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Year: 1868

mon scandal !; she must not trust to spy
or informer, but rely upon his truth and
her own intGitions. 81 "


IF she expects 20 find Cheyalier Bay
ards, and Admirable Crichtons, and I'm
maculate Josephs ready for her oshing,
she will most likely remain without a
husband. She caa only hope for an ap-
Proclamation to the ideal but if she is
true hearted, sincere to the core, unset
fish and lovely in her own life, she will
be sure to make the dear one whom she
allows to be head Of the republic at home
not only happy man, but a progressive
y god man, growing into spiritual in
sight, advancing in dignity and manly
worth, for she will be his helpmate in
building this house


In conclusion, [ think woman will not
marry before she is twenty; for by 80
doing she looscs that fresh, joyous, hope,
ful period of life, and a very essential
part of it for the sake of health, study,
and consolidation Of charact er-her girl
hood and she viii in after life, be sure
to mourn the loss of this lovely period.
She will be twenty at the very least when
she marries, and like true woman, she
will look for right manly man, who will
be handsome in her eyes, and represent,
as nearly as possible her ideas Of mascu-
line perfection-good sense, mental,
moral and physical health and. above
all, the certain fore rest and protective-
ness, always attractive in the eyes of a
woman. Ehza6eta Odkes Smith.
Year: 1868

THE DROUTH IN GRANT COUNTY
The following extract from private let
ter to the Sentinel dated Platteville, Feb
ruary 4th, will serve to illustrate the suf-
ferings(?) of the people in the southern
part of the state on account Of want Of
water. We only fear that if this state of
things continues much longer Grant
County will give a Democratic majority
next fall:


The weather has been delightful almost
all the time since you were here. The
only drawback is the fact that on account
of the absence of rain and snow, the sup
ply of water is failing in all Of the wells,
the cisterns having given out weeks ago.
The result is that we have to drink whis-
KEY for common" as the children say,
and reserve water for extra occasions.
The results are not pleasant, and besides,
it is devilish expensive to pay,,six dollars
a gallon for whiskey and consume two gal
Ions day. AS matter Of ecoaomy, we
insist on the hired girl doing the washing
in whiskey that costs only four dollars
per gallon. She objects on the ground
that 1t has so much prussc acid in it that
it rots the clothes but at the present
price of water it is absurd to expect US
to use it to make suds with For culin-
ary purposes we find that whisky does
not '.fill the BILL" in all cases, For in
stance-yesterday [ ordered boiled eggs
Of course tte5 were boiled in the best
"tangIe-leg," but when we bro5e them
open, instead of being "well done, they
were filed with 'egg nog." Funny, but
true Had to mix my lather with forty
rod" on Sunday morning, and the com
bination of the liquid and the soap result
ed in removing my beard, without the
assistance ola razor. Of course the skin
came with the beard, and left me as raw,
red, and ill-natured as a newborn baby
laboring under his first attack Of cho!ic.
I applied "Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" and the result is beautiful,
heavy, glossy, black beard in the place of
the one of which [ was despoiled Ny
former beard was not black, in fact, rath-
er the opposite, as you perhaps remember.
Year: 1868

The following extract IS from Prof.
4 g 4ssiz's new book entitled GA Journey
IN Brazil: = a#E@


