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Year: 1868

Miss Dickinson, in a recent lecture said:
"a man goes about with his six>inch line
and drops his little plummet into the ma
lures of the women around him, and thinks
he has touched bottom, when he has only
skinned the surface" We do not Under
stand what the fair lady means, but suppose
what she says is clear enough to the sex
Boston Post
Year: 1868

RADICAL PLATFoRM.-Shinplasters for
the poor laborer and gold for the rich bond
Observation-Disclosures and degradation
of the white people of the South, and the
eufranchisement and elevation OF the negro
high protective tariffs and untaxed bonds for
sboddy lords-oppressive taxation and povOr>
tv for the working man. This is the sum
of the Radical creed.
Year: 1868

The GREAT AMERICAN DEsERr.-A letter from
Omaha says: "In an atlas l used to stu6y long
ago, and | was no chicken, there was laid down
Just west of the Missouri river, tract broad and
expansive, called the great American desert
recolect a forlorn buffalo, with tail erect
sprawled away outside of this tract, to show that
be did not belong in it and couldn't afford to
live in it on any terms, and even an Indian, with
his pouy's tail turned to the desert, was chasing
off at the top of his speed for better locality


As an infant in geography, always tooi great
amount of stock in this desert idea, which now
think after all grew out of coneeit of some
lazy engineer, who got sick of the vast expanse
of chain dragging, and Jumped the whole as a
region not worth ten days work with chain and
level. He libeled the fairest wheat growing
country in the world. To-day thousands of acres
of the finest wheat1hat ever grew yellow in the
summers sun and bending aud rippling on the
fertile bosom of Nebraska, give the lie to my old
atlas and the typographical chap who misled
good Mr.. Malte Brun. saw up the Platte val
ley twelve hundred acres, six Of it in wheat.
Do you know that Nebraska raises more wheat
to the acre than Illinois, Wisconsin or Michigan
Put that alongside the great American deserl
story and let it choke to death forever"
Year: 1868

tMINHooD.'-To disguise the thing as
much as possible, says an exchange, the
Mongrels called negro suffrage manhood
suffrage Since the election they look as
though they were convinced in their own
minds that dsshOOd suffrage is better name
still. Their disgust is unutterable.
Year: 1868

Come rest in this bosom,
My African dear;
Tho thy chains have fallen from thee,
Thy home is still here.
know not, 1 ask not


How much you can tote;
know that love you
because you can vote.
Year: 1868

s a remedy that we recommend as not only
quail, but superior to nythmg of the kind ex-
tant, it is pleasant to take, acts promptly, and
never fails, when taken in time, to cure Chole-
ra inits first stage. t


Everyone should keep bottle on hand, so
as to be prepared for the worst.
Year: 1868

The rich depend on the poor, as as well as
the poor on the rich. The world is but
magnificent building; all the stone grad
ually cement together There is no one
subsists by himself alone.
Year: 1868

Here is an iacident of the European war of 1915, told by the German papers :

 On the morning of the memorable bat tie of Waterloo, Henneman had just handed his master (Blucher) a lighted pipe, when . cannon ball struck the ground close by, scattering earth and gravel in all directions, and causing the white charger on which Butcher was mounted to spring aside-a maneuvre that broke the pipe into thousand pieces before the owner had time even to lift it to his lips

 "Just keep 8 lighted pipe ready for me ; I shall be back in few moments, after l have driven away the rascally French churls."

 With these words Butcher gave the command "Forward, boys"' and of he galloped with his cavalry. Instead, how ever, of chase of few minutes, it was a rapid march of nearly a whole hot sum- mers day, as we all know from history, After the battle was over Butcher rode back with Wellington to the place where he first got a glimpse of the combating armies, and nearing the spot where Blucfer had halted in the morning, they saw to their surprise solitary man, his head tied with handkerchief one arm in sling, and calmly smoking pipe.

