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Year: 1868

We never could so fully adopt the
sentiment of the above proVerb, as
we can to-day. This old, trite saying
is forcibly brought to our mind, when
we reflect upon the political contest
through which we have just passed.
In this country in particular, we feel
proud of the noble men who were
thrown in the van of the Democracy
of Pettis. From our gallant candi
date for Congress down to Coroner,
our standard-bearers were white men
OF not only sterling worth as gentle
n en-, but of ability such as should
commend them to the confidence and
support of all men who have the in
terests of our country at heart and
whose feelings are not warped by
those unhallOWed passions and fanat-
icism which so pre-eminently distin-
guish the leaders and rank and tile of
the radical party. Philips IS beaten,
Crandall is beaten, Marvin is beaten,
and every Democratic candidate for a
county office is beaten; not because
our friends not eminently qualified
for any position within the gift of our
people not because a large majority
OF the people of the county did not
prefer them, infinitely,,tO the usurpePs
(for before high heaven and decent
men, they are UsURPERS in the mean
est sense of that term) who will stul-
tify themselves by accepting stations,
to which they were fraudulently pro-
NOTED but because the iron, depica-
BILE rule of the miserable minority
who lord it over the people of this
State, has outraged every principle of
justice and fair dealing. We are
proud of our defeated candidates; we
are proud of the gallant fight which
they made to strAngie radical despo-
tism, and we are proud of the lion
neryed democracy of old PettiS that
stood up to their chiefs. We envy
not the feelings of any successful rad
ical who is not bereft of every manly
instinct, when he reflects that he holds
his position by fraud and at the sacri-
fee OF those principles of honor which
appeal alike to the head and heart of
every American gentleman.


Victory or defeat in the abstract, is
a secondary matter; but there is a
principle in such matters that it were
not well to ignore. The right of the
doctrines of the Democratic party,
and is an essential attribute Of our po-
litical system. We have ever bowed
in meek submission to the will Of the
majority when fairly expressed; but
the right OF a minority, mere frag-
ment OF the people, to dictate terms
to an overwhelming majority and by
fraud and chicanery, enforce the prin-
ciples or dogmas, alike repugnant to
justice and good citizenship, is neith-
er Democratic, American nor manly,
and can never receive the sanction OF
the truly patriotic citizens of any
| State. Men who have a prlIrieilt am
bition for official place and plunder,
may reconcile the acceptance of Office
under such dishonorable circumstan-
ces and thus stifle their compunctions
Of consciences % but the true man
would scorn to become a party to such
a fraud, in order that he might be en-
throned in power, hence we say that
we would greatly prefer to be one OF
the defeated candidates, than to be
one of the elect on the Radical ticket,
or in the language of the text "we had
rather be dead LION than living
dog"
Year: 1868

In q well-known Parisian saloon the con-
versation turned, the other day, on the ques-
ton of peace or war. Some one remarked
that the Emperor's language is very pacific,


and that there is nothing to justify the sus-
picion that it does not express his real
thoughts. Upon this certain dignitary,
who played an important part in. the italian
war, reioined: "My dear sir, on the day
before war was declared against Austria,
was at the house Of Princess Stelanic OF
Baden, the aunt of the Emperor Napoleon.
This lady read to me a letter she had receiV,
ed the day before from her Imperial nephew
in which he assured her that he sincerely
desired peace, and there would be no war


instantly telegraphed to my banker to pur


chase some Austrian stocks for me. The
French army entered Italy two days after.
Year: 1868

The Scientific american says: "a
paper has lately been sent


to the Royal Society of England by


Mr.. Higgins, one of the Fellows. 1t
announces the application of a new
and most promising method of in
quiry to the determination of the
stars motions. Hr. Higgins tested
this method by the motions of the
star Sirius. The spectrum of this star
is crossed by a number OF dark lines,
and among others by one known to
correspond to bright line seen in the
spectrum of burning hydrogen. The
two spectraliWere brought side by side
and due care having been taken to
magnify as much as possible any dis
crepancy which might exist, it was
found that the dark line in the spec
trum of Sirius was not exactly oppo~
site the bright line in the spectrum of
hydrogen, but was slightly shifted to-
ward the red end of the spectrum. 1t
followed from the amount Of the dis
placement that at the observation ST.
rius was receding from the earth at a
rate Of about forty miles per second.


