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Year: 1868

Let every Office seeker contribute a
dollar week to it until after he gets an
appointment.


Men who arc honorably ambitious TO
serve their country are sure to find an
effective way to serve It by the adoption
of this rule.


If this cannot be accomplished, we
would suggest to Gen. Grant to sell the
letters Of applicants 70 the ragmen, in
stead Of burning them up. The proceeds
would make q considerable item to be
handed over to Treasurer Spinner.


We dare say the applicants for office
would think their correspondence with
Gen. Grant much more interesting IT 1t
we're not oil on one sidc.-New York
Sun.
Year: 1868

We have often thought it very strange that
farmers pay so little attention to cultiyating
asparagus when it is so easily raised in every
family garden. Almost anybody esteems it a
luxury and our farmers and their families
would be glad to have 1t upon their tables in
the spling, to say nothing of cultivating it
for the market which can be made profitable.
And yet how very few gardens in the country
contain it! 1t is indeed strange, passing
strange, that this marine plant is so little cul-
tvated when Il is as easily raised as potatoes
or turnips. 1t is quite possible that farmers,
or at least most of them, do not know how
to raise it, and those who do understand the
process put it of from year to year, and often
repent of their neglect of this wholesome
luxury.


We have heard farmers express their re-
grets that they had not prepared bed of as
paragus and especially in the spring when
they see it in market, or may be witness their
neighbors cutting the thrifty shoots in the
cool OF the morning. Such may often be
heard to say" Well, will fix me bed next
spring, if live" But the spring comes and
the asparagus bed is postponed to another year,
and perhaps indefinitely. Many think, per-
haps, that it is too much work and trouble,
and taat they must hunt up some one Who
has roots TO sell, and finally The spring a4-
vances, summer comes, and the asparagus
bed is not made. The farmers wife and
daughter may urge him, but he puts them off
until another year when he promises them
he will do it provided he can find some roots
for sale; but the roots he never finds and his
family must pick nettles and sting their fin
gers, or gather some other herbs for "greens.'


Now let us say to this farmer and to all
others who have no beds of asparagus in their
gardens, that it is not necessary to hunt for
those who have roots for sale. You need not
wait for that.


Prepare your ground and get some seed
and SOW it. But how prepare the ground?
one may ask We answer: Spade deep, pull
yerize thoroughly, manure well, and sow good
seed. Remember, asparagus seed terminates
very slowly and the probability is the weeds
will come up long before the asparagus, and
these weeds must be Ike 1t down, but YOU mu t
remember where The rows are, so as not TO
disturb the asparagus when you are wedding
the bed. To make sure where the rows are,
mix some radish seed with the asparagus
seed, and SOW them just about as deep as you
do onion seed. The radishes will soon
come up and show you where the asparagus
10.


The first season the roots VIII make
growth as large as fair sized strawberry
root. In preparing the ground for trans
planting, dig trench some eighteen inches
Year: 1868

deep on one side, throwing the dirt all 70 ,hs
outside, place liberal supply of strong ma
nure in the bottom; commence ano,her
trench alongside; throw the top soil from this
on the manure in the first, then the subsoil
on tlat and repeat until your bed Is large
enough. Fill up the last trench with the diit
iiom the hrst and the whole is level. Make
the rows two feet apart and dig trench one
spade wide and tx inches Deep and place the
roots fifteen inches apart in the bottom and
cover with two inches Of dirt. THIS will leave
a ridge between the rows which must ke lev
eled down as the plants grow, and as often
as weeds make their appearance When this
work is done and the ground well settled, the
plants will be about four inches below the
surface, ard they should never be less than
that.


After the tops are killed by frost and nev-
er before-cut them off and cover the bed
with manure. Early in the spring, fork the
manure over, but be careful not to hit the
crowns. Don't leave ii without cutting for a
year or two for fear OF exhausting the young
roots, the heavy seeding will injure them
much more than the cutting. The process.
oil seeding is a!ways exhaustive to planta
One year old plants are better than older, as
they are more convenient to handle and less
liable to injury in digging and transplantlng.
In three years from the seed, you can have a
good asparagus bed which with proper care
will last lifetime and longer. Plant the
giant or mammoth seed. A light and sandy
sol is the best and deep pllnting is essential
If there is no such soil in your garden make
as nearly so as possible and yon may be sure
of a good crop. 1t IS considered a good
thing after the tops are dead to throw on
some straw and burn it over. This will
destroy the seeds Of the asparagus and
all the foul weeds that may have opened
their seeds. Then cover with manure as
before stated, and as the asparagus is ma
rine plant, salt brine is good to sprinkle
over the beds occasionally.