 Bonner and Blitzl," cried Butcher why that is my Henneman. How you look, boy. What are you doing here alone

 ''Waiting for your speedy return,' was the grumblng answer You have come at last have waited for you here, pipe in mouth, for the whole day. This is the last pipo in the box The cursed French have slot away every pipe from my mouth, have ripped the flesh from my head, and shattered my arm with their deuced bul- lets. It is we'll there is an end to the battle, or you would have been too late even for the last pipe" Saying which, he handed to Butcher the pipe to enjoy the remaining fumes of the weed. Wellington who had listened attentively to the conversation, here remarked to Butcher "you have just admired the unainching loyalty and bravery of my Highlanders, what shall say to this true and devoted soul ?" "But our Highlan- ders had no pipes to regale themselves with"
Year: 1868

From the New York Herald

 The riotous and murderous conduct of the blacks at Washington after the charter election had resulted in Radical victory may we'll alarm the country. 1t matters but little whether the first blow, which was the proximate, accidental cause of the riot, was struck by white or by black hand. All accounts seem to agree, however, that an inoffensive white man, a solder, was the first victim of negro violence. Cut across the ribs with razor, he died in short time. Another white man WAS killed by negro, who cut him across the wrist with razor, seyering an artery. The house of conservative judge of election was entered and gutted by a negro mob, which was prevented on- y by the starategy of policeman from de- molishing the office of the National Intelli- gencer. Restaurants were stoned, forcibly entered and robbed. The windows of other buildings were broken, and the wife of police officer was struck on the shoul- ders by one Sf the missiles Throughout the city large number of negroes were arrested, most of whom were found to be armed with musket, clubs and pistols, but, as if indicating the savage ferocity of the infuriated blacks, their favorite weapon was found to be the razor.

 What strikes us, however, as still more horrible detail is the incendiary speech addressed to the negro mob by Mir Forney. Our correspondent, in his letter which we published yesterday states that the ex-Secretary of the Senate told this mob that there were two regi- ments of Lees rebel troops in the city with hostile intent against the colored people

 No language can be too strong in repro bstion of such direct appeal to the worst passions of an ignorant and exeitable race Its tendency to provoke dangerous, if not fatal, collisions between whites and blacks is inevitable Yet this Is the tendency of the entire policy of the Jacobin leaders of the dominant radical party. What Charles Lamb would have classed among the imperfect sympathies between the two races these blind leaders of the blind ere trying their utmost to convert into cruel antiquities. An infnity of painful conse- quences must ensue, eliminating, if not providentially checked, in repetition on a grander scale of the horrors of the St. Domingo massacre.

 We firmly believe that both the former shareholders of the South and their emanci pated slave would gradually have adapted themselves to their new relation to each other, reaping mutual advantages from it, iffanaticai intermediates had not wickedly sown the seeds of a dreadful conflict of races. The first fruits of this conflict are visible in the recent deplorable scenes at Washington A full harvest of destruc- ton will be the final and terrible result.
Year: 1868

MEssRs EDITORS In No. II, cur rent volume, I notice the statement of dentist eff Zanesville, Ohio, who had extracted and replaced molar tooth for lady, which had done good service for the space of II years, and now had to be again extracted, being found aching from an ex- posed nerve. What is singular about 1t, is that the nerve, after having been bro ken should reunite do not see how this could be possible.

 A short time previous to that spoken of by him, while I was practising dentistry in Ohio, young woman applied to mo to fill the cavities in two large incisors. Upon examination l found them so far gone that the task to me would be very difficult, and to her too painful to endure. The surroundings seemed to be sound, with but slight inflammation, so l made the novel proposition to extract, fill, and re- place them, to which she consented. l prepared a small wise, fitted the jaws with soft pine, and after getting everything in readiness, placed her slightly under the

 influence of cheloric ether and extracted the one which was worse decayed, found the lingual surface nearly gone. placed it in the wise, cleaned it, making the orifce entirely through and consequently had to file from the inner angles on each side, all of which performed in about five minu tes, when 1 again administered little ether, replaced said tooth and extracted the other, and proceeded as with the first, which occupied three or four minutes, the whole being performed inside of ten min utes. I lately heard from her, the teeth remain as sound as they were when l fill ed and replaced them, doing good service. Any doubting dentist can satisfy himself of the truth of this statement by applying to the lady herself, Susan Liddill, who re- sides at Union Village, Warren county, Ohio The nerve in one oi.these teeth was dead before the tooth was extracted, and both of them doubtless received their nourishment from the surrounding alveolar process. How long they may be nourish- ed from the source and be of service, is yet to be determined.

