlothin, han heretofore Having important advantages In
The purchase OF our goods most extensive preparations and an
experience OF mere than twenty years In the Manufacture anu
sale Of thing We believe more desirable styles and be-;
Ter workmanship for The same prices than any other
house 10 The trade Devotng the whole Of attention 10 this
branch o business alone and determined build up the trade OF
car ety. oder inducements those Of house In
any market 10 this country


WIN A
Year: 1860

CLARKsvILLE, Ark, July ., 1860.


Mr. EpiroE-I have been waiting for the
excitement incident on the arrival and de-
partue of great men-such as our candl-
dates for gubernatorial honors--to cool
down so that l might form an opinion in
regard to the election in this county. But
the excitement is higher now than at first
enough, however, is developed to prove
that johnson County will remain true, and
give "Dick," an overwhelming majority.
Scheming politicians of the Rector school
think they can cloud the mind of the people
by loudly croaking about the family, the
dynasty. etc.. and thus prevent them from
comparing the State policies of both can
didates. and deciding which is the better
adapted to the promotion of their interests
but all is vain--the people see the bug,
and know his character.


We have six candidates for the Legisla-
ture; two of them support Rector and his
policy, one a young lawyer, who was a
rabid Know Nothing in that orders palmy
days, so we could expect nothing more than
TO see him in the camp Of disorganizers.
He is a clever man, and good lawyer, and
makes whalish speeches, if big noise con-
stitutes one Of that description. The other
is an old inhabitant of the county, who
would be very popular. were it not for sew
eral things that make him very unpopular
The others are for johnson. l wish the
four could be elected, but as it is two of
them will certainly be our represen tatives
The disorganizeis need have no hopes, John
son County is not one to support men who
advocate the claims of a man whose policy
is SO obnoxious, and the effect of which
would be so ruinious to the State


There is considerable opposition hero
to your paper, ostensibly because you
pitched into'' the seceders but really, ]
think, because r. II. Johnson's name still
stands at it's mast head They know this
to be their last chance, and their war cry
is "now or never; hence every paper
that does not support Rector is a filthy
sheet, and ought not to be read


More anon, NED.
Year: 1860

Judge Rector wants to be Governor IN
order to ingratiate himself with the people
He is opposed to taxation. He says the
Penitentiary is. and has been, tax upon
the people, and proposes remedy-and
what remedy He says it should be a
manufacturing establisment-he proposes
the State should invest in spindles, looms,
and to an extent sufficient to inaugurate a
splendid system.


Yarns are to be spun in the State for the
benefit of tie peopie-cloths to be woven
in the State for the benefit Of tie people,
all this for the benefit of ten men. Then
he at Fort Smith turned to the ladies and
said ''And ladies, after we get to max
ing cotton cloths, we will, by the addition
of little log wood, and few polF ber-
ries to our splendid establishment, make
beautiful calico" l wonder if they in the
State capital suppose the ladies of the coun-
try wear poke berry calico ; if they do they
ought to travel over the State, and look
upon the fair pictures of health and love-
liness, decorated by nice, foreign goods OF
beautifully wrought fabrics of their own
handiwork. But the economical part OF it
the State is to invest q hundred or two
Thousand dollars in factory-strange way
to prevent taxation. You might fool and
hoodwink Little Rock property holders,
who are interested in having as much oil
the peoples money expended among them
as possible. But country people who mt
their money in their pockets, cannot be
caught by such balderdash.


H. Ill. L
advance, will sell on good terms having
no use for them but to cure NANCY dogs
Good God !! the idea of putting poke Der
ries on a pretty woman, and calling it a
decoration for which it should be thankful
1t must certainly be long time since the
=" Saline farmer touched plow handles ol
mingled with country people. My motto
then, is poke berries for dogs-no poke be,.
r'es for the ladies-and nary poke-bcrry
for Governor.
Year: 1860

I'VE are in the midst of the heated term. =
The weather for the last week has been
about as warE: as it could we'll get-tht
thermometer ranging i.om 0S to ITO in the
shade. Vegetation is drying up. and the
Corn crop will be cut short unless we get
rain in few days.
Year: 1860

