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Year: 1860

A somewhat extended observation and
solitary experience, have convinced US
that first babies have hard time. Far
ents must lave two or three children be-


fore they know what a babyis, know how
to treat it. and acquire patience sufficient
to treat it properly. The poor little fel-
lows that have the misfortune to come
along fist have to educate parentcs to
their task, and in the process they get
spanked, shaken, and abused. After a
man has had three or four children he
learns that whipping or striking child
less than two years Of age is barberism.
We know ore '' raternal head" who
struck his FIRST child when only six weeks
old, the ass actually believing that the
child knew better than to cry and that he


stopped at that piticluar time because he
struck him. We carry certain lotions
of children and Of family government in
to married life, aud the first child is al
ways the victim of these notions. And
not alone of these, for the parents have
not learned self control, and baby is
whipped quite as often because the par
rent is impatient or angry as because it
is vicious or intractele We inhict on
our first children the foggings wo ought
to have for our own fretfulness. This
pounding children before they become,
in God 5 eye, morally responsible beings,
lis very strange business. Patience,


good people unwearied patience!
Don't wait to learn it until one Of your
little ones shall be hiden under the dali
ses?-,Springf,M Republican.
Year: 1860

HAPPINESS Now let me tell you Sc
cret "a secret worth hearing This
looking forward for enjoyment don't pay.
From what know of it. would as soon
chase butterflies for living, or bottle
up moonshine for cloudy nights. The
only true way to happiness is to take the
drops of happiness as God gives them to
US every day of our lives; the boy must
learn to be happy when he is plodding
over his lesson: the apprentice while be
is learning his trade; the merchant while
be is making his fortune. If he fails
to learn his art, he will be sure to miss
his enjoyment wher he gains that he
! sighs for.
Year: 1860

How BONNET FRAMES ARE MADE
The Seditor of the cientifc American
has recently visited bonnet mahufac
tory, and says: . e


Bonnet frames are fashioned with a
rapidity and an economy in the expen-
diture of labor which astonishes one
who beholds it for the ,frst time. a
square piece of foundation lace, prop
erly stretched or made stiff with a suit
able gum, is placed npon copper block
of the shape of a bonnet, and is, by
the foot of the workman upon tread
lie, pressed up into a copper mould OF
corresponding form, which is heated
and kept at the proper temperature
by An ingenious device, Being held
in this hot mould for an instant, when
the block is withdrawn the lace is taken
off, permanently placed in the shape for
a hat. A boy then trims away the .un-
pressed edges, aud the girls sew on the
wire supports. 1t is in this wire ar
rangement that Mr.. Wild has made his
Improvement. He uses a very small
iron wire, and has it wound very thick
with cotton for the edge of the bonnet,
which gives him remarkably smooth
and perfectly finished edge of binding.
Then his wires which run inward to
support this edge are very delicate and
covered with silk, so that the Star
Frame, as he has named it, not only
preserves it's shape perfectly, but is re-
markably light and elegant. Of course
it is necessary to have copper mold
not only for every change of fashion,
but for every variety of form required,
and we observed block of plaster of
Paris in the process of being fashioned
to suit some one, of the thousand ca
prices Of fair multitude.


GOLD INK.--The same paper says /:


Take some leaf gold and white hon
ey and grind them together upon a
marble slab until the gold is reduced
to an impalpable powder. The paste
now formed is agitated in large glass
tumbler with soft water, which dis
solves the honey while the gold falls
down TO the bottom. The water is
now poured off and the gold washed
until all the honey is removed, after
which the gold is dried and then sus-
pended in a muciIage of gum arabic.
1t is now used for writing upon paper,
and when it becomes dry it may be
Furnished and rendered brilliant,
Silver ink is prepared in the same man
ner, by substituting silver leaf for the
gold. Gold is also obtained in powder
by dissolving nitro-hydro-chloric acid
(oqua regiaA which is called the ter.
chloride of gold. When crystalzed1
this is soluble in water, alcohol ana
ether, and may he used for gold INK oy
adding gum muciIage to the water
or alcohol in which it is dissolved.
Metallic writing fluids of different COL
ors can be made by mixing bronze
powders in gum mseilage.
Year: 1860