"A region Of country which stretches
across whole continent and is flooded
for half the year, where there can meyer
be railroads or highways, or even pedes-
train travelling to any great extent, can
hardly be considered as dry land. 1t is
true that In this oceanic river system the
tidal action has an annual instead OF a
daily ebb and flow, that its rise and fall
obey a large orb, and are ruled by the
sun and not by the moon but it is,
nevertheless. subject to all the conditions
of submerged district, and must be
treated as such. Indeed these semlii-an-
nual changes Of level are far more pow
'erful in their influence on the life of the
inhabitants than any marine tides. Peo~
pie sail half the year above districts
where for the other half they walk, though
hardly dry shod, over the soaked ground;
their occupations, their dress, their hab-
its are modified in accordance with the
dry and wet seasons. And not only the
ways of life, but the whole aspect of the
country, the character of the landscape,
are changed. The two picturesque cas-
cades, at one Of which we took our bath
the other morning and at this season
such favorite resorts with the inhabitants
of Nianaos, will disappear in few
months, when the river rises for some 20
feet above its lowest level Their bold
rocks and shady hooks Will have become
river bottom. All that we hear or read
Of the extent Of the Amazon and its tri-
butaries fails to give an idea Of its immen-
sity as whole. One must float for
months upon its surface, in order to un=
derstand how fully water has the mastery
over land along its borders. Its watery
labyrinth is rather a fresh-water ocean.
cut and divided by land, then a net work
Of rivers Indeed, this whole valley is an
aquatic, not terrestrial basin and it is
not strange, when looked upon from this
point of view that It's forests should be
less full of life, comparatively, than lis
rivers"
Year: 1868

"Take four pounds Of rags and a bunch of


shavings, ---


An old tin pan and bunch Of straw;
Then steal an old hat of somebody's Ieavings,
And swear its your own to get clear of the


law. g..
"Next get an old stocking and stuff it with


paper,
And if it's possible put in mole;
Then get some old china and nutmeg CRATER,
And make them all up in nice little roll.
'Put all these things in net of red,
And glislening beads must cover them all,
Then faSten It Oh the back of your head,
And you have love of a waterfall" ..
Year: 1868

HAYING permanently located himself wou ID
i L respectfully inform the Citizens of Water
town and vicinity that he is prepared to do all
kinds of DENTAL WORK. All work WarrAn-
ted to give entire satisfaction Office on Main
Street. over Sprague drug store.
Year: 1868

All indications 90 to show that the
Democratic State Convention, to assem-
BILE in this city on next Wednesday, will
be the largest ever held in the State
The counties Of Wood, Harrison, Lewis,
Taylor, Barbour and Randolph alone
have appointed over three hundred del
egates, and We learn that large pro-
portion of these will be in actnal at
tendance.


Suitable preparations are i'll progress
for the reception of the Convention.
Its sessions will be held in the Court
House during the day and at night a
grand demonstration will be had at
Washington Hall. The evening meet
ing will partake of the character of au
Anniversary celebration, in honor OF
the day, (sth Of January,) and of the
man whose name it SO readily
recalls. We have not been provided
with a list of the speakers, but presume
it will be furnished in due time. The
Hall will he appropriately decorated,
bands of music will be in attendance,
the ladies will be invited to grace the
occasion with their presence, and every
arrangement necessary to make the oc'
casion imposing and memorable will be
made.
Year: 1868

Senator Sherman has introduced into
Congress a bill to hoodwink the people
and fasten upon them q direct pledge
to pay the entire National debt in gold
He proposes to lift all the bonds now
out, and issue new ones, all to be paya-
BILE in coin ut any time after ten, aud
within forty years. The bill also pro-
vides that the bondholders shall be tax
able neither on their bonds, nor on the
income which they derive therefrom.
To hoodwink the people into an APPROX
al of this measure, n clause Is intro
duced into the bill providing that one
per cent. of the interest (Which also is
to be payable in gold, shall be retained
by the general government-one-halt
thereof to constitute sinking fund, and
the other half to be distributed among
the States in liel of taxes. The design
of this provision is obvious. 1t Is III
tended as bait to deceive the people,
But the cheat is transparent. The
amount which is to be paid back to the
States, does Lot come from the bond
holders, h"t 10 taken from the pockets
of the people, so it is they, and not the
bondholders, who pay the amount which
is to be distributed to the States in lieu
of taxes on the bonds. And in return
for this humbug bondholding benefi-
cence to the States, Senator Sherman
proposes to fasten upon the people neu
contract with the bondholder, in which
the tax payers Of the country shall
stand pledged to pay gold for the mil,
lions of bonds which were issued with
out any such pledge or Intention II
Congress dares to pass such an infamous
law in the very face of the greenback
sentiment which prevails all over the
land, ultimate repudiation will then
for the first time be rendered probable
Let bondholders beware.
Year: 1868

MoUNDsvILLE, MARSHALL COUNTY,


WEST VIRGINIA, January I'd, 1868. !


