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Year: 1865

FEEDING BEEF CATTLE.-We know that
much of the practice in relation to the rear.
ing and feeding of animals in the Atlantic
States is inaPplicable to this country but
still we believe something can be learned
from that quarter. A writer who lately
passed through Illinois thus describes the
mode generally pursued in feeding beef cat.
tie in that State


A little corn is fed before taking to the
pasture, that is, in October, commencing with
one.eighth Of bpshel, and gradually going
up to one halt. Of bushel a day, the corn
Is fed on the stalk and years back always
was thrown on the ground; many do still
In July rode in buggy through series
OF feed lots, some twenty acres in all, where
the corn had come up as thick as wheat, and
was as high as the horse. The cattle are
turned into it in August. But those who
seek the most profit build mangers;r called
bins, which are fixed or movable the latter
are best. These sre four and half feet
wide, two feet high, and have tight bottom
so us to hold shock, jerked or basked corn.
A bin long enough to feed one hundred cat.
tie will cost about $50, and the cost will be
saved in thirty days, for the cattle eat all
the corn. Meanwhile hogs are turned in to
eat the litter. In this way hogs do better
than when they are put into the feed lots
after the cattle are changed, particularly in
freezing weather The rule IS to have l25
hogs with 100 cattle All this is outdoors
The stalks make good beds for both kinds of
animals. To make the business profitable,
1t is important that there should be plenty
of good water, and that feed and drink be
given regularly every day. One of the
most successful stock growers insisted that
regularity in these things is more important
than much feed. He said he was fully con.
yiDced that attending to these duties at one
hour on one day and at another hour on the
next would end in loss. Let those feeding
stock heed the lesson.
Year: 1865

The sportsmen are having fine time
hunting prairie chickens, which have been
driven, by the Snow, from the hills and fields
to the brush that skirt the little streams
thr oughOut the valley. What a 5t5 it is
that the game laws of the Territory can not
be enforced for it will require but a few
more Years for the spOrtsmen to ex terminal e
the wild chickens from the valley, if they
continue killing them out of season" as
they have done for the past year.
Year: 1865

WooD.-Our little fall of snow has cres.
ted an active demand in the city for wood,
and although the supply has been fully
equal to the demand, sellers have had nc
difficulty in disposing of their wood at IRON
81 to $40 per cOrd,(O according to quality
While upon this subject we will say that If
any Of the patrons of the STATESMAN pre-
fer paying their subscriptions in wood it
will at all times be acceptable.
Year: 1865

ENTERPRIsE.-The Oregon Steam Navi.
cation Company certainly keeps pace with
the times. In addition to their main stem,
which includes the navigation of the COlum-
bia between Portland and Wallula, they have
now in the course of construction three new
steamers which are designed to act as feeders
to their main trunk The first Of these boats
will navigate the Snake River from OldS
Ferry to possibly the mouth of Jordan Greek


This enterprise accomplished, the land travel
from Salt Lake to the Davigable waters Of
the Columbia RIVER will be reduced to less
than three hundred miles When this feat
is accomplished we may confidently expect
the Mormon trade and travel to abandon the
deserts of Southern California and follow the
Columbia River route. At COlville, following
out the same spirit Of enterprise, the Com
pany has already launched steamer which
is intended to penetrate to the sources eff the
Columbia, thus opening to the prospector and
miner a vast region which is known to be
rich in treasure. Again, on Pen d'Orelle
Lake the keels of boat are already laid,
the object being to attract the MontanAtrade.
1t is rare indss4 ttAut a single combination
is able to contribute so much toward the de-
velOPment of a country, apd fortunate has it
been that the navigation of the Columbia
has been controlled by enterprising men.
Year: 1865

TEEhfroRI8B LEGIsLATURE.-Ne have
made such arrangements as will ensure US
full reports Ofall the most important doipgs
OF the Territorial Legislature, now in session.
There is large Union majority in both
branches of tie Legislature, and hence, that
party will have to shoulder the responsibility
of whatever is DONE We trust that the good
sense of the members will preclnde anything
like the Blue Law Legislation that charac.
terized the last Oregon Legislature.
Year: 1865

To the already overwhelming Combination of Ar
tistes which, in point of numbers and professional
reputation has never before been equslled by any
other place of amusement in theatrical history
Year: 1865

New YORK, Jan. 6.-The Post has pri.
vate letter from Savannah, which speaks
of the order prevailing in that city since
its occupation by our army and the con-
fidence citizens have Of our protection
A citizen late one night exhibited his
watch to the writer and said he would
not dare to wear watch or anything
else of value on the streets at night be-
fore the arrival of Sherman.