When due account is taken of the
earth's orbitaI motion at the time of
observation, it results that Sirius is
receding from the sun at the rate of
about twenty-eight miles per second,
or upwards of nine hundred millions
of miles per annum." If this meth
cd of examining Sirius, which is the
nearest of the fixed stars, should be
carried into the examination of other
and remoter ones, conclusions would
be arrived at of great scientific vaIue.
OF course the motion to q great ex-
tent is aPparent-not reaI-as the
whole solar system is known to be


moving toward the constellation Her
cules; and as the observations are
made on the earth, the observatory as
the observed star is in motion.
Year: 1868

nay- A party in England has dis
covered a cement which is to become
a most valuable agent in the hands
of manufacturers of articles of leath-
or, including boots and shoes. Patch
es can be put upon the uppcrs and
soles, and upon the bottoms of
shoes, with this cement, which will
so adhere that no known agent, heat,
cold, oil water, or any other influence
will operate against its utility. IL
fact, we are Informed that leather
will part quicker where the cement
has never been applied than where it
has, so great is its adhesive property.
We can easily recognize the value of
this cement in its application to
patches. Waxed thread rarely holds
in wet weather, and patch soon
gives way. In the use of this cement
wc are given to understand perfect
combination is formed, which resists
all attempts to separate the patches
Joined. To the trade here it will bo
priceless, aud We hope soon to learn
mora about it. If it should turn out
that sole can be applied without
peg or stitch, and never give way
ill worn out, it would be one Of the
most valuable discoveries of the age.
Year: 1868

MrLcmING CMERRIEs.-YouEg g
planters must not forget that mid
summer is IL critical period to newly
set cherry trees. No other tree is
81 sensitive to the combined effect
of heat aud drought at this time.
After setting in the spring. the,
usually expand their leaves, present
a vigorous appearance, and grow IN
inch or two, often more, but when
the hot weather Of midsummer
strikes them, very much to the dis
appointment of their owner, the
leaves wither aud the trees die.
This may bc prevented if taken iu
time by heavy mulching. Do not
place small bunch Of straw at the
foot of a stem, but y thick coating,
four or five feet in diameter, and II
straw, five inches thick; compact,
fine grass may be little thinner
Year: 1868

The New York Tribune says that the
Republican victory in the election of Gen
Beatty to Congress from the Eighth Con
gressional District of Ohio, by majority
eight times greater than that by which
the district was carried last fail, indicates
that the people, of Ohio, and of the country
generally, are rapidly getting over what
ever distrust they may have felt IN the
wisdom of the CongressionaI policy Of rel
construction During The campaign Of last
fall the rcactiouists and repuliators charged
our lines with great persistence and yigor,
and carried hcre and there an exposed
point. They did not succeed, however, in
driving US from any important position,
either Of power or Of principle, and in the
great Presidential campaign which is now
approaching, they will find us well en-
trenched, our whole army in hand, all our
reinforccments available, and our victory
virtually Organized and secured before the
contest is begun. The moment the actual
reconstruction of the Southern States begins
to be coHsummatCd, as it now soon will be,
by the admission of the representatives of
certain Of those States to Congress, the re-
construction question will be visibly solved,
and the very occupation of the Democratic
party will be gone. The financial vagaries
of the Pendleton school OF destructionists
are short-lived Their absurdity has been so
repeatedly demonstrated that they hardly
form basis for platform sufficiently re-
spectacle to be beaten upon, still less for
success.