 

 l tried the experement on young man, which also proved a success, but it has been some years since heard from him. I also tried with others partially decayed bicuspids and molars, but did not succeed in getting them into paying service, as they had to be re-extractcd in short time. But l do not see why a perfectly sound one might not re eunite with the alveolar process or surrounding walls and thence receive nourishmeRt aud become seryiceable' H.$L. EAnES.
Year: 1868

For some reason farmers do not like to raise field beans why, we do not know, unless they deem the trouble too great for the return made. It may be true that the crop is not paying one when good corn or wheat land is used for this pur- pose exclusively, yet we do not think 50, especially when beans command in mar ket a price like the present. But the question of using good soil for this pur- pose alone need not be brought forward, for they may be grown abundantly upon land that will produce nothing else, or raised with very little trouble sy planting them with corn.

 One great trouble with the cultivation of this crop has been the curing process, or, in other words, drying the vines ready for the threshing floor and this difficulty has arisen almost entirely from late plan ting, the vines not having time to mature while in the ground before the heavy rains and early frosts come on in the fall. Beans should be planted at the same time as field corn and in the same hills, with few inches space between the different seeds

 The hills containing both are cultivated together, and the beans will ripen and the vines dry up ready for the fail early in the season and may be easily gathered by going through the field with large basket.

 Beans are said to contain more life giy- ing and muscle-forming nutriment than any other vegetable food, two pounds of them containing as much muscle-making element as three pounds of wheat, and giving greater stimulant to the brain than three and a half pounds of wheat. They were the staple food in the army during the last war, when they could be obtained, and were the cheapest and best material that could have been furnished our sol ders to enable them to with stand expo sure and hardships. For the farmer who is continually performing hard manual la Dor they make equally as valuable and economical on article for tho table.

 If each husbandman in Ohio would produce one bushel of this crop the com ing season the quantity raised in this State alone would amount in the aggregate to ct least one hundred and eighty thou sand bushels, and be of greater value for food than the same amount of wheat Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1868

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In Wisconsin there is a town called


Oshkosh. 1t is regarded by the people


of that section as a "great place foI
fun" And if we admit that the loca
definition of "fuu be correct, its
repute is not undeserved. 1t chanced


recently that minister from another
part Of the State started TO go to Osh-
kosh. He had gone a few miles on


his journey when he was shocked by
meeting man limping along, with the
blood running down one side Of bis
face. On being questioned, the man
said he had been up to Oshkosh shaving
a little fun with the boys" Two miles
further or, another man was met, with


an arm in a sling, bunged eye; and


torn clothing. He told the distance to


Oshkosh, said it was a live town and
that he had been up there "having a
little fun with the boys" Pondering
on these facts, the minister proceeded
pensively until he came to a man seated
by the side of the road with sprained
arm and only one ear. lie was wash
ing the locality whence the other had
been bitten off. The minister stopped
and expressed his sympathy. The
man averred that it was nothing, he.
had merely been up to Oshkosh having
a little fun with the boys. "But,"
said the minister severely, "what do
you suppose your wife will say when
she sees you in this state9" The man
smiled sardonic smile, and putting
his hand in his pocket, brought forth a.
piece of nose, section, of scalp with
hair attached, and a piece of cheek Bit
ten from his antagonists face, and hold
ing them up to the minister, said:
I" What do you suppose his wife will
say when she sees him y The minister
silently went bis way, a sadder and a.
sager MANY Y Commercial.
Year: 1868




Mrs. Disrseli, at an entertainment
given London, since her husband be
came Premier, was literally a blaze o
diamonds; she wore a head dress Of
black velvet quite covered with clusters
of them; and strings of diamonds, kept
in their place by emerald and diamond
butterflies, fell over the dress.