Now few hours of labor will prepare an
asparagus bed and a few more hours the next
spring will saffice to prepare the ground and
transplant the roots; and then for a life time
with little care and attention, fall and
spring, you can have this luxury upon your
table nearly two months every year. Isn't 1t
strange, then, that farmers have so few beds
of asparagus in their gardens? Our advice,
is, SOW bed the coming spring and not put
it off for "a more convenient season." for
that season seldom or never comes. Now If
you live longer without this wholesome lux
ury, 1t will be your own fault, and not ours;
for we have told You how to cultivate and
produce it:


AGRcoLA.
Year: 1868

The proprietors OF the Press are sparing no ex-
1ense in strengthening their editorial force and in
improving their paper in every department. irst
lass daily may now be found without going out of
Year: 1868

To SILVER Ivo7T.-ImrerSc small slip
Of ivory in a weak solution os nitrate OF sil.
yer. and let it remain till the solution he's
given it deep yellow color; then take it out
and immerse it in tunbior Of clear water,
and expose it IN the water to the rays of the
sun. In about three hours the ivory acquires
a black color, but the black surface, on
being rubbed, soon becomes changed TO q
brilliant silver.
Year: 1868

WATERPROOF CLoTH.-For waterproof
cloth, a saturated solution of water, sugar of
lead and alum being prepared, the cloth
should be immersed in the fluid for a few
hours; on Withdrawing it and allowing it to
dry, it will be found impervlous to rain
The cloth should afterWard be pressed. 7aa
Year: 1868

DEING PRACTICAL TANNERS OUR.
I'D SELVES, and determined that Montana shall
supply her own Leather, daily turning out


finished leather of all classes which for quality and
price we
Year: 1868

We, the undersigned. passengers of the steamer
Deer Lodge, do hereby express our thanks TO her
officers for their kind and courteous treatment on
our trip from Sioux City, and congratulate the
Northwest Transportation Company its good
fortune in securing the services Of her worthy and
efficient master. Jas. Clark who made such excel
lent time while laborinR under the disadvantages
Year: 1868

The New York World says lit is evident that
every year the West of Europe becomes more and
more dependent upon u.s." that from the lst Of
September last Great Britain has imported from
this country nine millions of wheat and -four at
full prices, and would have imported twenty mil.


lions more at full prices, if we had had it to spare.


As for corn, it says:


'sWe are absolutely unable to find ship room to
transport to her our surplus, for which she is ma
king urgent call and paying most liberal prices.
The export Of provisions has been on scale OF
unsurpassed magnitude. In the past three months
we have exported many thousand tierces and bar
rels of beef and pork, and many million pounds Of
bacon and lard in fact quantities almost unpre-
cedented, and these products have gone forward at
good prices During the past year, domestic to-
bacco has increased twenty per cent in price, and
during the same period the exports have been on
scale far in advance Of any former year, and are
only impeded at the present time by deficiency Of
supplies.


"As respects Cotton, the superiority OF the
Southern States for the growth of this staple needs
no more effective demonstration than that Man
chester, after having for seven years put forth her
utmost efforts to develop Cotton growing in other
parts of the world, finds her supplies 80 reduced
that she bids for our cotton twice as much as the
average price before the war. I"


Ali that the country requires, says the World, is


'sThe restoration of good feeling between the
several sections and among all classes Of our wide
spread country the restoration Of Statesmen to
Year: 1868

Ate some bread and milk and went off to sleep,
These things were done in spite of careful watch
ing and las we have since learned by experience,
is but fair sample of her every day life. Babies
are mischievous What can mother do with
three or four little fellows at time and keep the
house in order? We've resolved never to find
fault if supper isn't ready just at the right time.


Monroe Wis., Sentinel
Year: 1868

WHAT Our BABY D1D.-The other day Nettie
was eighteen months old, and she celebrated the
event in the following style, with regularity and
promptness which almost de6es competition lst
Upset quart of milk on her bran new flannel
gown I'd. Put the hair brush in the slop tub. 3D.


