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Year: 1868

staff of llfe The root crops and vegetables
OF all kinds promise great yield. Beans
have had an extraordinary growth and this
valuable article OF food will be abundant. To
TIE great 10y Of the Irishwomen, cabbases
have grown large and solid, and we trust the
potato crop will yet give them equal pleasure
An immense amount Of hay has been gather-
ed into the barns, although some OF 1t mas
been injured by wet weather, yet the crop
| adds much to the wealth Of the State.


Now, in view of these fattering prospects
we hope all our cultivators, mechanics and
other producing classes will bear in mind that
the time is near at hand when they will have
the opportunity to exhibit specimens of their
industry and skill. We hope none will be
backward in such a good cause. If our
farmers have raised a good crop of wheat we
give information of the kind of seed they
sowed, the preparation Of the soil, what ma =
nure they used, how much the yield TO the
acre and other matters essential to its success
ful cultivation. We expect to see tall speci-
mems of corn, and we trust the cultivators
will not be backward in giving information
of the r,methods of cultivation, ,oi the best soils
for this product and of the best and most
profitable kinds to raise. if one farmer
learns anything from the best schoolmaster,
experience, he is in duty bound TO let others
have the benefit Of it. Such an interchange
of agricultural knowledge will be of good SER
vice to all


We have the best of reasons for believing
that the fair we are about to have will take the
lead of all previous exhibitions in our State.
If it is not so the fault will he in the people
and not in the season. There are products
enough OF the farm, the garden and the me-
chanic's shop to furnish articles for splen-
did exhibition. Let us have it. The show
OF cattle, horses and sheep will, we trust,
prove conclusively that Maine is good stock
growing State. The exhibition of horses
promises to exceed anything of the kind we
have ever had. Let there be also fine ex-
hibition of butter and cheese. We expect
to see from Livermore and other towns, speci-
mems OF cheese that would make the mouth
of an Englishman water. American cheese
is fast growing in favor in England and large
quantities are now exported to that country.
There. is, s,hOwever,m room for improvement
in this branch of agricultural INDUSTRY.


Once more we urge our farmers, stock-rais-
ers, horticulturists and mechanics to bring
forth specimens of their industry and skill.
And let the industrious women of Maine also
exhibit specimens of their handiwork In
fine, let us have one great exhibition which
shall long be remembered.


AGRICoLA.
Year: 1868

CouRrEsIEs OF THE PREss.-A Georgia
editor calls a contemporary "an odious
fungus,". and wants to know how
much swamp land Is worth wherein he
was brought to his slimy maturity
Whereupon the fungus answereth
"Our friend of the 49, can never for
give us for going his bail when he was
accused Of robbing his mothers coffin
of its silver ornaments"
Year: 1868

THE DIRECTORS OF THIS CELEBRATED


l. Medical Institute wish to thank the public for
the generous manner in which they have sustained
the Resident Physician with their patronage. l. is
now six years since the institute was established
during that time there have been over THIRTY
THOUSAND CONSULTATIONS, and in all cases
where the disease was durable.
Year: 1868

Has been performed. Malicious eharlatans have
opened traps in close proximity to the Institute,
adopting similar names, hoping TO attract the un-
wary but their failure to do is perfectly appar-
ent-for the business has not been affected in the
least. but has gone increasing its usefulness and
profits in regular ratio. The Resident Physician
has by careful study and experience within the
last few years. been successful in discovering new
electric remedies which far superior to any be-
fore used in the healing art. and he


Warrant Them to ure
All cases for which they used, or make no
charge for services. They will be forwarded to any
place in the Pacific States upon the receipt of let
ter stating the disease with symptoms, the age and
sex of the patient.


The Fe rfC edicines


Discovered and used by the Resident Physician,
are the only remedies which are safe and sure to
have the effect. The large number of cases in
which they have been used, is guarantee of their
success. Great should be taken in visiting the
Institute. to remember the name.
Year: 1868

WORTH KNOWING. = The following is
going the rounds of the papers: One of
the most annoying and painful little troubles
Is felon. A genuine remedy is worth cir
culating. 1t is said that pOultice ofOnions,
applied morning, noon and night, for three
or four days will cure felon. No matter
how bad the case. lancing the finger will be
unnecessary if this poultice is used. The
remedy Is q sure, safe and speedy one.
Year: 1868

