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Year: 1867

ELOQUENT PASSAGE Tho finest thing
Geo. ID. Prentice ever wrote is this in
imitable passage: 1T cannot be that
earth is mans only abiding place. 1t
cannot be that our life Is bubble cast
up 10y the ocean Of eternity 10 float a
moment upon its waves, and sink into
nothingness Else why is it the high
and glorious aspirations which leap like
angels from the temple Of our hearts,
are forever wandering unsatisfied p?
Why is it that the rainbow and cloud
come over as with beauty that is not
Of earth, and then pass to leave us TO
muse on thor loyeliness? Why Is 1t
that the stars which hold their festival
around the midnight throne, are set a.
b0ye the grasp Of our limited faculties,
forever mocking us with their unap-
pfoachable glory? And finally, why is
it that the bright forms oi human beau
tY are presented to our view and taken
from lis, leaving the thousand streams
Of our affections 10 how back in an AL
pine torrent upon our hearts2 We arc
born for a higher destiny than Of earth.
There is a realm where The rainbow noger
fades, whore the stars viii be spread


ont before M Ike the islands that
slumber ON the ocean, and where the
beautiful beings which pass before us
Ike shodows, viii stay forever in our
presence.
Year: 1867

How 70 SrcubE 0BLblENcE 0beli.
ence in children is most desirable, but
the means OF securing it are quite as inn
portaut as the end Parents often and
perhaps usually overlook this great fact
Home discipline should b quite another
thing from school discipline TIE more
you make your children like machines,
the more you crush out from their hearts
alI that makes life lovely and excellent
As one has said TO rule them in such
a way AT home is TO wind out of their
hearts by a slow but sure process every
root and fibre of the affections; nor will il
fail TO render them in the end mnrky,
obdurate crafty, selfish and malign.
What doleful catalogue Of traits for
one Of our children to possess,


Love IS mightier king than power
of authority alone Let us sway oul
households, guided by wisdom, and ey.
cry added year viii strengthen the af
fection. Instead of longing for the hoti
to come when they can fly from the
nest, they will leave il regretfully, and
come back at intervals with delight
And oh in all the turmoil Of life, tho
heart viii turn to it over and oyei
again, with a blessing. It's inAuenc,
follows the wauderer through all his
4 journey even down TO tho silent valley
cheering and blessing and guiding i
onward to that home where there il
only love and peace forever
Year: 1867

Ba- A servant girl in a Philadelphia
hotel gave birth to an illegitimate child
on Tuesday, and threw it from a fifth
story window. Singular to say, the in
FAINT was taken from the pavement by the
police entirely unhurt
Year: 1867

When hay is sold by the stack, or
where farmers wish to know the guam
tity they may have on hand, measure
ment, instead of the tedious process of
weighing, may be conveniently prac-
ticed. The first object is to ascertain
the humber of cubic yards contained in
the stack. AS the practice OF building
them round or circular is by far the
most common, it is necessary, i'll ascer-
tanning the contents of such, to measure
round them at different heights but at
regular distances, ,omitting the part above
the caves, if it is a regular cone as usual,
and these measurements added together
and divided by their joint number will
give the mean circumference. The
square of this is then multiplied by the
decimal .0796; the product thus obtain
ed is again to be multiplied by the
height up to the cave with One-third of
the rise from the cave to the peak, and
this last product will be the number of
cubic feet in the stack. Divide this by
q and it will give the cubic yards. The
measurement round may be performed
by cord, drawing it close to the stack,
and allowing about six inches in depth
for loose hay. The height may be
known with sufficient accuracy by plac-
ing a pole perpendicularly beside the
stack, standing off few rods, and OBJ
serving with the eye. -.


Ifthe stack is square or oblong multi
ply the medium height, (Which is the
height to the caves and one-third of the
rise of the roof taken togetherO and the
last product will be solid contents.