To MERcHANTS-Re Remember that If You
want to get rid of your goods at once and
get the cash for them, advertise in the
DEMOCRAT. 1t circulatcs in every part Of
the county and every body reads it.
Every business man, every farmer, every
politician and nearly every miner takes or
reads it. 1t is favoritc, sought for by
men of oil parties. advertising attracts
custom, custom incheases business, makes
times lively and merchants prosperous
and contented. What benefit is it to have
a large stock Of goods on hand without
letting the people know the fact. The
cost Of advertising is nothing in compar-
ison with the benefit you will derive from
advertising. Every shrcwd business man
advertises.
Year: 1860

R1y The names of several candidates for county offices were inadvertently omitted in printing the first two thousand tickets in our office The list was made out by a gentleman who thought he had all the names enrolled. On our return home we discovered the omis- sion, and have promptly placed all the names in the list. The candidates ordering the tick cts are not to blame m this matter.
Year: 1860

ARTEsIAN WELL.-Mr. J. w. Cloy of the hrm of Cloy & Erby, is on visit to our town in reference to the boring of an Arte- sian Well. We trust our citizens will take hold of this enterprise and thereby secure a never failing supply of pure water.
Year: 1860

Hero is very clever parody on Maeeeth's
dagger soliloquy:


Is this bottle which see before me,
Tempting me to imbibe? Come, let me clutch


thee;
Art thou, frail substance capable of being tap


ped
Without cork-screw? or does it require one
To approach to thy sweet contents ? Shall


see thee,
In form as palpable as any eer saw
My taste is made the fool of the other senses,
Or else worth all the rest; and this | do be-


Ieve,
From the serene sensations that come o'er my


soul,
While contemplating thy Injurious sweetness.
see thee still, and on thy shining breast
A printed label-which mine eyes saw not be-


fore
And on that label certain signs and marks,
Indicative of quality, which are known
Only to the initiated. Now oer half my brain
Nature seems floating in a see OF bliss;
And whilst | thus draw, from thy neck, the


corr,
Witchcrafls aioat, and shows to my astonished
A glass; and instinct forces me to pour it full
Then with the night-welfs stealthy pace, my


arm
Lifts to my mouth; and Tarquins rayishing


strides
Were not more soft and low, than this
Pure element flowing down my throat;
And now, thou trembling earth, oh cease this


motion
Stop thy uneasy rocking round my steady feet !
Lest in thy quaking, may fall, and, falling,
Seal my fallen fate. While thus stand,
1t staggers. Now go, and it is still
Guide me, ye spirits-ease my racking head,
And lead me from this cabaret, to bed
Year: 1860

= writer in the Alta gives the following ex-


cit advice to persons about to plant fruit trees,
70 which we direct the attention of our readers:
Before a tree IS set out, let it be put down as
indispensable to the full expansion of its roots,
and the safety OF the tree in years of trial, that
the gro I'D be plowed deeply as possible Let
The holes be spaded deep, and the ground well
puverized. BY clean cut, lop Off all seriously
bruised roots, and give every root all the room
you can; do not curl nor crowd them-and
leave no hollow space when you Eli in around
them. The tree should when settled, stand
about the same depth as in the nursery


Do not be anxious to have your trees tall
The process of transplanting destroys so much
root, however well done, that there must be q
'rrespcading cutting down Of theupper growth.
an the next season the head of the tree will then
be much finer and fuller


Do not allow branches to be cut near the
ground. The stems need their protection, to
save it from sun-scald


1t is a safe rule that the younger the tree You
transplant the more vigorous. more fruitful and
more hardy it will prove in the end. No one
advantage is gained BY getting large trees of
three and tour years growth


Keep The surface loose and clear of weeds In
the month OF June (aocordugas the dryness in-
dieatesl mulching Of straw and earth over the
roots, affords priceless protection against
drought. If You irrigate afterward, pull away
the mulching as you water, and return it imme-
diately. When the first rain falls in November,
the mulching shonld be opened.


