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Year: 1869

The Journalists of Berlin have held meeting
and adopted an address to General Grant asking
him' as President elect, to propose to Congress
the passage of bill establishing an interna-
tional copyright law between the United States
and Germany
Year: 1869

THE track on the Central Pacific railroad is
now laid FIVE hundred miles from. Sacramento.
Iee gap between the eastern end of the Central
and the western end of the Union Pacific is II
little less than three hundred miles
Year: 1869

YOUNG Detroit girl Tilted youth of twenty
one, to whom she was engaged, for the affections
OF widower of the ripe age of ffty-six The
youngster thereupon shot his rival the girl got
crazy, and the murderer will doubtless hang
making pleasant and complete denouement
Year: 1869

II is good thing for q young man TO
be knocked about in the world" though
his soft-hearted parents may not think
so. All youths, or if not all, certainly
Rineteen-twentieths of the sum total
enter life with surplusage of self-con-
ceit The sooner they are relieved of it
the better. If, in measuring tbemselve
with wiser and older men, they discover
that it is unwarranted, and get rid of it
gracefully, Of their own accord, well and
good; if not, it is desirable, for their
own sakes, that it be knocked out of
them.


A boy who is sent to large school
soon finds bis level His will may have
been paramount at home but school.
boys are democratic in their ideas, and
if arrogant, he is soon to be tbrashed into
a recognition of the golden rule. The
world is a great public school, and it
soon teaches a new pupil his proper
place. If he has the attributes that be-
long to leader, he will be installed in
the position Of leader; if not, what
ever his opinion of his abilities may be,
he will be compelled to fall in with the
rank and file. If not destined to great
ness, the next best thing to which he can
aspire is respectability; but no man can
ever be truly good or truly respectable
who is vain, pompous and overbearing.


By the time the novice has found his
legitimate social position, be the same
high or low, the probability is that the
disagreeable traits Of his character will
be softened down or worn away. Most
likely the process Of abrasion will be
rough, perhaps very rough, but when it
is all over, and he begins to see himself
as others see him, and not as reflected in
the mirror of selfconceit, he will be
thankful that he has run the gauntlet,
and arrived, though by rough road, at
self-knowledge. Upon the whole, what
ever loving mothers may think to the
contrary, it is good thing for youths
to be- knocked about in the world--it
makes men of them.
Year: 1869

could give no account of the occurrence,
further than that he felt sudden blow
at the back of his head, and he then
became unconscious. he was taken to
the Madison street police-station.
Year: 1869

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Year: 1869

l cannot consent to mar the general
Joy which fills our hearts by attempting


to address you now. Let US all thank
Heaven that we have lived to see this
day, so full of bright promise and gloriS


GUS hopes. Every where the oppressed,
people of our State are beginning to hold
up their heads, and to rejoice. There
are thousand reasons why 1t should De
so. Men who have tasted freedom, and


felt the blessings of liberty are always
he most sullen and diseontented oi
slaves. The rigors of oppression may be
borne in silence, but every heart which
trusts in God will have faith in a fnaI
deliverance-our night of bondage has
been long and dreary one. For year;
our dearest rights have been
disregarded, our most sacred privi'
leges taken away-every sppea


to justice has been spurned-eVerJ
Year: 1869

his Honor, therefore, was mistaken in
attributing the original assault upon the
judiciary to the present Governor.
When he came into Office the militia
were already in the field. They had
been called there by. his predecessor.
and if be had threatened to use them
against the courts Of the country, he
was only threatening to do what his
predecessor had already DONE Never
less, he said, he was as bitterly opposed
a. any man to such interference, andif
such thing were attempted, he thought
it would be the duty of the court to
attach every one Of the militia and
commit them, il necessary ..py 3 nslgsU


A number Of other lawyers addressed
the court in the same ysin, after which
the Chancellor expressed himself grati-
fed that his remarks had called forth
such expressions from the bar.
Year: 1869