If the hay has been put up in q moist
condition as admits of with safety, and
has steod six months in the stack, ten
cubic yards will make ton. If the
stock is very large, and has been put up
quite moist, so as TO need copiOus sailing,
eight or nine cubic yards will make
ton. According to the experience OF
the writer, the difference between the
moist and che most dry, at the time of
stacking, is after settling about as
eight to twelve. These circumstances
are, then, all to be taken into consider
alton. But notwithstanding this vari-
alton, the method of measuring is far
more accurate than that of guessing the
quantity
Year: 1867

What will you do when the black
man comesf'


1t just simply means what will yOu-
the white man-do when the "blaek
man comes" with political and social
equality! What will the white family
do when the "black man comes" bear
ing in his palm that crime against God
and humanity, miscegenatiOn-to in
termix with, divide and separate that
family What will the poor, honest,
intelligent labOring white man do, when
the "bIdck man comes" with his black
opposition and black competition to
bear him dozen upon the most literal,
rigid, binding equality' What will the
white taxpayer of every grade do when
the "black man comes" with a sweeping
influx that will inundate the whole
beautiful State of Ohio. Let US pause,
and soberly, thoughtfully ask oarseires
what will re do when the "black man
cOmeSs"
Year: 1867

IL BELIEVE" writes L. A. King to the
| Cultirator, "it is conceded fact that
wheat, before it is perfectly ripe, gives


more and q better quality OF -four; still


the Weld is owing greatly to the man
ner in which the grain is cured, after
being cut. Every one knows that grain
of any kind, cut in green state, and
allow ed to remain in swath to cure, VIII
cause the grain to shrink and. be OF an
inferior quality; while if bound almost
Immediately, or before it gets dry, and
mt I'D in round shocks and capped, the
grain will receive the juices remaining
in the green straw, and become round
and plump. To prove the benefits de-
rived from keeping the heads OF


grain from being exposed to the
air let any one who has, practised


round shocking examine the heads OF


the top cap sheaf, he will find the ber-


ries much less plump and heavy than
those taken from underneath. Where
wheat is struck with rust, early cutting,
immediate binding and round shocking
will often save the crop, when, II put
nm in long shocks, as many farmers do,
the damage would be great. This is es-
pecially the case with spring wheat, as
this variety is with US more apt TO rust
than. the winter variety, as the time oi
ripening usually comes later, when
there is greater amount of warmth ana
moisture, which is no doubt the cause
of the grain rusting. To prove this


wheat, oats OF barley sown on any hilly
lake land, where the drainage is quick
and immediate, we never see rust
Year: 1867

SEED SAVING must not be forgotten.
Seeds should be collected on a dry day
and exposed in warm, airy room, up
on paper trays, When perfectly dry
there is no better plan of preserving
them than in brown paper bags, which
should be hung sp where neither frost
nor damp can injure them. There can
be no doubt that the amount of care be-
slowed upon the collection and keeping
of seeds will materially influence the
growth of the plants and the luxuriance
of the flowers next year.
Year: 1867

The Nashville Banner has d discovered a
new source of wealth. 1t says:-Our
attention has been called to the fact
that in the Eastern markets there is
ready sale for dried blackberries at thir-
ty to forty cents per pound. They are
sold principally to the whaling ships
and other vessels for long voyages,
being one of the best antiscorbutics cs
known. Now here is an element OF
wealth which q little industry will make
available in New Jersey, now entirely
unknown, and add largely to the gen.
eral prosperity. There is no indigenous
crop in the South that yields more than
the blackberry, scarcely ever falling
and none easier gathered and prepared
for market Children of tender years
can assist; almost any child can gather
enough daily to make three or four
pounds of dried fruit. Most of our far
mers' wives dry fruit either in kilns or
the sun; therefore no instruction Is nee
essary. Let our people take this in hand
with energy and the result will be of
the greatest benefit. WhOrtleberries
(huckleberries) are also bought in the
same market for the same purpose. We
would suggest that the grocers and
dealers in dried fruit advertise for these
berries, stating price, &c, and that the
press of the State call the attention of
the people TO it at once.
Year: 1867

THa MYSTERY OF PUNCTUATION An old
compositor tells this anecdote in a New
England paper