you irrigate, DO it in July; full watering
then is better than three sparingly applied
After the first week of August, do not water,
except to save a tree that is in danger Water
like medicine, needs caution against excessive





to protect the tree, and chiefly 10 carry il
through the first years weakness, till its de-
strcyed roots are restored. But experience
alone can give reliable rules for irrigation; they
will vary in different soils and seasons, and with
different varieties of trees.
Year: 1860

ror the Empire.
Consistency" is probably the Individual
who was defeated for the School Board, on the
superintendent question. Hhis "sore head'
conpels him to snap and snarl at the liberality
of the Board of Education. While he was in
favor Of useless machine in the shape of a
Superintendent, he was too niggardly to pay
those who did the labor Of teAching a fair CONS
pensatiop. Al rightSthinking men are oppos-
ed to such economy.
Year: 1860

OWe are insured that huge White Sucker
(MulleD weighing eight and half pounds
was caught with hook and line in the Miami
River just below the Third street bridge. The
man who caught 1t was fishing with small
hook and bait for sun fish. The Larauie Sun
fish are beginning to bite at bait; we saw
nice string Of them caught in the Pond below
the city the other day.
Year: 1860

GThe new Proprietors of Empire have
made arrangements with the Union Telegraph
Office to get the telegraph daily up to the houl
OF going to press This interesting feature
will be commenced on Monday.
Year: 1860

EB HEADACHE is the favorte sign by which na- turc makes known any deviation whatever from the natural state Of the braid, and viewed in this light it may be looked on as q safeguard intended to give notice of disease which might otherwise escape attention, till too late to be remeded and its indications should never Ge neglected. Head aches may be classified under two names, viz : symptomatic and Idiopathic. Symptomatic Head ache is exceedingly common and is the precursor of a great variety of diseases, among which arc Apoplexy, Gout, Rheumatism and all febrile dis, eases In its nervous form it is sympathetic of disease of the stomach constituting sick headae@s of heptic disease constituting BILL1oUs HEADACHE of worms constipation and other disorders of the bowels as well as renal and uterine affections Diseases of the heart arc very frequently attended with Headaches; Anemia and plethora are also affections which frequently occasion headache 1dopaihic Headache is also very common, being usually distinguished by the name of NERvous HEADACHE, sometimes coming on suddenly in state of apparently sound health and prostratins at once the mental and physical energies and iIi other instances it comes on slowly, heralded by depression of spirits acerbity of temper In most instances tle pain is in the front of the head over one orboth eyes and sometimes provoking yo1i- itng; under this class may also be named NEu- RALGiA.

 For the treatment of either class of Headache tine Ceplialic Pills have been found sure and sale remedy, relieving the most acute pains in few minutes, and by its subtle power cradicating the diseases of which Headaene is the unerrirg indtx
Year: 1860

TWENTY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS sAvEp.-Mr. Spalding has sold two millions of bottles of his celebrated Prepared Glue and it is estimated that each bottle saves at least ten dollars worth of bro ken furniture, thus making an aggregate of twenty millions of dollars reclaimed from total loss by this valuable invention. Having mado his Glue household word, he now proposes to do the world still greater service by curing all the aching heads with his Cephalic Pills, and if they are as good as his Glue, Headaches will soon van. ish away like SHOW in July.
Year: 1860

The celebrated 7rapper has arrired!

 YUVHE great demand for Mink fur renders if A an object of vast importance to tbese wishing to engage in trapping for this willy ani. mal to understand some method tn ant;n.y y "I:' vest them of all their previous habits of cunning. The subscriber is in possession of certain infal- liable scenting compound which renders this xhimal easy prey to the trappsr so much so that he Is sure of every Mink or Fox that comes within one-fourth Of a mile of his trap to those wishing to engage in trapping, tue subscriber will give information of what this article is, by sending one dollar to bis address, it is an article that can De brought at any drug store and one shiiling's worth is sufficient to scent three hun. drsd traps. Address,

 MARK W. vANTERRY.