At the recent Alumni dinner at
Washington College, the following toast
was given "The development of the
material resources Of the South is the
one great necessity of the age. God
bless the men who are engaged in the
noble work" Commodore M. F. Maury,
in responding used the following strong
words, and there is world of truth in
them direct trade and emigration are
the two great resources of the South
Muscle is capital-one strong, hearty
emigrant being worth, computed in
money, one thousand dollars in the way
of capital. 1t only needs for the South
to let her wants be known on the othel
side, her resources, ETC., and soon nothing
will be left undone to spring the tide o
immigration to her rich fields and fertile
valleys"
Year: 1869

Thirty days notice is hereafter to be
given in government advertisements for
the sale of property and those inviting
proposals for contracts, and no such ad-
vertisement will be inserted more than
six times, and then consecutively, without
special orders from the Adjutant General.
Year: 1869

A sharp riot occurred in New York in
the Bowery on Monday night between
party of Oraugemen who had been cele-
brating the anniversary of the battle OF
Boyne and some Catholic spectators.
The mill became fierce and general at
one time, but the police managed to re-
store quiet, after twenty or thirty persons
had been injured, but none seriously.
Year: 1869

The New York State Temperance
Convention met at Saratoga yesterday
and passed resolutions urging temperance
men to vote for none but temperance
men for office, and that they should de-
nand OF the next Legislature law
allowing majority of voters in any city
or town to prohibit sales of intoxicating
Euuor
Year: 1869

Three days afterward he was
aroused from stupor by voices.
Strong arms were thrown about
him, and bearded faces looked


pityiDgly upon him. He was tend
ed and cared for by the Mormons


of this place, and with his strong
constitution, soon regained health,
and has now no desire to leave the
spot where good Samaritans minis
tered unto him. He is in good
health and doing well, and does
not wish to renew his experience
Year: 1869

The counsel in the Yerger habeas
lorny. case had not at o'clock tonight
received any notification from Chief jus
nee Chase as to bis opinion upon the
application. The Chief Justice will leave
Washington 10 morrow morning to attend
The commencement of Dartmouth College,
Vbich he is a graduate.
Year: 1869

the Prussian or the English post office de- peads for the retention of his place solely on his capacity to its business, while in the

 United States a mans capacity has noth- ing whatever to do either with his getting aplace or keeping it when he has got it. we ought feel on the whole rather proud of ces we can get any letters carried at all. As for our customs and inland revenue de- partments, they constitute perfect Dis

 nal Swamp of imbecility. prodigality.

 waste, and corruption. It is perfectly no-

 torious that men work long and hard to get some office,h the ostensible salary of which is so small that they could not pos slbly live on 1t. It is equally notorious

 that such men commonly grow rich during

 their four years tenure of office All that

 Roman province was to a pro consul; all

 that Bengal collectorship used to be to a savant of the East India Companv~all

 that, and much more, a place in certain departments of the United States civil ser

 vice is to the hungry official who has bought ms four years lease of office by four months of political agitation. It is the system which gives birth to all this that MT. Jenckes proposes to revoIutionize. He would bring us back to the principle of administration with which Washington started the Republic, which Jefferson car ried out, and which in an evil hour Jack son overthrow. He strives simply to bring about renaissance of purity and of com mon sense ln the organization of our civil service; and he ought to have the support of every patriotic citizen and every intel l1gent man. -Independent 5.. f...7..
Year: 1869

THE PRospEcr TOR 4 RAII.RoAp-Although but little Is said nowadays, about our prospective Ssh parallel railroad many people are strong in the faith that work upon ii will soon be com E;eneed, and men are offering to be; that in less than three years, the cars will be running into road to the Pacific, and our route is the favorite with capitalists as vel. IS with Government Hundreds of people are now on their way from the States to this Territory, to locate on or near the route We learn that our Delegate is work ing for the Gila route bus bis effort. will prove futile. General Palmer's able report has bottled
Year: 1869