" We remember a number of years agcJ
when we were at work in book Office
near Boston, the copy was received for u
scientific work: The copy was manu-
script, with every letter we'll formed,
every capital letter in it's proper place,
every word distinct and punetuated 1t
was plain as reprint, aud called by the
eompositors the best manuscript copy
they had seen. The copy was given out
to the compositors few pages at tine,
sho set it up and punctuated it as they
bad been 10 the habit Of doing. each as
they thought tie sense required. The
proof-reader read the proofs, marked .
few changes in the punctuation, as he
did IN most Of the proofs, aud the matter
was corrected Another proof was taken
aud corrected and when thirty or forty
pages were ready they were sent to The
author for his inspection. In few days
the Proofs came back with the punctua-.
ton marked freely. 1t was corrected OF
course, ard then the eomposltors got or
der5 to follow copy in punctuation. -
They did SO, and another lot was fofvar-
ded to the author, punctuated exactly
according to copy. In due time til, sc
proofs came back, with the punctuatlt
marked more than before, if that We're
possible This irr'tated the proof reader
somewhat. aud he sent the scientific au-
thor not very polite note, saying Il |
can't punctnate this work to suit you,
and you can't punctnate it to suit your
self, what are you going too n In re-
ply, The author said he wasn't aware he
bad been correcting the Office pnnctua-
ton, but if the proof reader would see to
the punctuation, be would be greatly OBJ
ligcd, as it was something he knew moth.
ing about After that there was no more
trouble about punctuation on that work"
Year: 1867

Hear The courageous local Of the DAN
vile Times Mr. Taylor yass having
sent US word that if we published bis
MARI age he would shoot u.s. We hope he
will do us the favor to load his fuzee with
greenbacks, to the amount Of what ne
owes US. see marriage.
Year: 1867

A western journalist, whose wife had
Just presented him with twins, and who,
for this reason, was compelled to neglect
his paper for one day, wrote, the day
after, the following excuse We were
unable to issue our paper yesterday IN
consequence Of the arrival Of two extra
males"
Year: 1867

There is no denying the truth OF the foregoing sem
timent The art OF printing has not only preserved
but aided and promoted all others. The art has,
too, been greatly improved during the past
decade. 1t ID now supposed to be as near perfec-
ton as can be attained by human skill, and it may
be said with due regard to truth that nowhere
can printiog be more neatly executed, or with
greater facility, than at the Dispatch Printing
House. Here every conceivable kind Of printing
is turned out daily, and thousands can testify to
the superior quality OF the work Orders are pour
ing in, but so complete is the assortment of types,
and so numerous the steam presses. that none are
disappointed Neatness promptness, and reason
able charges are the ruling principles at the Dis
patch Printing! House.
Year: 1867

INTENSE HEAT.-For the past three days
the heat has been extremely oppressive in
Richmond. Wednesday at noon, in the
shade, the thermometer recorded ninety
four. Yesterday it rose even higher, and
at noon was up to ninety-six. The nights
bring but little relief-a somewhat unusual
circumstance for September. The early
mornings, for several days past, have been
characterized by heavy fogs, which are
dispelled atsunrise, and then the heat in
creases in intensity until meridian, when
it becomes almost uncomfortable. Man
and beast alike pant under the fierce rays
of blazing sun, and, for the sake OF
both, we hope that there may be an early
change in the temperature.
Year: 1867

MARTYRS To CARBLEs sNEss.-I sll the teeth
that have been ruined by neglect could be strung
together they would reach thrice round the
world. There may have been some excuse for
this havoc In days gone by, when there was no
absolute safeguard against dental decay In exist
ence, bnt there is no apology for 1t now. Fragrant
Sozodont the world renowned antiseptlc denti-
frce as certainly protects the teeth against decay
oil prevents steel from rusting or water arrests
the progress OF hre. se l8-lweod
Year: 1867

THE ADAMS EXPRESS RoBBERY.-Abner
Marks, who was arrested in Locust alley
on Saturday last on the charge of having
stolen So 900 from the Adams Express
Company in 1865 was brought before the
Mayor yesterday, and remanded to jail to
await requisition from the Governor of
West Virginia.


Marks is a desperate, Misunderstanding
individual, and has been concerned in
many villainies. When he first came to
Richmond, about week ago, he asked
some of the city thieves if they knew Of
any store or safe that was worthy of at
tention, stating that if such there were,
he would show them how to get into them.
Year: 1867

At two and half o'clock this after
noon the prisoner was removed from the
jail, put in an omnibus, and in charge of
Sheriff Bartholomew and others, taken to
Laporte, there to be kept until the ex-
citement entirely subsidies.


Under the belief that Page would have
preliminary examination at two o'clock,
great number of persons congregatcd
about the Court House. Much care and
vigilance in the removal of the prisoner
was exercised. The omnibus was sta
toned ON the east side of the Jail to avoid
being seen, and Page was taken from his
cell through the kitchen out at back
door. A direct eastern course was taken,
and soon the vehicle and its occupants
were out Of sight, and comparatively out
of danger.