SOCRATES lived before his time and per,
ished in conflict and error. One of his
prayers which is left us beautifully illus
trates the character of the man. Father
Jupiter, give us all good, whether we ask
it or not; and keep us from all evil, though
we may not pray thee SO to do. Bless all
our good actions, and reward them with
happiness and success
Year: 1868

READER, did you know that every column
Of newspaper contained from ten to twenty
thousand distinct pieces of metal, the mis-
placing Of any one Of which would cause q
blunder, or typographical errorl With this
curious fact before you, do you not woodsr
at the general accuracy of newspapersi Know
ing this to be the fact, you will be more
disposed, We hope, to excuse rather than
magnify the errors of the press.
Year: 1868

DoEs THIS RAZOR GO EASY p asked .
barber Of q victim who was Writhing under
clumsy instrument whose chief recommend
alton was strong handle. well, replied the
poor fellow, that depends on what you call
the operation. If you ara SHINING me, It
goes tolerably easy; but it you are shaving,
L goes rather hard
Year: 1868

GENERAL MoCLELLAN.-Itis is stated that
General Mcclellan will returbe to the United
States when the campaign opens, and take
an active part in the Presidential canvass in
behalf of the Democratic candidates.
Year: 1868

POWER OF HORSES SCENT.-There is
one perception that a horse possesses to
which little attention has been paid, and
that is the power of scent. With some
horses it is acute, as with the dog; and for
the benefit of those who have to drive at
night, such as physicians and others, this
knowledge is invaluable. never knew it
to fail, and have ridden hundreds of miles
on dark nights, and in consideration of this
power Of scent, this is my simple advice /:
Never check your horse at night, but give
him a free head, and you may rest assured
that he will never get off the road, aud will
carry you expeditiously and safe. In regard
to the power of scent 10 a horse, l once
knew one of pair that was stolen, and re-
covered mainly by the track being made out
by its mate, and that after he had been ab-
sent six or eight hours -Tdit.
Year: 1868

An UNPREJUDIcED OPINIoN.-Ihe " westminster
Reuiew says -" The Americans are AZ Tue pie'-
ent moment, substantially engaged IN coniliet
which we as Englishmen carried on Tor many
generations. When we boast OF our ioerues, we
make them to repose on the ultimate and final
victory which the legislative power has at last
pained over the executive. To speak of the
Northern Americans as tyrannizing over the
Southern in a spirit of revenge, is at once to
show that the heat of particular conflict is
mistaken for the general tone of feeling. No de-
feated party WAS offered milder or more just
terms of reconciliation than were proffered to
the South at the termination of the war If the
Republican party have committed any excesses,
they have been driven to them by the President
The blows that have fallen on the South have
been invited by him and forced in self-defense on
men who approached their enemies with an open
hand"
Year: 1868

Nor HIS KIND OF MUsIc.-We find the follow
ing in the Marysville Appeal of recent date =
At the late Democratic ratification meeting IN
Grass Valley a procession was formed at the
club rooms, to march to the place of meeting
headed by band of music. As the procession
started the band, unfortunately for the occasion,
struck up the thrilling patriotic air of q March
ing Through Georgia. A prominent Democrat
imm ediately stepped out of the ranks, swearing
he would not go in procession where that tune
was played, q for" said he, I" d--n them,
that is the tune they played when they took me
to Alcatraz p
Year: 1868

pray Becky to tell her what she would
like best, and Becky confessed that to
have her wedding-ring back was the hope
of her life; and this led to the cause of its
pawning and all the story of poverty and
sorrow. Then the dark hours ended and
day broke; and there was food and fire ;
and as it happened, that baby, Minnie's ia
ther needed just such an honest man for
work as poor Nick could do. he gave the
place to the cobbler; and from that day
there was enough and to spare in the
little home, because of the simple good
ness shown to baby Minnie.