Editor of the Register.


There is in this community at pres


ent very unpleasant and embarrassing
state of affairs existing, growing out of
the failure on the part of the Peniten-
tiary officers to pay the workmen, or at
least that part of them who furnished
stone for that building. These men
have not been paid for three months,
and cannot now get any satisfactory as
surance when they will be paid. They
are industrious, good citizens, most
of them possessed of but moder-
ate means, and they have been
compelled to procure the necessaries of
life for themselves and families, and
feed for their teams from the farmers
and merchants upon short credit,
promising to pay monthly, as they were
to be paid each month by the men who
employed them. You will readily per-
ceive, Mr.. Editor, the very unpleasant
dilemma that these workmen are placed
in. Their creditors are urging them for
settlement of accounts; they are un-
able to settle, for they have failed to
get what is justly due them from
these public agents. 1t is obvious
then that these men who run
this penitentiary machine down here
have been guilty of practicing a fraud
upon this community. They employ
the lsborer to work for the State, and
promise to pay him monthly, knowing
at the same time that there are no funds
in the State treasury or in their hands
to do so. By this deception and wrong
dealing, many of our citizens have been
placed in a very embarrassing situa-
tion, pecuniarily. And now these sharp
ers and spectators at the penitentiary,
true to their natural instincts, go to
work and try to take advantage of a ne
cessity they themselves brought about,
by false promises. They now propose
to buy up these claims at discount of
eleven and half per cent. on the dol
lar. The claimants, however, be 1t said
to their praise, shun and reject this
most unjust proposition. They have
performed, faithfully and well, their
part of the contracts, and am sure they
never will suffer themselves to be
wronged in this manner. They will
not allow these public officials
to deprive honest industry and toll
of its Just and fair reward. Has
the State, by its agents, opened up
regular brokers' Office at the peniten-
tiaryi This whole transaction looks
very much like it, and if these officials
can buy up all the claims that the peo-
pie here have against the State at a
discount of eleven per cent. it will be
quite a snug little piece of tinanciering,
if the funds used belong to
the public. MARSHALL.
Year: 1868

The effects of the selfish, grinding,
aud fanatical policy which the shrewd-
ness and jugglery Of New England poll
ticians have for so many years in
fiicted upon the nation, are now react
ing upon the Yankee States themselves.
We hear constantly of mills and tacto-
ries closing for want of remunerative
prices for their goods, others running os
half time, aud general depression taking
the place of the prosperity which has
been so long enjoyed by that section OF
the country, through the bounty and
protection of the Government.


High protective duties, which excluded
foreign fabrics, and enabled American
manufacturers to realize heavy profits,
turned the attention of New Eng
land in this direction, and made
her permanently the manufacturing Sec
ton of America. Under this system
she thrived and prospered. Manufac-
turing establishments of every descrip-
ton rose as if by magic, and the busy
hum of Industry was heard on every
side. Her fabrics filled the world. She
competed in price and quality of goods
with Old England in the markets Of the
world. Gold poured inre her Golfers.
aud the signs of substantial opulence
were everywhere visible.


But the peculiar idiosyncrasies of the
Yankee. which prompt him to force his
peculiar views upon every one, would
not permit him to be restrained within
appropriate limits, and he concluded
that interference with the institutions
Of the South would be q good invest
ment. He first appropriated money
and organized societies to build un-
derground railroads TO steal away ne
groes, which he had years before sold
to Southern masters. This plan, though
attended with large degree of sue
cess, was obviously too slow to
accomplish the overthrow of the insti-
IuIIUn OF slavery, Tor the reason that
the number which could be stolen even
by the large amount of expenditure
made did not keep pace with the nat
ural increase of that class of popula-
tion. Then came change of tactics,
and the programme was to organize
the whole North for a crusade against
slavery. This was successfully accom-
plished, and in 1860 the abolition party
seized the reins of government. The
Southern States raised the standard OF
revolt. The Government made war on
agigantic scale; the South was crushed
and impoverished.