CTATE OF MICHIGAN-County Of Cass.-ss.
y At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis on Saturday the sixteenth day of June,
in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Present-Clifford Shanahan, Judge of Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Job Clark, deceased
On reading and filling the petition, duly verified,
of William Bows, praying for license to sell real
estate of said deceased.


Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
twenty day of July next, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon, be assigned for the hearing of said
petition, and that the heirs at law of said deceased
and all other persons interested in said estate are
required to appear at session of said Court then
to be holden at the Probate Office, in Cassapolis,
the petitioner should not be granted.


And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the pendency Of said petition, and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
lshed in the Cass County Republican, newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass, fol
four successive weeks previous to said day Of
hearing i aifil G. SHANAHAN,


IA true copy. Judge OF Probate.


June 16. 1880 -S-.- +r june21-9w4
Year: 1860

familiar to all and show that without
resistance the soul must be borne down
ward. On this subject we cannot ex-
press our opinion more fully than by
the Introduction of one of the friends
of American education, DR.. Humphrey,
in a lecture before the American Insti-
tuition of Instruction, observes that
"most men leave out, or regard as Of
very little importance some of the es-
sential elements of education. They
seem to forget that the child has a
conscience and heart to be educated
as well an intellect. Men seem, not
only to be ignorant of the nature of
this important work, but to willingly
oppose it, "teach science in the school
room, say they, not morals and religion
let the pulpit and the family circle teach
these" But those who would Danish
moral instruction from our admirable
system Of education by the plea that
it belongs exclusively to the family and
the church, ought to remember what
multitudes of children this exclusion
would deprive of their birthright as
members of Christian community,
there are tens of. thousands in our
country who receive no religious in
struction whatever at home, and whose
parents are connected with no religious
denomination. What is to be done :?
We can neither compel ignorant and
graceless fathers and mothers to teach
children the fear Of the Lord, nor to
send them to any place of worship or
sabbath school. These neglected chill
dren are in the midst of us. Grow
up they will among our own children,
without principles and without morals,
to breathe mil1ew upon the young vir-
tues which we have sown in our fami-
lies, and to prey upon the dearest in
terests of society, unless somebody
cares for their moral and religious ed
ucation. And where shall they receive
this education, if not in the school
house (? you will find them there if in
any place of instruction, and multitudes
of them you can reach nowhere else" |"


In conclusion, we would say, that a
system of education, that excludes
moral instruction, must be defective.
1t may possibly nurture up race of
intellectual giants, but, like the SONS
of Anak, they will be far reader to
trample down the Lords heritage than
to protect and cultivate it. mlsi asa


How empty learning. and how vain is art, ID


But as it mends the life and guides the heart.


]. Ii. EMMoNs.
Year: 1860

A BILLIARD TOURNANHNT.-It is ontem-
plated TO hold billiard tournament in New
York, in which all the professional and
amateur players of this aud other countries
will have an opportunity Of showing their
skill
Year: 1860

DR.. Williams will favor the public with q
psychological entertainment At Mechanics
Institute Hall this evening .nnd from all that
We have seen Of his experiments, we are sure
that all who attend will be gratifled.
Year: 1860

A PRACTICAL LE8ISLATURK.-An amusing
scene in the Legislature of Pennsylvania oc-
CURED on a motion to remove the capital OF
the State from Harrisburg to PHILADELPHIA
A matter Of. fact member from the rural dis
tricts. who had heard Of the great facilities
with which brick houses are moved from one
part of the city to another, and who had not
the least idea that anything but moving the
State Heuse was in Contemplation, rose and
said =" Mr. Speaker, have no objection to the
motion but don't see how on all til you are
going to get it over the river"
Year: 1860