COUNCILMAN J. T. AIsAP thinks we did him an injustice In commenting upon hIs letter to the Convention which me; a. this place, on the fourth of May last, by prcsuuing that he wished the Convention to indorse his action in attending the recent session of the Legislature. If we did, It was merly an error of judgment Had we known that the Dr. did not care for the indorsement of bis constituents, we would not have alluded to the subject at all.
Year: 1869

PROFESSOR POWELL will soon attempt the de- scent Of our great Eiver the Colorado. He pro- poses to embark at point near Its source, and go down to the sea Hope he'll make the trip, right side up wi.h care.
Year: 1869

fts country opened up by the 18th parallel rA road tho section immediately around Prcscau would pro duce bullion than Nevada produces today

 am not much Of an enthusiast miDes-have always been '-bearbut must say the sights have seen here would induce me to go 10 on feet 1T had the cash.

 The only drawback o the settling up of this section Of county and the development Of s vast resources h the lack of communication and the fear of he Apache Abroad they regarded fearful oes here they are only con sdsred dangerous from their eowaEdioeone settler sdsrrg himself good match for 50 Of them in an open hght
Year: 1869

meetings Tlaughter and there would be the same dan


cor maj had always existed of Executive patronage,
where left to the Executive alone


Mr. DRaKE, seeing prospect OF reaching vote 10
day moved to go INTO executive session. Wlch the Ben
ate did at o'clock and soon after adjourned
Year: 1869

can be asked that you would stop.
This is particularly so in the winter,
when it is heavy tax on team to
force it into q trot in deep snow, or deep
mud, or. frozen or deep ruts--made
necessary by your continuing to move
on. Remember the good old aphor.
ism. which can be SO opportunely ap-
piled here-"Wheel grease is a great
lnbricator, hut good mannersa vastly
greater one"
Year: 1869

Mississippi and the Pacific. 1t will
give an impulse to the population flow
ing in from the other continent not felt
before-not only to the people on the
border of Western Europe, but it may
be to those long encamped on the
Eastern slopes OF Asia. Already
the advent of a Caucasian cIviliZa-
ton on the Western coast of Amer
lea has disturbed the torpid Mon
golian, and already the Eastward mi
grafton of a people that has not mlgra.-
ted within the period reached by histo-
ry has begun. How much impulse
will be given to the movement by
opening this way to the East, cannot be
foreseen. Who knows but the civili2a
ton of China, dating back through a
thousand years of stagnation, may be
stirred to its profoundest depths, and
that out of her five hundred millions
with whom mere existence there is a
perpetual struggle, she may pour in
through the gates of the Pacific
swarms Of Mongol pagans who in the
middle of this continent will confront
the westward flowing Caucasian tide
and contest for Possession of the CONT
Dant2
Year: 1869

PERSONS ADVANCED IN LIFE,


And feeling the hand of time weighing
heavily upon Them, with all It's attendant
Ills will f1nd in the use OF this BITTER3, UI
the TONIC, an elixir that will instill new
lie into their veins, restore in a measure the
energy and ardor OF more youthful days.
build up their shrunken forms, and give
health and happiness to their remaining
Year: 1869

There was q time when the word 'wed-
ding presents had a charm in it. When
it meant something fresh, spontaneous.
representative of the giyer's affection,
and when the giver was permitted, with
ou. creating a scandal. to proportion his
gift to his means. But that was good
while ago Now it is become regular
affair of bushes. There's neither love
nor feeling in the matter. Not but chat
there are love and feeling still in the
world in plenty, only, it would seem,
they have taken to scanctifying other
things that they used. A wedding pres
ent now is q forced contribution, or o
means of gratifying the giver's vanity
or ostentation, or an investment made
for the sake of getting peg higher in
society All the sentiment is gone
clean out of it. It means, at the best,
nothing more tender than good morn
ing'-is said as easily and forgot as
soon. That is. if the giver can forget
it as easily. For it is not to be disguis-
ed that the wedding present has become
a serious tax, and is only endured with
patience by those who count on getting
back the value of their gift when they
themselves shall be rried.--Putnam's $
Magazine, June.
Year: 1869

The editor of the Rio Virgen' Times,
at St. George, Utah, seems to have ra-
thcr q hard time of it, and is eminently
worthy the sympathy of his professional
brethren, Judging by the following ex-
tracts from a recent number of his pa
per: ,ss 100 sso5 ..