The writer was also informed that
Governor Brown was about to issue
proclamation before Hoods march to-
ward Sherman's rear, calling conven-
ton to propose terms of peace, but was
deferred by Hoods movements. He was
afraid of JEFF Davis 1t would appear
that the destruction of the Georgia rail
road by Sherman struck staggering
blow to Lee and Davis at Richmond.


The Post has seen a private letter
from a citizen of Savannah, which states
on the authority of an officer of that road,
that it supplied Lees army up to the
time it was broken, with 100 head OF
cattle per week, the cattle coming from
Florida and southern Alabama. There
is reason to believe, from information in
possession of residents of Savannah, that
Lee has not thirty days rations on hand
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Andrews who
commands the guard picketing on the
Potomac river from the great falls to
the mouth of the Monocacy, says that
the guerrillas who infest the banks OF
the river have become very troublesome
lately, and there is hardly night
passes without their firing upon our
pickets and making an attempt to cross
the river at some point or other. Mon
day night while the mail carrier Of Major
Andrews was carrying mail from the
camp to Poolesyille, he was fired upon
from the Virginia shore, and ball
passed through his hat. On the same
night the camp of the lot Delaware cav.
airy was fred upon by bushwhackers on
this side of the river, who appear 10 be
operating with the guerrillas by signal
ing to them from the Maryland side, in
the neighborhood of Rockville.
Year: 1865

Captain Wise, of the Naval Ordnance
Bureau, has already determined to with
draw IOO-pounder PARROTS from the ser
vice, and the feeling among naval officers
induces the belief that his view will be
sustained by the examining board and
department.
Year: 1865




in all the philanthropic funny magazines,
would be not only no reason to aid US,
but would be an additional reason for
abandoning us to our fate and encour-
ging our enemies TO complete their con-
quest.


1t is said that we are averse TO diplo-
macy By no means Diplomacy is a
highly respectable kind of agency for
the transaction of international affairs,
but we have observed that there is Rot a
satisfactory diplomacy between two ma
tions, one OF which is begged for favors
and the other sues IN forna pdaperis, one
of which has entirely the front door to
all the Courts of the world, and the
other has to creep up the back stairs at
imminent risk of being kicked out.


One writer suggests that there is
treachery in advice to rely solely upon
our own strength, and to disregard and
neglect the aid of diplomacy. Perhaps
this sagacious writer can tell us where
there is anything else for us TO rely upon
than our own strength, and what dip
lomacy is open TO US, and with whom 2


This Confederacy has never had any
other reliance than its own native
strength and resolution has none other
now, either actual or possible, and this
being the truth we hope there is no
treachery in plainly saying so. As to
those who are now urging upon the Con-
federate States that they should offer to
return to colonial dependence, or aboh-
ton of slavery, to England and France.
on condition of receiving their material
aid, we impute no odious intention to
sach advisers. What we mean to say is
that the counsel comes from panic that
Year: 1865

In place Of the extra copy for a club OF Ten


we will send the Old Guard for 1865, if preferred
or 81 worth Of any of our publications. We will
do the same in the case Of Clubs Of Twenty that
Year: 1865

There are too many il this age who live aud
act upon the idea that their happiness acM be
commensurate with their worldly possessions
They permit present opportunities for enjoy.
ment to pass by unenioyed, and reach out into
the unexplored future for joys connected with
the bauble wealth. To acquire wealth honor
ably is laudable; but to make all else subser-
Went is but developing the lower traits of
character at the expense of the higher and
nobler.


Notwithstanding our boasted civilization,
to US, it appears evident that we are far too
'nateralstic to qualify ur boast As people
we do not sufficiently inquire after knowledge,
but make laborious what we should embrace
as q pleasure 1t is q grievous error to SUP.
pose that, in amassing property and increasing
the magnitude Of our bank deposits, we aro
fulfilling our destinies.