A St. Petersburg letter Of the 24th ult.,
relates the following strange story "rhe
day before yesterday the Grand Duke
Michael was stopped about Z o'clock in the
evening on his way from the Winter Pal
ace to military establishment on the Neva
by two men dressed as soldiers in long
great COATS, who demanded his fur pelisse,
and proceeded at once to strip it from his
person, and made off with it, and telling
him to hasten home as the cold was dan
ge:ous. The Duke was 40 amazed at the
audacity displayed that he never, thought
Of resistance, and returned straight to, the
I'alace TO relate his lnisadventure. The
next day all the shops in which such an
article might t,c offered for sale were visited
by the police, but without success: The
pelisse was Of black fox, and worth l2,OOOf.
Year: 1860

In seventy years, then. the proportion of
the black race to the white has diminished
five per cent, and is at the present time
decreasing at a more rapid rate. One
great cause of this, undoubtedly, is the
disturbing element of foreign immigration,
which increases the white race, and thus
eulorges its proportion to the black. There
appears from this fact, also, great and
very important consideration to the white
laborers. who are. or who may Hereafter
become immigrants to the United States.-
This consideration is that the white immi-
grant laborer and the black lHborer are
necessarily antqgonistic forces to each other.
If the former increases more rapidly, 1t
diminishes the weight of the latter, or
rather, in the case of slavery, of their mas
ters If the latter, or black race, increases
the fastest, it just in that proportion di-
minishes the influence and employmcnts OF
the white laborer. especially the immigrant.
This we note by the way as one of the
necessary infercnccs to be drawn from the
facts.


But let us see the facts little farther
While the colorcd race increase at only
twenty-six per cent, the white race in
crease thirty-six per cent. decenialiy' II
we again look into the details of this in
crease, we find that dGducting, both in
lSoO ana lSbUr the loFeiSn OolhI anu Icd'-
ing only those of native birth, the latter
(the native bornl increase at the rate of
so per cent, while the colored population
increase at less than &c. In other words,
if none of foreign birth should immigrate
to this country, still the phite race 'gikI in
crease four PR cent. faster than ne black
race. Here then, is established, at once,
the fact of the growing preponderance of
the white race, in its relation to the colored.
A curious inquirer may ask, hois comes
Year: 1860

"CHIvALRY" EMBARRASSED. - While the
Southern medical students were dissolving
tho Union in the Philadelphia depot, and wait
ing for the Baltimore train to start, creditor
Of one of them seized him, and protested
against his leaving until no had settled the
amount OF his bill. A lady appeared also in
great distress at the departure Of young
Year: 1860

SHALL Pox IN ENaLAyDs--At q late meeting
Of the English Scientific Association, it was
stated that about four thousand deaths occur
annually in England from smallpox; and
nine hundred and ninety Of these lives might
b saved BY vaccination.
Year: 1860

Now FOR NEW YoRK.-The torn and tattered
"Dough Face" factions have assumed just the
position We desired. They have lashed their
rotten hulks together; and now every broadside
fred from the Republican ship will take them
all a, once. They are already watcr.logged. The
hOt-.hot from Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio
have stripped them Of every foo: Of canvass
and il now only remains for New York 10 sinh
them This she will do in November


But to DO this, every man must be on deck
and at his post. There must be no shrinking
There is work for every one, and every one must
do his assigned work. He who permits needed
work 10 remain undone, or tries to impose work
upon his neighbor which he ought to do himself,
should have his name stricken from the ship q
books


| We come into the hottest OF the fight on the
wihdward Of the enemy. Nothing but sheer Ia
ziness or the mos, lubberly management can
prevent the erandest victory which has ever
crowned the labors Of brave men AN Jour
Year: 1860