$50 it's never time thrown away to do
Ia kindness to any one," says Becky, Of
ten; somehow you are always rewarded
for it. If I'd left the little lost beggar's
child, as I thought it, in the street, and
never stopped to care for it-as I might
have done in such trouble-where would
Nick have been and the children and me
this night? Not that I did anything but
what Christian ought, but see how we
were paid for it,"
Year: 1868

What are you good for, my brave little man? /?
Answer that question for me, if you can
You, with your fingers as white as nun,
You, with your ringlets as bright as the sun.
All the day long with your busy contriving,
Into all mischief and fun you are driving:
See if your wise little noddle can tell
What you are good for-now ponder it WELL
Over the carpet, the dear little feet
Came with patter to climb on my seat; (
Two merry eyes, full of frolic and glee,
Under their lashes looked up unto me;
Two little hands, pressing soft on my face
Drew me down close in loving embrace;
Two rosy lips gave the answer so true
"Good to love you, mamma good to lore you.
The fervid summer swellS and beats


Through everg pulse of air,
And life, and light, and labor are
! Around us everywhere.
Year: 1868

The law Of Tennessee requires Admins
traitors to publish insolvent notices IN a
newspaper A written notice carries out
neither the spirit or letter of law, butitdoes
no injustice to all interested parties AMI lays
the Administrator liable for damages to all
who are losers by his non-conformity with
the law. We quote from the code of Ten
nessee, section $50:


The Clerk (of the County Court = :
shall make an order upon the executor or
administrator, to give notice by advertise
ment in some newspaper published within
the State, and also at the court house door of
the county, for all persons having claims
against said estate to appear and file the
same, authenticated in the manner pre-
scribed by law, on or against a day to be
fixed in such notice, which shall not be less
than three nor more than six months after
the date of notice. and any claim not fled
on or before the day fixed or before an ap-
preparation of the funds of the State is
made shall be forever barred both in law
and equity
Year: 1868

The Secretary Of the Interior has sent a
Communication to the Senate showing that
ore tribe OF Indians, more than 5000 in
number, are in a suffering condition, and
recommending an appropriation for their
relief
Year: 1868

An ola woman who hadFeaehed the age Of
ninety y-nine years and eight months, feeling
weak and badly, sent for her doctor and told
him that he must do his best to save her
life fr she wished 20 much 20 reaeh par
Year: 1868

70 promote the social material and political welbeng OF
he city Of New Orleans State Louisiana and the gre
southwest will be FUTURE has been IN the past,
the purpose Of this journal The columns OF each
are referred to Of the fthuness and suecesa
with which this design is executed


While the stand point Of the CRESCENT an independent
one wit reference the subjects Of oommens


and discussion opinions will always be found to be can
didly definitely and teSrlessly expressed


A carefully selected corps Of
Year: 1868

carefully euled rom exchanges In the selection
ration and arrangement of News and other Reading Matter
II is claimed that the CRESCENT h surpassed By any
other daily journal in the United States. The
Year: 1868

add .s the usefulness Of the CRESCENT by impartial letters
upon topics to the people Of this section Its ss
ters from the people the least interesting and valun-
bic feature of ts vehed eolunns large share Of each
days issue is given up 70
Year: 1868

Is peculiarly HOME JOURNAL Its ample columns
will be found crowded with choice reading mater especially
written or selected this includn rich entertain
ing instructive variety welcome alike to the merchant
the planter mechanic the housewife the young and tho
old.
Year: 1868

win bear the scrutiny to the fidelity and Judgment
with which important branch Of duty
formed for the CRESCENT.


In brief the proprietor Of the CRESCENT proposes to
continue TO present to public LIVE and in every repecs
FIRST CLASS SAPER properly supOying the Imperative
needs Of the BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND FAMILY
CIRCLE Il will be the future In the past, influenced
by the spirit Of true pregres aiming continual inn
provement the bsneht Of its patrons


The CREsCENTs circulation and its line Of ADVERTISE
ments sufficient testimony the favor with which 10
efforts for public have beOn appreciated and rewarded
Year: 1868

DENTIsTRY.-Dr. Colburn will re- main in Des Arc few weeks only office at J. M. Burney's drug store. He is prepared to do any kind of dental work, giving satisfaction in all cases. For those who have had their mouths prepared he is ready to make them permanent sets also those who have artificial teeth that arc not serviccable, OF they cannot wear, he will exchange the rubber work for such, charging a moderate difference; will insure per- feet fit, to be worn with comfort and case, to De useful and durable.
Year: 1868