 35-3ve So. Dover, N. Y.
Year: 1860

A bright tear stood sparkling in the
right corner of her left eye--agitation
seemed to have taken possession of her
very soul--her frame quivered like plate
of jelly, and she was about to collapse,
when they were startled by the sound OF
something of quashy nature falling at
their feet, and in an instant they were GOV.
cred with pumpkin seeds.


Twas her pa throwing pumpkinsl


Rinaldo attempted to escape by scaling
the pickets, but unfortunately his coat tail
caught, and he was at the mercy of the
old mans rage, and he renewed the at.
tack with another shower of pumpkins
and other vegetables too numerous to men
ton, which caused him 70 belch forth in
the agony of despair. Lucinda seeing al
her earthly hopes vanish--her dear Rnal.
do suffering the penalty of his rash pre-.
sumption, and fearing the frenzy and wrath
of her pa. made lunge for the clothes
line-seized clothes pin and plunged i,
into her buzzum. Rinaldo, observing
this. extricated himself by desperate
effort, rushed to the woodshed, and plung.
ed himself head first into the swill barrel
The old man flew to'the scene of his frs,
slaughter--gazed with frightful look
upon the mutilated carcass of his beloved
daughter for moment, and rushed to the
mansion of his former bliss Opened the
pantry, seized bottle, and RECALLED himself
with horn of old rye
Year: 1860

Fanny Fern, once stopping at the Office
of Philadelphia hotel to pay her DILL, on
the eve of departure, found a charge for
breaking of her toilet set She admitted
the breakage of one piece, and desired to
pay for that only. The price of the whole
was demanded because the "set" was bro.
ken. The carriage was at the door; there
was no time for discussion, but enough
for action. Hastily paying the demend
and directing the carriage to wait mo.
ment, she went directly back to her room
and, taking up the poker, incontinen,ly
broke every remaining piece in the set.
Year: 1860

Coon TExPLARs~-Thc Good Tcmplars Of
this city intend celebrating the anniversary Of
the foundation Of Union Lodge by procession
and Grafton in the afternoon and bali in the
evening at some convenient hall In this city on
the 9th eFox
Year: 1860

The WEATHER is divine. The air has the
baimy softness Of spring, and the blossoms of
the peach are indicative that spring has again


come We have noticed a few robins hopping
about in the early merning, and one solitary
humming bird on busy wing just twinkled a
little above lone blossom tefore us on yesterday
Year: 1860

ONE OF THE DoYs.--A friend of ours in New
York City sends us by every mail any number Of
the New York dailies. He has claim on us not
to be Offset BY amy thing less than silver mine
in Wasboe.
Year: 1860

SILVER ORE SMELLING IN NEvADA.-The Ne
~sda Motallurgic Company are about to estal-
lish an Assay office in Virginia city for the pur-
pose Of testing Of silver with view to smell
sing on q large scale at their works in this city.
They propose to transport the ere hero, and are
saGgxins that they can do 50 and extract the
metal as thoroughly and as ehesplE as it can be
done in the State or in Europe. We are sure
ahat some of our Nevada friends operating at
washoe will give the company trial They
arc scientific and practical men.
Year: 1860

Sacramento Hat Store.-Qdinn's sacramento
Hat Store will be found advertised nto-days pa
per. A friend of ours who sports one of Quihh' 8
superb tiles is enthusiastic in his praise.


c7otking.-The Opposition store comes out as
wise business rich do with an advertisement. The
pretty man Of this Office gets his rig out there.


Quincy Hall is one of the crack places to get
1T ore clothes in San Francisco. Our handsome
man will patronize the Hall Oh his Way home.
Year: 1860

THE RoAD TO W-AsHoE.-A subscription was
gotten up ON Saturday last of several hundred
dollars contributed by men of all classes in this
city to send out men to open the road to the sill
esr mines The road is doubtless by this time in
Passabie condition. Large numbers of our
citizens are going the road. A good
many have already gone. The Henness Pass
will be threnged with travellers for some months
to eomc and we hazard nothing in saying the
route will hereafter be kept open at all seasons
of the YEAR