Our little paper has had short pre-
carious existence. Its career was in
augurated under q mistaken notion, that
the Dixie folks were ready to support
o home paper. We have long since
learned we were in error, and that with
the very closest fnanciering. the first
volume will leave us behind, to meet q
loss of over a thousand dollars. Never.
theless we intend, certainly, to close
the volume with fifty-two numbers.


aside from our own family we have
regularly employed one hand in the Off
ce, who has enjoyed the full range of
advertising and subscription lists and
bills for job work, but cannot collect
enough to feed himself and wife and SO
last week he quit, and goes carpentering
until further means are cumulated.


Our only resource for helpis in our
children; with their aid we shall issue
with as much regularity in time as The
circumstances will permit. Let our
readers have patience. for we have the
hardest of the bargain


He says to his subscribers


We will thank you to make it your
first business to pay the bill, in money,
or something to eat or wear-that ls, ii
you are able to pay if too poor, don't
distress yourself, for we don't mean you.


Again:


We have been here three years; have
labored earnestly and faithfully. and yet
have so little TO eat, we often think OF
starting North, that we might once more
in lite get good, old fashioned 'sqna r.
meal
Year: 1869

Henry Ward Beecher says there is no
harm in signing for neighbor if you
have got the property; If you are ablo
to pay the amount without harmipg your
own household; aud iyou love the man
for whom you sign enough to give him
outright the sum covered by your en-.
dorsement. Otherwise, to go surety for
a neighbor is a folly, q sin and a shame.
Year: 1869




Justice writes from Salem, New Jer-z
scry, to the Philadelphia Press:-'I see
by most every paper, an account Of
strikes for higher wages, and shorten
ing of hours; uniting of labor against
capital Will not capital have TO form
itself into societies against the labor
movement Now, everything else is
going down but labor; it takes two
bushels of wheat now to pay carpen
ter for q days work, three to pay ma
sons. nearly four bushels Of corn for
carpenter. six for mason, and all other
laborers in proportion. Now, it has
come to this: Produce must go up, or
labor must come dowr, as farmers can
not stand it. There is not one farmer
cut of four.to speak within bounds. th at
made living last year. For myself. I
can see no reason why labor should not
come down in proportion TO ether things.
Now farmers produce is nearly where
it was before the war-ard labor in all
cases more than twice as high. and in
many cases three and four times higher
Year: 1869

The people of New Orleans, on Friday
last, were startled by a report that a young
lady had been buried alive. The Picayune
says:-The young lady, upon returning
from early mass on a Sunday morning, was
suddenly taken ill of disease of the heart,
and, as was supposed at the time, was
suffocated to death, owing to her unusual
tieshiness. y physician, her own uncle,
had attended her in her last moments, and
pronounced her dead.


The death Of this young lady i'll the
bloom of life Cat the age of twenty caused
much sympathy in the neighborhood, and
her funeral, which took place i'll the even-
ing of the day of her death, attracted a
large concourse of people. She had died
about 1 o'clock in the morning, and the
funeral occurred at 5 in the evening


The report goes on to say, that on that
same evening the sexton of the graveyard,
having some business to attend to in town,
left his son. of mature age, in charge of the
keys, with the instruction to close the gates
at the usual hour, after making his round
through the cemetery, in order that no
visitor might accidentally be confined in
side. About dusk the sexton's son, while
going his round, passing near the tomb in
which the young lady had been buried
scarcely an hour before, head low and
heart-rending meanings coming from be-
hind the the marble slab. Losing his self
possession, and overcome with fear, he
hurriedly left the scene, and closing the
main gate Of the cemetery, went home, and
it was not until morning that he related the
circumstance to his horror-stricken family.
Information of the facts was Immediately
sent to the bereaved family of the deceased,
and workmen were soon engaged in opening
the tomb and breaking open the coffin ell
closing the remains of the young lady.