How 10 FIX THE CLooK.-The Countrv
Gentleman contains the following When
the clock stops, don't take it to the repair
shop till you have tried as follows: Take
off the pointers and the face: take off the
pendulum and its wire. Remove the rat
chet from the tick wheel and the clock will
rum down with great velocity. Let it 20.
The increased speed wears away the gum
and dust from the pinions-the clock cleans
itself. If you have any pure sperm oil, put
the least bit on the axles. Put the ma.
chine together, and nine times in ten IL
will run just as well as if it had been ta-
ken to the shop. In fact this is the wav
most shopmen clean clocks. Ifinstead Of
pendulum the clock has watch escapes
ment, this latter can be taken out in an IN
slant without taking the works apart, and
the result is the same.
Year: 1868

Too CIvn BY HALF.-A learned Irish
Judge, among other peculiarities, had a
habit of begging pardon on every occasion.
Once his fayorite expression was employed
in rather singular manner. At the close
of the assize, as he was about to leave the
bench, the officer of the court reminded
him that he had not passed sentence of
death on one of the criminals, as he had
intended, 'spear ma,r said his lordship,
u realty beg his pardon-bring him in"
Year: 1868

The HUMAN FIGURE.-The proportions


of the human figure are strictly mathemat-


ical. The whole figure is six times the


length Of the foot. Whether the form be
slender or plump, the rule holds good; any
deviation from it is departure from the


highest beauty in proportion. The Greeks
made all their statues according to this
rule. The face, from the highest point of
the forehead, where the hair begins, to the
chin, is one-tenth of the whole statue.
The hand, from the wrist to the middle
finger, is the same. From the top of the
chest to the highest point in the forehead
is seventh. If the length of the face,
from the roots of the hair to the chin, be
divided into three equal parts, the first di-
division determines the place where the
eyebrows meet, and the second the place
of the nostrils, the height from the feet to
the top of the head, is the same as the
distance from the extremity of the fingers
when the arms are extended.
Year: 1868

The Post says of the Six-State Recon
Fstruction bill:


By the passage of this law Congress
throws from itself the responsibility for
their future civil and social order, and
puts it upon their own people.


No, no, gentlemen, qui facit per alum
tacit per Sc. We are going to hold you
to an exact responsibility forthese States
You declared; as the groundwork of your
reconstruction, that there was "no ade-
quate protection for life or property" in
them, and if you have not given them
this protection your reconstruction has
failed. Whatever excesses happen in
these States you are responsible for, SOLE
ly and utterly and entirely and altogeth-
er responsible. You choked off the
Supreme Court; you rode the President;
you took the whole charge of the whole
matter. 1t is your job, and because you
begin to feel shaky about its auality,you
shall not sneak out of it World.
Year: 1868

struction sway and supersede our time.
honored institutions. The nation will
say the Constitution must be restored,
and the will Of the people again prevail;
The appeal to the peaceful ballot to at
tain this end is not war, is not revolu-
tion. They make war and revolution who
attempt to arrest this quiet mode of put
ting aside military despotism and the
usurpations of fragment Of a Congress,
asserting absolute power over that benign
system of regulated liberty left us by
our fathers. This must be allowed to
take its course. This is the only road to
peace. twill come with the election of
the Democratic candidate, and not with
the election of that mailed warrior, whose
5ayonets are now at the throats of eight
millions Of people in the South, to COM
pei them to support him as . candidate
for the Presidency, and to submit to the
domination of an alien race of semi-bar-
barous men. No perversion of truth or
audacity of Misrepresentation can exceed
that which halls this candidate in arms
as an angel of peace.


l am, very respectfully, your most
obedient servant,


FRANK P. BLAIR.
Year: 1868

ded one with whom all the parade of set.


tlement, of pin money, would have beer
necessary.


"Never, believe, did he, for an instant
repent of our union. I, on my part, con
oeived myself bound to do my best fol
the solace of his declining years; and he


on his part, thought it incumbent on hin
to provide for my future welfare. HI
died, leaving me large part Of his sub
stanee-as much, indeed, as l could pre-


vail upon myself to accept. was now {


widow, and from that hour in which


became so, I vowed never again to give
my hand to any man excepting him who


had succored me in my hour of distress
and whose remembrance had ever beer
preserved in the recess of nay heart. EBu,


how to discover that mani All, uncon.


scious ingrateI to make no endeavor tc


come in the way of one who sought to
love and enrich you'll I knew not your
name. In vain I looked for you at balls,
assemblies, theaters. You were not


there. All, how I Ionged to meet you. "
As the lady spoke she took from her
neck a ribband, to which was attached a
piece of hundred sous. at is the same
the very same which you gave me-
said she, presenting it to Frederick; "by
pledging it got little bread from a
|neighbor, and | earned enough aftefward
to permit me to recover it. I vowed nev-
er to part with it.