In the neighborhood of Newcastle
Iupon-Tyne, England, there are accounts
of . religious movement which is almost
entirely in the hands of women. They
go about among the lsboring people,
read the Bible to them, and converse
on religious topics with great enthusi-
asm Several of them preach on Sun
days. Hr


When Marshal McMahon was enter
ing Paris in triumph after the battle of
Magenta, a little white-robed girl in the
throng advanced 10 present him with a
huge bouquet. He took the little one
up and stood her before him on the
saddle, and not all his deeds of heroic
valor ever called forth such shouts of
applause as this simple act. The child
wound one little arm about his neck,
and kissed again and again the bronzed
face of the warrior, who returned her
caress with fathers tenderness. From
that moment he was doubly the idol of
the enthusiastic multitude. They look
ed for bravery, but hardly for tender
ness and love in their proud general. :


France is armed to the teeth. The
Journal des Debats says: "The Ma
tional Garde Mobile has been organized
aud the whole army has been armed
with Chassepots, which leave no reason
to dread a comparison with the Pruss-
ian needIe-gun. The fortresses on the
eastern frontier have been put in
thorough state of repair; and in order
to dispel any apprehension, it is an
nounced that this year FIVE camps are
to be formed simultaneously. In
short France is prepared for any
emergency, and the Power which as
sumes the aggressive will be very III
advised" Gro -
Year: 1868

The first plow is supposed to have


been the rude branch of a tree, cut SO


as to have a cleft end, the point Of


which dragged along the surface of the
ground, scraping furrow into which


seeds were thrown. 1t soon occurred


to the husbandman that he might re-


lieye his own labor by yoking an ami
| NAL to the long arm of the primitive
instrument; then arose the necessity for
a handle, affixed to the back, so that
the plow might be guided. The
strength Of the animal soon wore away
or, broke the cleft Of the branch, and
thus necessity gave rise to the invention
Of movable shares, first wood, next of
stone, copper OF. iron, worked into a
shape adapted to the cutting of furrows,
so as to avoid the excessive labor arising
from the plowman's haring to lean with
all his weight upon the plow, to press
it into the earth. just such an imple-
ment as these conjectures Indicate. was
used by the Saxons. i5ob4 aaii


Some of the facts connected with the
history Of the plow are almost incredi-
BILE.


In Ireland there once prevailed a
custom of "plowing with the horses
tai" The draught pole was lashed to
the tail Of the horse, and, as no harness
was employed, two men were necessary,
one to guide and press upon the plow,
the other to direct the horse, which he
did by walking backwards before the
miserable animal, and beating it on the
head on either side, according to the
direction required. This custom pre-.
vailed for a considerable time, in spite
of law which was passed in the early
part of the 18th century, imposing
severe penalties upon persons guilty Of
"plowing by the borse's tail, as in the
act mentioned and described. From
the Reverend Cesar Otway's "Sketch
es in Erlis and Tyrawly,D it appears
that the barbarous practice fingered in
the remote west of Ireland as late as
the year 1740.


And from paper son the Breed of
Horses in Scotland in Ancient Times,"
printed in the first volume of the Trans
actions of the Society of Antiquaries of
Scotland, we find that the same custom
was practiced in that country as late as
the wear I7Q2. --
Year: 1868

Seed time is at ha nd, and as faith
full sentinel upon the watch-towers O
the land, we raise the cry of alarm
Millions of acres, rich 10 the elements Of
production, lie fallow under the genia
sun of this month of May, and no fur
row disturbs its surface and no goot
seed is cast into its bosom. Millions oI
mouths are every day hungry for bread,
and grain is 10 be had only at starvation
prices.


Why is thisl The hands which
should have been at work in the bust
ness of cultivation are otherwise en-
ployed, or are lying idle all over the
land. Trade and speculation have taken
our young men from the farm, and
many who are not young have done
likewise. A desire to become sudden
ly and easily rich, has bewitched the
people of this country, and to-day in
stead of being in the field with the i'm
plements of agriculture, they are driv-
ing in stylish vehicles after stylish
horses, or rushing about in rail-cars, or
blandishing at city hotels or other pub
lie places where people do congregate,
all eager to sell something to somebody;
to sell something which has cost them
little, fer a great price, part of which
when received, goes to add to the sty-
lishness of their equipaee and a part to
lay in more of something to sell again
to somebody-provided, and this often
happens-that somebody is not the
sharper trader of the two, and so he
who went out for wool came home
shorn. This mania for going into bust
ness so-called, has cheated the land
out Of its rightful workers, and raised
the price of bread to a war standard
even in this time of peace.