Every indication confirms our prediction
made last Fall, that the so-called "rcaction"
would spend its force in a single effort, and
that the absurd hope that the people of this
country would surrender their destinies into
the hands of traitors aud repudiators, was
doomed to be happily and sgnally disap-
pointed. Let New Hampshire echo the re-
sponse of Ohio.
Year: 1868

We have never read anything more beautiful than the following, from the pen of George D. Prentice:

 "There is but a breath of air and a beat of the heart betwixt this world and the next. And in the brief suspense while we feel that death is present with us, that we are powerless, and that He is all powerful, and the faint pulsation here is but the prelude of endless life hereafter, we feel, in the midst of the stunning calamity about to befall us, that the earth has no compensating good to mitigate the severity of our loss. But there is no grief without some be- nificent provision to soften its intense ness. When the good and lovely die, the memory of their good deeds, like the moonbeams on the stormy sea, lights up our darkened hearts, and lends to the surrounding gloom beauty so sad so sweet, that we would not. if we could, dispel the darkness that envi- rons it."
Year: 1868


THE following poem, written by young lady Of
New York for fast day Service first appeared in the
New York Post, August 3, 1864 It's words seem
prophetic in view Ofthe coming election of General
Grant as the next President:
Father, to Thy throne ascending,
List the nations prayer to Thee;
With their hearts and voices blending,
GoD-GRANT-VI0ToRyl
We have suffered, o our Father;
In the great cause, Liberty;
Now we come to Thee for succor-
GoB-GRANT-VICTORY
Vacant chairs are in our households,
Vacant hearts each day we see,
That in anguish often whisper
GoD-GRANT-VIOroRII
Father, never let base traitors
In this land Of b rave and free,
Rule Ger those whose hearts are saying
GOD-GRAET-YIcToRT
But If Thou wouldst longer listen,
Wen submit our all to Thee,
Knowing that 81 his good pleasure,
GoD '7iR grant US EsorOREI
Then, when this dread strife is over,
And the day Of peace we see,
We shall keep our counJry's watehWord--
GOD and GRANT and VICTORY





AN AFFECTING TALE.
Mother Psudleton Hubbard


Went to Tammany cupboard


To get political bone;


When she got there


She found Seymour and Blair,


And so poor Greenbacks got none.
Year: 1868

We publish, it being seasonable,
the following simple method of keep
ing ice water for long time in a
common pitcher or Jug. Place be-
tween two sheets of paper, (newspa-
per will answer, thick brown is bet
ter layer Of cotton batting about
halfan inch in thickness, fasten the
ends Of the cotton and batting togeth-
er, forming a circle, then sew or paste
a crown over one end, making a box
the shape of a stove pipe hat minus
the rim. Place this over an ordinary
pitcher filed with ice WATER making
it deep enough to rest upon the table,
so as to exclude the air, and the read
er will be astonished at the length of
time the ice will be kept and the wa
ter be kept cold after the ice has
Melted Scientific American.
Year: 1868

What is the difference between hungry man and
glutton One longs to eat, and the other eats too
long.


why is a postage stamp like bad schOlar2 Be.
csuse it gets licked and stuck in a corner.


Why is a poor singer like counterfeiter? Because
be is an utterer Of bad notes.
Year: 1868

The annual meeting Of the Assessors of Hud-
County held at the Courtouse yesterday after
noon. The valuation Of real estate and personal prop
ery was returned and the state and County tax tKed as
Year: 1868

by the Charter it is enacted: "That any policy
taken out in favor of wife, child, relative or other
person having an interest in the life Of the insured
snail not be liable 10 seizure by the creditors of the
person insured"
Year: 1868

AN exchange calls attention 10 the fact
that some people never think of revenue
stamp when writing letter; yet some lets
ters require stamping as much as a note or
deed. Under the internal revenue laws,
letters acknowledging the receipt of either
drafts, checks or money, exceeding twenty
dollars, are subject to a stamp duty of two
cents, the same as if a formal receipt had
been given for so much money. This fact
is sometimes forgotten, or is not known even
by good business men.
Year: 1868