TO acquire knowledge is far more honorable
than to acquire wealth. The two are not Am.
tagonistlc, but the former should not be held
in lower estimation than the latter. AS man
is not willing that his fellow should hold in his
own name aud right his money, SO he should be
unwilling that his neiglfbor should mouopolize
all Knowledge and lie be dependent upon Others
for information, which would qua lfy him to
Year: 1865

The CAIRO TIMES is the only paper published in
Illinois which had branch in New York and place
upon every respectable hotel within the city.
Tie TINES has also authorized Agent in the city,
whose exact location will be announced in few days.


The position of Cairo located it is, at the junction
Of the two mighty rivers the Ohio and Mississippi and
head of navigation during the winter season.
times of low water is, believe universally conceded
as destined to be OF most important commercial
points this continent Indeed it may be set down
being the greatest natural gateway in the world equaaed
emily in natural advantages by the Ithmus of Suez and
Panama. but in its surroundings surprising either
both. Full 200, 900 people step from off the palatal
steamers Of the rivers named upon levees peyear
and corresponding Of freight yearly unloaded
here and when the Railroads. projected SUI veyed,
and which will be built within the years. join the
Illinois Central Railroad, running North and the Mobile
Ohio Railroad running South, Cairo WILL of necessity
become the great entrepot of the staples of the South
and the radating point from whence the great East will
lock for and receive its supplies.


Our agent and corresponding editor, A. b. sTILLMAN
will call upon the leading business OF New York in
person, and solicit advertising patronage The TIMES
political journal. Its speciality is promugate
commercial intelligence, foster business interests and
disseminate the atest and fullest of the day. Upo.
every incoming train of the Mobile Ohio Railroad it
meets the Of the Southern merchant his way Ease
to purchase andis supplied to passengers by
Eorthward bound when they reach Columbus Kentucky
As advertising medium. therefore the intelligent
reader will readily realize the Importance Of the TINES
And the fact Of its being prominently and generally
circulated in the hotels of New York. renders it an avail
able home medium, through which the foreign merchant
his arrival In the city, the invitations of the
most enterprsng merchants call and examine their
goods.
Year: 1865

..-.. spencer rifles at the alllgators, who lay
on the muddy banks basking in The sun. The
firing was brisk, and in way that would have
shocked an Egyptian, and the lashing of an
alligator's tail now and then told that some
shots took eftect.a One fellow was hit in the
neck, and after writhing Il few moments lay
dead, with the blood streaming from the
wound. In most cases the tough skin of the
animal detied the balls, though they were heard
to hit with sharp zip.-Chacago Times.


This is all humbug. We have Travelled up
and down the Mississippi twenty times without
seeing an alligator, and the old Mississippi
river men have not seen one in the last twenty
five or thirty years These big lizards once in
tested the big stream, but they were long ago
all driven out by the steamboats, into tie bay
Gus and elsewhere. Journal.
Year: 1865

perform his duties as q citizen. Without
knowledge man is but an overgrown child, in
capable of shaping important events, distrust-
ful of himself in emergencies, and dependent
upon others for what he himself should be able
to supply.


What pleasure is deducable from wealth
that surpasses the enjoyment incident to the
learned mans efforts to add to his store of
knowledge? The man who spends his spare
time in Furnishing his intellect and increasing
his knowledge, enjoys himself much more than
does he who interests himself only in acquir-
ing riches, and considers the opportunity Of
piling greenback upon greenback the weight
of blissful pleasure.


Money is not the representative of pleasure,
but of commercial value, upon which mans
happiness should not at all depend. Riches does
not necessarily add to ones store ofhappiness,
but often detracts therefrom, while knowledge
is at all times enjoyable. Riches are transtory,
uncertain, and can take to themselves wings
and fly away. Knowledge is substantial, dura-
bic, and of commanding value.


Wealth does not always command for its pos
SCISSOR respect. A wealth Of knowledge does.
Pecuniary investments are oftentmes unprof-
table. Not so with investments of knowledge.
1t adds to itself daily in principal and interest,
and happy is the man who contributes most to
his cultivated store.