The PEACH CRor.--The severe frost OF Sun.
day night made sad havoc With the peach bios
soms 10 this section. A few trees that were
late in bloom may have escaped, but the crop
is mostly destroyed. The best peaches are
raised in the mountains, and there are now
enough trees in this county to nearly supply
the home demand; but tho experience of the
past few years has shown thai the crop is very
uncertain, and more attention is now directed
90 growing OF the apple, which is not liable to
be injared by late frosts.
Year: 1860

Benson j. Lossing is about starting a tour to
collect original sketches to illustrate his "Field
Book of the War of 1872" work which will an
pear in about year from the present time as a
companion to his 'Field Book OF the Revolution. D
Year: 1860

The editor of the York Pa Republican has bean
arrested on the charge of publishing what was said
to to be "a malicious, detsmatory libel tending to
placken the reputation of one Samuel Forscht high
sheriff of the county of York" S'D'' mig
Year: 1860

me Cuoans are in great state OF excitement
ABOUT some slaves captured by United States
steamer, when about to be landed on their coast
hh,ey West, with very small guard over them
There are projects foot in Havana to carry them
Oft to Cuba by force.-N Y Tribune
Year: 1860

Although but little more than three-fourths
of century has rolled away since the Amer


ican flag was unfurled to the breeze of heaven,
it rivals in glory and splendor those OF the
most powerful nations. Born in the midst OF
internal strife, and beset on every hand by
cunning and vindctive enemy, it struggled
valiantly through all this mighty opposition,
and arose in all the pride and beauty of con


scious right to its place among the standards
of the earth. And it has maintained the po-
sition it then assumed with undaunted firm
ness and unsullied honor. We challenge the
World to produce its equal. Even Rome, once
the mistress of the world" but now " the
Niobe of nations" deserves not that her ban
Year: 1860

A Woman Beaten to Death Jy her Hus-


6and.-Y esterday afternoon an inquest was


held by Alderman Dallas on the BODY of
! white woman, who was beaten to death
on the night previous, at their miserable


and cherries abode, in the rear of No.


1852 Shipper street, south side, below


Broad. The place where this murder was


committed, is the lower story of a rickety
old frame house, not fit even for COW sta


bic OF pig pen, to which access is only had


by means of narrow alley extending from


Shipper street. We paid a visit to the


house where the deed was perpetrated. An


entrance was affected throuch side vim


dow, which had scarcely whole pane of
glass in it, the door being fastened by means


OF an old broken char placed against it on
the inside. In one corner Of the dark
apartment was an old bed, on which the
naked body OF the woman lay, covered with
a bloody bed tick Her face was shocking


ly lacerated, her nose broken, her lips cut,
her eyes clotted with blood, and her hands
completely covered with her own gore a
more shocking spectacle we have not seen
for some time. From appearance, we
should judge that the poor creature must
have struggled fearfully in the unnatural
and unequal contest with her demon hus-
band. Alongside the bed was an old table,
on which was loaf Of bread saturated
with blood, some snow had been driven
through the cracks of the window by the
severe storm of Tuesday night, piece of
tallow candle, and dirty tin cup with ice
IN 1t, while under the table were two min
eral water bottles, one Of them containing
a small quantity Of red whiskey, villain
Gus compound that ought to be labelled the
essence of mania-a-potu. An old broken
down coal stove, with a worn out pipe, a
coupe Of chairs with no backs, pair of
dirty greasy chests, a rusty razor and other
useless things of no value on a shelf made
up the furniture Of the place. Squalid
misery and want loomed up from the dark
recess, while on filthy bed lay the stiff,
mangled and appalling evidence of the
crime of murder, hideous spectacle re-
voting to our feelings of humanity.