Coon HUsBANDs.-The President of the
Montreal Typographical Union said in a
speech at the anniversary Of that society, the
other day, that "printers form most obedient,
7induigent and loving husbands" This graf
flying and touching tribute to the domestic
virtues Of the printer struck chord In many
tender hearts, and the type of men thus
praised wiz be sat up in the worlds estima-
ton heneeforth.
Year: 1868

rely. The thought gave me fresh courage


From time to time | amused myself with
calling to the men below from the windows.
portrayed the sutferings of their comrades.
told them that all was known, and that
was determined to save my life and denounce
them it | had to wait there month. | IN
formed them that | had plenty of ammuni-
ton, and that any of them could prove it in
his own person if he chose Nothing was
said in reply to my harangue. The day
passed on and began to anticipate another
night. felt tired, but not at all ANXIOUS.
| could have stood this sort of thing for three
or four nights. The wounded men suffered
most. The man whom had shot last call
ed on his companions to knock under, -
but without effect.


AT last, about four o clock in the afternoon,
| h ard the noise of wheels up the coad |
looked up. There was line of farmers
wagons approaching. was saved They
came up to the door. | shouted to them. in
formed them of my case, and leaped out of
the window to the ground. None of the
ruffiaDs were there to interfere with me-
They had fed. | told my story. Tie team
drivers espoused my cause with the greatest
ardor. They followed me up stairs and Sc
cured all the ruffians. I looked ont for the
woman to reward her, but she had gone
My horse was missing also, but did not
mind that. | rode in the teams to Wheel
ing, where these wretches were handed over
to the authorities, and punished according
to their deserts. A search was instituted
after their confederates, and four out or the
six were captured and punished For my
self it is hardly necessary to say that ad
mired Colonel Colt from that time forth as
the greatest benefactor of the human species,
and never travelled without revolvers.


So ended Captain Rolls story.
Year: 1868

ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN-Let the bust
ness of every one alone, and attend to your
own. Don't buy what you don want Use
every hour to advantage and study to make
leisure hour useful Think twice before
you spend dollar; remember you will have
another to make for it. Look over your
books regularly, and if You find an error trace
it out. Should stroke of misfortune come
upon you in your business. retrench, work
harder, but never fly the track. Confront
difficulties with unfinching perseverance,
and they will fly at last; then you will be
honored but shrink, and you viii be de-
spised
Year: 1868

Six things are requisite to create "a hap
py home" Integrity must be the architect
and tidincss the upholsterer 1t must be
warmed with affection and lighted up with
cheerfulness, and industry must be the ven
tilator, renewing the atmosphere and bring
ing in fresh salubrity day by day, while over
all, as protecting glory and canopy, moth
ing will suffice except the glory of God.
Year: 1868

IF seaman should turn back every time
he encounters head wind. he would never
make voyage. So he who permits him.
self to be baffled by adverse circumstances
viii never make headway in the voyage of
l;fn
Year: 1868

Young men fatte1ed and promoted are
more likely to go into obscurity than they
who are compelled to struggle with adversi-
ty till they grow strong and are able to stand
Grm at every step and ascend surely to the
summit. How many have we known in their
glory before their prime and in obscurity
ever afterwards
Year: 1868

What greater instance can there be OF
weak and pusillauimous temper than for a
man to pass his whole life in opposition to
his own sentiments. or not to dare to do what
he thinks he ought to do?
Year: 1868

Modesty is not only an ornament, bu, also
guard to virtue. 1t is kind of quick and
delicate feeling into the soul. which makes
her shrink and Withdraw herself from every
thing that has dagger in it. 1t is such an
the first appearance of every thing which is
hurt trr1l
Year: 1868

The true felicity of life is to be free from
perturbations, to understand our duties to-
wards Heaven and man, to enjoy The pres
ent without any anxious dependence on the
future; not to amuse ourselves with either
hopes or fears. but to rest satisfied with what
we have
Year: 1868

There is no medicine extant equal to these rem
edies in such tone and vigor il in, parted
to the whole system. the appetite is strengthed,
food is enjoyed the stomach digests promptly the
and healthy the yellow tinge is eradicsted from
the eyes. bloom is given to the cheeks and the
weak and nervous invalid becomes u strong and
healthy being.
Year: 1868

CURIOUS EFFECTS or HARMoNy.-A young lady
lives in Iansingburg. she plays the piano. A flock
OF geese are IN the habit Of sporting In the river
beneath her window. When they hear the young
lady play. II they ever so far away they gotner
near to get the music, aud they remain SO still
throughout 1t that ''yOu could hear pin drop" in
the water The lady played Twenty Years Ago.
the other night, and plump old gander, already
selected for the Thanksgiving market, wis observed
go had faayu
Year: 1868

The beauty of religious life is one of
its greatest recommendations. What
does it profess Peace to all mankind.