Now, it must be borne in mind that
the Southern States were to New Eng
land the goose which laid the golden
eggs. Stuffed up with conceit, the Yau.
kee thought that he would perform a
smart trick and cut the goose open and
get the egg before il was laid. The
thing was done, and now the Yankee
groans in the anguish of his soul at his
folly. The goose is dead and there are
no more golden eggs.
Year: 1868

The best use to which coal ashes can
be put in winter, is probably 20 mix
them with recent night soil in the
privy, using them every day or two, 10
keep the contents dry and covered.
They must he thoroughly sifted, free
from large bits of coal, slate, or clinkers.
Coal ashes may be used to good advan-
tage as top dressing for grass, or min
gled with stiff, clayey soils.
Year: 1868

They should be kept dry, ana free
from chips and sweepingsn and bones.
If bones that would be long deeaying,
and that cannot easily be broken up
fine, are burned in the fire, they may be
pounded fine, aud may then be left in
the ashes. There is no garden or field
crop which ashes do not benefit. Per.
hsps the best use for portion, at least
is in the onion bed. Leaf mould conn.,
posted with askes, makes an excellent
dressing for straw berries, worked into
the surface between the plants. Z
Year: 1868

comfort he may have given It; aud be shall
file the certificate in the Office of the Secre.
tary Of State, and it shall be published in
the official journal.


Negro supremacy is further secured
by this oath (required to be taken by
officers of militia as well as "all other
oficers'):


Art. 100. Members of the General As
sembly and all other officers, before they
enter upon the duties of their Offices, shall
take the following oath or Affirmation: Il
"a. b. do solemnly swear Tor affirm that
accept the civil and political equality Of
all men, and agree not to attempt to de.
prive any person or persons on account of
race, color or previous condition, of any
political or civil right privilege or immu-
nifty enjoyed by any other class Of men.
That will support the Constitution and
laws of the United States, and the Consti-
tuition and laws of this State, and that
will faithfully and impartially discharge
and perform all the duties incumbent on
me as -, according to the best of my
ability and understanding. So help me
God"


It is announced that for The purpose Of
handing Virginia over to negro domina-
ton, the Reconstruction Committee in
Congress have determined to report a
bill to excld1o 1900 white men in that
State, already registered, from exercising
the ballot Thus we see that where the
negroes, in conjunction with the few
white men who, from selfish motives,
favor negro supremacy, lack the numeri-
cal strength to carry the elections, Con-
gress is to step in and aid them by dis
franehising white men.
Year: 1868

Shall 10 be Adopted by the Fourth OF


July COnventiOn9


From the Washington Correspondence Bald-


more Gazette.


The city is unusually full of leading
Democrats from a distance. At quite a
gathering last night the approaching New
York Convention was the subject of grave
remark. 1t was generally conceded that
some reliable man would be the selected
standard bearer of the party, and that he
would be placed upon a platform short,
plain, aud to the purpose. As to the course
of the Southern delegates, Of whom two or
three are here, it is thought they would
unitedly and cheerfully yield ready ac-
quiescence in what should appear to be the
wishes OF thereal representation ofthe Dem
ocratic party at the North, but that they
should not be regarded or treated as cyphers,
but as peers. Another very important
matter was discussed-that Of the famous
two-thirds rule. Il was contended that
whatever considerations 10 bygone days
might have been urged in its favor, time
had demonstrated that its observance bad
rather distracted than cemented the party.
The inevitable tendency Of its adoption
now would be merely to defeat the will Of
the majority. A third of the members oi
the convention, belonging 10 the odds and
ends Of personal cliquss under its operation,
have the power either to force an objeo-
tionable candidate upon the party or 10
disrupt the organization. Its Inauguration
in 1874 laid the foundation of the schism
between the Northern and Southern wings
of the Democratic party, and finally IN
1860 led not only to the disruption Of The
only national Rerty then existing, bat, as a
necessary conss4 4sence, TO sectional warfare.
There cannot at this day be g single sound
reason advanced in fsyorof Its continuance,
and in the opinion of wise heads il should
be formally abandoned as soen as the
Fourth Of July Convention assemblies. Az
substitute il was thought at the gathering
referred to a rule preliminsrily pledging
every member 10 abide by and support the
choice Of majority might answer all profit
able purposes.
Year: 1868