Took spoon from the table and plaistered the
carpet and floor with soft lard, and then wiped 1t
off with the clean dress just put upon her; 4th


She did not "striug spoos on the cats tail, but
took another form Of expressing her devotion to
that pet, by trying to cram it into her father $
boot. 5th. Found her way into the pantry and
upset the kerosene into pan Of meal that had
lust been sifted for use, and to cap the climax,
creased her little red shoes with the mixture 9th.
Year: 1868

The San Francisco Enquirer takes tie
following view of The political elements:


"If the radicals succeed in the coming
election, the man is not now living who viii
ever see peace and prosperity in the so-calIed
United States; and 1t is doubtful whether
future generations viii ever behold that re-
suit Il the radical policy prevails. It be
comes men Of property to look at this matter
with calm and considerate minds 1t would
be better for any man, rich or poor, to-day,
to loose halt his property, however great or
allitmay be, than to have the radical policy
pursued one. year longer. The foundations
Of our whele system Of government, on
which the pillars Of society, Of property, of
national and individual prosperity rest, are
undermined already By electing a Con,
servative administration next faH we shall
succeed in saving the fabric If the people
consent to the election of an administration
of radical proclivities, the end of national
thrift and glory is near at hand. The result
of the elections last fall give new courage
to those who desire to save the country
from anarchy 1t behooves every man who
has property in the land or possesses the
least spark of patriotism. to act and vote
with wisdom at the coming election Our
only chance Of political salvation is In the
success Of the Democratic party in Novem
ber next
Year: 1868

Biliousness, Indigestion, General Debility, and
all the complaints which proceed from 9 want OF
proper action in the liver, the stomach and the
bow els. are eradicated by course of this great .
Year: 1868

We presume Governor" STEVENSON
will avail himself of his opportunity
this evening 10 explain his negro ruff
frage record. We infer that he will ex-
plain his canvass in Ohio last Fall In
favor of the negro amendment. We
presume that he will explain his action
III speaking at the same meeting and
from the same stump with q negro in
favor of the Radical candidate and the
negro amendment. Having done this
satisfactorily, he will probably demon
strate that he is not u negro suffrage
man. We ate certain thst he will not
have the timidity to declare that negro
suffrage is not an issne.
Year: 1868

We heard o few days since that a lady
residing in the western section of the
city had suddenly become derangeA,
and it is said that 1t was brought on
BY the frequent use of what is popu-
larly known rs "Planchett," or, other
wise, "Little Board" She had pur-
chased, several weeks previous, to the
sal occurrence, one Of those little in
struments for the use of her family,
using it frequently herself, and was
superstitious enough to believe in its
workings. The lady was at the
time Of the occurrence, about q
month ago, in delicate health and has
been so fer months. She was also lit
tie deaf and of quite anervous temper
ament, but beyond this no. one would
see anything in her demeanor or dispo-
sition that would for q moment cause
them to think her to be other than q
sane person. A member of the family
attributes her insanity to the use Of
Planchette," and an eminent physi-
clan, who has seen the lady We speak OF,
suppsscs the effects of it's working on q
nervous temper had something to do
with deranging her mind. The lady in
question was conveyed to)fhe asylum
some weeks since.
Year: 1868

made the following sharp hit:


The wold loyal as used in Congress
and in the laws passed by Congress has
u very peculiar meaning. In the first
place it means all negroes. Laugh
ter In the second place it excludes
all white men who don't vote for the
Radical policy. In the third place it
admits all carpet baggers. In the
fourth place it admits all men in the
S.uth that have turned against the men
that were during the war trying to put
them down, that they themselves might
come up.
Year: 1868

Theoretically, there is great gain in
grinding and cooking food; but practi-
eally, there may be little or no gain.
This will depend on the circumstances
of the individual farmer. If grain is
high, a water grist mill is near, or the
farmer has mill of his own, the roads
are good, farm help is plenty and fuel is
cheap, there will be n great saving. IN
grinding and cooking corn to be fed to
hogs. But if on the other hand, grain is
low, the mill ten miles off, the roads
bad, labor scarce and fuel high, then the
expense of preparing the corn for the
trough might be considerably greater
than the value of the corn in the ear.
la many parts Of the west one. fourth
part of the grist is taken for toll; here
is loss of twenty five per cent. on the
start. To this we must add the cost of
shelling the corn, drawing it to the
mill and back and the price Of the labor
needed in cooking and the worth of the
fuel. These are no inconsiderable
items.