A more enlarged and enlig g-tened principle
than that provided in the generally accepted
;daa tbat plaasure iS oynarienced in eYact nro.
portion to the wealth of the individual, should
be advanced and instilled into man. He should
be made to comprehend that money is but
convenience, not a pleasure, nor necessarily an
attribute thereof They should, moreover, be
instructed in the fact that knowledge can much
easier purchase wealth than wealth can acquire
knowledge And also that more genuine pleas
ure can be derived from the reading of papers,
magazines, historic works, &C., by the student
in the pursuit of knowledge, than can otherwise
be enjoyed by the man or men who counts his
or their wealth by hundreds of thousands. All
true pleasure and profitable enjoyment is the
offspring of knowledge. That which does not
connect itself with the intellect is not real.
Wealth cannot stay the hauds of death, nor i'm
pede the progress of Father Time. 1t cannot
purchase true contentmelt, ncr make bright
scared conscience A cultivated intellect,
though in brain of a plebian, gives to its pos
SCISSOR a fund from which enjoyment can at all
times be derived on demand All hail the day
when men will work as eagerly in pursuit of
knowledge as they now do for wealth.
Year: 1865

The NeW Era comes to US this week con
tanning little local news beyond the election re-
turns, which we have already presented. The
Era has magnifcently large displayed and
illustrated article on its fourth page, which we
have not room to copy. The following items
respecting business and property will be inter-
esting:


BUSINESS OF CARBoNDALE.-We have often
asserted that Carbondale was one of the most
considerable and important business points in
this section of the State and we can now give
some figures to show that the assertion 5 no +
a villa ~ y.
Year: 1865

A Poor CESSOR.-The Evansville


Of Tuesday takes up paragraph FRI


number Of the TINES, which escaped


ton Of our proof reader, and dive


largely upon two typographical errors therein,
10y which the word there is spelled their.
The Journal max should be very careful in
thus exposing our errors, lesthe leave himself
open to criticism In the very first word
OF the paragraph alluded to, the editor comes
within an no of spelling 'grainmatical' right.
We certainly can spell as well that in Cairo
As the error occurred twice in the same para
graph the Journal can scarcely escape by at
tributng it to the compositor. Try again.
Year: 1865

PERSONAL purity, inner eleanness


and sanctity oflife are matters not to


be dispensed with in reformer. The


lip of the impure is too feeble to be


effective in the cause Of virtue. The


mote and offensive hand viii be claim


ed by those who have larger Blemish-


es, as evils of no consequence. Alss


though there may be sonthing in the
adaSe, "Set a thief to catch thief"


the thief would be but a sorry teacher


of the man after he was caught. He


would be too likely torecognize him
as a persecuted btothervof his own or
der, With such sid one might pray
for the unlimited reign of goodness
in the subsection Of evil forever, and
be no nearer to the answer Of the
desires Of the righteous. We want
whole isOuled men to help usLthose
who have wills to work, and hands
swift to relieve the wants of the poor
and needy-men endowed with minds
to devise and strength to do, None Of
you dead lions. We havehad enough
of them in those. literary, religious
boosters who have BEEN strong eand
scholarlike in languages but very ,feeeT
Bile in what is far better, a whole
heart for the true and. the right.
Those who have made fewer profos-
siOns, and lived uprightly, have done
more for US. Indeed, our
lion labor has been invariably against
US, for, notwithstanding. some have
been convinced by it of the unsound-
ness of an ism, more have been frozen
up in its want of the life and love of
,h6 good and holy. The geonfessioh
of error is but the beginning Of re.
1t is not only ourduty to
,onvince of wrong, Gn7doing this the
work is only half done( We want to
initiate he,cOnvinced into the right.
A small man in argument can do the
irst but it takes a goodman to do the
T. j. Fenney.
Year: 1865

p WERE we acquainted with the way Of inter-
mixing holy. thoughts and eiaculatory pray
,ers to God in cur ordinary Engagements, it
would Eeep the heart in sweet temper all
the day long, and havean excellent influence


in all our ordinary actions and holy perform
ances. This we're to. 1'walk with God in
deed, to go all the day along as in our Faith
ers hand; whereas without this our praying
morning and evening looks but as formal
visit, nOtdelighting in that CONSTANT converse
which yet is cur happiness and honor, and
makes all estates sweet This would refresh
us in the hardest labor, as they that carry
the spices from Arabia are refreshed with the
smell of them in their journey. y.-Leightoa. E
Year: 1865