nRAINER, HOUSE, CARRIAGE AND SIGN
NJ PAINTER has taken n. wup's place at Cedar
Falls aud will give entire satisfaction all who entrust
him with work In his line Of business shop over Fos


dckswason Shop. Paper hanging neatly done on short
notice SHY
Year: 1868

The committee to whom was assign.
ed the building of bridge across the
east branch of Spring creek In Fox
township reported as follows:


We have attended to the building OF
said bridge, and 1t is now completed
and accepted by us in accordance with
the resolution passed by the Board.


The following are the items of .ex-
Year: 1868

A GREAT BIC BLACK SNAKE-We mean
business when we say our clothing ranks high
er in style and lower in price than that of any
clothing house in this city. We keep fine as
sortment of goods, and cannot fail to please the
most fastidious. You stand in your own light
if you do not give US call. Everything war
rsnted 20 give perfect satisfaction. 1--WE DEFY
competition" BL0NDHEIW,


nov Is Corner King and Fairfax SITS
Year: 1868

The RUSH AT DEALHAM $ Clothing Store
still increases daily. His price list, found be-
low, excels anything ever offered in his line,
and those in want of good Clothing who wish
to save p per cent will do we'll to give him q
coll ha ia eallinc thayn off fast
Year: 1868

necessary requisites to promote connubial hap
piness. Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prospect hourly darkons to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair and filed WITH
the melancholy reflection that the happiness q
another becomes blighted with your own.
Year: 1868




A good wife is the greatest earthly
blessing. A man is what his wife makes
him. 1t is the mother who moulds the
character and destiny of the child.
q Make marriage matter Of moral judg-
ment. ..rr. ..t....s.+ U.rr


Marry in your own religion. .sa.u


Marry into a different blood and tenn.
permanent from your own.
'd Marry into family which you have
long known. aa.H


Never talk at one another, either alone
or in company.


Never both manifest anger at once!


Never speak loud to one another, unless
the house is on fire. il


Never reflect on a past action, which
WAS done with a good motive and with
the best judgment at the time.


Let each one strive to yield oftenest to
tho wishes of the other. y q aI


Let self,abnegation be the daily aim
and effort of each.


The very nearest approach to domestic
felicity on earth is in the mutual cultiva.
tion of ah absolute unsel6shness. hli.


Never fud fault, unless it is perfectly
certain that fault has been committed
end even then prelude it with kiss, and
lovingly.


Never tauut with past mistake.


Neglect the world beside, rather thai
ono another. @73 19ai Aae
Never allow request to bo repeated
II forgot" is never an acceptable excuse
Never make remark at the expense 0
the other 4; it is meanness
Never part for day without loyin
words to think ofduring absence besides
it may be that you will not meet agai
IL life.
Year: 1868

A. CuEAp Ice pyTcHER.-1he following
is simple method of keeping ice water
for long time III common pitcher.
Place between two sheets Of paper (uews
paper will answer, thick brown is better
layer of cotton batting about half an inch
in thickness, fasten the ends of paper
aud batting together. forming a circle,
then sew or paste crown over one end,
Making q box the shape of stovcpipe
hat, minus the rim. Place this over an
ordinary pitcher filed with ice water.
making it deep enough to rest on the
table, SO as to exclude the air, and the
reader will be astonished at the length Of
time his ice will keep and the water re.
laain cold aftet The ice is melted.
Year: 1868

DRINK FOR MILon Cows --Cowo that
give milk in winter may be made mOle
profitable by giving them bucket Of
warm water twice day, with little
meal or even the slops of the family with
it Every one has noticed how an ey,
trcmcly cold dasyalll atecl their milk,
or when they have become wet even in
summer A little salt, with meal float,
ing on tho surface of such drink will
soon teach any COW to drink it. They
will drink at the pump all tie better for
q litho salt.