We talk of progress, improvement
higher civilization, education and en-
lightenment Ifthis result is to be taken
as proof, better 60 back to little of
the heslthful old-time barbarism, when
men believed in, and practiced upon
the principles of honest work and plen-
tiful production. When they were such
heather as to earn their bread at some
useful occupation, instead of realizing it
by some sharp practice Of trade. When
men looked to the teeming earth as the
great mother of production, instead of
building up immense fortunes among
themselves by swapping jack-knives.
This spirit of progress and civilization
is leading us in the dance of industrial
ruin and moral bankruptcy. o! for a
generation Of the pagan years of indus
try and economy!


What shall be donel Plant PLANT!
PLANTl Of with your fashionable
broadcloth, and on with loose suit of
stout and homely stuff, that will stand
the weather rnd the wear; get you TO
the barnyard and to the field; lift up
your voices among the oxen, and the
horses, and the cows, and the sheep;
talk bad grammer, and come in at night
with soiled boots and hay-seed on your
clothes; eat great slices Of pork and
baked beans; then go to bed and suore
in your sleep, and wake up to thank
God that you are not civilized to death
in this progressive age. So you shall
help to avert the impending Famine of
Food. Ohio Farmer.


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Year: 1868

According to the report of the Com
missioner of Agriculture, the average
value per acre Of the potato crop was, in
1860, much greater than the average
value per acre of either corn, wheat,
oats, rye, barley OF hay, in every State
in the Union; but, as comyared with
tobacco. the average value fell short in
every State except Ohio.
Year: 1868

J


We ask the attention of the friends


of Republican principles to the fol


lowing pertinent suggestions made


by cotemporary:


The Democracy, encouraged by


their successes in the late elections,


are leaving nothing undone that may


enhance their chances of electing the


next President and securing a major


ity in Congress. We may count on


their fighting with desperation for
for every foot of ground, and it is
the part of wisdom for Republican
Central Committees, and sll other in
Auential men in the party, to also
make timely preparations for the
campaign. We always lose votes by
deferring to late day work that
might be done early. We have eve
ry thing to gain and nothing to lose
by q thorough discussion of the is
sues Of the canvass.


With this view we wish to urge up
on Republicans the importance oi
largely circulating reliable Republi-
can newspapers. There is no way
by which the work of campaign can
be so efficiently and cheaply done as
this. Speeches, meetings, process
sions, etc, are all well enough in
their way, and are perhaps a neces-
sity of an exciting campaign, but
committees generally commit grave
errors in spending too much time
and money in this kind of work, to
the neglect of the more potent infu
ence at their command through the
proper use of newspapers.


Hundreds of dollars are spent on a
single meeting, which is considered
success if 4 couple of thousand peo-
pie come together and hear a speaker
for an hour or two They return to
their homes, think over what they
have heard, and no doubt are to a
certain extent influenced by it; but
give those same voters good news
paper to read regularly, and they
will be thoroughly posted on the
political issues, will be armed with
arguments to meet their opponents,
and what is better, will be found,
very generally, active and efficient
workers in the cause, whose influence
will be felt in the community.


We are all influenced in our opin
ions very much by what we read
more, perhaps, than many Of US are
ready, at first thought, to admit
But this is particularly true of the |
masses of the people, who do the
voting, and whose reading is neces-
sarily confined to one or two news
papers. These, we may be assured,
will be pretty thoroughly read, and
the thoughts thus imbibed will gain
a permanent lodgment in the mind,
and become part ofthe convictions
Of the reader.


And now is the time to begin this
work. Before the excitement of the
comes on, mems minds
are much more easily influenced than
ifterward They now have time and
opportunity to think calmly upon the
questions presented, and opinions
.hus formed will not be easily chang
ID.