Many still discredit the story of the
prisoners removal, thinking it intended
to avert an attack; but should any imme-
diate danger be apprehended, convincing
proof Of the absence of Page will be
given.


HE DENIES THE CHARGE,


Page emphatically denies the charge
against him, and declares he does not
know Miss Ludolph. When told, how
ever, that she still lived, he hung his
head and would not speak.


CONDITION OF MISS LUDoLPH.


Miss Ludolph is able to walk about
the room, and conyerses freely. Great
numbers Of persons 60 to see her daily.


Several boys, while searching among
the debris, found the pistol used by Page.
Year: 1867

REPUTATIoN.-The two most precious
things on this side of the grave are our
reputation and our life. But it is to be
lamented that the most contemplate
whisper may deprive US of the one, and
the weakest weapon of the other. A wise
man, therefore, will be more anxious to
deserve fair name than to possessit, land
this will teach him SO to live as not to be
afraid to die.
Year: 1867

Two Quaker girls were ironing on
the samo table. One asked the other
which side she would take, the right or
the left. She answered promptly:


at will be right for me to take the
left, then it will be left for thee to take
the right"
Year: 1867




About four miles from Valparaiso, on
what's known as the "Chicago road, ;"
has stood fos 10years low, frame farm
house, occupied by Benz. Long and his
wife Emma. The house was situated
about 40 rods from the Pittsburg an
Fort Wayne railroad and about 10 rods
from the turnpike in Union township
The country around is exceedingly hilly,
and on verge of adeep ravine, surround
ed by stunted underground, stood the
house. Standing on ihe spot the scene is
beautiful. Coursing along slowly at your
feet is Salt creek, sinuous stream, which
loses itself in the forest miles beyond
North of you is dense forest reaching
of the limit of vision, while away to the
south is level plateau extending to the
town of Valparaiso. On the east is a
hill about fifty feet in height, through
whose centre passage has been cut for
the railroad. On the western slope Of
this hill stood the domicile within whose
walls was enacted the double murder
The house itself was, like most farm
houses, constructed with view to the
comfort and convenience Of the occupants
and consisted of two rooms, bedroom
and kitchan. The surroundings of the
house are in high state of cultivation,
the result of years of patient labor. In
the kitchen the murder was perpetrated.
Year: 1867

The immediate cause which led to the
commission of the tragic deed which has
cast pail over the community where it
occurred, is not definitely known. 1t is
supposed, however, that it was induced
by certain allegations in the bill filed for
divorce. The unhappy victim of devil
ish malignancy, could she speak from the
bloody shroud in which she is now en-
wrapped, might well exclaim;
Year: 1867

INTELLIGENcE AND IGNoRANcE.-The Alta very
properly says -' 1t is possible frequently to
hear it said that intelligence is fatal to the con-
tinued success of party. The remark contains
just enough of truth to mislead. If it were abb
soutely the fact that general intelligence is in
furious to party, the conclusion is irresistible
that man is not capable of self-government, for
it is conceded that ignorance can always carry
the day. We are not prepared, however, to
make any such admission. The occasional tri-
umph of ignorance over intelligence is not ow-
ing to any special aptitude for compactness in
herent in the former. Intelligence can be weld
ed together as firmly as ignorance. But intel
ligent parties cannot be conducted in the same
way as ignorant parties. The intelligent will
demand higher development of virtue in its
management. 1t will always be productive of
defeat to introduce into it the practices and Gus
toms which may not only be tolerated, but be
absolutely essential to success in other and less
reflective ORGANIZATIONS -
Year: 1867

AN Alabama paper administered most crush
ing rebuke to one of the gentlemen who are in
the habit of indulging in the bluster about fight
ing again in case of defeat at the polls 1t said
"Why didn't you fight when fighting could be
of some use? You who clustered while we
fought are very ready to renew the battle. We
who fought while you staggered have had quite
enough of il ~
Year: 1867

In the "mnor topics of the New York Times
is reference to an Englishman, young of course,
and of taste and culture, who fell in love with a
squaw in Omaha and married her. The next
day the blushng bride got drunk and amused
the people of that fast city by turning summer
saults in the streets. The Times very properly
suggests that the "man of culture" 60 home
and write a book on American manners.
Year: 1867

JOSH BILLINGS, in his advice to young lady
as to how she shall receive a proposal, says =
" You ought tew take it kind, looking down hill
with an expresshan about half tickled and half
scarf. After the pop is over, if your luvver
wants to kiss You, don't think would say yes
or no, but let the thing take its own course"
Year: 1867

CHARMING SIMPLICITY.-The other day little
colt was frsking around its mother in front of
the post-ofiice in this town, when one of our
''city ladies' came along and exclaimed with
charming naivette, ''Oh ! is that a COW ?' We
collapsed County Journal.