As an offset to these, however, we have
an increased amount of pork, quicker
fattened, and, some say, of superior
quality.


To enable farmers to form an opinion
of the comparative value of prepared
and unprepared corn for hogs, we give
the results obtained through expert
ments of Samuel H. Clay of Bourbon
county Ky: zone bashel of dry corn
made 5 lbs. 10 or. of live pork; one bush
ell of boiled corn made II lbs. OF. of
pork; one bushel of ground corn, boiled,
made in one instance, Is lbs. Z OF. in
another nearly Is lbs. of pork. To get
the value of cora, estimate the pork at
8 cents pound: we have as the result
of one bushel of dry corn, A. cents worth
of pork: of one bushel of boiled corn
lis cents worth of pork; and of one bush
ell of ground corn, l36 cents worth OF
pork.


The late Prof. Mapes states as the re-
suit of experience made at Camden, n.
j., that it requires 30 lbs. of raw cern to
make as much PORK as l3 lbs. of cooked
meal.


With these results taken from gosd
authorities, any farmer can estimate for
himself the advantage to be derived
from grinding and cooking food for
hogs, in his particular situation. Little
advantage can be derived from consult
ing tables prepared in Europe or the
more Eastern States, as there very
different state of affair exist; corn and
pork are high there, while labor il
cheap.
Year: 1868

The Radical fnanciers in sist that the
public debt, now increasing at the rate
OF over twelve millions of dollars a
month, and which was contracted by
borrowing deprecated paper worth as
low as 81 cents on the dollar, shall be
paid in coin at 100 cents on the dollar,
aud that Labor alone shall pay the debt
the bondholder going exempt from all
taxation and drawing and living at his
ease upon the interest which he gets in
gold, How does Labor like it'
Year: 1868

WITH the debt increasing over Twelve
Millions q month, and taxes swelling
accordingly, Radical statesmen" insist
that the thousands of millions of dollars
IN United States securities, amounting
TO one sixth of the entire property of
the country, shall go exempt of all tax
alton, and that Labor shall bear the
whole burden, What does Labor think
about it!
Year: 1868

At the Radical meeting in West Union
this week q Conservative gentleman
was attacked, knocked down and badly
beaten by half dozen RAIDS and would
have been much more seriously injured
but for the interference of friends. This
gentleman was walking quietly along
at the time of the assault, and refers to a
leading Radical, who was with him, to
prove that he gave no provocation for
the attack. The Radical idea of peace
is the same as the negroes idea of liber-
ty-to knock down, rob or murder whom
you please without any danger of law
Clarksbarg Conservative.
Year: 1868

To the Democratic and Censerv ativ c


Voters Of West Virginia.


Victory is now within your grasp
You have only to be vigilant to secure
it. - -


The changes of honest men from the
ranks Of the opposition, as they discover
the corruptions and iniquities of their
leaders, have alone been almost suf-
fcient to give US the State; but add to
this, the 5000 to 5000 newly registered
Conservative voters, and we have the
State beyond all question, by hand
some majority.


The best posted Radicals themselves
are dishearteRed aud dismayed. Some
of their most reliable calculators quiet
ly acknowledge their inability to carry
West Virginia in October.


Their only hope now-and poor one
it is-is in the perpetration of those in
famous outrages Of striking qualified rot
ers from the lists, by irresponsible and
corrupt tools Of an anscrupulous Erec-
utire.


THIS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
by any good citizen, be he Republican
or Democrat.


In the preservation of the purity of
the ballot box and in the freedom of
elections, every good citizen, of what
ever politics, is deeply interested. No
honest Republican will quietly stand
by and see his neighbor robbed of rights
guaranteed to him by the laws and
Constitution of our State.


For erery Conservative unuStly struck
from the Registration list, an honest Re
publican ,cill be found 10 cast his rote. OF
this, we have ample evidence in the
past.