Of night grows pale, and the diamonds Of
Brazil are dim, and then reflect on the utter
madness and folly of supposing that so much
beauty could expose itself to the terrors of an
empty building in the cold, damp. dead of
night, when innocence like hers is hiding it
self amid the snowy pillows of repose, gen
Year: 1865

CAPTURING AN ALLIGAToR.-A corresponds
ent Of the New Bedford Mercury, in letter
from Nicaragua. narrateS the following Incl
dent, which took place near the village of
Messaya:


g In the morning we went to the lake to
bathe, and on our way there met crowd of
men and boys, with great seriousness and
apparent grief, silently and slowly carrying
an immense alligator. The beasts tail.
arms, legs and mouth were tied immovably
to a long pole, which was carried on the
shoulders Of the men. We very naturally
supposed that be was on his way to the
shambles, and very innocently asked if they
were going to eat him. 1t appears that the
day before, one of these creatures came out
of the water and carried off little boy
standing on the bank of the lake; and this
one was taken partly in retaliation, but
mostly in hopes that a part of the lost child
might be found, over which the sacred rites
of the Church could be performed"
Year: 1865

A CHEAP HOME MADE GATE.-I take five
pieces of inch boards, each ten feet long, one
of these eight inches wide for the bottom
strip, then take one piece four inches wide
for the end piece where the hinges are to be.
These end strips are four feet long that being
high enough for any gate for ordinary pur-
poses. Now lay down your end pieces, then
place the eghtinch wide and ten foot long
strip for the bottom, nail it at each end to the
upright with wrought nails now take three
or four inch wide stripes, and lay them on
parallel with the bottom one, dividing the
spaces so as to leave four inches between the
two lower boards. and six inches each space
between the upper ones nail as before. Now
turn the gate over and take the remaining
strip. lay it at an angle from the bottom, at
the hinge end. to the top. at the latch end;
cutit so that it will fit in and lay close to the
long strips nail it throughly, now hang with
strong hinges and you have a gate that is
light, and will not sag, and just as perfect
against cattle as one made by joiner. and
costing from three to five dollars. ANY per.
son can but together and hang such gate
in two hours.-C0r. of Ohio Farmer.
Year: 1865

How TO CLEAN CLocKs.-A correspondent
of the Scientific American says that common
brass clocks may be cleaned by immersing the
works in boiling water. Rough as this
treatment may appear" he says, sit works
well: and have for many years past boiled
nv clocks whenever they stopped from accu-
mutation of dust or thickening of oil upon
the pivots They should be boiled in pure or
rain water, and dried on warm stove or near
the fire."
Year: 1865

A Prominent bachelor politician, on the
Kennebec, remarked to lady that soap stone
was excellent to keep the feet warm in bed.
9 Yes, said the young lady, who had been
an attentive listener, F" but some gentlemen
have an improvement on that which YOU
know nothing about" The bachelor turned
pale and maintained a wistful silence.
Year: 1865

"HESE horses rapidly over any good road
II sidewalk or park grounds, with graceful
cantering motion, propelled mainly by the weight
of the rider. alternating from the saddle to the
petals, in the act of rising to the motion OF the
horse and with about the same amount of exercise
to the rider as in riding live horse. They may
be started, stopped short, or controlled in going
down bill, BY the rider They run up moderate
ascent, If the road is hard and firm. They are di-
rected by the bride. As the motions are identical,
it is good mode Of training for equestrianlsm.-
They are unequaled as a means for agreeable and
healthful outdoor exercise all the year round for
adults as well as for girls and boys of two years old
and upward. Girls ride by using the side-saddle
horn-those under ten years old usually ride
astride. The size for boys is strong enough to
carry a man of 300 pounds weight. On the side
walk or level ground, light carriage with child
in it can be attached and drawn. Any person hav-
ing but one leg can ride perfectly we'll.


For prices inquire at the office of this paper, or
ssnd stamp for circular and price list


STEPHEN W. SMITH,
nj 4ss Brosdusy, New York.