Keep her in the COW counties until she learns
to distinguish between calf and colt.-Iol-
som Telegraph.


Not so; on the contrary, send her to San
Francisco, and she'll very soon be cured of all
that sort of ''charming simplicity" San Fran
cisco girls in their teens are better posted than
that. 1t was of one of the ladies of the COW
counties that the Rev. DR.. Stone told that pretty
little Arcadian story about her going out to milk
the cows and coming back to her husband with
an empty pail, declaring that she couldn't get a
drop of milk from "that big COW" upon which
she made her first experiment; whereupon the
husband, after looking into the matter, discov-
cred that the "big cow wasn't a COW at all,
and that his unsophisticated spouse had been
trying to draw the lacteal fluid from the wrong
gender !-Drdmatic Chronicle.
Year: 1867

The victorious Democrats do not mean to do
things by halves at the next session of the Leg
islature, if we may judge from the intimations
we find in the principal journals. They are 60
ing in to reform the work of their predecessors
with vengeance, and if they fulfill all their
promses-or their threats-they will not leave
vestige of Radical legislation in their wake.
The Sonora Democrat, one of the most thorough
going organs of the party, propounds pro-
grammc which, if carried out, will give our law
makers big winters work. First, of course.
it must repeal "the infamous Registry Act"
The law requiring attorneys and ltigants to take
a "loyal oath" seems to be also odious to the
Democratic mind, and it too must be rescinded.
The militia law, too, requires to be seriously
modified. The Sunday law must go by the
board, which we heartily hope will be the case,
for it is not in keeping with the spirit of the age.
Our present public school system is to be re-
modelled to what extent is not distinctly stated,
but we have suspicious that an effort will be
made to overthrow the present system complete
ly and to institute another upon entirely new
principles. Nor is this all. "We imagine" says
the Democrat, "that there will be another deal in
the making up of Congressional Districts, as this


important business was managed with an eye to
the good of the Republican party. The mea-
sures have enumerated are so VIGOROUSLY
wrong that we do not anticipate serious diff
Guilty from the Senate in the passage of amend
ments or securing their repeal" Besides the
suggestions originated by the party press, we
have other reasons for our belief that an attack
is to be made upon our public school system.
The Rev. Mr.. Fitzgerald, minister of the Method
ist Episcopal Church South, editor of the Spec
tator, which is the organ of that ecclesiastical
organization on this coast and State Superntend-
ent of Public Instruction elect to to
have limited broadly at such an attempt in re-
cent curious article in his paper. The article
referred to is a remarkable piece of composition
and good illustration of the art g how not to
say it." The reverend gentleman talks vaguely
about the "rghts of minorities" in regard to
the enjoyment of the g benefits of the public
schools, of the necessity of ''compromise," of
the injustice of depriving any class religious
denomination of equal rights in the schools, with
great deal more to the same effect. He pro-
poses nothing definite, but hints at great deal
as though desrous of feeling the public pulse
befor committing himself too far. Nevertheless,
the animus of the article is sufficiently discern
able to sagacious eyes, beneath all the jesuitica
generalities and prudent antiquities of phrase
under which it is half hidden. At least so it
seems to US; and though it is possible that we
are oyer-suspicious are inclined to believe
that Superintendent of Public Instruction
elect means to advocate some scheme which will
be equivalent to that which Zach. Montgomery
and the Roman Catholics have so long adyo-
cated.-Dramatic Chronicle.
Year: 1867

welcome now. The Of misunderstanding is
over, and that of enlarged friendly intercourse
has begun, and every occasion of becoming bet
ter acquainted with each other, every exchange
of international courtesies, and every opportu-
nifty for the expression Of mutual good will and
esteem will serve to strengthen the personal ties
and multiply the personal friendships which,
even more, perhaps, than the policy Of govern
ments. tie kindred nations to each other.-LoH-
don Daily Neus, October oh.