1t teaches us those arts which will con-
tribute to our present comfort as well as
our future happiness. Its greatest orna-
ment is charity it inculcates nothing
but love and sympathy of affection; it
breathes nothing but the purest spirit of
delight in short, it is system perfectly
calculated to benefit the heart, improve
the mind, enlighten the understanding.
Year: 1868

WHERE one person possessing genius
is nipped in the bud by lack of appre-
citation, two are slaughtered by too sud
den recognition and over-appreciation.
As an English magazine writer said of
Professor Aytoun, t.The laurel he got
was too big for him he staggered under
it,
Year: 1868

! Simpson, the actor, would never take
any medicine, and his medical man was
often obliged to resort to some stratagem
to impose dose upon him. There is a
play in which the hero is sentenced, in
prison, to drink cup of poison. Harry
Simpson was playing this character, one
night, and had given directions to have
the cup filled with port wine; but what
was his horror, when he came to drink
it, to find it contained dose of senna |!
He could not throw it away, as he had
to hold the goblet upside down, to show
his prosecutors he had drained every
drop of it. Simpson drank the medicine
with the slowness of poisoned martyr,
but he never forgave his medical man, as
was proved at his death, for he died
without paying his bill.
Year: 1868

IT is said of fashionable Boston
lady, who went to party in that city
not long since, that she arrived there
about the first of the evening, but the
last of her dress did rot arrive until
after twelve o'clock.
Year: 1868

He who shaves himself, and desires
to make the operation as comfortable
as possible, will sharpen his razor
Immediately after using it. This is
an idea of Sir Humphrey Davy, and
when that philosopher was asked why
that time is better than any other for the
act, he replied, Because you then know
how much sharpening it wants.
Year: 1868

THE Register reports Mr.. okey John
son in his speech at the Court House
Monday night, as speaking of "the love
and reverence that all at one time had
for the Government" This was we
suppose-i in the spring of 1861, when
Southern statesmen were shaking OF
the dust from their feet in the capital
of the nation and departing for their
homes, after robbing the Government,
to organize the war which they waged
against it for the ensuing four years. A
pretty set OF rascals these to talk about
flove and reverence for the Govern
mentw ~
Year: 1868

Remember. that whatever may here
totore have been your political associ-
ations, You belong to the Democratic
party, and that your welfare depends
upon its success.-Re0iSter.


This is only another way of putting
the Democratic theory that capital
should own labor-that the rich men
should own the poor men, as they used
to do in the South. Please remember
also, workingmen, thatif the SO called
Democratic party had the power in this
country you would "belong" to them:
for even now that party in the South,
speaking by the mouths of its most
eminent members, like Mr.. Wade
Hampton, tells the poor men there,
tVote with us or starved" -Ifyou want
to get into the clutches of party that
has this for its motto, whose leaders
believe that only they, the rich and
educated, ought to have any free voice
in the Government, vote for Seymour
and Blair, for they head such party.
Year: 1868

Colfax has recently proved more
successful in the matrimonial canvass
than he Is likely TO be In the political.
The fair lady is Miss Nellie Wade,
ncice Of "bcn. wade and found want
ing" The sweet secret was FIRST
Whispered on the cool summit Of the
Rocky Mountains.
Year: 1868

A Philadelphia paper calls atten-
ton to the fact that the seal at pres
ent used by the Treasury has never
received the sanction Of a formal vote
by Congress, and that even the his
tory Of its original adoption is yelled
in obscurity. The question is now
raised, is the prescription of so long
a time sufficient to supply the want
Of ,bi, Congressional approval?