The spectacle was too horrible to dis
cribe. Her face and body were in terri
bic state of distol ton. her hair torn from
the roots.


In the terrible convulsions which had
preceded her death, she had literally har-
rowed her beautiful face with her nails,
and her clenched fists in contact with her
foaming lips showed the traces of her teeth.
1t is unnecessary to say that life was en-
tirely extinct.


We will not relate the terrible impression
which this awful circumstance produced on
the minds of those present, for it can be
more readily imagined than described. The
c)ffin and tomb were closed once more, this
time forever, upon the victim of fortune;
and the story went out, but indefinitely as
we have already remarked.
Year: 1869

IT has been said that buckwheat Occu-
pies the same position among the grains
as the donkey does among animals-useful
but not popular. 1t will grow on the
poorest of sandy soils, can be sown later
than any other grain; aud is one of the
best crops for cleaning the land and for
killing the wire worms and other injurious
grubs. 1t has been extensively used for
plowing in as a manure. But though it is
proved beneficial for this purpose. il is not
as good as many other crops that might
be used, such as white and red clover


Buckwheat is off sown too early
When too early, the hot sun is apt to
blast the flowers In some PARTS OF New
England it is sOwn early in It1ne, even be-
fore the corn is planted. It's best to SOW
thus early in all sections where there is
danger of frosty nights ea-ly in the fall,
as slight frost often destroys the crop.
In Ohio il is usually not sown until July
two dangers, blasting Of the flowers in the
summer, when sown early, and the de
struction of the crop by frost in the fall
when sOwn late. II succeeds well sown
on clover or grass sod.


Formerly it was considered best to
break up the land in the spring, but late
ly the practice is to pasture ne land, and
break up Immediately before sowing.
From three pecss To a bushel is the usual
quantity of seed. OF the use OF buck
wheat we need not speak. Everybody
likes buCkwhe2t cakes on q cold winter
Year: 1869

SET green hand to prune trees. where
limbs OF any size are to be removed, and
the chances are ten to one, that he will
commence at the top, and saw through
the limb until it falls by its own weight
tearing down the bark and wood, inf1ict-
ing a great ugly wound, which may re-
Qulre years to heal, and which, if NOT
carefully protected from the weather, will
cause such decay as to destroy the tree.
The method commonly recommended 10
prevent such injury is to begin at the bot
tom, and cut half way through, and then
finish from the top, or with very large
limbs, TO have them supported by a
crotched pole, or pitch-fOrk, held by an
assistant below; but we have found a
better plan, and quite as easy, to be 20
make two cuts, the first at convenient
distance, say foot, from the point where
we wish the limb removed. This short
stump can, except in the case of very
large limbs, be easily held in one hand,
while the final cut is made with the other.


After large limb is sawed off, the sur
face sheuld be pared smooth; and for
this purpose, We have often found a com
mon carpenters chisel, about two inches
wide, much more convenient than prun-
ing knife. To prevent decay, there is
nothing better than one or two coats oi
good Oil-paint; and it should be as near
the color of the bark as possible, so as
not to disfgure the tree. All tools used
In pruning, should be of the best quality
and kept as sharp as possible 1t is poor
economy to use any others.


Limbs are sometimes cut too close, but
for every such one, there are hundred
not cut close enough. Every cut, large or
small, should be made in a smooth, clean,
workman-like manner; a poor workman
is soon known by hacking off a limb with
dull knife, leaving as many facets as on
a multiplying glass.-ItLtOn's Journal Of
Horticulture.