More than One Thousand men ThO roted
the Republican Ticket t,co years ago, uiH
VOTE THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET THIS
n,


We urge every man who has been
notified by the County Boards of Regis
tration, to appear next Mon
day before the Board. And
let him take with him as many of
his neighbors-Republicau and Demo-
crat-as he can. In some counties,
these Boards are composed of honest
men; iu others they are composed of
as pitiful villains and irresponsible
thieves as ever robbed hen-roosts-fer
the man who would defraud another
of his right to vote would hesitate
at nothing infamous. In counties
cursed by Boards of this character,
the people should make common cause
and unite in guarding and defending
the sacred right TO the ballot with the
same rigilance and determination that
they uould defend their homes and their
property against riolence and fraud.


Let every fair-minded man, let every
lover of justice and right, let every
man who would do unto others as he
would have others do unto him, look
we'll to the actions of the Boards of
next Monday. Where any
Registrar dares to do wrong, preserve
the evidence of his injustice, and let
him be marked as an object of scorn
and reproach. The power is theirs only
for this day the coming election wipes
them all out of official existence.
Year: 1868

TIE outrage and murder of white wo
men by negroes in the South have be
come au almost daily occurrence. Rad
icalsm has not only made the freedmen
equal before the law, but above the law,
if they will vote the Radical ticket and
aid the GRANT party in disfranchising
white men.
Year: 1868

\ young man recently ran away from the
galeys at Toulouse He was strong and Wig
orous aud soon made his way across the coun-
try, and escaped pursuit He arrived the
next morning before cottage, in an open
field, and stopped to beg something to eat and
get a refuge, while he reposed little. But
he found the inmates of the cottage in the
greatest distress Four little children sat
trembling in the corner their mother was
weeping and tearing her hair, aud the father
walking the floor in agony. The galley-slave
asked what was the matter and the father re-
piled that they were that morning to be turn
ed out of doors because they could not pay
the rent.


You see me driven to despair said the
father "my wife and little children without
food or shelter, and | without means to pro-
vide any for them"


The convict listened to the tale with tears
of sympathy, and then said;


II will give you the means. | have but
just escaped from the galeys. Whoever Sc
cures and takes back an escaped prisoner is
entitled to reward of fifty francs. How
much does your rent amount top


Forty francs" answered the father.


Well, said the other put cord around
my body. | will follow you to the city, where
they will recognize me, and you will get fifty
francs for bringing me back"


No, never" exclaimed the astonished
listener; "my children should starve a dozen
times before would do so base a thing


The generous young man insisted, and de-
clared at last that he would 90 and give him
self up if the father would not consent to take
| him.


After a long struggle the latter yielded
and, taking his preserver by the arm, led hun
to the city and to the mayors office. Every
body was surprised that little man like the
father had been able to capture such strong
young fellow but the proof was before them
The fifty francs were paid, and the prisoner
sent back to the galleys. But after he was
gene, the father asked private interview
with the mayor, to whom he told the whol'
story. The mayor was so much affected tina
he not only added fifty frenes more to th,
fathers purse but wrote Immediately to th'
Minister of Justice, begging the noble young
prisoners release.


The minister examined into the affair, and
finding that it was comparatively a small Of
tense which had condemned the young man t.
the galleys, and that he had already serye'
out half his time, ordered his release. Is no
the whole incident beautiful
Year: 1868

A crippled beggar was striving to pick
up some old clothes that had been thrown
from window, when crowd Of rude boys
gathered about him, mimicking his awkward
movements, and hooting at his helplessness
and rags. Presently noble little fellow
came up, and pushing through the crowd,
helped the poor crippled man to pick up his
gifts, and placed them in bundle. Then,
slipping piece Of silver into his hands, he
was running away, when voice far above
him said, Little boy with straw hat, look
up" A lady, leaning from an upper window,
said, earnestly, "God bless you, my little
fellow God will bless you for that! !" As
he walked along, he thought how glad he had
made his own heart by doing good. He
thought of the poor beggar's grateful look
Of the old lady's smile, and her approval !;
and last, and better than all, he could almost
hear his Heavenly Father whispering Bless
ed are the mercifhl for they shall obtain
Mercy Little reader, when you have an
opportunity of doing good and feel tempted
to neglect 1t, remember the little boy run
strdl0 hat.r--Eeho.