GLOW happy I was, Frederick, when
saw you in the street! The excuse which


| made for stopping you was the first
that rose to my mind. But what tremors


| felt even afterwards, lest you should
have been already married. In that case
you never would have heard aught Of
this fairy tale, though I would have
sought some means to serve and enrich
you. I would have gone to England, and
there passed my days in regret, perhaps,
but in peace. But happily it was to be
otherwise. You were single"


Frederick de la Tour was awakened,
as it were to the full capacity of his hap
.piness. What he could before but look
upon as sort of freak proved to be the
result of deep and kindly feeling most
honorable to her who entertained it. The
heart of the young husband overfowed
with gratitude and affection toward the
'noble-hearted being who had given her
self to him. He was too happy for some
time to speak. His wife first broke 81
lence.


$50, Frederick" said she gaily, "you
see that if am a fairy, it is you who
have given me the wand-the talisman-
that has effected ALL"
Year: 1868

GREEN CoRN.-A writer in the Ger
mantowni Telegraph says that green corn
may be kept the year round BY picking
it with the husk on, in brine strong
enough to preserve cucumbers, care being
taken to keep it covered with brine
Boiling itin good supply of water will
freshen it sufficiently for the table. 1t is
worth trying.
Year: 1868

REMEDY FOR THE STING OF A Bee
The following is Prussian receipt:
"Beat an onion on hard body to extract
the juice, to which add pinch of salt
Apply the mixture to the sting, and the
pain and Inflammation will cease"
Year: 1868

'" huG :" oman SnOuIU ne.


Woman's mission should be to cultivate
her mind, to perform her home duties
faithfully, to train those entr listed to her
care, so that they may be able to act well
their part in life. May the day be far
distant when woman shall become a poll
tician. 1t has been. and is still argued,
that woman voice in the Congressional
Halls, would have beneficial effect upon
the Nation. If woman should insist upon
being represented at the ballot box, should
not man insist upon her being represented
upon the battlefield? shall man be a mere
appendage to woman, or shall woman he
the more refined and ornamental part of
man? If she should have what strong
minded" short sig GIFTED, women now insist
upon as her rights she would no longer
be companion for man, but rival in
political affairs. Mans heart would soon
fall to ruin, like some deserted mansion
for want Of an inhabitant. As the vine
which has long twined its graceful foliage
about the oak, and been lighted by it into
sunshine, will when this hardy plant is
rifted by the thunder-bolt, cling around it
with its caressing tendrils and bind up its
broken bough 50 should woman be
mere dependent and ornament of man in
his happier hours, and his stay and solacc
when smitten by calamity, winding herself
into the rugged recesses of his nature,
tenderly supporting his dropping head,
and binding the broken heart. Our ma
tions welfare depends upon the training of
the youth. Our nations greatness depends
more upon woman than it does upon man;
upon her is ccntered nations purest
hopes its most binding and solemn obli-
cations, and the highest happiness of
mankind she should be great source of
power, her influence for good should be
felt over all the nations of the earth. Her
sphere of duty should be co-extensive with
all that is beautiful in morals, command
ing in intellect. and touchingin humanity.
She should be the personifcation of truth,
beauty, and love, that she may walk the
earth, that she may hear her name still
hymned by the greatful voice of man, and
in her fame rejoice.


MINNIE MAY.
Year: 1868

On one of the trains out of Milwaukee
last week confident radical took the vote
Of the passengers on the presidential ques-
ton. lie failed to report the result, but
it was noticed that his face was about
three inches longer when he reached the
rear of the last car than when he started
on his little expedition. .Nill~aukce
Ners.
Year: 1868

What strange creatures girls are. Offer
one Of them good wages to work for you
and ten chances to one if the old woman
can spare any of her girls; but just pro-
pose matrimony, and see if they don't
jump at the chance Of working whole
lifetime for their yituals and clothes.
Year: 1868

A Richmond young lady found burg
lar under her bed, and belaborcd him so
soundly with press-board that she thinks
he will not be able to sit down comforta-
bly, for fortnight. And she was in an
evening toilet too