The brutal husband in order to perpe-
trate the work Of death with less fear of
detection, turned his oldest child, a girl of
'Sh 1Coio VI OuI lHlO GLC SHOW SIOTIl.
Though cold, stormy and dreary, yet she
was glad to escape into it from the fury OF
the father. A sister, little blue-eyed girl
Of pleasant features, was permitted to rc-
main in the place and witness the scene OF
blood. Another child, boy, too young to
talk or comprehend anything, was in the
bed when the mother expired from her
blows. About eleven o'clock yesterday
morning, the body of the murdered w0-
man was discovered by some of the neigh
bors, and the attention of officer James
McCullin was called to it. He at once
proceeded to the house and arrested the
husband, whose name is Christopher Me
Farland As the murder was committed
when no one was present save the little
child above alluded to, the witnesses could
not give very clear account of the facts
Daily NevS, FEB. ,.
Year: 1860

Oh give me home By the sea,


Where Wild waves are crested with foam,
Where shril winds are caroling free,


As DER the blue waters they come,
For I'd list TO the oceans loud roar,


And Joy I'm its stormiest glee.
Nor ask in this wide world for more,
Than home by the deep heaving seal
At morn when the sun from the east,
Comes maBtled in crimson and gold,
Whose hues on the pillows are cast,
Which sparkle with splendor untold
Oh, then by the shore would / stray,
And roam as the halcyon free,
From envy and care far away,


At my home by the deep heavlng seal
At eve when the moon in her pride,
Rides queen of the soft summer night,
And CLEANS on the murmuring tide,
With floods of her silvcry light
Oh, earth has no beauty so rare,


No place that Is dearer to me,
Then give ME so free and so fair,


home by the deep heavlng seal
Year: 1860

THE SWEETEST REWARD have no
experience to inform me, and no direct
testimony from the experience of those
I have known; but my heart tells me
that the sweetest reward ofgreat achieve
meuts is the excitement to a tonderer
love, and a more thorough devotion Of
the one heart and tho little circle Of
hearts with which the author holds di.
rect personal communion A great man
without a loving heart at his side, or a
circle ofloving hearts around him, must
it seems to me, have a love for all man.
kind, such as only a great Christian
heart can know, to keep him from com.
hitting suicide. My heart tells me, too
that we can only find reward in work
ing for those we love. A woman, work,
ing for the worlds praise, will always
have to measure the satisfaction she
finds in that praise by the same cuI
that holds her love.
Year: 1860

We are somewhat at loss to understand
why there should be any difficulty in filling
this vacancy, from the district to ,ohich it be-
longs. We believe, to every other district in
the United States, this right is conceded.


From the meany learned and able jurists
to be found in the States Of Mississippi and
Arkansas, where the vacancy exists, surely,
some one can be found in all respects compe-
tent. That the President should desire to
cast reflection upon the character or judicial
standing of these two States, we cannot for o
moment suppose. He can have no motive
personal or political, to do them injustice
they have been true to him, true to principle,
true to the Constitution and the country.


Mississippi is almost unrivalled in the sup
port of Democratic principles and Democratic
Statesmen-her whole representation in Con-
gress, present an unbroken front to the ene-
mics of our Constitutional Union whether
in the council chamber in the Halls of Con-
gress or in the battle le-fields-whereyer duty
and patriotism have demanded her service, her
sons have not been found unworthy, or in
competent. Why then should they be longer
excluded from equality in the judicial depart
ment of the Government


OF the young, but not less worthy sister,
Arkansas, quite as much may be said. They
have been represented for long years, by the
lamented Judge Daniel, citizen of distant
State a man wholly unknown to these States,
and not familiar with their laws or people Of
this they have not complained. But now,
when justice, propriety and equality all forbid
it, why should any distant or other sister
State seek to impose another stranger upon
this district We think no man worthy Of
the station and with proper respect for these
States and for himself would allow his name
to be forced upon the President, in opposition
to the wishes Of Arkansas and Mississippi,
and if he does, we hope, we have not to ap-
peal in vain to the justice of Mr.. Buchanan
for equality in this confedation of equal States